WPTDeepStacks Marrakech: Grospellier, Fitoussi, and Defending Champ Tosques Advance
The WPTDeepStacks returned to Marrakech in grand fashion with 213 players entering on Day 1a of the Main Event. This is up over thirty percent from last year and means the tournament looks on track for record numbers.
Several big names joined the field late, including partypoker pros Bruno Fitoussi and Bertrand Grospellier. They were seated at the same table, with defending champion Francois Tosques sat in between them. All three would bag up chips at the end of the Day, with Fitoussi (52,000) and Grospellier (74,000) behind Tosques (158,000) who doubled late on.
After twelve levels of play at the Casino de Marrakech, there was a clear chip leader. Ismail Fath-Eddine moved up the counts, helped by the elimination of Moroccan Anas Tadini, to bag 448,500 in chips.
Other big stacks advancing include Fernando Suago (238,000), Robin Hegele (228,000), and Isabel Baltazar (204,000).
Tadini was one of several regulars here in Marrakech who played on Day 1a. And while he was unfortunate to bust, former Marrakech Poker Open High Roller champion Fadhil Farag (57,000), Sofian Benaissa (96,000), and former WSOP November Niner Fernando Pons (56,500) all bagged up stacks for Day 2.
Join us on Friday 20th September right here on PokerNew from 13:00 local time for Day 1b to see who else can make it through to Day 2! WPTDeepStacks Marrakech Main Event live updates can be found in the PokerNews Live Reporting section.
Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.
