Day 1b of the Marrakech Poker Open Main Event Starts at 2 P.M.

Another hot and sunny day starts here at the Es Saadi Resort in Marrakech. A day that 12 players will enjoy at the pool, far from the poker table, as they successfully qualified for Day 2 after Day 1a of the 10,000 MAD Marrakech Poker Open Main Event.

Out of the 41 entrants, Spanish Poker Festival Team Pro Ibon Berriozabal ended up as the overall chip leader with 341,000 chips, ahead of Eduard Rau (271,000) and 2023 Winamax Poker Tour winner Sebastien Lesoif (233,000).

Day 1a Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Ibon Berriozabal	Spain	341,000	85
2	Eduard Rau	Germany	271,000	68
3	Sebastien Lesoif	France	233,000	58
4	Andrius Terebeiza	Spain	176,000	44
5	Miguel Couceiro	Portugal	173,000	43
6	Jeremie Canetti	France	167,000	42
7	Alexis Ibarrola	France	149,000	37
8	[Removed:482]	France	140,000	35
9	Dmitrii Laverichev	Russian Federation	116,000	29
10	Vzero	Spain	116,000	29
11	Fabian Rolli	Switzerland	114,000	29
12	Samiyel Duzgun	Switzerland	107,000	27

Among the other qualified players are Andrius Terebeiza (176,000), Miguel Couceiro (173,000), Jeremie Canetti (167,000), Alexis Ibarrola (149,000) and [Removed:482] (140,000), while Switzerland's Fabian Rolli (114,000) and Samiyel Duzgun (107,000) also managed to find a bag with a little bit less than 30 big blinds.

For all the other players who didn't make it through Day 1a and others how didn't play yet, today is the last day to try to qualify for Day 2. Day 1b starts at 2 p.m. local time with blinds of 100/200 and 200 ante. Players will try to navigate their way through thirteen levels of 40 minutes in length, with 15-minute breaks after every three levels. Unlimited reentries are allowed until the end of Level 9. A Turbo flight is also scheduled at 9 p.m. featuring 20-minute levels.

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