2023 Marrakech Poker Open

MPO Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 Marrakech Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€70,200
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,500
Prize Pool
€350,960
Entries
295
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
73
Players Left
10

Adrien Sanz Leads Final 10 of Marrakech Poker Open Main Event

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Adrien Sanz
Adrien Sanz

On Day 2 of the Marrakech Poker Open Main Event, it took ten 60-minute levels to whittle down a field of 73 to its last 10 hopefuls. Each of them will return on Sunday at 2.30 p.m. local time to Casino de Marrakech to contest for the title and the first place prize of 770,000 MAD (�70,?200) that awaits the winner later that night.

Adrien Sanz of France has firmly set his sights on the title and holds a comfy lead with 2,080,000 in chips, and is already assured to reach his biggest score in a live tournament tomorow. Sanz had an incredible run after the dinner break and multiplied by ten his stack during the last four levels.

His nearest challenger is the winner of the 2014 WPT National Marrakech Mostafa Boukri with 1,945,000 while Portuguese Nuno Correia completes the podium with 1,040,000.

Still in the field and aiming at the trophy are also Karim Lehoussine (1,020,00), WSOP ring owner Rosalie Petit (765,00), Thierry Gogniat (420,000) and Swiss player Dinesh Alt, who recently runnerd-up the MPO High Roller.

Day 2 at a glance

The day started with the announcement of the prizepool of MAD 3,849,500 (�350,960), redistributed between 39 players. Plenty of notables failed to get a Moroccan flag, including WPT Paris champion Fabrice Bigot, Sonny Franco, Samiyel Duzgun, Idir Haiche and Henrique Pinho.

Thomas Meignan had the honor of becoming the bubble boy, immediately after the hand-for-hand began, when he lost his last big blind with pocket sixes on a four-way pot against Carsten Mawick who found a flush on the board.

MPO Bubble
MPO Bubble

Once in the money, small cashes were made by Hafid Kinany Alaoui (34th- �2,644), Christophe Pollet (32-th - �2,644), Isabel Baltazar (30th- �3,100), Mathieu Di Meglio (29th- �3,100).

The chipleaderof Day 1bc Ismail Fath-Eddine saw his run end in finished in 35th place (�2,644) while Alan Goasdoue, winner of the Paris FPS last month exited in 24th place (�3,100), followed by 888Poker pro Lucia Navarro (17th - �3,783), Cecile Ticherfatine (16th -�3,783) and Rachid El Yaacoubi (13th - �4,830) who busted in cruel fashion after he shoved preflop with pocket nines against Boukri, who called with Ace-three to find a gutshot straight on the river.

The ten players will return tomorrow at Level 23 and blinds at 10,000/25,000 with an 25,000 big blind ante. Stay tuned to PokerNews until a new champion is crowned at the beautiful Es Saadi Resort!

Tags: Adrien SanzAlan GoasdoueCarsten MawickChristophe PolletDinesh AltFabrice BigotHafid Kinany AlaouiHenrique PinhoIsabel BaltazarIsmail Fath-EddineKarim LehoussineMathieu Di MeglioMostafa BoukriNuno CorreiaRosalie PetitSamiyel DuzgunSonny FrancoThierry GogniatThomas Meignan