Manuel Makiadi Leads After Day 2 of the 2015 WSOP International Circuit Main Event in Marrakech
The second day of the 2015 World Series of Poker International Circuit Main Event at Casino de Marrakech restarted with 172 players remaining. After three 45-minute levels and eight 60-minute levels, the field was reduced to the final 20 contenders. Manuel Makiadi finished leading the field with 1,700,000 in chips.
With the top 53 spots paid at least €2,353, more than 100 participants left empty handed. Paul Francois Tedeschi had his aces cracked by ace-king early on, and Guillaume Darcourt was out of the door not much later despite doubling up in the very first hand. El Mostafa Ederoua, Dimitri Halliez, Brian Benhamou, Rakesh Lalwani, Rebecca Gerin, Anthony Rodrigues, Guillaume Diaz, Ben Warrington, Kuljinder Sidhu, and Omar Lakhdari were all equally fortunate.
At the end of Level 19, the bubble was reached but didn't burst until everyone returned from the dinner break. It was Kamal Sefrioui who finished in 54th place after running into the pocket queens of Abdel Omais. Once in the money, World Poker Tour Nottingham Matas Cimbolas and Jay Santos clashed in a million-chip pot with the better end for the Lithuanian. Santos recovered, but ultimately had to settle for 25th place.
The aforementioned Omais was eliminated by Miroslav Alilovic and the WPT National Brussels finalist shot to the top of the leaderboard. Other notables who cashed but didn't advance to Day 3 included Manuel Sadornil (52nd), 2011 WPT Marrakech runner-up Toufik Ourini (45th), Olivier Averso (31st), Pierre Merlin (29th) and Day 1a chip leader Frederic Rizzo in 27th place.
Several players were hovering above one million in chips and Makiadi claimed 1,700,000 to take the lead for the final on Sunday. He was followed by Ricardo Manquant (1,497,000) and Mohamed Sekkat (1,420,000). Alilovic (1,380,000) as well as Cimbolas (1,135,000) have decent stacks as well, whereas Martial Blangenwitsch (400,000) finished among the several short stacks.
Play will resume at 2 p.m. local time with blinds at 10,000/20,000 and a running ante of 3,000. All remaining participants are guaranteed at least €5,458 for their efforts and the winner will receive approximately €122,330, the WSOP Circuit gold ring as well as an invitation to the exclusive WSOP Circuit Championship.
The PokerNews team will follow along the action Sunday until a champion is crowned. Good night and see you tomorrow!
against the pocket deuces of Manual Makiadi, making a full house and reaching 110,000 in chips again.
out of the small blind and Ricardo Manquant looked him up with 
to find a six on the flop.
and was called by Manuel Makiadi with 
and Grabsi was drawing dead after the turn of a 
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of his opponent and the board ran out 
, the action was checked to Cimboloas who bet 85,000. Vadella shoved for 195,000 and everyone but the Lithuanian got out of the way.
against pocket jacks and ended a roller coaster day with a consolation prize of €3,952.
and fell below 200,000 in chips. Then, Fahd Kaabat moved all in for 184,000 chips and Santos called on the button, but was thinking he was the small blind.
and Kaabat tripled up. Senhaji's last few chips then vanished with 
versus 
board provided no help.
only to see his opponent turn over 
. Cimbolas check-raised fro 42,000 to 122,000 and was called by the Portuguese before the 
