The top 53 spots will get paid at least 25,000 Dirhams whereas the winner of the 2015 World Series Of Poker International Circuit Main Event at the Casino de Marrakech takes home 1,300,000 Dirhams. Furthermore, the champion also gets invited to the WSOP Circuit Championship, a Side Event during the WSOP in 2016.
Alexandre De Zutter has started well into the first level of the day, three-betting an open raise with and finding a flop of . A continuation bet of the Frenchman was check-called and the turn de Zutter pushed.
His opponent tank-called with and another club on the river awarded the pot to de Zutter.
Une belle rivière qui permet au Français de passer à 230 000 jetons.
Ben Warrington had defended his big blind against the raise of Juan Riera and then bet the turn for 19,000. Riera called and the on the river left the Brit confused. He chatted with his opponent in English and then said "now I am not sure what to do" before surrendering.
Warrington ended up being unable to beat the of the Spaniard and dropped to 20 big blinds for the upcoming level.
Soufiane Abbouti raised to 4,200 from early position and called the three-bet of Paul Francois Tedeschi to 12,000 out of the small blind. On a flop of , the Frenchman fired a continuation bet of 12,500 and was called before checking the turn.
Abbouti announced all in with the superior stack and Tedeschi snap-called for his last 55,000 with . The Belgian was way behind with but scored the lucky punch thanks to the river.
Kuljinder Sidhu isn't necessarily awake yet after a quick chat with the Brit, however he has almost doubled up his stack already after the previous night went quite long.
Manuel Makiadi is the new chip leader after winning three big pots in a row, eliminating Guillaume Darcourt and Julien Sitbon as a result. In the first hand, Makiadi three-bet with and flopped a straight. Darcourt paid off two barrels on an eight-high board with and lost more than half his stack.
Then, Julien Sitbon raised to 4,000 and called the three-bet of Makiadi to 12,000, heading to a jack-high flop. Sitbon shoved with pocket nines and Makiadi scored the knockout with pocket aces.
Fast forward a few more minutes and Makiadi raised with and received three callers to see a flop of . Darcourt put the remainder on his stack into but no more diamond showed up.
Ben Warrington and Juan Riera had already tangled in a pot not long ago and seem to know each other from the poker tables. The Brit was down to 20 big blinds and got those in with . Riera held and spiked an ace on the turn to claim the pot.