Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2019 Wonder8 Marrakech
Main Event
Day: 2
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Day 2 of the Marrakech Wonder8 Main Event kicked off Saturday with 64 returning players in Casino de Marrakech. Twelve hours later, just nine players remain all with their eyes on the MAD 330,000 top prize (€30,421). Youssef Aananouche leads the field after putting 2,070,000 in the bag.
GRJ (Juan Galan), chipleader at the beginning of the day, managed to stay on top of the counts most of the day to reach the final 9 players, while Aananouche made a noticeable entry among the big stacks after a huge set up against Alexandre De Zutter with full house versus full house.
Local players Anas Tadini, second in chips with 2,050,000 and Najib Bennis with 655,000 look for a hometown crowd at tomorrow's final table. Tadini is a regular of the Casino and with $698,446 total live earning, represents a difficult opponent on the way to the title. Tadini's biggest score was in the FPS Mazagan Main Event in 2011 for $105,954. Bennis, who only cashed tournaments in Morroco, will try to catch here his third title.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emile Carette | France | 710,000 |
| 2 | Youssef Aananouche | France | 2,070,000 |
| 3 | Anthony Monin | France | 720,000 |
| 4 | Simon Abou Zaki | England | 565,000 |
| 5 | Anas Tadini | Morocco | 2,050,000 |
| 6 | Najib Bennis | Morocco | 655,000 |
| 7 | GRJ | Spain | 1,690,000 |
| 8 | Samir Tazi Mokha | United States | 505,000 |
| 9 | Azapl | Spain | 540,000 |
The unfortunate Karim Lehoussine made the bubble with 
cracked by Emile Carette holding 
, but left the tournament with a smile, and many eliminations followed quickly.
Among those to finish in the money on Day 2 were Bernard Guigon (MAD 14,000), Jaouad Abida (MAD 16,000), Nicolas Boton (MAD17,500), Pierre-Antoine Quignard (MAD 17,500), Alexandre Pouzet (MAD 24,000) and Jerome Zerbib (MAD 29,000).
Cards hit the air at 3 pm on Sunday and will feature a live stream on the Wonder8 Youtube channel. There will be a 30-minute delay and you can also follow live updates here on until a new Wonder8 Champion is crowned on PokerNews.
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
As the level 23 stopped, the tournament's director announced the end of the day and the players are bagging their chips. The tournament will restart tomorrow at 3 pm.
A recap of the day as well as the chipcounts will follow shortly.
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Najib Bennis pushed his last 320,000 with 
in his hand from the cut-off and Youssef Aananouch quickly called with 
.
It was a desperate situation for Bennis, but a board 
gave him the nut flush on the river as well as the needed double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,815,000
-820,000
|
-820,000 |
|
715,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Simon Abou Zaki open-shoved from the cut-off for his last 365,000 and after a long tank, GRJ decided to make the call from the big blind.
Simon Abou Zaki: 
GRJ: 
It was a typical flip situation and the runout 
gave a pair of aces to Abou Zaki to double up to a stack of 740,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
775,000
-315,000
|
-315,000 |
|
740,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
It folded to Anas Tadini situated in the small blind who opened for 80,000. Najib Bennis moved all-in for a slightly bigger stack than Tadini and the latter called with a stack around 800,000.
Anas Tadini: 
Najib Bennis:
Tadini had the dominating hand and the dealer brought a board 
, giving the double up for Tadini who stood up from his chair from joy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
1,105,000
|
1,105,000 |
|
|
330,000
-580,000
|
-580,000 |
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,635,000 | |
|
|
1,090,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
910,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
850,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
850,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
595,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
430,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level 22
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
In a blind versus blind situation, Willerminho completed his small blind and Youssef Aananouch checked his option.
The flop fell 
and Willerminho check-called Aananouch's bet for 30,000.
Things heated on the turn 
. Willerminho checked and Aananouch fired a second barrel for 50,000. Willerminho pushed all-in for a stack of 200,000 and Aananouch snap-called.
Holding 
for two pair, Willerminho was facing 
in Aananouch's hand for a staright on the flop. The river 
completed the board and Willerminho got eliminated from the tournament at 10th place for MAD 35,000 (€3,226).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,635,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 22
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Youssef Aananouch opened to 60,000 and Mateo chose to push all-in for a stack worth 600,000. It came back to Youssef who made the call.
Holding 
, Mateo was in good shape for a double up, facing 
in Aananouch's hand, but the board gave the latter a straight thanks to 
and eliminated Mateo at the 11th Place for MAD 35,000 (€3,226).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
Busted |