WSOPC Marrakech Main Event | 2023 WSOPC Marrakech

01-22-2023 11:57 UTC+1

Last Day for WSOP Circuit Festival in Marrakech, 24 Survivors in the Main Event

Florence Mazet

Final day of WSOPC Marrakech 2023 will start at 1 p.m. with sides events and the end of the 15,000 MAD Main Event. 24 players left survived after Day 2 on a field of 1,041 entrants at Casino de Marrakech in Es Saadi Resort.

German player Waldemar Kopyl managed to gather a huge stack of 3,070,000 chips, taking the chiplead to start the final day. He is ahead of French player Hicham Mahmouki and Russian player Andrey Cherkashin.

WSOPC Marrakech Main Event Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Day 3 Big Blinds
1	Waldemar Kopyl	3,070,000	Germany	78
2	Hicham Mahmouki	2,750,000	France	69
3	Andrey Cherkashin	2,640,000	Russia	66
4	Michel Leibgorin	2,415,000	France	60
5	Sion Madar	2,375,000	France	59
6	Silvio Domingues Costa	2,010,000	Portugal	50
7	Karim Kaladjou	1,700,000	France	42
8	Enrico Olivieri	1,685,000	Italy	42
9	Tiago Serrazina	1,615,000	Portugal	40
10	Vic	1,125,000	Spain	28

Notable players left are Michel Leibgorin (2,415,000), Day 1a chipleader Tiago Serrazina (1,615,000), Rony Halimi (910,000), Paul-François Tedeschi (880,000), Anthony Lellouche (675,000), Maher Achour (635,000), Antonin Teisseire (460,000) and Mohamed Mamouni (400,000).

Play resumes at 1 p.m. local time in level 25, which has a small blind of 20,000, big blind of 40,000 and a running big blind ante of 40,000 with a duration of 60 minutes. Live Streaming is planned from the beginning of the day.

We'll know later today who will be crowned the winner and take home the Gold ring as well as the 2,000,000 MAD prize (around €180,000) for first place. PokerNews will provide start-to-finish coverage of this final day.

Tags: Andrey Cherkashin Hicham Mahmouki Waldemar Kopyl

01-22-2023 13:25 UTC+1

Stimac and Mamouni First Ones to Bust

Florence Mazet

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Two tables are playing in the Main poker room "Salle Jean Bauchet" and the TV table is settled in the Es Saadi Palace corridor.

Ringo Stimac was the first at risk. He shoved on the button for 375,000 and Vic reshoved from the small blind.

Stimac hold and faced . The flop left no suspense and the turn and the river didn't change anything.

Ringo Stimac was eliminated for 60,000 MAD (around €5,400€).

A minute later, Mohamed Mamouni shoved on the button with and get a call by Endravuz Lahdo in the small blind with . Lahdo won the flip and Mamouni ended his journey in twenty-third place for 73,000 MAD (around €6,585).

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Mamouni	Busted
Ringo Stimac	Busted

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01-22-2023 13:51 UTC+1

Huge Pot in TV Table

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Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Alain Dery opened under the gun for 80,000 with and Thierry Oldak called from the hi jack with .

Waldemar Kopyl from the cut off woke up with and three-bet to 290,000. Dery quickly called and Oldak folded.

The flop showed and Kopyl continued to 220,000, Dery called with his top pair.

On the turn , Kopyl decided to put Dery all in for his last 480,000 and Dery snap called.

The river didn't change anything and Dery found a huge double up to stack more than two million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alain Dery	2,200,000 1,210,000	1,210,000
Waldemar Kopyl	2,100,000 -970,000	-970,000

Tags: Alain Dery Waldemar Kopyl

01-22-2023 13:56 UTC+1

Achour Doubles Up

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Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In TV Table, Maher Achour won a huge flip against hold by Michel Leibgorin.

He found a flush on the river to double his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Leibgorin	1,900,000 -515,000	-515,000
Maher Achour	1,400,000 765,000	765,000

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01-22-2023 14:09 UTC+1

Leibgorin Out in Two Hands

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Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In TV table, Michel Leibgorin hit the rail early in this final day.

With 1,2 million chips, he first lost a flip with against hold by Thierry Oldak.

Oldak doubled his 600,000 stack and Leibgorin was left with 560,000.

Few hands later, Tiago Serrazina opened under the gun with and Leibgorin called with . Both players checked on the flop rainbow and Leibgorin check called a 80,000 bet on the turn before going all in an the river . With his straight, Serrazina snap called.

Leibgorin took home 73,000 MAD (around €6,585) for his twenty-second place.

Just before, Paul-François Tedeschi doubled up on Waldemar Kopyl with against : chips went in the middle on a flop and Tedeschi found a nice turn and on the river to survive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Waldemar Kopyl	1,500,000 -600,000	-600,000
Paul-François Tedeschi	1,500,000 620,000	620,000
Thierry Oldak	1,300,000 540,000	540,000
Michel Leibgorin	Busted

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01-22-2023 15:02 UTC+1

Halimi and Kaladjou Eliminated

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Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Short in stack, Rony Halimi went all in with from the small blind and Antonin Teisseire called on the big blind with . Halimi failed to improve and was eliminated on the 20th position for 89,000 MAD (around €8,000).

Same faith for Karim Kaladjou who found a flush draw on a turn but a blank on the river to hit the rail on nineteenth place for the same 89,000 MAD payout (around €8,000).

Player	Chips	Progress
Karim Kaladjou	Busted
Rony Halimi	Busted

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01-22-2023 15:40 UTC+1

Alain Dery Eliminated in 17th Place for 110,000 MAD (€9,900)

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Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Waldemar Kopyl opened under the gun and Paul-François Tedeschi called in the next seat.

Alain Dery went all in with 775,000 chips from the button. Kopyl folded and Tedeschi quickly called.

Alain Dery:
Paul-François Tedeschi:

The board was no help for Dery and French player was eliminated in 17th for 110,000 MAD (€9,900).

Player	Chips	Progress
Alain Dery	Busted

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01-22-2023 16:23 UTC+1

Enrico Olivieri Eliminated in 15th Place for 137,000 MAD (€12,350)

Florence Mazet

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

In early position, Enrico Olivieri put his stack at risk and Hicham Mahmouki reshoved in the next seat.

Enrico Olivieri:
Hicham Mahmouki:

Queens hold after a non surprise board and Olivieri took the fifteenth place for 137,000 MAD (around €12,350).

Player	Chips	Progress
Hicham Mahmouki	3,200,000 960,000	960,000
Enrico Olivieri	Busted

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01-22-2023 16:36 UTC+1

Tiago Serrazina Eliminated in 14th Place for 137,000 MAD (€12,350)

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Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

On TV table, Tiago Serrazina opened for 120,000 in early position and Paul-François Tedeschi defended his big blind.

PFT check called 125,000 on a flop and on the turn , Tedeschi check raised to 950,000 a 400,000 bet.

Serrazina went all in for 2,3 million and was snap called by the Corsican player.

Tiago Serrazina:
Paul-François Tedeschi:

After the river , Serrazina joined the rail in fourteenth position for 137,000 MAD (around €12,350).

Tedeschi is our new chipleader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul-François Tedeschi	5,700,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Tiago Serrazina	Busted

Tags: Tiago Serrazina

01-22-2023 16:41 UTC+1

Soufiane Abbouti Eliminated in 13th Place for 175,000 MAD (€15,780)

Florence Mazet

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The hand after Serrazina bust, Maher Achour opened to 125,000 on the button and Soufiane Abbouti put his 760,000 chips stack in the middle from the big blind. Achour quickly called.

Soufiane Abbouti:
Maher Achour: