Main Event
Day 2 Completed
Main Event
Day 2 Completed
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
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sonny Franco |
1,187,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
Anthony Rodrigues |
1,182,000
651,000
|
651,000 |
Mathieu Selides |
1,044,000
-176,000
|
-176,000 |
Soufiane Abbouti |
884,000
264,000
|
264,000 |
Karim Lahlou |
856,000
-114,000
|
-114,000 |
Cyprien Berger |
837,000
323,000
|
323,000 |
Pedro Miguel Fernandes
|
720,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
Carlos Olmos Pardos |
679,000
454,000
|
454,000 |
Karim Souaid |
644,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
Rodrigo Requiao |
545,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
Jonathan Khalifa |
525,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
Loic Blarez |
501,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Joao Pinto Correia |
493,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Choukri Chergui |
473,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
David Duoek |
420,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Samir Beldjoudi |
394,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Achille Voltolina |
331,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Natalia Breviglieri |
300,000
-221,000
|
-221,000 |
Fouad Toujani |
286,000
203,200
|
203,200 |
Alexandre Paul Viard |
236,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
Erwann Pecheux |
222,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
Koen Lauwereys |
202,000
-163,000
|
-163,000 |
Dominique Terzian |
155,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
Kamal Sefrioui |
136,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Mustapha Bouzid |
107,000
-93,000
|
-93,000 |
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 |
---|---|---|
Mathieu Selides |
1,220,000
239,000
|
239,000 |
Masbah Ben Baba | Busted |
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 |
---|---|---|
Achille Voltolina |
300,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
Olivier Averso |
255,000
-76,000
|
-76,000 |
"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 |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Khalifa |
875,000
173,000
|
173,000 |
Kamal Sefrioui |
140,000
61,400
|
61,400 |
Fernandez | Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
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 |
---|---|---|
Sonny Franco |
1,033,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
Mathieu Selides |
981,000
855,900
|
855,900 |
Karim Lahlou |
970,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Jonathan Khalifa |
702,000
402,000
|
402,000 |
Pedro Miguel Fernandes
|
638,000
638,000
|
638,000 |
Soufiane Abbouti |
620,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
Choukri Chergui |
568,000
-182,000
|
-182,000 |
Anthony Rodrigues |
531,000
457,600
|
457,600 |
Natalia Breviglieri |
521,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Loic Blarez |
519,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
Cyprien Berger |
514,000
418,000
|
418,000 |
Rodrigo Requiao |
506,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
Pierre Zerbib |
464,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
Samir Beldjoudi |
404,000
383,800
|
383,800 |
David Duoek |
388,000
277,600
|
277,600 |
Dominique Terzian |
375,000
272,800
|
272,800 |
Karim Souaid |
369,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Koen Lauwereys |
365,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Olivier Averso |
331,000
286,700
|
286,700 |
Sofian Benaissa |
312,000
-408,000
|
-408,000 |
Joao Pinto Correia |
273,000
273,000
|
273,000 |
Carlos Olmos Pardos |
225,000
174,800
|
174,800 |
Mustapha Bouzid |
200,000
134,200
|
134,200 |
Alexandre Paul Viard |
184,000
102,200
|
102,200 |
Masbah Ben Baba |
175,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
Players are going on a 15 minute break, their last of the day, ahead of two more hours play
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 |
---|---|---|
Roland van Morckhoven | Busted | |
Robert Biague Mathieu
|
Busted | |
Rakesh Lalwani | Busted | |
Rebecca Gerin | Busted | |
Guy Taylor | Busted | |
Paulius Mikenas | Busted | |
Bernard Graffouillere | Busted | |
Karim Lehoussine | Busted | |
Hafid Kinany Alaoui | Busted |