WSOPC Marrakech Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2023 WSOPC Marrakech
WSOPC Marrakech Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 WSOPC Marrakech
Buy-in
15,000 MAD
Prize Pool
13,585,000 MAD
Entries
1,041
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
438
Players Left
87
Tiago Serrazina Leads 87 Surviving Players from Opening Flight of the WSOPC Marrakech Main Event
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
After three years, the World Series of Poker(WSOP) Circuit returned to Es Saadi Resort with a record-breaking festival, and the 15,000 MAD Main Event kicked off with a field of 438 entrants for the opening Day 1a flight.
Tiago Serrazina is the clear chip leader with a huge stack of 450,000 after 14 levels of play in Casino de Marrakech, and a total of 87 players found a bag to join Saturday's Day 2 finale.
WSOPC Marrakech Main Event Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiago Serrazina | Spain | 450,000 | 112 |
| 2 | Mathieu Di Meglio | France | 391,000 | 98 |
| 3 | Adrien Sanz | France | 372,000 | 93 |
| 4 | Yoann Romano | France | 351,000 | 88 |
| 5 | Hakim Hadj Belgacem | France | 343,000 | 86 |
| 6 | Mohamed Hossam | Morocco | 331,000 | 83 |
| 7 | Nicolas Ribeiro | France | 312,000 | 78 |
| 8 | Belmehdi | France | 310,000 | 77 |
| 9 | Antoine Berruel | France | 304,000 | 76 |
| 10 | Zahir Messouat | France | 291,000 | 73 |
Mathieu Di Meglio finished with 391,000 for the second biggest stack, while Yoann Romano had the third biggest stack with 351,000. Hakim Hadj Belgacem and Mohamed Hossam rounded out the top five with 351,000 and 343,000, respectively.
Among the other notable players to qualify for Day 2 were Mehdi Chaoui (249,000), Nicolas Plantin (173,000), Paul-François Tedeschi (121,000), Thierry Gogniat (136,000), Michel Leibgorin (111,000), Antonin Teisseire (89,000) and Marius Conan (50,000).
Several Marrakech regulars played in Day 1a but were unable to qualify for Day 2, including Anas Tadini, Isabel Baltazar, Sonny Franco, Javier Tsunamy and Imad Derwiche.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team on Friday at 1 p.m. local time for Day 1b to see who else can make it through to Day 2!
Chip Counts from Day 1a (full)
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000 | 450,000 |
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391,000 | 141,000 |
|
372,000 | 372,000 |
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351,000 | 351,000 |
|
|
343,000 | 343,000 |
|
331,000 | 211,000 |
|
312,000 | 172,000 |
|
310,000 | 310,000 |
|
|
304,000 | 304,000 |
|
291,000 | 41,000 |
|
|
273,000 | 273,000 |
|
|
265,000 | 265,000 |
|
249,000 | 49,000 |
|
|
249,000 | 249,000 |
|
238,000 | 238,000 |
|
|
228,000 | 228,000 |
|
|
224,000 | 204,000 |
|
|
218,000 | 218,000 |
|
218,000 | 218,000 |
|
|
205,000 | 205,000 |
|
200,000 | 200,000 |
|
191,000 | 146,000 |
|
190,000 | 190,000 |
|
|
185,000 | 125,000 |
|
181,000 | -59,000 |
End of the Day
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Full recap and chipcounts will follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Last Three Hands
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The tournament clock has been paused and the tournament director announced the last three hands before the remaining players can bag and tag their chips for Day 2.
Messouat Takes Last Big Pot of the Day
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
"We are at home", said Zahir Messouat, French player of Moroccan origin, to Corsican player Paul François Tedeschi as he won a big pot with only a third pair.
No one busted in the last fifteen minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | -105,000 |
|
125,000 | 15,000 |
Tadini Will Be Back
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Famous Moroccan player Anas Tadini just hit the rail in this last level of the day.
Antoine Goutard is almost ready to follow him : he just got crippled in a huge pot, holding 
against 
in a 
flop. All chips went in the middle and Goutard failed to improve and got only 14,000 chips left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Last EPT Prague Mystery Bounty Winner in the Field
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
PokerNews just noticed that French player Mathieu Di Meglio, who won Mystery Bounty €3,000 last december in EPT Prague, is among the last hundred players left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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250,000 | 250,000 |
Goutard Doubles up
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Antoine Goutard just found a double up with As-King against As-Queen.
His girlfriend Rosalie Petit will have to come back in Day 1b but Goutard might find a bag today with a healthy stack of 160,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000 | 60,000 |
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110,000 | 50,000 |
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30,000 | -5,000 |