Main Event Day 1a | 2020 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech

01-16-2020 15:58 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Panda	40,000
Anas Tadini	Busted

Flush for Delpui

Jaxon

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

A player with the nickname Dur2win checked with the on the board before Thierry Delpui bet 3,100.

It appeared Dur2win just wanted to call betting 5,100 but this was enough to be declared a min-raise to 6,200. Delpui made the call and the completed the board on the river.

Dur2win check-called a bet of 8,000 from his opponent. Delpui turned over for a flush and won the hand after Dur2win tossed away his hand face down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thierry Delpui	60,000
Dur2win	20,000

Tags: Thierry Delpui

01-16-2020 15:45 UTC+1

Everyone Loves a Chopped Pot

Jaxon

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Thomas Simsen bet 4,200 into a pot of 5,400 with the on the board. Maurice Jeevanji raised to 12,000 and Simsen went into the tank.

He asked in French how much his opponent had left in his stack and Jeevanji showed it was around 15,000.

Jeevanji then declared himself all-in and Simsen called off his stack.

Maurice Jeevanji:
Thomas Simsen:

Both players were guaranteed to chop the pot with both players having the same two-pair and no possible flushes to come on the river.

The completed the board on the river and both players laughed out loud and gave each other fist pumps for the chop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Simsen	60,000
Maurice Jeevanji	30,000

Tags: Thomas Simsen Maurice Jeevanji

01-16-2020 15:33 UTC+1

Action Resumes

Jaxon

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

The action has resumed from the break. The Day 1a field has grown to 125 entrants with 118 players remaining.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

01-16-2020 15:18 UTC+1

Break Time

Jaxon

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break. Blinds will go up to 100/300 with a big blind ante of 300 when the action resumes.

01-16-2020 15:17 UTC+1

Zamorano Left Short

Jaxon

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Antonio Saez Zamorano is coming off a big win at the Golden Poker Million Cyprus at the end of last year for €164,000 but is off to a slow start here in the Main Event.

The Andorran resident was just in a hand with Yaniv Feldman which left his with about 6,000 in chips left in his stack.

Zamorano and another player checked after the came on the flop before Feldman bet 2,300 into a pot of around 3,000. Zamorano made the call and the other player folded.

Zamorano check-called a bet of 3,500 from his opponent after the came on the turn and checked again after the completed the board on the river.

Feldman bet for 6,500 which covered his opponent's remaining stack. Zamorano went into the tank for two minutes before he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaniv Feldman	35,000
Antonio Saez Zamorano	6,000

Tags: Antonio Saez Zamorano Yaniv Feldman

01-16-2020 14:54 UTC+1

Big Stack for Israel

Jaxon

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Avraham Israel has the biggest stack in the room. He just won another pot to bring his stack up to around 80,000 in chips.

Jerome Rousseau bet 700 into a pot of around 1,500 with the on the flop and got a call from Djamal Boutaleb. Israel raised to 2,400 and got calls from both his opponents.

All three players checked after the came on the turn. Rousseau and Boutaleb both checked after the completed the board on the river. Israel bet 4,500. Rousseau quickly folded and Boutaleb made the call.

Israel turned over and apparently this was good enough as Boutaleb tossed his hand into the muck.