Day 2 is History
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On man who did a little more than just 'hang around' today was Ludovic Lacay. Lacay began the day in the top 25 with 88,000 chips, and he would waste no time surging his way toward the top. Playing the role of table captain all day, the Frenchman saw his stack swell near 1.5 million as the timer wound down on Day 2. Atop the pack for the bulk of the day, Lacay will be the clear betting favorite heading into the final day.
Some other notables were not so fortunate today. Sam Chartier, Scott Montgomery, Bruno Fitoussi, Barny Boatman, Nicolas Levi, and a whole laundry list of other familiar names would find themselves ground down to the felt over the course of the long day. The two dangerous ladies, Annette Obrestad and Liz Lieu, would also make their exits shy of the money.
November Niner Antoine Saout seems to still have a bit of run-good left for next month's once-in-a-lifetime final table at the WSOP, and he would walk away from this tournament with a small paycheck for a 40th-place finish. PokerNews' own Tony G made a deep run before bowing in 33rd place on the wrong end of a coinflip. The start-of-day chip leader, Guillaume de la Gorce, rode his big stack as far as he could, but he would finally be shown the exit just before play concluded, finishing up in 18th place.
The 17 who remain will return tomorrow to play for it all. A WPT title is on the line, as is more than €375,000 in cash (or 4,305,600 Dirhams, if you prefer). We'll see you right back here at 2:00pm for the conclusion of this historic event. Until then, goodnight from Morocco!