Main Event
Day 3 Started
Main Event
Day 3 Started
Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|---|
2 | 1 | Ahmed Boukaddeda | 152000 |
2 | 2 | Jose Martin | 333000 |
2 | 5 | Manuel Makiadi | 1700000 |
2 | 6 | Matas Cimbolas | 1135000 |
2 | 7 | Fahd Kaabat | 545000 |
2 | 8 | Hassan Lamzariki | 200000 |
2 | 9 | Ondrej Milabersky | 1139000 |
3 | 1 | Antoine Rahal | 1412000 |
3 | 2 | Martial Blangenwitsch | 400000 |
3 | 3 | Thierry Gogniat | 88000 |
3 | 4 | Robert Giordano | 315000 |
3 | 6 | Najib Bennis | 342000 |
3 | 8 | Ramona Gallardo | 574000 |
3 | 9 | Ricardo Manquant | 1497000 |
4 | 2 | Miroslav Alilovic | 1380000 |
4 | 3 | Anouar Mehlil | 862000 |
4 | 4 | Fabrice Casano | 336000 |
4 | 6 | Mohamed Sekkat | 1420000 |
4 | 8 | Inigo Montoya | 218000 |
4 | 9 | Diego Aranzadi | 357000 |
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.
Once the final table of the last nine is reached, a short break takes place to move all remaining players into a separate room. The PokerNews team will be there to bring you all the crucial hands until a winner is crowned, so make sure to tune back in often!
Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Ahmed Boukaddeda three-bet shoved for 149,000 with and initial raiser Ondrej Milabersky called with . The board ran out and Matas Cimbolas said "good game buddy" to Boukaddeda to leave some opponents as well as the dealer confused. Then everyone realized that the short stack had in fact doubled up, Cimbolas couldn't stop laughing.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ondrej Milabersky |
980,000
-159,000
|
-159,000 |
Ahmed Boukaddeda |
330,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fahd Kaabat |
820,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
Ahmed Boukaddeda | Busted |
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 .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ramona Gallardo |
650,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
Thierry Gogniat | Busted |
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 .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Miroslav Alilovic |
1,600,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Inigo Montoya | Busted |
Anouar Mehlil wasn't there when the first three players got eliminated but just took his seat over on table 4.
Antoine Rahal opened from the button to 40,000 and both players in the blinds, Mohamed Sekkat as well as Robert Giordano ,called. On the flop, Giordano shoved for 138,000 and was only called by Rahal with the . Giordano had the and held up after the turn and river bricked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Antoine Rahal |
1,050,000
-262,000
|
-262,000 |
Robert Giordano |
420,000
105,000
|
105,000 |