button in SafariPedro Silva Soars to the Chip Lead on Day 2 of the Irish Open Main Event Marrakech
After four days of intensive poker action at Casino de Marrakech in the incredible Es Saad Resort, 517 total entrants across four starting flights have been whittled down to the final nine in the debut of the Irish Poker Open Marrakech. Another 12-hour session saw Portugal's Pedro Silva climb to the top of the counts, and he enters the third and final day as the only player above 6,000,000 chips. He is in a commanding position to win the lion's share of the 5,333,000 MAD prizepool, which equates to roughly €486,854.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Silva | Portugal | 6,390,000 | 107 |
| 2 | Adrien Lacabe | France | 5,040,000 | 84 |
| 3 | Daniel Bedson | United Kingdom | 3,785,000 | 63 |
| 4 | Chabbaaa | 2,810,000 | 47 | |
| 5 | Thomas Meignan | France | 2,045,000 | 34 |
| 6 | Fouad Belmokadem | 1,930,000 | 32 | |
| 7 | Abdelghani Bagas | Morocco | 1,560,000 | 26 |
| 8 | Lilp94 | Spain | 1,250,000 | 21 |
| 9 | Douglas Weymeersch | Belgium | 1,030,000 | 17 |
Seventy-seven returned for the start of Day 2, and in the blink of an eye, almost half the field had fallen by the wayside, with most short stacks unable to conjure a spin-up. Silva, however, was one of them, coming into the day with 187,000, equating to just 12 big blinds.
Alberto came into the day with a strong stack, and even made quads versus the top boat of Kevin Malone to continue his progress up the counts. However, it wasn't to be for Alberto, and he busted to eventual final tablist Chabbaa.
The theme of Silva's day seemed to be full houses and cracking big hands. He made a boat against Mountacer Talla, who cracked kings with pocket sixes early into the day's play. Ironically, Talla busted to sixes with queens against another eventual final tablist in Adrien Lacabe.
Silva also cracked aces in a three-way pot, making the nut flush with ace-six offsuit on the outer table whilst the feature table was being streamed. His run good didn't stop for the cameras, as he rivered another full house with pocket nines against the kings of Aziz Bahar, aka "Adam Green".
Bahar had a great run and played well, and he also dished out a cooler, sending Christian Ferrato to the rail via a two-outer on the river against a pair and a flush draw.
The final table bubble boy was former EPT Barcelona Main Event Champion Simon Wiciak, who jammed from the button into Lacabe on the final hand of the evening.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for the conclusion of the Irish Open Main Event Marrakech from 1 p.m. The action will be streamed from 2.15 p.m. on YouTube, so reporting will be delayed to not spoil the action. Action will resume with around 25 minutes left in Level 26.
That's all for now, folks.