Day 1b on the Horizon
Welcome back to beautiful Marrakech, Morocco, where sunny skies greeted us this morning for our walk back over to the Casino de Marrakech for today's Day 1b of the WPT Marrakech Main Event presented by Chilipoker.
Yesterday saw 137 players turn out for the first of the two Day Ones, with only 51 of those surviving to return on Monday. Sebastian Homann of Germany ended with the most chips when play concluded late last night, the only one of the group to cross the 300,000-chip mark.
Expectations are we should be seeing a few more familiar faces in the field today. Among those expected to join the fray are David Benyamine, Carlos Mortensen, Ludovic Lacay, and Arnaud Mattern. We'll see if any of those or any of our other Day 1b combatants come close to challenging Homann for the overall Day 1 chip lead.
The plan today will once again be to play 11 one-hour levels, with the dinner break coming after Level 6. The first hands are scheduled to be dealt about a half-hour from now. See you back here then!