€1,350 Main Event Day 1bc | 2025 WSOP Circuit Marrakech

€1,350 Main Event

Day 1bc Completed

Jan 18, 2025

Day 2 Seat Draw

Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip count	Big blinds
1	1	Javier Tsunamy	253,000	63
1	2	Valentin Havasy	320,000	80
1	3	Zacharia Ben Saad	161,000	40
1	4	Vangelis Kaimakamis	110,000	28
1	5	Khamous Touitou	220,000	55
1	6	Thierry Morel	110,000	28
1	7	Pietro Palomba	48,000	12
1	8	Quentin Laugt	149,000	37
1	9	Yves Thalmann	81,000	20

2	1	Eric Vuissoz	110,000	28
2	2	Grigory Zima	108,000	27
2	3	Doloaiando	216,000	54
2	4	Juan Pardo Kallmeyer	160,000	40
2	5	Mehdi Chaoui Roqai	139,000	35
2	6	Pedro	316,000	79
2	7	Patrick Beuter	36,000	9
2	8	Jeremie Zouari	266,000	67
2	9	John Basta	81,000	20

3	1	Fish	134,000	34
3	2	Archibald Seaton	190,000	48
3	3	Jean-Pierre Grand Moursel	111,000	28
3	4	Rayane Bouibeb	109,000	27
3	5	Alexandru Calin Catalin	171,000	43
3	6	Salim Sefiat	77,000	19
3	7	Golden Boy	59,000	15
3	8	Jules Rohr	308,000	77
3	9	Baptiste Bensadi Scorsone	303,000	76

4	1	José Astima	319,000	80
4	2	Rene	163,000	41
4	3	Matthias Schomburg	108,000	27
4	4	Grzegorz Kozieja	198,000	50
4	5	Al Kubasi Ali Muthana	270,000	68
4	6	Alexandre Riera	58,000	15
4	7	Ina	80,000	20
4	8	Manoel Assuncao	137,000	34
4	9	Julio	111,000	28

5	1	Mike Mcmanaman	100,000	25
5	2	Eric Nicot	242,000	61
5	3	Mostafa Essanhaji	20,000	5
5	4	Rodrigues Alves	138,000	35
5	5	Migle Kriksciunaite	487,000	122
5	6	Alexandre Le Vaillant	189,000	47
5	7	Alexandre Hobam	70,000	18
5	8	Elia Salerno	169,000	42
5	9	Oskar Ojaveer	112,000	28

6	1	Milad Sheva	142,000	36
6	2	Kuljinder Sidhu	235,000	59
6	3	Pierrick Patthey	109,000	27
6	4	Nicolas Boton	65,000	16
6	5	Guillaume Regis Bayt Darcourt	480,000	120
6	6	Loic Lecharny	87,000	22
6	7	Vincent Thys	114,000	29
6	8	Leo Worthington-Leese	264,000	66
6	9	Andrew Hawkins	166,000	42

7	1	Sonny Franco	160,000	40
7	2	Jacob Samuel Stone	133,000	33
7	3	Gandalf	230,000	58
7	4	Mouloud	140,000	35
7	5	Kasper Joensson	108,000	27
7	6	Nikolaos Mastrantonas	324,000	81
7	7	Adrien Sanz	89,000	22
7	8	Lucien Cohen	257,000	64
7	9	Jj	63,000	16

8	1	Jacek Pustula	107,000	27
8	2	Jean-Marc Chiba	232,000	58
8	3	Hugo Leonardo Periera Semedo	456,000	114
8	4	Fabian Rolli	30,000	8
8	5	Loïc Menneteau	163,000	41
8	6	Jon	81,000	20
8	7	Markitos	115,000	29
8	8	Fadhil Farag	246,000	62
8	9	Maxim Lykov	134,000	34

9	1	Paul François Tedeschi	161,000	40
9	2	Nicola Pezzullo	108,000	27
9	3	Franco Munafo	239,000	60
9	4	Oguz Kagan Kamacik	355,000	89
9	5	Tom De Boom	156,000	39
9	6	Khalil Tazi	77,000	19
9	7	Ali Mechiche Alami	34,000	9
9	8	Xavier Gour	115,000	29
9	9	Pierre La Tour	195,000	49

10	1	Steeve Tinard	108,000	27
10	2	Abdel Nasser Omaïs	153,000	38
10	3	Omar Gueye	220,000	55
10	4	El Mehdi Mbarek	132,000	33
10	5	Quentin Girardet	342,000	86
10	6	Hedi Boussetta	293,000	73
10	7	Younes Charrat	183,000	46
10	8	Niculae Eremia	73,000	18
10	9	Marte Ruud Sandberg	40,000	10

11	1	Mohamed-Said Taghla	99,000	25
11	2	Batman	51,000	13
11	3	Yannick Alexandre Jobin	136,000	34
11	4	Mehdi Charkaoui	182,000	46
11	5	Pacôme Chavignon	284,000	71
11	6	Nabil Hajjoubi	80,000	20
11	7	Mouaad Al Watik	199,000	50
11	8	Lahcene Ben Mansour	119,000	30
11	9	Mathieu Papineau	363,000	91

