2019 Wonder8 Marrakech

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 Wonder8 Marrakech

Final Results
Winner
Anas Tadini
Winning Hand
q4
Prize
298,000 MAD
Event Info
Buy-in
8,800 MAD
Prize Pool
1,615,500 MAD
Entries
211
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Youssef Aananouche Bags Chiplead for Day 3 with 2,070,000

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Youssef Aananouche, credit Guillaume Grob
Youssef Aananouche, credit Guillaume Grob

Day 2 of the Marrakech Wonder8 Main Event kicked off Saturday with 64 returning players in Casino de Marrakech. Twelve hours later, just nine players remain all with their eyes on the MAD 330,000 top prize (€30,421). Youssef Aananouche leads the field after putting 2,070,000 in the bag.

GRJ (Juan Galan), chipleader at the beginning of the day, managed to stay on top of the counts most of the day to reach the final 9 players, while Aananouche made a noticeable entry among the big stacks after a huge set up against Alexandre De Zutter with full house versus full house.

Local players Anas Tadini, second in chips with 2,050,000 and Najib Bennis with 655,000 look for a hometown crowd at tomorrow's final table. Tadini is a regular of the Casino and with $698,446 total live earning, represents a difficult opponent on the way to the title. Tadini's biggest score was in the FPS Mazagan Main Event in 2011 for $105,954. Bennis, who only cashed tournaments in Morroco, will try to catch here his third title.

SeatPlayerCountryChip Count
1Emile CaretteFrance710,000
2Youssef AananoucheFrance2,070,000
3Anthony MoninFrance720,000
4Simon Abou ZakiEngland565,000
5Anas TadiniMorocco2,050,000
6Najib BennisMorocco655,000
7GRJSpain1,690,000
8Samir Tazi MokhaUnited States505,000
9AzaplSpain540,000

The unfortunate Karim Lehoussine made the bubble with {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} cracked by Emile Carette holding {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, but left the tournament with a smile, and many eliminations followed quickly.

Among those to finish in the money on Day 2 were Bernard Guigon (MAD 14,000), Jaouad Abida (MAD 16,000), Nicolas Boton (MAD17,500), Pierre-Antoine Quignard (MAD 17,500), Alexandre Pouzet (MAD 24,000) and Jerome Zerbib (MAD 29,000).

Cards hit the air at 3 pm on Sunday and will feature a live stream on the Wonder8 Youtube channel. There will be a 30-minute delay and you can also follow live updates here on until a new Wonder8 Champion is crowned on PokerNews.

Tags: Alexandre PouzetAnas TadiniBernard GuigonEmile CaretteJaouad AbidaJerome ZerbibKarim LehoussineNajib BennisNicolas BotonPierre Antoine Quignard

End of the Day

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

As the level 23 stopped, the tournament's director announced the end of the day and the players are bagging their chips. The tournament will restart tomorrow at 3 pm.

A recap of the day as well as the chipcounts will follow shortly.

Miracle River for Bennis

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Najib Bennis pushed his last 320,000 with {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} in his hand from the cut-off and Youssef Aananouch quickly called with {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}.

It was a desperate situation for Bennis, but a board {q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{10-Diamonds} gave him the nut flush on the river as well as the needed double up.

Player Chips Progress
Youssef Aananouch fr
Youssef Aananouch
1,815,000 -820,000
Najib Bennis ma
Najib Bennis
715,000 385,000

Tags: Youssef AananouchNajib Bennis

Abou Zaki Doubles on GRJ

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Simon Abou Zaki, credit Gregoire Huvelin
Simon Abou Zaki, credit Gregoire Huvelin

Simon Abou Zaki open-shoved from the cut-off for his last 365,000 and after a long tank, GRJ decided to make the call from the big blind.

Simon Abou Zaki: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
GRJ: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

It was a typical flip situation and the runout {a-Clubs}{2-Spades}{j-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs} gave a pair of aces to Abou Zaki to double up to a stack of 740,000.

Player Chips Progress
GRJ es
GRJ
775,000 -315,000
Simon Abou Zaki gb
Simon Abou Zaki
740,000 310,000

Tags: Simon Abou Zaki

Big Double Up for Tadini

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

It folded to Anas Tadini situated in the small blind who opened for 80,000. Najib Bennis moved all-in for a slightly bigger stack than Tadini and the latter called with a stack around 800,000.

Anas Tadini: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Najib Bennis: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

Tadini had the dominating hand and the dealer brought a board {9-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}, giving the double up for Tadini who stood up from his chair from joy.

Player Chips Progress
Anas Tadini ma
Anas Tadini
1,700,000 1,105,000
Najib Bennis ma
Najib Bennis
330,000 -580,000

Tags: Anas TadiniNajib Bennis

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Willerminho Eliminated in 10th Place (MAD 35,000)

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Willerminho, credit Gregoire Huvelin
Willerminho, credit Gregoire Huvelin

In a blind versus blind situation, Willerminho completed his small blind and Youssef Aananouch checked his option.

The flop fell {5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and Willerminho check-called Aananouch's bet for 30,000.

Things heated on the turn {10-Hearts}. Willerminho checked and Aananouch fired a second barrel for 50,000. Willerminho pushed all-in for a stack of 200,000 and Aananouch snap-called.

Holding {10-Clubs}{5-Hearts} for two pair, Willerminho was facing {6-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} in Aananouch's hand for a staright on the flop. The river {4-Spades} completed the board and Willerminho got eliminated from the tournament at 10th place for MAD 35,000 (€3,226).

Player Chips Progress
Youssef Aananouch fr
Youssef Aananouch
2,635,000 135,000
Willerminho es
Willerminho
Busted

Tags: Youssef Aananouch

Mateo Eliminated in 11th Place (MAD 35,000)

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Mateo, credit Gregoire Huvelin
Mateo, credit Gregoire Huvelin

Youssef Aananouch opened to 60,000 and Mateo chose to push all-in for a stack worth 600,000. It came back to Youssef who made the call.

Holding {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}, Mateo was in good shape for a double up, facing {k-Spades}{10-Spades} in Aananouch's hand, but the board gave the latter a straight thanks to {q-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} and eliminated Mateo at the 11th Place for MAD 35,000 (€3,226).

Player Chips Progress
Youssef Aananouch fr
Youssef Aananouch
2,500,000 100,000
Mateo fr
Mateo
Busted

Tags: Youssef Aananouch