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.