Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2019 WSOP International Circuit Anniversary Marrakech
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 WSOP International Circuit Anniversary Marrakech
Buy-in
15,000 MAD
Prize Pool
4,685,000 MAD
Entries
359
Level
31
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Jacquin the Leader
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Axel Jacquin didn't give up after losing 
against 
preflop for a huge pot five hours ago.
The French guy even took his revenge against his nemesis, Fred Rizzo. After a 4x raise under the gun from Rizzo was called four times, Axel squeezed from the big blind with 
. Rizzo and another player called and Rizzo was the only caller after a continuation bet of 6,000 chips in a 21,000 chips pot on a 
flop.
With 15,000 chips in front of him, Jacquin elected to change gear by checking the turn 
. Then he called when Rizzo pushed him all-in, doubling up after Rizzo has tabled 
and the dealer brought a safe river.
Jacquin then eliminated Giovanni Rosadonni by making a Full House on 
with nines. The WSOP Europe winner was punished after seeing a flop with 
Finally, minutes ago, Jacquin smooth-called with in the small blind to play a four-way pot and see a 
flop. Thierry Morel bet 3,000 chips and Jacquin called with his set and the big blind raised it to 11,000 chips, a move that didn't bother Morel who elected to raise to 35,000 chips.
Jacquin then shoved for 100,000 chips, making the big blind player fold. Thierry had another plan and called with , giving Jacquin ad huge pot, probably making him chipleader of the tournament at the end of Level 8.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Checkpoint
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
There is actually 89 players seated in the poker room of the Casino De Marrakech.
The chipcount console seems to have some bugs so here is a manual chipcount.
Axel Jacquin, 150 000
Javier Tsunamy, 110 000
Thierry Morel,100 000
Olivier Paris, 90 000
Rakesh Lalwani, 90 000
Olivier Ferrero, 80 000
Anas Tadini, 70 000
Sébastien Compte, 45 000
Smain Mamouni, 43 000
Mohamed Mamouni, 43 000
Pierre-Antoine Quignard 25 000
Fred Rizzo, 15 000
Jean-Michel Ploch, 5 500
Giovanni Rosadoni 0
Said El Yousfi 0
Nicolas Ribeiro Chips Up
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Nicolas Ribeiro has won the Barrière Poker Tour Toulouse (570€ - 419 entries) for €35,270 two weeks ago and he's on fire.
The Frenchman limped 
Under the gun and three players joined the party to discover a 
flop. After a betting war, Nicolas Ribeiro has called two players who went all-in !
Lucien Laigneau was in bad shape with 
but had one out for the straight flush. The third whell was also in contention to take that big pot with a Full House draw and quad draw with !
The dealer provided no help for this duet and Laigneau is now headed to the rail. Nicolas Ribeiro has now 114,000 chips !
Welcome to Marrakech
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Marrakech isn't just a haven for poker players this week, it's a touch of paradise all year round for holiday-makers, and you see exactly why right here.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Photos
Break started
Break: 20 min.
Rosadoni Doubles His Chips
Level 6
: 300/500, 500 ante
First to act on a 
board, Giovanni Rosadoni fired a bet of 2,300 chips in the small blind. The under the gun player called and another player folded.
The dealer delivered a turn of 
and the WSOP Europe winner led out for a second time, this time for 3,900 chips. That bet was called and the river completed the board.
Rosadonni checked and his opponent pushed all of his chips forward to set him all-in. The Frenchman snap-called with 
and got a very quick muck from his opponent before the dealer forced him to flash 
.
Rosadoni is now above the starting stack.