WSOPC Marrakech Main Event Day 1b | 2023 WSOPC Marrakech

01-21-2023 03:20 UTC+1

1,041 Entrants Attended WSOPC Marrakech Main Event, 199 Players Advanced to Day 2

Florence Mazet

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

WSOPC Marrakech Main Event 2023 sets a new record attendance in Casino de Marrakech. With 1,041 entries in the 15,000 MAD Main Event, and also the success of sides events, this festival is the biggest one in Es Saadi Resort history.

Yesterday, 438 entrants were registered and 87 players succeed to qualify for Day 2. Today, Day 1b recorded a massive field with 603 entrants. 112 players ended the day with chips and they will join the rest of the field tomorrow 1 p.m. A total of 199 players will be reunited in Day 2.

French player Vincent Madeddu bagged the biggest stack with 531,000 chips, far ahead Day 1a chipleader Tiago Serrazina (450,000). Fabrizio Vozza (481,000) and Alexandre de Zutter (450,000) also finished with a huge stack.

WSOPC Marrakech Main Event Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Vincent Madeddu	531,000	France	133
2	Fabrizio Vozza	481,000	Belgium	120
3	Alexandre De Zutter	450,000	France	113
4	Andrey Cherkashin	401,000	Russia	100
5	Mehdi Senhaji	392,000	Morocco	98
6	Jean-Luc Adam	379,000	France	95
7	Hassan Nashar	361,000	Senegal	90
8	Fabio Pinho Damaso	357,000	Portugal	89
9	Maher Achour	333,000	Tunisia	83
10	Mehdi Bilem	323,000		81

Among the other notable players to qualify for Day 2 were Jonathan Therme (112,000), Jean-Luc Adam (379,000), Mohamed Mamouni (273,000), Fabien Motte (259,000) and Isabel Baltazar (194,000).

The French woman managed to build a nice stack thanks to two hands catched by PokerNews in this coverage, one in the beginning of the day, and a second one just before the dinner break.

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team on Saturday at 1 p.m. local time for Day 2 to know how the bubble will burst! Day 2 redraw will be available tomorrow one hour before the start.

01-21-2023 01:56 UTC+1

Dufouleur Finishes Well

Florence Mazet

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A player opened for 6,000 in early position and Adrien Guyon three-bet on the cut off to 17,500.

Lois Dufouleur in the big blind decided to four-bet shove his 125,000 stack.

Open raiser reshoved with slightly less and Guyon folded.

Dufouleur revealed and his opponent .

After a board, Dufouleur flopped a full house and eliminated a player.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Luc Adam	350,000	250,000
Romain Le Dantec	Busted
Philippe Barouk	Busted
Julien Da Silva	Busted

Tags: Adrien Guyon Lois Dufouleur

01-20-2023 23:59 UTC+1

Sidhu Survives

Florence Mazet

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Kully Sidhu was one of the player who did not attend Day 1a.

It seems that he arrived quite late today. Sidhu fell to only 9,000 chips and just found a lucky double up with against thanks to a on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sacha Rymland	60,000	32,000
Kuljinder Sidhu	20,000	20,000
Ludovic Moryousef	Busted
Laurent Benhayoun	Busted
Djamel Ouaret	Busted
Steve Savio	Busted
Stephane Gabarre	Busted

Tags: Kuljinder Sidhu

01-20-2023 23:17 UTC+1

Jacks No Good for Ardic, Darcourt Also Out

Florence Mazet

Level 11 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

After multiple entries, Senol Ardic failed to finish the day.

He lost a big flip with pocket Jacks against , a Queen hitting the river.

Guillaume Darcourt was also eliminated in these last minutes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonny Franco	120,000	90,000
Hassan Fares	55,000	55,000
Rakesh Lalwani	Busted
Matthieu Lamagnere	Busted
Guillaume Darcourt	Busted
Senol Ardic	Busted
Cecile Ticherfatine	Busted
Shyh Lim	Busted

Tags: Guillaume Darcourt Senol Ardic

01-20-2023 22:58 UTC+1

From Mini to Main

Florence Mazet

Level 11 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Fabio Pinho Damaso is building a nice stack in this Day 1b.

The Portuguese player won the 6,000 MAD Mini Main Event a few days ago, for 700,000 MAD (around €63,200) and a Ring.

With this victory, he claimed a WSOP Global Casino Championship package to compete in Las Vegas in June 2023 (a million dollars guaranteed tournament).

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Pinho Damaso	210,000
Fabrice Casano	Busted

Tags: Fabio Pinho Damaso

01-20-2023 22:14 UTC+1

Main Event Attracted 1,041 Entrants

Florence Mazet

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

As late registration ended, as well as re entries, official numbers are known.

Day 1b attracted 603 entries. Added to Day 1a 438 entries, a total of 1,041 entrants were registered in this 15,000 MAD WSOPC Main Event Marrakech. A huge number compared to last edition in 2020 (625 entrants).

There are still 5 levels of play for today. All bustouts are now final exits.

01-20-2023 21:37 UTC+1

New Break

Florence Mazet

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There is a 15-minute break. Field will be reunited after it.

All players will be back to start Level 10. Re entries and late registration will also ended.

Official numbers will be communicated soon.

01-20-2023 20:55 UTC+1

More Than a Thousand Entries

Florence Mazet

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

As half of the field was on break, entries and re entries continued in the Main Event.

Tables 18 to 39 are now on donner break for one hour.

More than a thousand entrants have already been counted, by adding Day 1a figures and Day 1b.

Late registration and re entries will end at the end of this level.

01-20-2023 19:50 UTC+1

First Dinner Break

Florence Mazet

Level 8 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players from Tables 1 to 17 are now in a one-hour dinner break.

PokerNews will also be on break.

Updates will be back at 9 p.m. Play will resume at blinds 500/1000 with a 1000 big blind ante.

01-20-2023 19:25 UTC+1

Sfez Fails Again

Florence Mazet

Level 8 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Pocket Kings were not good again for Eric Sfez.

The French player opened for 1,800 in early position, the button called and also Isabel Baltazar from the big blind.

The flop showed and Sfez bet in the dark. Baltazar checked first, Sfez bet 3,000 and both opponents called.

On the turn , Baltazar took the lead to 8 000, Sfez raised to 35,000, the button folded and Baltazar went all in for Sfez' stack (around 60,000 chips left). He called with pocket Kings and Baltazar showed for a straight. He didn't improve on the river.

As Sfez joined the rail, Baltazar gathered a massive 250,000 stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isabel Baltazar	250,000	90,000
Eric Sfez	Busted

Tags: Isabel Baltazar Eric Sfez