2016 PMU.fr WPT National Marrakech

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2016 PMU.fr WPT National Marrakech

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
62
Prize
950,000 MAD
Event Info
Buy-in
13,200 MAD
Prize Pool
4,547,500 MAD
Entries
396
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Alexandre Riccomi Leads Final 14 of WPTN Marrakech Main Event

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Alexandre Riccomi
Alexandre Riccomi

Day 2 of the 2016 PMU.fr WPT National Marrakech Main Event started with no less than 127 players but only 45 would make the money.

After almost 12 levels of play, just 14 players remain; all guaranteed MAD 58,000 at this point. Leading the way is Alexandre Riccomi from France who'll start the final day on Sunday with 2,251,000 in chips.

The day started with a triple up for Barny Boatman. The British bracelet winner started out as the second shortest stack in the room but in the first hand he flopped a set to beat pocket aces preflop all in. It wouldn't be enough, the longtime grinder hung around for some time but never followed up on his early triple up. Instead, he steadily lost chips back to the point where he was short stacked and found himself all in with pocket tens up against ace-nine. The ace on the river brought Boatman's run to an end.

While Boatman had started out as one of the smallest stacks in the room, Eric Sfez found himself at the other end of the spectrum. He began the day chip leader but lost a lot of chips early on in, what at the time was, the biggest pot of the tournament. He got it in with a set of queens against a flopped straight in a single raised pot where Sfez had slow played his big pair before the flop. The board failed to pair and Sfez was knocked down considerably.

In the meantime, players kept busting left and right. While the structure was still great, and the average stack wasn't perse forcing people to make moves, the mainly French and Morrocan players were in a hurry to get their chips in. As a result, the bubble got closer and closer soon enough.

partypoker pro Tony Dunst was one of the players hanging on. While his colleague Natalia Breviglieri departed before the money (six-five suited could not beat deuces), Dunst survived. He, amongst others, spiked a king with king-nine suited pre-flop all in against the pocket jacks of [Removed:432] to stay alive.

Michel Anthonioz would end up the most disappointed player in the field, bubbling the event in 46th place. The Frenchman, mostly playing and cashing in Dakar, got it in good with pocket aces against the top pair of Alexandre Andre Henri De Zutter. The queen on the turn gave the latter two pair and as the river blanked, Anthonioz made his exit.

The remaining players all cheered and didn't hold back after that. Now the 'making the money'-dream had materialized, everything else didn't matter anymore it seemed. Chips flew in like they had been given out for free and players busted out one after another.

One of them would be start of day chipleader Eric Sfez. He had recovered from the early setback but he wouldn't overcome another clash. He flopped a flush draw and got it in against a higher flush draw. Blanks on the turn and river gave his opponent the sizable pot with just king-high while Sfez had to settle for 37th place (MAD 24,000).

Tony Dunst had gotten lucky at least once to make it to the money, but found himself rather unlucky to eventually bust in 18th place (MAD 43,000). He got it in good holding jacks to Alexandre Andre Henri De Zutter's ace-ten, but the ace on the river proved once again lethal.

Pierre Antoine Quignard would be the last to leave the tournament room without bagging chips. He finished in 15th place losing ace-seven to kings.

With that, the clock was stopped and the bagging and tagging began. The final 14 players return Sunday at 2pm local time for the final day of the WPTN Marrakech with 28 minutes remaining in the 10,000/20,000 (3,000-ante) level.

While all of them are guaranteed MAD 58,000, all of them most definitely eye that MAD 950,000 first place prize. PokerNews.com will be on the floor covering all of it live till a champion is crowned in Morocco's hotspot.

Final Day Line Up

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
11Mathieu MarocciniFrance254,000
 2Mohammed LahlouMorocco903,000
 3Nicolas VayssieresFrance293,000
 4Houssine El OtmaniMorocco981,000
 5Jerome SgorranoBelgium416,000
 6Rachid RamiMorocco641,000
 7Arturo Fernandez BargeSpain1,000,000
     
21Sebastien BoyardFrance204,000
 2Arthur ConanFrance684,000
 3Joao Pinto CorreiaPortugal790,000
 4Jean-Claude GuiotFrance787,000
 5Alexandre RiccomiFrance2,251,000
 6Dimitri SukhorukovFrance776,000
 7Alexandre Andre Henri De ZutterFrance1,980,000
Player Chips Progress
Alexandre Riccomi fr
Alexandre Riccomi
2,251,000
371,000
371,000
Alexandre Andre Henri De Zutter fr
Alexandre Andre Henri De Zutter
1,980,000
-397,000
-397,000
Arturo Fernandez Barge es
Arturo Fernandez Barge
1,000,000
615,000
615,000
Houssine El Otmani ma
Houssine El Otmani
981,000
261,000
261,000
Mohammed Lahlou ma
Mohammed Lahlou
903,000
403,000
403,000
Joao Pinto Correia pt
Joao Pinto Correia
790,000
90,000
90,000
Jean-Claude Guiot fr
Jean-Claude Guiot
787,000
-100,000
-100,000
Dimitri Sukhorukov fr
Dimitri Sukhorukov
776,000
216,000
216,000
Arthur Conan fr
Arthur Conan
684,000
-166,000
-166,000
Rachid Rami ma
Rachid Rami
641,000
191,000
191,000
Jerome Sgorrano be
Jerome Sgorrano
416,000
-198,000
-198,000
Nicolas Vayssieres fr
Nicolas Vayssieres
293,000
-278,000
-278,000
Mathieu Maroccini fr
Mathieu Maroccini
254,000
-439,000
-439,000
Sebastien Boyard fr
Sebastien Boyard
204,000
-376,000
-376,000

Tags: Alexandre Andre Henri De ZutterArthur ConanArturo Fernandez BargeBarny BoatmanDimitri SukhorukovEric SfezHoussine El OtmaniJean-Claude GuiotJerome SgorranoMichel AnthoniozMohammed LahlouNatalia BreviglieriNicolas VayssieresPierre Antoine QuignardTony Dunst