12	1	Raffaele Cappiello	61,000	15
12	2	Thierry Francis Jean Pierre Aqua	185,000	46
12	3	Mekki Oudjial	217,000	54
12	4	Saad Jaoui	151,000	38
12	5	Luigi Macaluso	252,000	63
12	6	Adrien Amorella	386,000	97
12	7	João Matias	129,000	32
12	8	Vincent Lavauzelle	104,000	26
12	9	Blaise Bourgeois	69,000	17

13	1	Ignapoker	105,000	26
13	2	Abdelilah Dahour	204,000	51
13	3	Kamel Marzouk	75,000	19
13	4	Luis	65,000	16
13	5	Borjatm5	576,000	144
13	6	Hicham Akouri	270,000	68
13	7	Alexandre Denis	119,000	30
13	8	Filip Sebastien Oles	164,000	41
13	9	Sami Bechahed	138,000	35

14	1	Paulo	84,000	21
14	2	Anas Tadini	431,000	108
14	3	Romain Dolcerocca	92,000	23
14	4	Stephane Roux	178,000	45
14	5	Jassim Alawadhi	149,000	37
14	6	Burim Mahmudi	260,000	65
14	7	Alone Zagury	60,000	15
14	8	Chabb	132,000	33
14	9	Jan Reimann	238,000	60

15	1	Zakaria	284,000	71
15	2	Chadi Akar	103,000	26
15	3	Thierry Delpui	180,000	45
15	4	Valentin Meyer	75,000	19
15	5	Pablo	189,000	47
15	6	Justin Lok Yin Tsui	380,000	95
15	7	Masbah Ben Baba	124,000	31
15	8	Kevin Madar	152,000	38
15	9	Ulrich Imbach	62,000	16

16	1	Sebastian Schulze	94,000	24
16	2	Suago	55,000	14
16	3	Dario Nittolo	165,000	41
16	4	Kalidou Sow	380,000	95
16	5	Sascha Manns	89,000	22
16	6	Pascal Heinrichs	150,000	38
16	7	Jean Montury	130,000	33
16	8	Fv	233,000	58
16	9	Belghiti Smail	296,000	74

17	1	Benjamin Lakatos	87,000	22
17	2	Damian Matczak	197,000	49
17	3	Nolan Curatolo	173,000	43
17	4	Anthony Apicella	356,000	89
17	5	Laurent Rupp	89,000	22
17	6	Aitor Cruz	265,000	66
17	7	Franck Jardin	56,000	14
17	8	Paul	120,000	30
17	9	Christopher Chaudey	150,000	38

18	1	Mallory Frere	74,000	19
18	2	Michail Tastanis	103,000	26
18	3	Max Deveson	223,000	56
18	4	Sandro Jose Alves Fortunato	51,000	13
18	5	Elena Yasyuchenya	335,000	84
18	6	Jonathan Yoni Khalifa	173,000	43
18	7	Jose	241,000	60
18	8	Sanjay Haran	125,000	31
18	9	Azeddine Chamma	149,000	37

19	1	Berriozabal	80,000	20
19	2	João Ferreira	446,000	112
19	3	Sebastien Boyard	257,000	64
19	4	Othman Benjelloun	100,000	25
19	5	Hakim Hadj Belgacem	230,000	58
19	6	Omar Lakhdari	155,000	39
19	7	Smain Mamouni	51,000	13
19	8	Maxime Parys	116,000	29
19	9	Ghost Rider75	167,000	42

20	1	Adem Agoudjil	101,000	25
20	2	Francesco Pillitteri	155,000	39
20	3	Ricardo Miguel Spencer Salimao De Arbeu	71,000	18
20	4	Didier Paul Mambour	50,000	13
20	5	Jeremy Bischof	328,000	82
20	6	Marko Nortje	235,000	59
20	7	Gabriel Charpentier	120,000	30
20	8	Kevin Charles Challa	187,000	47
20	9	Belmehdi	296,000	74

21	1	Hugues Girard	74,000	19
21	2	Antoine Peltier	99,000	25
21	3	Juan Mcgregor	41,000	10
21	4	Giuseppe Mirra	132,000	33
21	5	Ankur Shukla	232,000	58
21	6	Yahia Elabdi	322,000	81
21	7	Karim Lehoussine	170,000	43
21	8	Mohamed El Berrak	145,000	36
21	9	Ramon Sol	284,000	71

22	1	Michele Zangardi	102,000	26
22	2	El Mostafa Belkhayate	320,000	80
22	3	Sacha Cohen	38,000	10
22	4	Mercedes Osti	168,000	42
22	5	Alexandre Andre Henri De Zutter	300,000	75
22	6	Stefan Eggenberger	131,000	33
22	7	Fabien Gun	71,000	18
22	8	Abdeslam Hajji	133,000	33
22	9	Ken Lennaard	224,000	56

