Two Tables Left in WSOPC Marrakech Main Event, Winner Claims $166K+

Casino de Marrakech

The 2020 WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event at Casino de Marrakech, located in the heart of the Es Saadi Resort has wrapped up after a long day with nearly 11 blind levels of an hour each.

The day began with 175 hopefuls out of the original festival record-breaking field of 625 entrants. Payouts were soon announced straight after with the winner slated to receive 1,600,000 MAD (€150,400/$166,747) and the top 79 players guaranteed a min-cash of at least 28,000 MAD (€2,632/$2,918).

A Spanish player with the nickname 'Igna Poker', despite his anonimity a regular in Casino de Marrakech, bagged a Day 2 chip leading stack of 2,705,000 followed by Portugal's Rui Jorge Bouquet Rosas (2,335,000), Spain's 'TMV' (2,180,000), and Switzerland's Samiyel Duzgun (2,035,000) and Christophe Panetti (1,250,000).

Day 1a chip leader Ayman Jarrar (1,130,000) and United Kingdom's notorious The Hendon Mob flag hunter Andy Hills (lead image, 625,000) are also among the players to advance.

Among some of the notable players to cash on Day 2 but fail to advance to the final day included American globetrotter Corbin White (21st - 53,000 MAD$5,524), defending champion Phillip Huxley (27th - 46,000 MAD/$4,794), Frederic Delval (37th - 40,000 MAD/$4,169), PMU.fr Ambassador Joffrey Lhote (44th - 35,000 MAD/$3,648), and Day 1b chip leader Marius Conan (73rd - 28,000/$2,918).

Phillip Huxley
Defending champion Phillip Huxley finished in 27th place

Final Day Payouts

All of the 16 remaining players bagging chips will return to the final day featuring one-hour blind levels with at least a 16th place cash of 68,000 MAD (€6,392/$7,087) guaranteed for their efforts.

PlacePrize (MAD)Prize (Euro)Prize (USD)
11,600,000€150,400$166,747
21,060,000€99,640$110,470
3700,000€65,800$72,952
4500,000€47,000$52,109
5380,000€35,720$39,602
6300,000€28,200$31,265
7240,000€22,560$25,012
8200,000€18,800$20,843
9170,000€15,980$17,717
10145,000€13,630$15,111
11123,000€11,562$12,819
12105,000€9,870$10,943
1390,000€8,460$9,380
1478,000€7,332$8,129
1578,000€7,332$8,129
1668,000€6,392$7,087

2020 WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event Final Day Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChipsBlinds at Level 22 (9:57 remaining)Blinds at Level 23
11'TMV'Spain2,180,0008773
12Laurent BenhayounFrance380,0001513
13Imad DerwicheFrance1,000,0004033
14Marc PoustisFrance1,245,0005042
15Frederic AyadiFrance695,0002823
16Rui Jorge Bouquet RosasPortugal2,335,0009378
17Grolo GrolovicSwitzerland1,100,0004437
18Edouard PiquetFrance335,0001311
       
21Ivaylo PanevBulgaria580,0002319
22'Igna Poker'Spain2,705,00010890
23Christophe PanettiSwitzerland1,250,0005042
24Mohamed BouzgarrouMorocco280,000119
25Ugo FaggioliFrance880,0003529
26Ayman JarrarMorocco1,130,0004538
27Samiyel DuzgunSwitzerland2,035,0008168
28Andy HillsUnited Kingdom625,0002521

PokerNews will be back tomorrow at 1 p.m. CET to bring you what promises to be an exciting conclusion to the 2020 WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event. Stay tuned to see who wins!

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