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

Set Over Set for Cesar

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Yohan Chiche bet 2,500 into a pot of around 4,000 with the {a-Clubs}{8-Spades}{5-Spades}{6-Diamonds} on the board after the turn. A player with the nickname of Cesar raised to 8,000 and Chiche called.

Chiche checked after the {9-Spades} completed the board on the river. Cesar bet 3,300 and Chiche snap-called.

Cesar turned over {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} for a set of eights and Chiche showed he had a set as with after showing the table he held {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Cesar es
Cesar
50,000
Yohan Chiche fr
Yohan Chiche
16,000

Tags: Yohan Chiche

No Showdown for Stinca

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

A French player using the nickname Beboy bet 8,000 into a pot of around 12,000 with the {j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} on the board.

A player quickly folded before Mihai Stinca jammed for 21,000. Beboy tanked for more than a minute before he made the fold.

"Did you have ace-ten of hearts?" asked a player at the table to Stinca after he won the hand.

Stinca remained stone-faced and silent before he passed the dealer his hand face down.

Player Chips Progress
Mihai Stinca ro
Mihai Stinca
40,000
Beboy fr
Beboy
20,000

Tags: Mihai Stinca

Barka Bluffs Big

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Imad Barka jammed for about 20,000 into a pot of about the same size with the {8-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{3-Spades}{k-Hearts} on the board.

Mody Rubenstein paused for about a minute before he folded.

Barka turned over {9-Clubs}{7-Spades} and despite missing his open-ended straight draw he won the pot with aggression on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Imad Barka ma
Imad Barka
41,000 41,000
Mody Rubenstein il
Mody Rubenstein
28,000 -10,000

Tags: Imad BarkaMody Rubenstein

Big Blind Ante

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

The big blind ante is already in effect with blinds going up to 100/100 with a big blind ante of 100.

The Day 1a field has grown to 61 entrants with all players still in their seats to start the second blind level of the day.

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

Sinnig Gets Back to Even

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Izad Toumi bet 2,000 into a pot of around 4,000 with the {3-Spades}{2-Hearts}{q-Spades}{q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} on the board. Pierre Sinnig waited about 10 seconds before he made the call.

Toumi began shaking his head that his bluff didn't work before he turned over {k-Spades}{7-Spades}. Sinnig exposed {10-Spades}{9-Clubs} and won the pot with two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Sinnig fr
Pierre Sinnig
30,000 8,000
Izad Toumi fr
Izad Toumi
22,000

Full House for Rubenstein

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Pierre Sinnig checked into a pot of around 6,000 with the {6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Spades}{8-Spades}{q-Clubs} on the board before Mody Rubenstein bet 4,500.

Sinnig made the quick call and Rubenstein immediately turned over {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a full house. Sinning shook his head before he flashed the {8-Clubs} to his opponent for a minimum of trips.

Player Chips Progress
Mody Rubenstein il
Mody Rubenstein
38,000
Pierre Sinnig fr
Pierre Sinnig
22,000 -8,000

Tags: Pierre SinnigMody Rubenstein

Two Pair for Colantoni

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

While no players have been felted as of yet, there was one of the biggest pots of the day thus far on Table 4.

Christophe Colantoni bet 3,000 into a pot of more than 10,000 with the {2-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{9-Spades} on the board. Stephane Vucko paused for about 20 seconds before he made the call.

Colantoni turned over {4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} for two pair. Vucko shook his head and began to throw his hand into the muck before he showed the table he had an overpair with {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Christophe Colantoni fr
Christophe Colantoni
37,000
Stephane Vucko fr
Stephane Vucko
23,000

Tags: Stephane VuckoChristophe Colantoni

Last Champ Huxley Joins the Action

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
philipp huxley
philipp huxley

United Kingdom's Phillip Huxley won the WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event the last time it was in town in June 2019 for €86,162.

This was Huxley's first WSOP Circuit gold ring and his largest cash to date of his $316,074 in total cashes.

He just joined the action in the first half of Level 1 of Main Event hoping he will become the first two-time champ of the WSOP Marrakech.

Player Chips Progress
Phillip Huxley gb
Phillip Huxley
Defending Champion
30,000 30,000

Tags: Phillip Huxley