Main Event Day 1b | 2019 WSOP International Circuit Anniversary Marrakech

06-21-2019 17:08 UTC+1

El Bakkouri Chips Up

Mat Sustrac

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Aurélie Dassi raised under the gun and was called by Julien Ferey on her immediate left. In the Big Blind, Mohamed El Bakkouri completed with .

Thr trio discovered a board and Mohamed checked to Aurélie. The girlfriend of Jerome Sgorrano did a continuation bet which was welcomed by a raise at 3,000 chips of Ferey.

Mohamed check-raised for 6,500 chips and Dassi got out of the way. Julien "Junkyboy" elected to put his tournament at risk with for 18,000 chips. El Bakkouri snap-called with his set and the turn let his opponent drawing dead...

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed El Bakkouri	63,000 33,000	33,000
Julien Ferey	Busted

06-21-2019 17:06 UTC+1

In & Out

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Mat Sustrac

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Winner of the WSOPC Paris, Nicolas Noguera has been eliminated quickly and will need a second bullet if he wants to beat his previous 9th place on the WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event, back in january 2019.

The crazy italien Achille Voltolina also has to go to the cashier...

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Noguera	Busted
Achille Voltolina	Busted

06-21-2019 16:36 UTC+1

Respect

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Mat Sustrac

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Play folded to the cutoff who raised it up and was called by dealer and small blind, just to see the player in the big blind having a different plan.

The PMU Poker Team Pro squeezed to 4,000 chips and everybody folded. Imad Derwiche sent back his cards to the dealer reluctantly after declaring "I'm not going after you Sarah".

She folded her hand and collected the pot while smiling and saying: "Come on, play with me, you are going to regret it later", she said confidently before adding "If things doesn´t go as plan i prefer you getting my chips"...

Player	Chips	Progress
Imad Derwiche	46,000 5,000	5,000
Sarah Herzali	33,000 3,500	3,500

Tags: Imad Derwiche Sarah Herzali

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

06-21-2019 16:15 UTC+1

Huxley Folds

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Mat Sustrac

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Small Blind is all-in for 22,000 into a pot containing 14,000 with a board reading .

Something that caught Phillip Huxley by surprise, risking the majority of his stack if he was to call it off. Asking the opponent, "How Do You have some bluffs ?" Huxley stood there with an opponent who sat motionless and quite.

Clearly not happy, Huxley finally released is hand...

Player	Chips	Progress
Anas Tadini	34,000 6,000	6,000
Philipp Huxley	24,000 27,000	27,000
Beatrice Martin	18,000 1,000	1,000

06-21-2019 16:09 UTC+1

Too Curious

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Mat Sustrac

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Imad Derwiche has just won the Main Event of the Dakar Poker Tour for 59,514$ in Senegal. He also took a side event during this festival but couldn't find a fold on a board where he was head's up against the small blind.

After some deliberation, the frenchman in early position called for 7,000 chips in a 10,000 chips pot... and his opponent showed the flush with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Imad Derwiche	51,000 10,000	10,000

06-21-2019 16:04 UTC+1

New Players

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Mat Sustrac

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

We´ve seen some late registrations to the tournament. Here we have a few of these late arrivals

Player	Chips	Progress
Pahram Ahoor	30,000
Alex Le Vaillant	30,000 30,000	30,000
Badr Douche	30,000 30,000	30,000
Manuel Sadornil	30,000 30,000	30,000
Mathieu Papineau	30,000 30,000	30,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

06-21-2019 15:42 UTC+1

Chip counts At First Break

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Mat Sustrac

Level 3

Player	Chips	Progress
Imad Derwiche	61,000 31,000	31,000
Kamal Sefrioui	56,000 56,000	56,000
Jerome Sgorrano	48,000 11,000	11,000
Bernard Guigon	41,000 11,000	11,000
Mohamed Mamouni	36,000 6,000	6,000
Aurelie Dassi	35,000 5,000	5,000
Nassima Ouberdous	35,000 35,000	35,000
Alexandre Laudicina	34,000 34,000	34,000
Said El Yousfi	33,000 3,000	3,000

Sarah Herzali	29,500 500	500
Anas Tadini	28,000 11,000	11,000
Thierry Morel	24,000 6,000	6,000
Olivier Ferrero	24,000 6,000	6,000
Giovanni Rosadoni	24,000 6,000	6,000

Abdel Kondah	23,000 7,000	7,000
Beatrice Martin	19,000 19,000	19,000
Julien Ferey	17,000 13,000	13,000
Quentin Lecomte	17,000 13,000	13,000

06-21-2019 15:05 UTC+1

A Hundred

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Mat Sustrac

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

With this we have now reached one hundred players during today´s flight

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Fares	30,000
Mohamed El Bakkouri	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aurelie Dassi	30,000
Bernard Guigon	30,000 30,000	30,000
Audrey Verlomme	30,000 30,000	30,000
Pahram Ahoor	30,000 30,000	30,000
Imad Derwiche	30,000 30,000	30,000
Fadil Farag	30,000 30,000	30,000
Olivier Ferrero	30,000 30,000	30,000
Nathan Gozlan	30,000 30,000	30,000
Lucien Laigneau	30,000 30,000	30,000
Thierry Morel	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ricardo Giacalone	30,000 30,000	30,000