We noticed High Roller champion Fadhil Farag, who had bought in as expected at the start of the day, no longer sitting in his seat at a table with Leo Margets and Achille Voltolina.
He was eliminated in a hand by Lasse Jacobsen, who has now eliminated two players today and boosted his stack to up over 100,000.
Jacobsen said that he opened to 2,200 with from middle position, and Farag raised to 4,000 from the big blind. Jacobsen called and the flop came . Both players checked.
The turn was the and Farag bet 10,000. Jacobsen called.
The river was another and Farag checked. Jacobsen moved all in and Farag called with to hit the rail.
The father and son pair were seated at neighbouring tables all of yesterday, and the random seating draw for Day 2 has looked kindly on the Grobocopatels with the pair seated at Table 24 and 25 respectively today.
Lionel, the elder of the two, still has young Benoit out-chipped. I'm sure there will be plenty of competition between the pair of them today.
With the High Roller coming to a mindbogglingly short eight-minute conclusion last night, the Main Event is the last big one left at the Marrakech Poker Open, with 94 players returning. They are lead by Abdellah El Ghrari who is our runaway chipleader at the moment, bagging up more than 244,000 chips, more than 100,000 chips ahead of his nearest rival Turbado Tomas Jr.
There are still some big names still in contention, including November Niners Pierre Neuville and Fernando Pons. Others include Barny Boatman, Leo Margets, Kully Sidhu, Paul Guichard and Pierre Antoine Quignard.
Entry and re-entry is open until the start of Day 2, so expect them to be joined by some more before play gets underway, including High Roller champion Fadhil Farag who said that he expected to be entering before start of play today.
The plan for today is open-ended, and tournament officials have said that they will play it by ear as to how many levels are played today, or whether the aim is to reach a final table. Whatever happens, we will come back to blinds of 500/1,000 with a 100 ante, and you can catch all of the updates right here on PokerNews.
from middle position, and Farag raised to 4,000 from the big blind. Jacobsen called and the flop came 
. Both players checked.
and Farag bet 10,000. Jacobsen called.
