Frederic Rizzo Atop After Day 1a of the 2015 WSOP International Circuit Morocco
The first starting day of the 2015 World Series of Poker International Circuit Main Event at the Casino de Marrakech attracted a total of 171 entries, of which 63 bagged up chips after 12 levels of play. Of those entries, sixteen of them were second bullets for 15,000 Dirhams (€1,350) apiece. Ultimately it was Frederic Rizzo who shot to the top of the leader board at the end, accumulating astonishing 264,000 in chips and edging out Jorge Coello Esmoris's 239,800.
El Mostafa Ederoua, who finished third at the Winamax Poker Tour in Paris two weeks ago for €50,000, busted [Removed:253] at the end of level 11 and claimed 216,300 chips, good enough for third place overall. Other big stacks include Alexandre de Zutter (154,800), Mostafa Boukri (154,000), Masbah Ben Baba (153,700). Arnaud Peyroles (147,000) as well as recent World Poker Tour National Brussels finalist Miroslav Alilovic (138,000).
PMU Poker Team Pro Brian Benhamou (131,300) and Ludovic Riehl (111,000) also bagged up above-average stacks. Guillaume Darcourt was among the players to purchase a second bullet and tripled up at the very end.
Paul Francois Tedeschi (67,100), Fadhil Farag (48,000), Rebecca Gerin (47,400), Manuel Sadornil (47,200) and Anthony Rodrigues (22,800) will return with less than the average when the action resumes on Saturday at 14:00 local time.
Among those that didn't make it yet and have to re-enter Day 1b were such familiar names as Abdelhadi Kondah, Anas Tadini, Quentin Lecomte, Philippe Ktorza, Guillaume Diaz, Brahim Oubella, Frederic Hebette, Matas Cimbolas and Sonny Franco. It wasn't a bad day for Franco though as earlier in the day he took down Event #7 €540 DeepStack for a gold ring. In addition, Said El Yousfi from Switzerland also claimed a WSOP Circuit Ring today.
That's all for now, but make sure to tune back in tomorrow as of 14:00 local time for PokerNews Live Reporting when Day 1b gets underway in the heart of Morocco.
and the Frenchman as well as one opponent invested 2,000 each. The 
turn saw the check-raise all in of the opponent after Darcourt had bet 5,500 and was called off by the Frenchman with 
for top two pair.
for a flopped flush and neither jack nor king saved Darcourt on a brick river. The Frenchman can still re-enter once until the end of level nine though.
and had moved all in for 9,850 chips.
. The short stack had the 
were in a desperate shape.
turn settled things for Touali to knock out two opponents and the meaningless 
river completed the board.
flop, the chips went in after the 
turn. Franco held the 
and Vitor Hugo from Portugal needed a king or jack with his 
. The 
river was a brick and the French rail cheered.
