Picking up the action on the flop, Christophe Maggio check-raised to 2,800 and his sole opponent Antonio Fernandez called to see the on the turn. Maggio took the lead this time and bet 3,000, which the Spaniard called. However, all of the buzz died on the river as both players checked. Maggio flashed and Fernandez had that beat with .
Among those to recently take their seat at the start of level two were PMU.fr Team Pro Sarah Herzali, Olivier Decamps, Alexandre Tarantino, Olivier Decamps, Fouad Zouiten, Bernard Guigon and Benjamin Gonzva. The field has grown to 166 entries and there has been no casualty yet.
Andrew King is one of few international players that made the trip to sunny Marrakech, escaping from the rainy weather back home in Ireland. King has dropped some chips early on and was just spotted in a pot with one of the Spanish players that goes by the nickname of Pablo.
On the turn, with 2,425 in the middle, Pablo bt 800 and King raised to 2,100 in the cutoff. The Spaniard wasted little time and clicked it back to 5,500 to force a fold.
Another countryman has started well also one table over, as Fernando G's bet of 3,300 on the river of a board was paid off. Fernando showed for a set and that won the pot.
One of the tables with four big names includes Olivier Decamps, Alexandre Tarantino, Louis Linard and Alexandre Reard. The latter is a very accomplished and well-known French poker pro and just claimed a pot to boost his stack slightly, while Erwann Pecheux also added some chips recently.
Reard faced a raise to 400 by the player in under the gun and three-bet to 1,300, the initial raiser was the only caller. On a flop of , a check was followed by Reard's continuation bet and that shut down all further action.
Romain Lewis arrived with a smile on the face and sunglasses in the tournament room, however the very first hand the Frenchman played was also the last one on bullet number one. A raising war ended up with Lewis calling all in to the five-bet shove of Jesper Witved on the button.
Until then, Lewis had invested 5,000 and called the jam with pocket kings while Witved turned over aces. The classic setup of the two best starting hands in No-Limit Hold'em saw Witved come out victorious and the Dane scored the early double.
Lewis re-entered right after, though, and is back with bullet number two. All players can re-enter as many times as they wish until the start of level nine.
Antonio Fernandez and Francisco both invested 3,300 preflop to see a flop of and checked before the appeared on the turn. Fernandez bet 4,900 and Francisco called before the river completed the board. After some consideration, Fernandez moved all in for effectively 17,000, as that's what Francisco had left.
The fellow Spaniard gave it some thought and folded to get shown , there was no Will Kassouf speech play about the shown hand, though.
Among those to enter the competition towards the end of level two including Anas Tadini and [Removed:44]. Others include Sofian Benaissa, Antonio Chemi, 2016 November Niner Fernando Pons and Said El-Yousfi.
Down to around 12,000 the last time he was spotted, Gaetan Balleur had experienced a rough start and that would get even worse as he just exited the tournament area. Balleur apparently called a shove on a flop with queen-jack for two pair while his opponent had flopped bottom pair and a flush draw. Another eight on the turn gave the opponent trips and Balleur was eliminated.
flop, Christophe Maggio check-raised to 2,800 and his sole opponent Antonio Fernandez called to see the 
on the turn. Maggio took the lead this time and bet 3,000, which the Spaniard called. However, all of the buzz died on the 
river as both players checked. Maggio flashed 
and Fernandez had that beat with 
.
turn, with 2,425 in the middle, Pablo bt 800 and King raised to 2,100 in the cutoff. The Spaniard wasted little time and clicked it back to 5,500 to force a fold.
was paid off. Fernando showed 
for a set and that won the pot.
and checked before the 
river completed the board. After some consideration, Fernandez moved all in for effectively 17,000, as that's what Francisco had left.
, there was no Will Kassouf speech play about the shown hand, though.
flop with queen-jack for two pair while his opponent had flopped bottom pair and a flush draw. Another eight on the turn gave the opponent trips and Balleur was eliminated.