Mohammed Lahlou, who we've seen turn over a lot of big hands already, always raising big, opened for 77,000. Action folded to Arturo Fernandez Barge in the big blind and he pushed all in for 720,000. Lahlou asked for an exact count, tanked for a bit, and called.
"Ace-queen?" asked Barge.
Lahlou shook his head.
Arturo Fernandez Barge:
Mohammed Lahlou:
The board ran out and Barge made his exit in 12th place.
Action folded to Nicolas Vayssieres on the button and he pushed all in for just over 200,000. Big blind Jerome Sgorrano asked for a count and instantly called upon finding out it was "just" 9 big blinds.
Nicolas Vayssieres:
Jerome Sgorrano:
Things never really got exciting as the board ran out an uneventful .
Down to 201,000, Sebastien Boyard shoved all in from first position. It folded around to Alexandre Riccomi on the button and he tanked for a bit before calling. Big blind Alexandre Andre Henri De Zutter condired calling for a bit as well, but folded in the end.
Sebastien Boyard:
Alexandre Riccom:
What started as a coinflip, shifted to Riccom being a heavy favorite after the flop.
The on the turn and on the river failed to improve Boyard and he made his exit in 14th place. Down to just 13 players now, still two tables.
At 2 pm local time (in about 3 hours), the third and final day of the 2016 PMU.fr WPT National Marrakech Main Event commences, the day a champion is crowned.
With still 28 minutes left in level 23 (10,000/20,000, 3,000-ante), action will be furious. Alexandre Riccomi from France has a strong lead with 2,251,000 in chips (113 big blinds), followed by his countryman Alexandre Andre Henri De Zutter who's bringing 1,980,000 to the table (99 big blinds). The gap to Arturo Fernandez Barge in third is considerable, the Spaniard has a million to play with (50 big blinds).
Shortest is Sebastien Boyard who has to do with 204,000 (10 big blinds), followed by Mathieu Maroccini and Nicolas Vayssieres who bring 13 and 15 big blinds to the table respectively.
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