2023 WSOPC Marrakech

WSOPC Marrakech Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 WSOPC Marrakech

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
2,000,000 MAD
Event Info
Buy-in
15,000 MAD
Prize Pool
13,585,000 MAD
Entries
1,041
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
199
Players Left
24

Vincent Madeddu Leads 199 Players Returning to Day 2 of WSOPC Marrakech Main Event

Vincent Madeddu
Vincent Madeddu

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. This festival is the biggest one in Es Saadi Resort history.

199 players are reunited in Day 2 and they will all try to reach the money. French player Vincent Madeddu bagged the biggest stack with 531,000 chips after the end of Day 1b.

WSOPC Marrakech Main Event Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountDay 2 Big Blinds
1Vincent Madeddu531,000France133
2Fabrizio Vozza481,000Belgium120
3Alexandre de Zutter450,000France113
4Tiago Serrazina450,000Spain113
5Andrey Cherkashin401,000Russia100
6Mehdi Senhaji392,000Morocco98
7Mathieu Di Meglio391,000France98
8Jean-Luc Adam379,000France95
9Adrien Sanz372,000France93
10Hassan Nashar361,000Senegal90

From today, levels will be 60 minutes long with a break scheduled each two levels. Blinds will kick off at 2,000/4,000/4,000.The total number of levels played today has yet to be determined. With approximately 15 percent of the field in line to make a payday, it's a race to that number today.

The feature table live stream should be in action as well on a 30-minute delay later in this Day 2. PokerNews will be here with a coverage all day long, so stay tuned in here as players work their way to the money.

Tags: Vincent Madeddu

Winner Will Be Millionaire

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Record prizepool in Marrakech
Record prizepool in Marrakech

With 1,041 entrants, this 15,000 MAD WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event registered a total prizepool of 13,585,000 MAD.

From the 199 players starting this Day 2, 151 will reach the money for a 28,000 MAD mincash (around €2,525).

The winner of this 2023 edition will take home 2,000,000 MAD, around €180,000!

Detailed payout can be seen in the dedicated tab.

Baltazar Out, Bubble Time

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Isabel Baltazar
Isabel Baltazar

It was not Isabel Baltazar's day. The French woman just busted with pocket Kings against As-King off as an Ace hit the flop.

With only 156 players left, it's already bubble time! We also lost the former champion Samiyel Duzgun.

Player Chips Progress
Isabel Baltazar fr
Isabel Baltazar
Busted
Fadhil Farag ma
Fadhil Farag
Busted
Zouhair Faiky
Zouhair Faiky
Busted
Steve Sebag
Steve Sebag
Busted
Victor Briffard fr
Victor Briffard
Busted
Alexis Ibarrola fr
Alexis Ibarrola
Busted
Maurice Jeevanji fr
Maurice Jeevanji
Busted
Samiyel Duzgun ch
Samiyel Duzgun
Busted
Daniel Novak us
Daniel Novak
Busted
RSM
RSM
Busted
Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
Busted
Sacha Rymland fr
Sacha Rymland
Busted
Kaddour
Kaddour
Busted

Tags: Isabel Baltazar

Nicolas Cottin Buracchio Bubble Boy

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Bubble moment
Bubble moment

After an open, and a three bet from Yoann Romano in middle position, Nicolas Cottin Buracchio went all in on the button for 90,000.

Open raiser thought for a while before folding his hand (he than said he hold Queens), and Romano quickly called with {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}.

Cottin Buracchio revealed {q-Clubs}{q-Spades} and failed to improve after a {5-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Spades} board.

All the 151 players left will take at least the 28,000 MAD mincash.

Player Chips Progress
Nicolas Cottin Buracchio
Nicolas Cottin Buracchio
Busted

Tags: Nicolas Cottin BuracchioYoann Romano

Gogniat Left With Ten Big Blinds

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Thierry Gogniat
Thierry Gogniat

With {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}, Thierry Gogniat called Mouloud's all in and was behind {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}.

Gogniat didn't improve and was left with only 60,000 chips as "Mouloud" stacked 260,000.

Player Chips Progress
Rabah Ait Abdelmalek fr
Rabah Ait Abdelmalek
260,000
150,000
150,000
Marius Conan fr
Marius Conan
150,000
100,000
100,000
Thierry Gogniat fr
Thierry Gogniat
60,000
-76,000
-76,000
Kevin Breton
Kevin Breton
Busted
Slim Gabsi fr
Slim Gabsi
Busted
Gaurav Kumar gb
Gaurav Kumar
Busted
Fabien Motte fr
Fabien Motte
Busted
Claude Mamalepot fr
Claude Mamalepot
Busted

Tags: Thierry Gogniat

Former WSOPC Champion Eliminated

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Marius Conan
Marius Conan

2017 WSOPC Main Event Paris winner just hit the rail.

Marius Conan was at risk for his 91,000 stack with {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts} agains {6-Spades}{6-Hearts} hold by Remi Parpillon.

The flop {k-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{q-Clubs} was good for Conan, as well as the turn {5-Clubs}.

But the river {6-Clubs} gave a set to Parpillon and eliminated Conan around the 97th position for 30,000 MAD (€2,706).

Player Chips Progress
Rémi Parpillon fr
Rémi Parpillon
600,000
50,000
50,000
Marius Conan fr
Marius Conan
Busted
Dominique Franchi fr
Dominique Franchi
Busted
Alexander Moser at
Alexander Moser
Busted

Tags: Marius ConanRemi Parpillon

Kopyl Knockouts Sipavicius to Become Millionaire

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Waldemar Kopyl
Waldemar Kopyl

Just after the break, Waldemar Kopyl called Aurelijus Sipavicius' all in with {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}.

His opponent revealed {a-Spades}{3-Spades} and failed to improve.

With this elimination, Kopyl became the first millionaire of the tournament, with a huge one million stack.

Player Chips Progress
Waldemar Kopyl de
Waldemar Kopyl
1,000,000
300,000
300,000
Aurelijus Sipavicius lt
Aurelijus Sipavicius
Busted
Luca Sebastiani it
Luca Sebastiani
Busted

Tags: Aurelijus SipaviciusWaldemar Kopyl

Let's Gonna Eat

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Es Saadi buffet
Es Saadi buffet

Players still in are now in a one-hour dinner break.

Updates will be back around 9 p.m. Play will resume at blinds 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 big blind ante.