€1,350 Main Event | 2025 WSOPC Marrakech

01-19-2025 20:15 UTC+1

Choffardet Folds the Best Hand

Maxime Taldir

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Mathieu Choffardet opened to 375,000 from the cutoff. He was called by Aitor Cruz on the button and Gandalf in the small blind.

Both Gandalf and Choffardet checked the A♦Q♥8♥ flop, but Cruz didn't let them see a turn so easly so he bet 400,000. Choffardet was the only one to call.

Cruz fired a second barrel of 1,400,000 on the 4♦ turn with K♠J♣ for a straight draw. He managed to make Choffardet fold A♠10♠, which was the best hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aitor Cruz	12,150,000 1,350,000	1,350,000
Mathieu Choffardet	5,775,000 825,000	825,000

Tags: Gandalf Mathieu Choffardet Aitor Cruz

01-19-2025 20:05 UTC+1

A First Pot for Cruz

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Maxime Taldir

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

On the very first hand after the restart, Gandalf opened to 250,000 from under the gun and Aitor Cruz defended from the big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of 5♦7♠10♣ where Gandalf continued for 225,000. Cruz check-called.

Both players checked the 6♣ turn leading to the 6♦ river. Cruz led out for 300,000 with K♦Q♠ and he made Gandalf fold A♥8♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gandalf	13,250,000 475,000	475,000
Aitor Cruz	10,800,000 525,000	525,000

Tags: Aitor Cruz Gandalf

01-19-2025 19:55 UTC+1

Final Table On Stream

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Maxime Taldir

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

01-19-2025 19:30 UTC+1

Flashback: Max Deveson Wins 2024 WSOPC Marrakech Main Event

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Maxime Taldir

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

The final duel felt like a roller coaster last January at the Casino de Marrakech inside the Es Saadi Resort. After a two-and-a-half-hour-long heads-up battle where both players had opportunities to win, Max Deveson was finally crowned the champion of the 2024 WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event.

Deveson is now the proud owner of a WSOP Circuit ring and took home 2,150,000 MAD (approximately €200,000). Obviously exhausted and disappointed, Antoine Delorme finished in second place out of a field of 1,163 entrants, going home with 1,550,000 MAD (€143,000).

2024 WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize (MAD)	Prize (EUR)
1	Max Deveson	United Kingdom	2,150,000	€200,000
2	Antoine Delorme	France	1,550,000	€143,000
3	Sandro Jose Alves	Portugal	1,100,000	€101,000
4	Nicola Pezzullo	Italy	800,000	€74,000
5	Jean-Claude Ruche	Belgium	610,000	€56,000
6	"Victor"	Spain	490,000	€45,000
7	Guillaume Garcia	France	405,000	€37,000
8	Yuzhou Yin	China	335,000	€31,000
9	Igor Picone	Belgium	275,000	€25,000

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01-19-2025 18:46 UTC+1

Beginning of the Final Table

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Maxime Taldir

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

The nine players are back in their seats. From now on, PokerNews will provide updates with a 75-minute to respect the stream.

The delay will be reduced to 30 minutes after the dinner break.

01-19-2025 18:36 UTC+1

2025 WSOPC Marrakech Final Table

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Maxime Taldir

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip count	Big blinds
1	Volga Uyanik	France	950,000	8
2	Paul Tedeschi	France	1,875,000	15
3	Mathieu Choffardet	France	6,600,000	53
4	Aitor Cruz	Spain	10,275,000	82
5	Gandalf	Spain	13,725,000	110
6	Mike Mcmanaman	Spain	1,000,000	8
7	Dinesh Alt	Switzerland	975,000	8
8	Justin Tsui	Hong Kong	9,525,000	76
9	Ina	Spain	750,000	6

Player	Chips	Progress
Gandalf	13,725,000
Aitor Cruz	10,275,000 940,000	940,000
Justin Tsui	9,525,000 475,000	475,000
Mathieu Choffardet	6,600,000
Paul Tedeschi	1,875,000 625,000	625,000
Mike Mcmanaman	1,000,000 300,000	300,000
Dinesh Alt	975,000
Volga Uyanik	950,000
Ina	750,000 200,000	200,000

01-19-2025 18:22 UTC+1

Short Break Before the Final Table

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Maxime Taldir

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

After Alone Zagury’s elimination, the nine remaining players have been sent on a 15-minute break to prepare the final table redraw and the stream.

01-19-2025 18:17 UTC+1

Alone Zagury Eliminated in 10th Place (230,000 MAD)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Gandalf raised from under the gun and Alone Zagury defended from the big bling.

The dealer fanned a flop of 10♦8♥9♦ and Zagury decided to go all-in for almost 700,000. Gandalf snap-called.

Alone Zagury: 10♣9♥ All in
Gandalf: 7♦6♦

Zagury jammed with two pair, but ran into a straight and he was eliminated after the 5♦3♣ runout

Player	Chips	Progress
Gandalf	13,725,000 1,825,000	1,825,000
Alone Zagury	Busted

Tags: Alone Zagury Gandalf

Level: 30

Blinds: 50,000/125,000

Ante: 125,000

01-19-2025 17:50 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gandalf	11,900,000 700,000	700,000
Justin Tsui	10,000,000 2,150,000	2,150,000
Aitor Cruz	9,335,000 1,135,000	1,135,000
Mathieu Choffardet	6,600,000 800,000	800,000
Paul Tedeschi	2,500,000 85,000	85,000
Mike Mcmanaman	1,300,000 180,000	180,000
Alone Zagury	1,050,000 850,000	850,000
Dinesh Alt	975,000 1,565,000	1,565,000
Volga Uyanik	950,000 520,000	520,000
Ina	950,000 100,000	100,000