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MAD 12,500 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2026 Irish Open Marrakech
MAD 12,500 Main Event
Day: 2
Players Left 9 / 517
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Final Table
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
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.
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Players have bagged and tagged already, but to not break the immersion too much, let's just pretend they are doing it now.
The counts will be up as soon as the floor confirms. Stay tuned for the recap.
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Simon Wiciak moved all in from the button for 1,075,000. Adrien Lacabe called from the big blind.
Simon Wiciak: K♣J♦
Adrien Lacabe: A♥J♥
The A♣2♦7♠10♥6♥ runout gave Lacabe top pair and Wiciak's departure signalled the end of today's play and the establishment of the final table.
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Aziz Bahar open-jammed for 1,445,000 from the button. Adrien Lacabe called after some consideration from the big blind.
Aziz Bahar: A♦J♦
Adrien Lacabe: 9♠9♥
Lacabe made two pair across the 3♠Q♥K♦Q♠4♥ runout to eliminate Bahar.
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Pedro Silva rose to 120,000 from the cutoff. Aziz Bahar re-raised to 350,000 from the small blind. Bahar called.
Bahar check-raised the 4♥5♣4♠ flop to 500,000 over a 220,000 bet. Silva called. On the A♣ turn, both players checked.
Bahar checked once again on the 9♣ river. Silva moved all-in for 2,165,000. Bahar went into the tank for at least six minutes before calling.
He was shown 9♠9♦ for a full house, besting the K♣K♥ of Bahar.
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Thomas Meignan opened from the cutoff to 100,000. Special One moved all-in for just shy of 1,000,000. Action folded around, and Meignan called.
Special One: A♠9♥
Thomas Meignan: A♦K♦
Special One was outkicked across the 5♦6♥10♥A♥10♥ runout and he was eliminated.
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Raul moved all in from the button for 650,000. Chabbaaa called from the big blind.
Raul: A♠10♦
Chabbaaa: K♣K♦
There was no sweat for Chabbaaa as the 7♦Q♦3♣Q♠6♣ gave him two pair to send Raul to the payout desk.
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Aziz Bahar opened to 125,000 from the hijack. Christian Ferrato called in the cutoff. Pedro Silva defended the big blind.
Silva and Bahar checked the 2♠J♣7♥ turn to Ferrato who bet 275,000. Bahar raised to 600,000. Only Ferrato called.
On the 3♥ turn. Bahar moved all in and Ferrato called.
Christian Ferrato: K♥J♥
Aziz Bahar: A♣10♥
It was the sickest river imaginable for Ferrato, as the A♦ gave Bahar a pair of aces.