€1,300 MPO Main Event Day 2 | 2022 Marrakech Poker Open

09-10-2022 12:32 UTC

Haho Chips Up on Ait Chaib

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mohamed Ait Chaib raised in the cutoff to 8,000 and [Removed:445] decided to three-bet to 38,500 on the button. The blinds folded and Ait Chaib made the call.

Both players checked throughout the board and a paired the board on the river. Ait Chaib checked again to Haho and quickly folded after Haho bet 20,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Ait Chaib	460,000	-40,000
[Removed:445]	420,000	90,000

Tags: Mohamed Ait Chaib

09-10-2022 12:25 UTC

Al Maadoumi Doubles Through Belmehdi

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The board was already dealt, with Amr Al Maadoumi being all in for 34,000 and against Belmehdi who had him covered.

Al Maadoumi held for the winning hand and the double up, while Belmehdi had .

Player	Chips	Progress
Belmehdi	169,000	-51,000
Amr Al Maadoumi	73,000	26,000

Tags: Amr Al Maadoumi

09-10-2022 12:16 UTC

Recent Eliminations

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonny Franco	Busted
Mehdi Senhaji	Busted
Siva Permale	Busted
Soufiane Abbouti	Busted
[Removed:459]	Busted
Sebastien Naus	Busted

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

09-10-2022 12:05 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Compte	345,000	60,000
Anas Tadini	265,000	40,000
Belmehdi	220,000	28,000
Stephane Dossetto	193,000	67,000
Fernando Sancez	173,000	28,500
[Removed:459]	146,000	-32,500
Hanna Azimai	138,000	103,000
Igna Poker	138,000	61,500
Nacim Amakrane	115,000	-41,000
Gaelle Baumann	110,000	40,500
Frédéric Steinbach	62,000	-61,000
Amr Al Maadoumi	47,000	-38,000

Moutki Kicks Out Baltazar

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Bachir Moutki opened to 5,500 and it folded to Isabel Baltazar who called in the big blind.

All the chips went in middle on the flop . Baltazar check-raised all in for a stack around 44,000 after Moutki's continuation bet of 4,000 and te latter snap-called:

Isabel Baltazar:
Bachi Moutki:

Moutki had hit a pair of queens and the rest of the board didn't change anything with the and the to bust Baltazar from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bachir Moutki	275,000	11,000
Isabel Baltazar	Busted

Tags: Bachir Moukti Isabel Baltazar

09-10-2022 11:49 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio	Busted
Jerome Rousseau	Busted
Sam Erwich	Busted
Raul	Busted
Abdelhadi Kondah	Busted
Mostafa Boukri	Busted
Fabrice Casano	Busted
Fouad Zouiten	Busted
Evrard Zaouche	Busted
Moulay Driss Toujri	Busted
Hafid Kinany Alaoui	Busted

Tedeschi Out

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

According to the table, Ahmed Bourma started the action under the gun with an open to 6,500 and Paul Tedeschi quickly three-bet to 22,000 in middle position. It came back to Bourma who made the call.

The flop came and Bourma check-called Tedeschi's continuation for 18,000.

The same action happened on the turn and the showed up on the river. After some thinking, Bourma check-called again Tedeschi, who shoved for his last 25,000.

Bourma tabled , which was good to take the pot as Tedeschi revealed . The recent winner of the MPO High Roller made his way out of the poker room while Bourma grabbed the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Bourma	225,000	90,000
Paul Tedeschi	Busted

Tags: Ahmed Bourma Paul Tedeschi

09-10-2022 11:31 UTC

Prize Pool Announced

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A total of 426 entries made on to the field of the Marrakech Poker Open Main Event . That player pool put the final prize pool at DH 4,892,000 (€489,200), with 55 players receiving a minimum cash of DH 26,000 (€2,600).

The eventual winner of the tournament will take home the trophy and DH 1,000,000 (€100,000) first-place prize.

09-10-2022 11:23 UTC

Good Start for El Yaacoubi

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

After having shoved preflop three hands in a row without finding any caller, Rachid El Yaacoubi was up to 55,000. The action folded to Soufiane Abbouti in the small blind who raised and El Yaacoubi announced all in, snap-called by Abbouti:

Rachid El Yaacoubi:
Soufiane Abbouti: