Main Event
Day 2 Started
Main Event
Day 2 Started
Welcome to the coverage of Day 2 of the 15,000 (€1,350) WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event. A total of 188 players out of 544 entries will return to Casino de Marrakech in the Es Saadi Resort - Palace to continue battling for the coveted gold WSOP Circuit ring. Former November Niner Fernando Pons holds the overall chip lead after bagging 282,900 chips on Day 1B. Pons is closely followed by Anas Tadini (264,000) and Stephane Dossetto (252,600). Day 1A chip leader Achille Voltolina sits in fourth place with 224,700.
Other notable players making it through to Day 2 include Michiel Brosky (179,200), Sonny Franco (173,500), Barny Boatman (161,000), Kamel Atoui (155,000), Serdar Demircan (90,000), Isabelle Pellegrino (74,000), and WSOP Circuit ring winner Evangelos Bechrakis (43,900).
The record-breaking WSOP Circuit field attracted a total of 350 players on Day 1B, which made the total number of entries rise up to 545. The previous biggest WSOP Circuit Main Event held in Marrakech was held in 2017 and had 511 players. There were 175 reentries made in the unlimited reentry Main Event this year. That makes up for a total of 369 unique players who entered the tournament.
The plan for today is to play ten one-hour levels. They will start in level 13 with blinds being 1,000/2,000 and a 300 running ante. Levels will be 60-minutes long, as opposed to the 45-minute levels on Day 1. PokerNews will be on the floor to provide updates from the first hand to the last hand.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
The ''shuffle up and deal'' has been announced and the tournament is on the way. The 188 players remaining will battle for a spot in the money and they just announced that 63 players will get paid. The min cash is worth 28,000 MAD (approx. €2,600) while the winner walks away with an impressive 1,500,000 MAD (approx. €138,000).
The full prize pool will be posted shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ludovic Sultan | Busted | |
[Removed:226] | Busted | |
Luca Fontanel | Busted | |
Yannick Patrizi
|
Busted | |
Mbarek El Mehdi
|
Busted |
Ange Eli raised from the cutoff to 4,500 and he saw Jean Karam call from the small blind. Big blind Masoud Etemadiherisi moved all in for 50,600 and Eli quickly folded. Karam called and they opened up.
Masoud Etemadiherisi:
Jean Karam:
The board ran out and Etemadiherisi won the hand with a better pair.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ange Eli | 160,000 | -3,100 |
Masoud Etemadiherisi | 110,000 | 57,000 |
Jean Karam | 30,000 | -32,000 |
Place | Prize (MAD) | Prize (EUR)* | Place | Prize (MAD) | Prize (EUR)* |
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1 | 1,500,000 | 138,000 EUR | 12 | 98,000 MAD | 9,000 EUR |
2 | 950,000 MAD | 87,400 EUR | 13 | 83,000 MAD | 7,600 EUR |
3 | 650,000 MAD | 59,800 EUR | 14-15 | 70,000 MAD | 6,400 EUR |
4 | 480,000 MAD | 44,200 EUR | 16-17 | 61,000 MAD | 5,600 EUR |
5 | 365,000 MAD | 33,600 EUR | 18-20 | 53,000 MAD | 4,880 EUR |
6 | 283,000 MAD | 26,000 EUR | 21-23 | 46,000 MAD | 4,230 EUR |
7 | 222,000 MAD | 20,500 EUR | 24-31 | 40,000 MAD | 3,680 EUR |
8 | 183,000 MAD | 16,800 EUR | 32-39 | 35,000 MAD | 3,220 EUR |
9 | 156,000 MAD | 14,400 EUR | 40-47 | 32,000 MAD | 2,940 EUR |
10 | 135,000 MAD | 12,400 EUR | 48-55 | 30,000 MAD | 2,760 EUR |
11 | 115,000 MAD | 10,600 EUR | 56-63 | 28,000 MAD | 2,580 EUR |
*=Approximately
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Vincent Mansour | Busted | |
RSM | Busted | |
Evangelos Bechrakis | Busted | |
Benhalima Boubekeur
|
Busted | |
Montalban
|
Busted | |
Raymond Gelebiowski
|
Busted | |
EGS
|
Busted | |
Andris Resevskis | Busted | |
Marcel Vadella | Busted | |
Kaspars Butans
|
Busted | |
Alain Dery
|
Busted | |
Martial Blangenwitsch | Busted | |
Rogerio Gaspar
|
Busted | |
Lucien Laigneau
|
Busted | |
Agatino Spitaleri | Busted | |
Jean Karam | Busted | |
Kamel Amrane | Busted | |
Alfredo Alves
|
Busted | |
Dominique Terzian | Busted | |
Najib Morsli
|
Busted |
The under-the-gun player had raised to 5,000 and Orey Canarinho three-bet to 13,000 from middle position. Alexander Zeligman moved all in from the button as he slid his last 14,000 forward. The initial raiser folded and Canarinho made a quick call.
Alexander Zeligman:
Orey Canarinho:
The board fell and both players ended up with a full house, although Canarinho his boat was a bit better. Zeligman got eliminated from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Orey Canarinho | 150,000 | 11,300 |
Alexander Zeligman | Busted |
A lot of people were standing around table one where Barny Boatman is seated. Isabel Baltazar just ook down a huge three-way all-in for a 420,000 pot.
The board was reading and There were three pocket pairs laying open on the table. One player at the table had , another player was playing , and Isabel Baltazar had .
Her pocket aces held on to the lead and she propelled to the chip lead by winning this huge pot. Samir Beldjoudi and Pierre Thonnerieux were the players who got eliminated in the hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Isabel Baltazar | 420,000 | 273,000 |
Pierre Thonnerieux
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Busted | |
Samir Beldjoudi | Busted |