€1,350 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 WSOP Circuit Marrakech

01-18-2025 13:20 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis	Busted
Jihad Louali	Busted
Yannick Jobin	Busted
Batman	Busted
Othman Benjelloun	Busted
Sandro Alves Fortunato	Busted
Hamza El Bouchafrati	Busted
Grigory Zima	Busted
Antoine Peltier	Busted
Michele Zangardi	Busted
Patrick Beuter	Busted
Marte Sandberg	Busted
Nabil Hajjoubi	Busted
Didier Mambour	Busted
Pierrick Patthey	Busted
Thierry Morel	Busted

Jaoui Sent to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Saad Jaoui in middle position found himself at risk for 41,1000 against Thierry Aqua in early position.

Saad Jaoui: A♠K♥ All in
Thierry Aqua: 2♠2♥

The board of 4♠J♣J♦9♣8♦ was no help for Jaoui, who was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thierry Aqua	345,000 160,000	160,000
Saad Jaoui	Busted

Tags: Saad Jaoui Thierry Aqua

01-18-2025 14:12 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Rocky Brooks	Busted
Raffaele Cappiello	Busted
Mouaad Al Watik	Busted
Tony Prenveille	Busted
Jj	Busted
Sacha Cohen	Busted
Sammy Berrehail	Busted
Franck Jardin	Busted
Pietro Palomba	Busted
Xavier Gour	Busted
Fabien Gun	Busted
Adrien Sanz	Busted
Azeddine Chamma	Busted
Valentin Meyer	Busted
Yann Jaeck	Busted
Vitorino Guerreiro	Busted
Manuela Matzler	Busted
Damian Matczak	Busted
Gabriel Charpentier	Busted
Matthias Schomburg	Busted
Truquens	Busted
GhostRider75	Busted
Mostafa Essanhaji	Busted
Shahin Norouzian	Busted

Munafo Cracks Pezzullo's Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Nicola Pezzullo on the button saw his 97,000 chip-stack being called by Franco Munafo in the small blind.

Nicola Pezzullo: A♠A♦ All in
Franco Munafo: Q♦Q♣

Pezzullo was on his way to double up after the 9♥6♠6♣ flop, but the Q♥ turn followed by the 6♥ river gave a full house to Munafo, sending Pezzullo to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Franco Munafo	270,000 31,000	31,000
Nicola Pezzullo	Busted

Tags: Franco Munafo Nicola Pezzullo

01-18-2025 14:40 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Franco Munafo	Busted
Maxim Lykov	Busted

Niculae Eremia	Busted

Al-Kubasi and Hawkins Share the Bubble

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Two all-in and call situation occured at the same time before the beginning of the hand for hand procedure.

First, Ali Al-Kubasi in the hijack moved all-in for 105,000 on a board of 3♣K♣5♠J♦9♣ with roughly 230,000 in the pot. According to a player at the table, he opened preflop, check-raised the flop, then fired a second barrel and shoved on the river. Ina on the button called every single time.

Ali Al-Kubasi: A♥10♥ All in
Ina: K♠J♠

Al-Kubasi bluffed with a missed straight draw and was caught by Ina with two pair to be eliminated.

The second situation involved the WSOPC Marrakech opener winner Andrew Hawkins, who was all-in for approximately 40,000 from the big blind on Q♥9♠7♦7♠ against Kader Slila in middle position.

Andrew Hawkins: J♦9♦ All in
Kader Slila: Q♠J♠

Both players had two pair, but Slila was in the lead and he sent Hawkins to the rail after the 7♥ river.

As they were eliminated at the same time on different tables, Al-Kubasi and Hawkins split the 224 place prize of 28,000 MAD.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kader Slila	495,000 266,000	266,000
Ina	410,000 330,000	330,000
Ali Al-Kubasi	Busted
Andrew Hawkins	Busted

Tags: Ali Al-Kubasi Andrew Hawkins Kader Slila

01-18-2025 15:10 UTC+1

First Eliminations in the Money

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chadi Akar	Busted
Masbah Ben Baba	Busted
Marko Nortje	Busted
Mallory Frere	Busted
Mohamed Mehalleg	Busted
IgnaPoker	Busted
Paulo	Busted
Farkas Benedek	Busted
Younes Charrat	Busted
Rayane Bouibeb	Busted
Thierry Delpui	Busted
Sascha Manns	Busted
Salim Sefiat	Busted
Enrico Mosca	Busted
Sanjay Haran	Busted
Ali Mechiche Alami	Busted
Mehdi Senhaji	Busted
Hugues Girard	Busted
Oskar Ojaveer	Busted
Quentin Laugt	Busted
Romain Dolcerocca	Busted
Golden Boy	Busted
Juan Pardo Kallmeyer	Busted
Miguel Couceiro Beleza Tavares	Busted
Vincent Thys	Busted

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01-18-2025 16:10 UTC+1

Larsen Runs Into Kings

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

While Alexandre de Zutter is approaching 1,000,000 chips, Michail Tastanis to his left was on the button when he opened to 13,000. Birger Larsen in the big blind three-bet all-in for approximately 100,000 and Tastanis called.

Birger Larsen: A♠3♠ All in
Michail Tastanis: K♦K♥

Tastanis' kings held on 10♥3♣J♦9♣6♦ and Larsen was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre De Zutter	920,000 620,000	620,000
Michail Tastanis	290,000 187,000	187,000
Birger Larsen	Busted

Tags: Birger Larsen Michail Tastanis

01-18-2025 16:20 UTC+1

New Eliminations

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Khalil Tazi	Busted
Hakim Hadj Belgacem	Busted
Loic Menneteau	Busted
Ouri Cohen	Busted
Christopher Chaudey	Busted
Manoel Assuncao	Busted
Kalidou Sow	Busted
Ramon Sol	Busted
Jean-Pierre Grand Moursel	Busted
Markitos	Busted
Alexandre Denis	Busted
Andrew Toole	Busted
Giuseppe Mirra	Busted
Anas Tadini	Busted
Imad Derwiche	Busted
Matthias Bertholon	Busted
Marijo	Busted
Florence Allera	Busted
Zeeshan Merchant	Busted
Steeve Tinard	Busted
Sonny Franco	Busted
Malcolm Franchi	Busted
Fabian Rolli	Busted
Romain Le Dantec	Busted

Batman	Busted

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01-18-2025 16:35 UTC+1

Cohen Sent to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Lucien Cohen in early position moved all-in for 40,000. The cutoff three-bet to 32,000, and Nikolaos Mastrantonas in the big blind seemed tempted but folded.

Lucien Cohen: 7♥6♥ All in
Cutoff: 10♣10♠

Cohen looked pretty happy to run into tens after he flopped a straight draw on 8♠2♥5♣. However the K♠5♦ didn't improve his hand and he was eliminated.