Christian Zetzsche20 Players remain for the final day of the WSOP Circuit Marrakech
After two tournament days and 23 levels of play, a field of 484 entries has been reduced to the last 20ß hopefuls still in contention for the 1,300,000 Dirhams first-place payout. With the action resuming at 2 p.m. local time and blinds at 10,000-20,000 and a running ante of 3,000, many of the shorter stacks are under immediate pressure.
The first two levels last 60 minutes whereas all remaining levels after that increase to 75 minutes each. Leading the field of the 20 survivors is Manuel Makiadi with 1,700,000 chips followed by Ahmed Boukaddeda (1,512,000), Ricardo Manquant (1,497,000) and Mohamed Sekkat (1,420,000). World Poker Tour National Brussels finalist Miroslav Alilovic (1,380,000) as well as Matas Cimbolas (1,135,000) are nicely placed for yet another deep run whereas Martial Blangenwitsch (400,000) is among the short stacks with 20 big blinds.
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Shortly after doubling up, Ahmed Boukaddeda three-bet shoved again and was called by Fahd Kaabat with . The player at risk held and this time the board ran out to bust Boukaddeda in 20th place.
Short stack Thierry Gogniat open-shoved for less than four big blinds with and was looked up by Ramona Gallardo with . The Frenchman was slightly ahead but his kicker didn't hold up on a board of .
Just when the players were about to be moved to the last two tables, Inigo Montoya had pushed all in over on table 4. It was for 248,000 from the button and Miroslav Alilovic tank-called in the big blind with . Montoya only had the and failed to improve on a board of .
Matas Cimbolas opened the action with a raise to 43,000 and Hassan Lamzariki moved all in for 166,000. The action headed to Jose Martin and he shoved for 190,000. Cimbolas tanked for a while and then opted to fold.
Lamzariki:
Martin:
The flop was no good for Lamzariki, but the turn now made a split pot very likely. The Moroccan cheered after the before realizing that the final community card had destroyed the chop and instead sent him to the rail.
Antoine Rahal raised from under the gun and found two callers in Anouar Mehlil as well as Fabrice Casano in the blinds. On a flop of , Rahal continued for 65,000 and Mehlil called before Casano shoved for 411,000. Rahal folded but Mehlil called and tabled his for top pair.
Casano was dominated with but had a ton of outs. The turn and river were bricks and Casano headed to the rail in 16th place.
Miroslav Alilovic opened to 60,000 from under the gun and was called by Anouar Mehlil from one seat over. In the cutoff, Mohamed Sekkat shoved for what looked like 400,000 and Alilovic wasted little time before calling, Mehlil mucked his cards.
Sekkat:
Alilovic:
The enormous run good of the Frenchman continued with the board running out and he increased his lead once again.
From the button, Martial Blangenwitsch moved all in for around 350,000 in chips and was called by Ricardo Manquant in the small blind, Manuel Makiadi folded his big blind.
Blangenwitsch:
Manquant:
The flop was no good for the Frenchman, but the turn provided some further chop outs. The dealer then burned and turned the river to send Blangenwitsch to the rail in 14th place.
Start-of-the-day chip leader Manuel Makiadi raised out of the small blind and Matas Cimbolas slid forward a tower of T-50,000 chips to put his opponent all in. Makiadi eyed the action, gave it some thought and called moved all in for what looked like 750,000 chips.
Makiadi:
Cimbolas:
The board ran out and Makiadi took his belongings before heading to the payout desk.
The action folded to Robert Giordano in the small blind and he moved all in for less than 10 big blinds with . Najib Bennis made the call out of the big blind with and was guaranteed the knockout after a flop of . The meaningless turn and river even gave Giordano a straight to rub it in.
. The player at risk held 
and this time the board ran out 
to bust Boukaddeda in 20th place.
and was looked up by Ramona Gallardo with 
. The Frenchman was slightly ahead but his kicker didn't hold up on a board of 
.
. Montoya only had the 
.
flop was no good for Lamzariki, but the 
turn now made a split pot very likely. The Moroccan cheered after the 
before realizing that the final community card had destroyed the chop and instead sent him to the rail.
for top pair.
but had a ton of outs. The 
turn and 
river were bricks and Casano headed to the rail in 16th place.
and he increased his lead once again.
. Najib Bennis made the call out of the big blind with 
. The meaningless 
