2019 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech

Final Results
Winner
Sonny Franco
Winning Hand
55
Prize
1,500,000 MAD
Event Info
Buy-in
15,000 MAD
Entries
544
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
50,000

An Hommage to Jawad Bentahila

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Hommage to Jawad Bentahila
Hommage to Jawad Bentahila

Moroccan poker player Jawad Bentahila sadly passed away on December 31st, 2018. Bentahila sits in 16th on the Moroccan all-time money list and all of his cashes were in Morocco. His biggest score was winning a 22,000 MAD (€2,000) tournament for 364,000 MAD (approx. €33,500).

Most of the players stood up from their seats as a slideshow of photographs were shown on all the screens.

The tournament continued after a couple of minutes. They will play two more levels until they have a one-hour dinner break.

Tags: Jawad Bentahila

Assorted Chip Counts

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Eric Apikian fr
Eric Apikian
100,000
39,000
39,000
Alexander Zeligman gb
Alexander Zeligman
64,000
26,200
26,200
Benjamin Blasco fr
Benjamin Blasco
62,000
12,000
12,000
Orey Canarinho es
Orey Canarinho
55,000
4,000
4,000
Bernard Guigon fr
Bernard Guigon
55,000
5,000
5,000
Jean-Pierre Didier fr
Jean-Pierre Didier
52,000
-5,000
-5,000
Yassine Adib ma
Yassine Adib
43,000
-16,000
-16,000
Thierry Gogniat fr
Thierry Gogniat
40,000
Pascal Vullion fr
Pascal Vullion
33,000
11,300
11,300
Pierre Zerbib fr
Pierre Zerbib
29,500
2,500
2,500
Jimmy Kebe fr
Jimmy Kebe
29,000
-4,650
-4,650
Alain Daien fr
Alain Daien
28,000
Benjamin Bonnardot fr
Benjamin Bonnardot
20,000
4,000
4,000
Cyril Mira fr
Cyril Mira
12,000
-25,000
-25,000
Patrick Legrand fr
Patrick Legrand
Busted
Henri Dupont fr
Henri Dupont
Busted
Fabrice Casano fr
Fabrice Casano
Busted

Blangiardi Versus Brandrowski

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Renaud Blangiardi raised from early position to 1,500 and he was called by the player on the button and by Mathieu Brandrowski in the big blind.

The flop was {5-Spades}{2-Spades}{7-Spades} and Brandrowski checked to Blangiardi. He continued with a bet of 2,000 and the player on the button got out of the way. Brandrowski called and they went heads-up to the turn.

The turn was the {4-Hearts} and both players checked this time. They did the same on the {A-Diamonds} river and Blangiardi took it down when he showed {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Renaud Blangiardi fr
Renaud Blangiardi
44,000
Mathieu Brandrowski nc
Mathieu Brandrowski
19,000

Tags: Mathieu BrandrowskiRenaud Blangiardi

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Bennis Makes G Fold

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Najib Bennis limped from the small blind and big blind Fernando G raised to 2,275. Bennis called and they saw the {9-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{3-Hearts} flop come down.

Bennis checked to G on the flop and he continued with a bet of 1,500. Bennis called to see the {8-Diamonds} turn.

They both checked and the {K-Hearts} river card came down. Bennis took over the betting lead with a bet of 2,600 and that was enough to make G fold his hand and take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Najib Bennis ma
Najib Bennis
47,900
47,900
47,900
Fernando G
Fernando G
20,500
-5,500
-5,500

Tags: Fernando GNajib Bennis

Pineiro Doubles; Ben Baba Left Short

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Joseph Pineiro moved all in for 11,000 from the under-the-gun position and Masbah Ben Baba moved all in as well from two seats over. Ben Baba had 18,000 and he put Pineiro at risk of elimination when everybody else got out of the way.

Joseph Pineiro: {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}
Masbah Ben Baba: {A-Spades}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {2-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and Pineiro doubled up, leaving Ben Baba with less than ten big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Pineiro fr
Joseph Pineiro
24,000
Masbah Ben Baba fr
Masbah Ben Baba
7,000

Tags: Joseph PineiroMasbah Ben Baba

Break

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

The players were sent on a one-hour dinner break. The 25 chips will be raced off in the break and the late registration/reentry period ends at the start of level ten after the dinner break.