Main Event
Day 2 Started
2019 Wonder8 Marrakech
Main Event
Day: 2
Wonder8 Main Event Day 2 Gets Underway in Marrakech at 13.00 Local Time
The Main Event is the last big one event left at the Wonder8, with 64 players returning among the 211 entries. They are lead by GRJ (Julian Galan) who is our runaway chipleader at the moment, bagging up more than 402,000 chips, close to his nearest rival Alexandre De Zutter with 397,000. The French player, with $316,733 total live earning, will be a serious opponent and has his eyes on his victory in Marocco
There are still some big names still in contention, including Anas Tadini, Thierry Morel, Jerôme Zerbib or Jean-Jacques Zeitoun. Others include Sarah Herzali, Marius Conan or Jaouad Abida.
The prizepool has been announced yesterday and 31 players will be in the money, with a minimum paycheck of MAD 14,000 (€1,290), while the winner will bring back home the trophy and MAD 330,000 (€30,421).
The plan for today is to play until the final 16 are reached, and the tournament kicks off at 1 pm local time. We will come back to blinds of 1,500/3,000 with a 1,500 ante and 45-minute rounds, and you can catch all of the updates right here on PokerNews.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The Wonder8 tournament director just announced the shuffle up and deal. Main Event Day 2 is officially underway with 64 players still in the competition.
The tournament will be played today until the final table is reached, or a maximum of 12 levels. The end of the day is expected to be around midnight.
Willerminho Grabs Some Chips
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Oumar Diallo Syele limped under the gun and Willerminho raised it to 11,000 from the cut-off. Sairi Azzelarab called from the big blind and Diallo Syele folded.
The flop brought 
and went check-check, and the same action happened on the turn 
.
The river showed a 
and Willerminho bet 10,500 after a last check from Azzelarab. The latter folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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260,000 | -23,500 |
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195,000 | 1,000 |
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90,000 | -14,000 |
Bad Start for Sacrispeyre
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Sarah Sacrispeyre raised to 7,500 under the gun position and only Oumar Siallo Dyele called from the blinds.
The flop came 
and Siallo Dyele snap-called Sacrispeyre's continuation bet for 11,000.
Both players checked on the turn 
and river 
and Sacrispeyre revealed 
, only to see 
in Siallo Dyele's hand for a pair of deuces.
Sacrispeyre is now down to 12 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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103,000 | 13,000 |
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36,000 | -24,000 |
No More Sarah in the Field
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
In just a few minutes, we lost the two Sarah in the field.
According to Sarah Herzali, she shoved her remaining stack worth 33,000 with 
after Emile Carette and has been called Olivier Paris 
and Carette with 
. The flop came 
and both remaining players went all-in.
Carette won the massive pot to climb around 570,000 and busted two players in the same hand.
On the other table, Sarah Sacrispeyre also busted and there is only one woman player left in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000 | 242,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Recent Eliminations
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 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 | |
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Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Tadini Loses One
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Azapl opened to 8,500 under the gun and Anas Tadini made the call, followed by Mohamed Mahalleg in the cut-off and Hassan Fares in the blinds.
The flop showed 
and brought no betting action. The turn was the 
and Tadini bet 17,000 after two checks, only called by Fares.
The river was the 
and both players checked. Tadini musked his hand after fares turned over 
, which was enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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220,000 | 103,000 |
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215,000 | -81,000 |
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195,000 | -46,500 |
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170,000 | 12,500 |