Main Event
Day 1A Started
Main Event
Day 1A Started
For the very first time, the World Series of Poker has been heading to Morocco to host the 2015 WSOP International Circuit Casino de Marrakech from March 7th to 15th 2015. The festival provides a total of 32 tournaments including eight "Ring Events".
The first starting day of the Circuit Main Event at the Casino Es Saadi gets underway in 30 minutes from now at 2 p.m. local time. All players receive 30,000 in chips in exchange for 15,000 Dirhams or €1,350. Should a participant run out of chips early, a single re-entry per day can be used to enter the competition once again, resulting in four bullets max as worst case scenario.
With cheap flights from France, Belgium, Spain and Portugal, many of these nationalities are expected to join the local crowd here in Morocco. Furthermore, Ben Warrington and Matas Cimbolas have already participated in the €540 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack already and will most likely also try to earn a WSOP Circuit Ring in the Main Event as well.
Each Day 1 features levels of 45 minutes whereas as of Day 2 the level duration increases to 60 minutes and 75 minutes as of Day 3. The winner will be crowned on Sunday March 15th and the PokerNews team will be there to bring you all the good and bad beats from the felt.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Late registration as well as the single re-entry are available until the end of level nine and each three levels there is a short break whereas the one-hour dinner break takes place after the end of level nine. The button was in seat 10 and the shuffle up and deal has just taken place.
Around 50 players have already taken their seats and among them are Rakesh Lalwani, who I have covered in the Casino de Tanger, as well as the two Frenchman Guillaume Darcourt and Quentin Lecomte.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Rakesh Lalwani | 30,000 | |
Quentin Lecomte | 30,000 | |
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Guillaume Darcourt | 30,000 | |
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More notables keep pouring in including a "table of death" with Brian Benhamou, Pierre Merlin and Guillaume Darcourt. Furthermore, Toni Dieguez faces Houcine El Otmani and WPT Marrakech champion Houssam Mohamed Ali is also in it to win it.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brian Benhamou | 30,000 | |
Pierre Merlin | 30,000 | |
Houssam Mohamed Ali
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30,000 | |
Toni Dieguez
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30,000 | |
Houcine El Otmani
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30,000 |
[Removed:253] as well as Bruno Soutavong have been spotted by our colleagues from the French PokerNews team and another familiar face is Federic Hebette, who hails from Belgium.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Bruno Soutavong | 30,000 | |
Frederic Hebette | 30,000 | |
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30,000 |
Toni Dieguez and Houcine El Otmani got involved in a little hand as we walked by and the Spaniard called a bet on the turn of a board before the river got checked through. Dieguez was first to show and flipped over the for a double gutshot that didn't arrive, but it was soon mucked when El Otmani flipped over the for a straight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Houcine El Otmani
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30,500
500
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500 |
Toni Dieguez
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29,500
-500
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-500 |