The 2020 WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event at Casino de Marrakech, located in the heart of the Es Saadi Resort is in the books after nearly 11 blind levels of an hour each.
The day began with 175 hopefuls out of the original festival record-breaking field of 625 entrants. Payouts were soon announced straight after with the winner slated to receive 1,600,000 MAD (€150,400/$166,747) and the top 79 players guaranteed a min-cash of at least 28,000 MAD (€2,632/$2,918).
A Spanish player with the nickname Igna Poker bagged a Day 2 chip leading stack of 2,705,000 followed by Portugal's Rui Bouquet (2,335,000), Spain's TMV (2,180,000), and Switzerland's Samiyel Duzgun (2,035,000) and Christophe Panetti (1,250,000).
Day 1a chip leader Ayman Jarrar (1,130,000) and United Kingdom's Andrew Hills (625,000), who was short on chips the majority of the day, are also among the players to advance.
Among some of the notable players to cash on Day 2 but fail to advance to the final day included American globetrotter Corbin White (21st - 53,000 MAD/€4,982/$5,524), defending champion Phillip Huxley (27th - 46,000 MAD/€4,324/$4,794), Frederic Delval (37th - 40,000 MAD/€3,760/$4,169), PMU.fr Ambassador Joffrey Lhote (44th - 35,000 MAD/€3,290/$3,648), and Day 1b chip leader Marius Conan (73rd - 28,000/€2,632/$2,918).
Final Day Payouts
All of the 16 remaining players bagging chips will return to the final day featuring one-hour blind levels with at least a 16th place cash of 68,000 MAD (€6,392/$7,087).
Place
Prize (MAD)
Prize (Euro)
Prize (USD)
1
1,600,000
€150,400
$166,747
2
1,060,000
€99,640
$110,470
3
700,000
€65,800
$72,952
4
500,000
€47,000
$52,109
5
380,000
€35,720
$39,602
6
300,000
€28,200
$31,265
7
240,000
€22,560
$25,012
8
200,000
€18,800
$20,843
9
170,000
€15,980
$17,717
10
145,000
€13,630
$15,111
11
123,000
€11,562
$12,819
12
105,000
€9,870
$10,943
13
90,000
€8,460
$9,380
14
78,000
€7,332
$8,129
15
78,000
€7,332
$8,129
16
68,000
€6,392
$7,087
Final Day Seat Draw
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chips
Blinds at Level 22 (9:57 remaining)
Blinds at Level 23
1
1
TMV
Spain
2,180,000
87
73
1
2
Laurent Benhayoun
France
380,000
15
13
1
3
Imad Derwiche
France
1,000,000
40
33
1
4
Marc Poustis
France
1,245,000
50
42
1
5
Frederic Ayadi
France
695,000
28
23
1
6
Rui Bouquet
Portugal
2,335,000
93
78
1
7
Grolo Grolovic
Switzerland
1,100,000
44
37
1
8
Edouard Piquet
France
335,000
13
11
2
1
Ivaylo Panev
Bulgaria
580,000
23
19
2
2
Igna Poker
Spain
2,705,000
108
90
2
3
Christophe Panetti
Switzerland
1,250,000
50
42
2
4
Mohamed Bouzgarrou
Morocco
280,000
11
9
2
5
Ugo Faggioli
France
880,000
35
29
2
6
Ayman Jarrar
Israel
1,130,000
45
38
2
7
Samiyel Duzgun
Switzerland
2,035,000
81
68
2
8
Andrew Hills
United Kingdom
625,000
25
21
PokerNews will be back tomorrow at 1 p.m. CET to bring you what promises to be an exciting conclusion to the 2020 WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event. Stay tuned to see who wins.