2020 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
1,600,000 MAD
Event Info
Buy-in
15,000 MAD
Prize Pool
8,156,000 MAD
Entries
625
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
227
Players Left
61

Late Registration Closed

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are back from dinner break. The Day 1a field grew to 227 entrants with 106 players remaining.

There will be three more blind levels of play today after which surviving players will bag and tag chips into Saturday's Day 2.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Dinner Break

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. Late registration will close for Day 1a when the action resumes.

Blinds will go up to 600/1,200 with a big blind ante of 1,000 before increasing to 800/1,600 with a big blind ante of 1,200 and 1,000/2,000 with a big blind ante of 2,000. After this, any remaining players will bag chips and will resume action on Day 2 on Saturday.

Elechmann Gets Back in his Seat

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Erez Elchanan three-bet jammed for 11,500 and was called by Pierre Sinnig.

Elchanan got out of his seat after he turned over {9-Spades}{6-Spades} and his opponent turned over {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}. This was even before things were looking grim for his after Sinnig paired the {9-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop.

Elchanan was a couple of steps away from the table while the {7-Clubs} came on the turn followed by the {10-Clubs} on the river.

"You hit a straight," a player at the table said.

Elchanan's facial expression didn't change at all but he did get back into his seat with more than twice the chips he began the hand with.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Sinnig fr
Pierre Sinnig
28,000 -2,000
Erez Elchanan il
Erez Elchanan
25,000

Tags: Erez ElchananPierre Sinnig

Cooler for Eshkar

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The action folded to Eyal Ehskar in the small blind and he open-jammed for about 12,000. Ivaylo Panev snap-called from the big blind.

Eshkar had a very strong hand from the small blind with {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} but was in for a world of hurt with Panev holding {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}.

The case ace came on the {3-Spades}{a-Hearts}{j-Spades} flop to give Panev a set. The {k-Diamonds} came on the turn to give Eshkar some hope with a gutshot straight draw. The draw didn't complete with the {7-Spades} completing the board on the river and Eshkar headed out of the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Ivaylo Panev bg
Ivaylo Panev
63,000
Eyal Eshkar il
Eyal Eshkar
Busted

Tags: Ivaylo PanevEyal Eshkar

Quignard Triples his Short Stack

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Salah Eddine Taleb opened to 3,200 and got a call from Erez Elchanan. Pierre Quignard three-bet jammed for 13,400 and got calls from both his opponents.

Taleb led out for 5,500 after the {7-Spades}{3-Clubs}{6-Spades} came on the flop. Elchanan tanked for 90 seconds before he folded.

Quignard turned over {q-Spades}{q-Clubs} and was ahead of the {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} held by his opponent.

The {j-Spades} on the turn might not seem like an important card but it was. The {a-Spades} came on the river to give Elchanen two pair but it also improved Quignard to a flush to win the hand and triple up his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Salah Eddine Taleb fr
Salah Eddine Taleb
70,000 17,000
Pierre Quignard fr
Pierre Quignard
42,000

Last Level of Late Registration

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The last level before the 75-minute dinner break has just begun. Late registration will close after the dinner break.

The field is currently at 218 entrants, including 32 re-entries, with 116 players remaining.

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Guichard Doesn't Need a Showdown

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

There was a four-bet and a call to create a pot of around 15,000 before the flop. Paul Guichard bet about 10,000 after the {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Hearts} came on the flop. Thomas Simsen raised to 30,000 before Guichard jammed his remaining stack of 71,000.

Simsen tanked for about three minutes before he made the fold. Neither player showed their cards as the dealer pushed Guichard a huge pot.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Guichard fr
Paul Guichard
116,000
Thomas Simsen fr
Thomas Simsen
50,000 -10,000

Tags: Paul GuichardThomas Simsen

Willy Wonka Wins a Chocolate Factory

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Willy Wonka
Willy Wonka

A Spanish player known just as Willy Wonka might as well own a chocolate factory as he is sitting on a monster stack of 230,000 in chips.

He just won a massive pot against another player using a nickname in Claude Franco.

Willy Wonka bet 15,000 into a pot of 30,000 after the {7-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} came on the flop. Claude Franco min-raised to 30,000 and Willy Wonka jammed to more than cover the around 80,000 his opponent had left behind. Claude Franco called and players turned over their cards.

Willy Wonka: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Claude Franco: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

Willy Wonka was ahead but had to sweat some outs has his opponent had draws for the straight and a set.

The {7-Spades} on the turn didn't help Claude Franco and he was eliminated after the {a-Hearts} on the river further improved Willy Wonka to a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Willy Wonka es
Willy Wonka
230,000 230,000
Claude Franco fr
Claude Franco
Busted