The pot contained about 4,500 in it and the board read . Fabian Gumz had bet 4,100 from the small blind and Hanna Khalife was trying to decide what to do. After a minute or so, he decided to call.
The on the river completed the board, Gumz looked at his chips and the board again. Then he bet 10,000. Khalife quickly grabbed calling chips and put them over the line. Gumz showed for a full house, fours over nines. That seemed to be more than good enough for Khalife as he mucked his hand and looked pretty disappointed.
The French contingent has taken over the room and taken their seats at the tables. There isn't much action yet as it's only the first level but a few small hands have been played already.Jean=Sebastien
- The player in the small blind completed and Ahmed Boukaddeda opted to check the big blind. The flop came , the small blind check-folded to the 150 bet of Boukaddeda.
- Jean-Sebastien Benoit raised to 250 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Barny Boatman, on the button, and the players in the blinds. The flop came , the small blind checked, the big blind bet 200, and both Benoit and Boatman called. The turn brought them the , the big blind now checked, as did Benoit. Boatman bet 900 and the two others folded.
- In a pot of 600 and the on the flop, both the small blind and Fabian Gumz, in the cutoff, checked. The turn came with the , the small blind check-folded to the 250 bet of Gumz.
Some of the players that didn't make it through to Day 2 yesterday have taken their seats again here today in the first level. Barny Boatman was one of them and just played a hand against Gil Thierry from Belgium who took down the Bounty Tournament two days ago for 22,400 MAD (€1,982) plus bounties.
Gil Thierry raised to 250 from the cutoff and was called by Barny Boatman, on the button, and the player in the small blind.
They all checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. The small blind bet 200, Thierry folded and Boatman raised to 700. The small blind folded immediately.
"Show the bluff" another player at the table said. Boatman showed the and they all laughed.
"I had pocket threes with a flush draw." Boatman claimed.
Welcome back to Day 1b of the World Series of Poker International Circuit 15,000 MAD (€1,350) Main Event here in the beautiful Es Saadi Resort in Marrakech. Yesterday Day 1a took place which attracted 155 hopefuls and 48 of those made it through to Day 2. Drisse Maouchi topped them to take the overall chip lead into Day 2 for now with 310,000 chips.
It is expected to see a lot of the players enter today that didn’t make it through yesterday, and the players that ran deep in the other tournaments that have taken place over the past days. Players like for example Jerome Sgorrano, Gaelle Baumann, Michael Lech, Alexandre Reard, Sonny Franco, Barny Boatman, Pierre Calamusa, Fabian Gumz, Romain Lewis, Gil Thierry, Ben Bemsimhon, and Guilliaume Diaz.
Former Champions
Year
Entries
Champion
Country
Prize
2017
511
Arron Fletcher
United Kingdom
€130,755
2016
446
Mathieu Selides
France
€95,479
2015
484
Ricardo Manquant
France
€122,330
The tournament will be starting at 1 p.m. local time today. The players will start playing with 30,000 in chips and 45-minute levels. Late registration and reentries will be allowed up until the end of level 9 with a total of 12 levels that are being played today. A 15-minute break will take place after Level 3 & 6 with a one-hour dinner break after Level 9.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be here once again to provide you with all the action of the WSOP International Circuit Main Event here in Morocco.
and Rati Il Dieko had bet 20,000 from the small blind in a pot of about 9,300. Michiel Brosky was up for a decision and tanked. 
for a pair of queens and quickly started stacking up the chips the dealer pushed his way.
. Fabian Gumz had bet 4,100 from the small blind and Hanna Khalife was trying to decide what to do. After a minute or so, he decided to call.
on the river completed the board, Gumz looked at his chips and the board again. Then he bet 10,000. Khalife quickly grabbed calling chips and put them over the line. Gumz showed 
for a full house, fours over nines. That seemed to be more than good enough for Khalife as he mucked his hand and looked pretty disappointed.
, the small blind check-folded to the 150 bet of Boukaddeda.
, the small blind checked, the big blind bet 200, and both Benoit and Boatman called. The turn brought them the 
, the big blind now checked, as did Benoit. Boatman bet 900 and the two others folded.
, the small blind check-folded to the 250 bet of Gumz.
on the flop to the 
and they all laughed.
