Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2015-2016 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015-2016 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech
Buy-in
€1,350
Prize Pool
€5,795,000
Entries
444
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Sonny Franco Leads Final 25
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Just 25 players will return for Day 3 of the World Series of Poker International Circuit Marrakech Main Event with a chance of taking down the 1,200,000 MAD (€111,776) first-place prize, the WSOP Gold Ring and a ticket to the 2016 WSOP Circuit Global Championship, which carries with it a minimum prize pool of $1 million. It was a day of eliminations, with Day 1a chip leader Sofian Benaissa earning a min-cash whereas Day 1b chip leader Guillaume Darcourt fell short of the money.
The 25 remaining players, who have all guaranteed themselves 41,000 MAD (€3,819), are lead by Sonny Franco (1,187,000), who boosted his chip stack by eliminating Eric Fournier as the tournament bubble boy. He caught a piece of a 
flop holding 
but was crushed by Franco's pocket threes and failed to recover to bust in 45th place. The bustouts intensified after the bubble burst, with min-cashes worth 25,000 MAD (€2,328) for Guy Taylor, Rakesh Lalwani, Rebecca Gerin and Roland van Morckhoven.
Joining Franco at the top of the chip counts is Anthony Rodrigues (1,182,000 ) and Mathieu Selides (1,044,000). These three players are the only ones to top a million in chips and will be looking forward to chipping up further when play resumes on Day 3. Other notable stacks include Loic Blarez (501,000), Erwann Pecheux (222,000) and last woman standing Natalia Breviglieri (300,000)
Be sure to keep track of the final day's play at the Casino de Marrakech here on PokerNews when players return at 13:00 local time on Sunday
Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,187,000 | 154,000 |
|
1,182,000 | 651,000 |
|
1,044,000 | -176,000 |
|
884,000 | 264,000 |
|
856,000 | -114,000 |
|
|
837,000 | 323,000 |
|
|
720,000 | 82,000 |
|
679,000 | 454,000 |
|
644,000 | 275,000 |
|
545,000 | 39,000 |
|
525,000 | -350,000 |
|
|
501,000 | -18,000 |
|
493,000 | 220,000 |
|
473,000 | -95,000 |
|
|
420,000 | 32,000 |
|
394,000 | -10,000 |
|
331,000 | 31,000 |
|
300,000 | -221,000 |
|
286,000 | 203,200 |
|
|
236,000 | 52,000 |
|
222,000 | 180,000 |
|
202,000 | -163,000 |
|
155,000 | -220,000 |
|
136,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
107,000 | -93,000 |
Selides Up Over One Million
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Mathieu Selides is storming away with this with only 27 players left. Selides raised to 25,000 from the button and Masbah Ben Baba moved all-in from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Selides made the call.
Ben Baba: 
Selides: 
The board ran out 
to ensure that Selides remains top of the pile with just over twenty minutes left in the day
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,220,000 | 239,000 |
|
Busted |
Voltolina Picks up Aces, Doubles Up
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Achille Voltolina moved all in for his remaining stack over the continuation bet of Olivier Averso on a 
board and Averso made the call.
Voltolina: 
Averso: 
Averso was behind, but he had outs to win after the 
was dealt on the turn, but the ensured Voltolina's double up
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 143,000 |
|
255,000 | -76,000 |
'Fernandez' gone, Khalifa Chips Up
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
"I have Queens" said Jonathan Khalifa on a river of 
after calling his opponent's bet on the turn. Known only as 'Fernandez', the Spaniard was then greeted with Khalifa's bet of 90,000 on the river. Fernandez made the call and find out that Khalifa didn't have queens, but 
for two-pair which was good.
This crippled Fernandez who got his last remaining chips in pre-flop from the big blind against Kamal Sefrioui.
Sefrioui: 
Fernandez: 
The board ran out 
and Fernandez was eliminated in 31st place
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
875,000 | 173,000 |
|
|
140,000 | 61,400 |
|
Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Updated Chip Counts (full)
Level 20
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Here are the chip counts for the remaining 33 players left in the WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event. The average is currently 403,636
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,033,000 | 143,000 |
|
|
981,000 | 855,900 |
|
|
970,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
702,000 | 402,000 |
|
|
638,000 | 638,000 |
|
|
620,000 | 490,000 |
|
|
568,000 | -182,000 |
|
|
531,000 | 457,600 |
|
|
521,000 | -19,000 |
|
|
519,000 | 164,000 |
|
|
514,000 | 418,000 |
|
|
506,000 | 221,000 |
|
464,000 | 114,000 |
|
|
404,000 | 383,800 |
|
|
388,000 | 277,600 |
|
|
375,000 | 272,800 |
|
|
369,000 | -21,000 |
|
|
365,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
331,000 | 286,700 |
|
312,000 | -408,000 |
|
|
273,000 | 273,000 |
|
|
225,000 | 174,800 |
|
|
200,000 | 134,200 |
|
|
184,000 | 102,200 |
|
|
175,000 | 148,000 |
Break
Level 20
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Players are going on a 15 minute break, their last of the day, ahead of two more hours play
Series of Bustouts After the Bubble
Level 20
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
As is customary after the bubble bursts there have been a series of eliminations from players who were just waiting it out in the hope of securing a cash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted |