€1,350 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2025 WSOPC Marrakech
€1,350 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2025 WSOPC Marrakech
Buy-in
1,350 MAD
Prize Pool
19,421,500 MAD
Entries
1,523
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
581
Players Left
105
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Since the beginning of the festival, every single event of the 2025 World Series of Poker Circuit Marrakech has broken records, here at the Casino de Marrakech inside the beautiful Es Saadi Resort, with fields 30% larger than in 2024.
Similar growth was anticipated for Day 1a of the 15,000 MAD WSOPC Main Event, and the prediction proved accurate as 581 entrants were recorded for the tournament’s first flight—nearly 150 more than Day 1a last year.
Another prediction might have been seeing Guillaume Darcourt atop the chip counts. True to form, he finished the day as the chip leader with 480,000. “Business as usual,” he said to summarize his Day 1 performance. Darcourt is closely followed by Dinesh Alt (443,000) and Ryan Kelly (408,000), the only other players to surpass the 400,000 mark.
WSOPC Main Event Day 1a Top Ten
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip count | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guillaume Darcourt | France | 480,000 | 120 |
| 2 | Dinesh Alt | Switzerland | 443,000 | 111 |
| 3 | Ryan Kelly | United Kingdom | 408,000 | 102 |
| 4 | Oguz Kamacik | Turkey | 355,000 | 89 |
| 5 | Gambi | Spain | 344,000 | 86 |
| 6 | Quentin Girardet | France | 342,000 | 86 |
| 7 | Nikolaos Mastrantonas | Greece | 324,000 | 81 |
| 8 | Valentin Havasy | Switzerland | 320,000 | 80 |
| 9 | Pedro Faustino | Portugal | 316,000 | 79 |
| 10 | Volga Uyanik | France | 311,000 | 78 |
Thanks to a big pot won during the very last hand of the day, Volga Uyanik climbed into the top ten with 311,000 chips, slightly more than Rachid El Yaacoubi (308,000) and Frédéric Delval (293,000).
Jeremie Zouari also advanced to Day 2 with a stack above the average (266,000), alongside EPT champion Lucien Cohen (257,000) and Javier Tsunamy (253,000).
“A very slow day, but I’m happy to qualify on my first bullet and to have a day off tomorrow,” said Max Deveson after bagging his chips. With 223,000, the defending champion remains in contention for a back-to-back win. The same goes for Andrew Hawkins (166,000), who won a WSOPC ring in the Opener a few days ago.
In the rest of the field, seven-time WSOPC champion Sonny Franco will return for Day 2 with 160,000 chips. He’ll be joined by Sami Bechahed (138,000), WSOP bracelet winners Maxim Lykov (134,000) and Vangelis Kaimakamis (110,000), as well as IgnaPoker (105,000), Adrien Sanz (89,000), Imad Derwiche (75,000), or Blaise Bourgeois (69,000).
For those who failed to qualify, two more opportunities will arise tomorrow with Day 1b starting at 1 p.m. and Day 1c Turbo kicking off at 10 p.m.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates until a winner is crowned!
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
443,000
413,000
|
413,000 |
|
408,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
355,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
344,000
314,000
|
314,000 |
|
342,000
342,000
|
342,000 |
|
324,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
|
|
320,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
316,000 | |
|
311,000 | |
|
308,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
308,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
293,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
|
|
284,000
284,000
|
284,000 |
|
284,000
284,000
|
284,000 |
|
272,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
|
|
269,000
269,000
|
269,000 |
|
266,000
266,000
|
266,000 |
|
264,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
263,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
257,000
257,000
|
257,000 |
|
||
|
253,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
251,000
251,000
|
251,000 |
|
246,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
|
|
242,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
105 players remain at the end of Day 1a and qualified for Day 2.
Stay tuned as PokerNews provides you chip counts and the recap of the day.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
while the tournament director was stopping the clock, Abeslam Hajji opened from middle position and he was called by Volga Uyanik in the small blind. Pedro Faustino in the big blind three-bet to 37,000.
Hajji four-bet to 100,000, and Uyanik decided to go all-in for 127,000. He made Faustino fold, but made the call.
Volga Uyanik: 10♥9♠ 
Abeslam Hajji: 5♦5♥
Uyanik flopped top pair on 10♠Q♦A♦3♦3♣ and scooped the pot on the very last hand of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
316,000 | |
|
|
311,000
243,000
|
243,000 |
|
|
133,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
"Nick Mini" moved all-in from early position for 46,000 and he was called by Guillaume Darcourt in the hijack.
Nick Mini: A♣6♣
Guillaume Darcourt: A♥J♥
Darcourt was in the lead, but Nick Mini was lucky enough to hit a pair on 6♦3♥2♠4♠9♠ to double up.
Eight players have been eliminated during the last five minutes, so two more eliminations are now needed to end the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
115 players remain for 105 places on Day 2, so ten more eliminated are now needed to reach the end of the day.
They are on a 15-minute break.
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Farid Kerkar's cards went on their backs after his 27,000 chip-stack was called by the player to his left.
Farid Kerkar: 9♣9♠
Middle position player: K♣K♦
Kerkar didn't find the nine he needed on 4♠10♠7♣2♠Q♦ and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Erik Eisen in middle position found himself at risk for 110,000 against Ali Ayub to his right.
Erik Eisen: A♣K♦
Ali Ayub: A♠Q♠
Ayub hit two pair on 9♣9♦3♦Q♥10♣ and scooped the pot, sending Eisen to the rail.
At the same table, Ryan Kelly also have a big stack, while Volga Uyanik saw his stack decrease from 400,000 to 70,000. "They beat me up," he said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
|
295,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
68,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
Busted |
