Main Event
Day 2 Started
2017 Marrakech Poker Open
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Marrakech Poker Open
Buy-in
€900
Entries
183
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Marrakech Poker Open Day 2 Gets Underway at 13.00 Local Time
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.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Main Event Day 2 Gets Underway
Lionel and Benoit Grobocopatel Still in the Field
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,200 | |
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29,200 |
High Roller Champion Fadhil Farag Eliminated by Lasse Jacobsen
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
63,100
|
63,100 |
|
Busted |
Early Eliminations
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Early Double for Ludovic Geilich
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
A player opened from the hijack to 2,300. The cutoff three-bet to 5,500 before Ludovic Geilich four-bet to 14,000 from the big blind. Both players folded and he added yet more chips to his stack.
You wouldn't have thought it but Geilich bought in at the start of the day, and now sits on just about average. He told us that he raised to 2,500 from the small blind with 
and the big blind called.
The flop came [axkxkq] and he bet 5,000 and his opponent called. The turn was a and Geilich moved all in for his remaining 17,000. His opponent called with 
and there was no help with the on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Barny Boatman Eliminated, Pierre Neuville Soaring
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
English pro Barny Boatman was just been eliminated holding 
against his opponent's where they failed to hold. He told us that he'd be sticking around to rail the tournament.
Meanwhile Pierre Neuville is the pick of the counts, coming into today with 41,000 he's more than tripled that and is now setting on a healthy six-figure stack. However, he's also at a table with overnight chip leader Abdellah El Ghrari, so he must be careful not to go splashing about too much with his new-found wealth!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
130,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
110,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
78,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
37,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
35,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |