Main Event Day 2 | 2016 Marrakech Poker Open

03-19-2016 17:42 UTC

No Magic for Marijo

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The remaining stack of Marijo went in before the flop with and Mathieu Papineau looked him up from two seats over with the superior .

The flop was causing some uproar, as players from other tables had gathered around to see what was going on. However, the turn restored the preflop order and the river blanked to bust Marijo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Papineau	350,000 70,000	70,000
Marijo	Busted

Tags: Marijo Mathieu Papineau

03-19-2016 17:35 UTC

Houssam Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

In a preflop all in and call, Mohamed Ali Houssam was at risk for 83,500 with the and table neighbor Masbah Ben Baba looked him up with the . The board ran out and the 2011 WPT marrakech champion doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Ali Houssam	170,000 80,000	80,000
Masbah Ben Baba	125,000 -175,000	-175,000

Tags: Masbah Ben Baba Mohamed Ali Houssam

03-19-2016 17:28 UTC

A look at the Shorter Stacks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tsunamy	125,000 -10,000	-10,000
Roger Tondeur	95,000 -77,600	-77,600
Mohamed Ali Houssam	90,000 -30,000	-30,000
Joaquin	90,000 -40,000	-40,000
Hakim Doumou	75,000 46,900	46,900

03-19-2016 17:25 UTC

Cocozza Gets Some Back

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

In a battle small blind versus button, Saverio Cocozza flopped two pair with and got value from initial raiser Ekrem Sanioglu on a board of to even out the stacks. Said El Yousfi is one table over and has about the same amount of chips, too.

Expect the action to slow down on the full-ring tables, as the money bubble is only a few spots away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Said El Yousfi	230,000 120,000	120,000
Saverio Cocozza	230,000 97,000	97,000
Ekrem Sanioglu	230,000 -110,000	-110,000

Tags: Ekrem Sanioglu Said El Yousfi Saverio Cocozza

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

03-19-2016 17:16 UTC

Lopes and El Otmani Gone

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

After losing more than half of his stack to Sonny Franco and then shoved for 15 big blinds with the from the cutoff. Sure enough Franco woke up with kings in the big blind and also took the remainder of Lopes' chips.

Shortly after, Houcine El Otmani lost his last four big blinds and at 32 players left, the field was balanced at the last four tables. There is no redraw, but the dealers will announce all in and call from now as we approach the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonny Franco	250,000 62,000	62,000
Houcine El Otmani	Busted
Carlos Lopes	Busted

Tags: Carlos Lopes Houcine El Otmani Sonny Franco

03-19-2016 17:07 UTC

Cocozza Folds the Same Hand

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Fahd opened to 9,500 and Ekrem Sanioglu called on the button before the action reached Saverio Cocozza. He three-bet to 37,000 and Michael van der Ghinst called that out of the big blind. Fahd reluctantly folded, as did Sanioglu.

On the flop, Cocozza led for 30,000 and van der Ghinst them jammed his chip tower .... . The Italian tanked for ages on almost even stack and folded to show , van der Ghinst flashed the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael van der Ghinst	330,000 100,000	100,000
Saverio Cocozza	133,000 -67,000	-67,000

Tags: Ekrem Sanioglu Fahd Michael van der Ghinst Saverio Cocozza

03-19-2016 17:03 UTC

Lopes Loses Flip to Franco

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

It was a flip for the tournament life of Sonny Franco and the Frenchman was at risk for 85,000 with the . Carlos Lopes put him at risk with the but failed to hold up after a board of to drop to 15 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonny Franco	188,000 91,900	91,900
Carlos Lopes	60,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Carlos Lopes Sonny Franco

03-19-2016 16:58 UTC

Updated Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anas Tadini	455,000 15,000	15,000
Ekrem Sanioglu	340,000 142,800	142,800
Dominique Terzian	300,000 55,200	55,200
[Removed:215]	300,000 178,700	178,700
Mathieu Papineau	280,000 20,000	20,000
Marcel Vadella	240,000 -90,000	-90,000
Michael van der Ghinst	230,000 -20,000	-20,000
Fadhil Farag	210,000 -45,200	-45,200
Saverio Cocozza	200,000 80,000	80,000
Alexandre Viard	195,000 -25,000	-25,000
Pieyre Maggi	175,000 50,000	50,000
Riccardo Giacalone	140,000 20,000	20,000
Fahd	135,000 -165,000	-165,000
Tsunamy	135,000 15,000	15,000
Mohamed Ali Houssam	120,000 42,500	42,500

03-19-2016 16:49 UTC

Callige Loses Patience and Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Gael Callige opened and then four-bet shoved for approximately 100,000 chips with the only to see Andre Miquel Ramalho Fonseca look him up with the ace-queen.

Neither diamond, five or king showed up on the board and the pot was shipped to the Portuguese to reduce the field to it's last 34 participants.