2020 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech
Defending Champ Phillip Huxley chipped up a little to start the day but he just lost half his stack.
A player opened from middle position to 9,000 before Belmehel Dja Daouhadji three-bet to 25,000 from the button. Huxley four-bet to 68,000 from the small blind. The original raiser folded before Daouhadji five-bet jammed to 144,000. Huxley snap-called and players turned over their cards.
Belmehel Dja Daouhadji: ![]()
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Huxley was marginally ahead when the chips went into the middle but his opponent took a big advantage in the hand after pairing the ![]()
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flop. Neither the
on the turn nor the
on the river was of any help to Huxley and Daouhadji won a big pot off the defending champion.
Johan Guilbert jammed from the small blind for about nine big blinds with ![]()
and was called by Michel Leibgorin in the big blind with ![]()
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Guilbert had live cards but was unable to connect to the ![]()
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board and was eliminated.
He wished the entire table "good luck" before he left the tournament area.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day. The 500-denominated chips will be raced off during the break.
The field is down to 112 players out of the starting Day 2 field of 175 players.
Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes began the day with a very healthy stack of 186,000. Unfortunately for him, he was unable to make it to the first break.
Lopes opened up from early position to 6,500 before a player with the nickname Willy Wonka three-bet to 17,000 from late position.
Lopes four-bet jammed for about 50,000 and Willy Wonka snap-called.
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Lopes was behind and was unable to get any help from the ![]()
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board and got out of his seat after the hand.
Boubekeur Benhalima started today with a healthy stack of 153,000 but didn't make it to the first break.
A player with the nickname Jose checked with the ![]()
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on the board and about 70,000 in the pot. Benhalima jammed for his remaining stack of 60,000 and the action paused on Jose for a couple of minutes before he called.
Benhalima turned over ![]()
and was felted by Jose who turned over ![]()
to win the hand.
Ouri Aron Cohen jammed for 32,500 from early position with ![]()
and got a call from Michel Leibgorin from the button with ![]()
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Both players paired the ![]()
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flop but Cohen's pair was better. The
came on the turn to open up a gut-shot straight draw for both players for a potential chop.
Leibgorin was neither able to get a queen for the win or a jack for the chop as the
completed the board on the river and he doubled up Cohen.
The blinds have just gone up to 1,500/3,000 with a big blind ante of 3,000. A total of 40 players were eliminated during the first blind level of the day leaving just 135 players remaining in the field to start Level 14.