Congratulations to Sebastian Homann, Winner of WPT Marrakech Presented by Chilipoker (€244,508)
Talk about a Marrakech Express! With a dominating performance at the final table in which he led almost the entire way, Sebastian Homann of Germany secured himself a wire-to-wire win at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour Marrakech presented by Chilipoker.
Chip leader at the end of both of the first two days, Homann jumped out to a fast start at the final table, and just under seven hours later had claimed all of the chips and the title.
Following the early elimination of the short-stacked Patrick Muleta, Homann began a rampage which left three players on the rail -- Julien Labussiere, Johan Williamson, and Dominik Nitsche -- all three felled by the German. The young Nitsche had entered the final table close to Homann at the top of the counts, but couldn't get things going today and finally succumbed in sixth.
With five players left, Homann already had more than three-quarters of the chips in play, and it didn't take long for Guillaume de la Gorce and Felix Oberauer to be felted. Three-handed lasted a while longer with both Sebastien Compte and Guillaume Cescut battling gamely with their short stacks, until finally Cescut knocked out Compte and they were down to two.
At that point, Homann had nearly a 2-to-1 chip lead over Cescut, but the Frenchman fought back and even grabbed the lead away from Homann for the briefest of moments. But Homann then won a huge all-in with top pair of queens on a hand that saw betting on all streets, and a few hands later was finally able to finish off Cescut.
In addition to a nearly quarter million-plus Euro payday, Homann wins himself a free entry into the World Poker Tour Main Event Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada in May 2011!
Congratulations to Sebastian Homann! And thanks for following our coverage of WPT Marrakech presented by Chilipoker.