23	1	Tony Prenveille	34,000	9
23	2	Rex Jerome Jeroshan	269,000	67
23	3	Truquens	98,000	25
23	4	Jihad Louali	195,000	49
23	5	Lucas Segall	132,000	33
23	6	Imad Derwiche	75,000	19
23	7	Dinesh Alt	443,000	111
23	8	Frank Blumenfeld	136,000	34
23	9	Manuela Matzler	180,000	45

24	1	Levent Efe	219,000	55
24	2	Ali Akbar Ayub	264,000	66
24	3	Aa	177,000	44
24	4	Hamza El Bouchafrati	33,000	8
24	5	Mohamed Mehalleg	66,000	17
24	6	Callum Gordon	90,000	23
24	7	Rabah Hamiti	438,000	110
24	8	Andrew Toole	131,000	33
24	9	Ouri Aron Cohen	134,000	34

25	1	Shahin Norouzian	157,000	39
25	2	Christophe Pommier	171,000	43
25	3	Romain Le Dantec	218,000	55
25	4	Morgane Fevrier	65,000	16
25	5	Kacper Pyzara	300,000	75
25	6	Mathieu Choffardet	371,000	93
25	7	Matthias Bertholon	97,000	24
25	8	Erik Eisen	70,000	18
25	9	Rocky Pike Harold Brooks	125,000	31

26	1	Joao Paulo Rodrigues Manana	154,000	39
26	2	Tiago Cochard	210,000	53
26	3	Maria Lampropulos	65,000	16
26	4	Zeeshan Merchant	73,000	18
26	5	Volga Uyanik	311,000	78
26	6	Frederic Delval	293,000	73
26	7	Salah Barrah	171,000	43
26	8	Benoit Grobocopatel	98,000	25
26	9	Nafis Dundar	125,000	31

27	1	Marijo	31,000	8
27	2	Sza	251,000	63
27	3	Nacim Faissal Amakrane	144,000	36
27	4	Rachid El Yaacoubi	308,000	77
27	5	Franck Delval	208,000	52
27	6	Michal Kil	97,000	24
27	7	Florence Allera	77,000	19
27	8	Raul	123,000	31
27	9	Sami Mohsen	164,000	41

	1	Johannes Wassmuth	86,000	22
28	2	Bruno Lopes	95,000	24
28	3	Guerreiro Pinheiro Ilheu Vitorino Jose	199,000	50
28	4	Malcolm Franchi	61,000	15
28	5	Jonathan Therme	169,000	42
28	6	Ludovic Moryousef	272,000	68
28	7	Miguel Couceiro Beleza Tavares	145,000	36
28	8	Yohan Rascar	121,000	30
28	9	Gambi	344,000	86

29	1	Hugo Basin	263,000	66
29	2	Marc Poustis	61,000	15
29	3	Birger Maciel Larsen	91,000	23
29	4	Asif Nawz Ilyas	233,000	58
29	5	Si Salim	150,000	38
29	6	Ryan Michael Kelly	408,000	102
29	7	Enrico Mosca	84,000	21
29	8	Bounaya Sofian	166,000	42
29	9	Sammy Berrehail	118,000	30

30	1	Rayane Mokhtar Benounnane	51,000	13
30	2	Yann Jaeck	66,000	17
30	3	Kader Slila	229,000	57
30	4	Farkas Benedek	90,000	23
30	5	Christopher Dowling	351,000	88
30	6	Iurii Suvorov	134,000	34
30	7	Mehdi Senhaji	178,000	45
30	8	Ange Besnainou	116,000	29
30	9	Walid Mir	266,000	67

Jan 18, 2025

"Borjatm5" Bags the Overall Chip Lead

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Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Last year, the World Series of Poker Circuit Marrakech Main Event at the Casino de Marrakech inside the Es Saadi Resort attracted 1,163 entrants. That record is now history, as the 2025 edition has set a new benchmark with 1,523 entries.

As anticipated, Day 1b of the Main Event was massive, drawing 734 players in this second flight. By the end of the day, 129 remained, with a new overall chip leader, “Borjatm5”.

The Spanish grinder already had a big tack after the dinner break and continued to climb. His momentum peaked on the final hand of the day, where he jammed with third pair, putting pressure on Azeddine Chamma. Chamma appeared to have the best hand but ultimately folded, allowing Borjatm5 to scoop a 140,000-chip pot and bag an impressive 576,000 chips.

WSOPC Main Event Day 1b Top Ten

Rank	Player	Country	Chip count	Big blinds
1	Borjatm5	Spain	576,000	144
2	Migle Kriksciunaite	Lithuania	487,000	122
3	Hugo Periera Semedo	Portugal	456,000	114
4	João Ferreira	Portugal	446,000	112
5	Rabah Hamiti	Algeria	438,000	110
6	Anas Tadini	Morocco	431,000	108
7	Justin Tsui	United Kingdom	380,000	95
8	Mathieu Choffardet	France	371,000	93
9	Mathieu Papineau	France	363,000	91
10	Anthony Apicella	France	356,000	89

Migle Kriksciunaite (487,000) and French content creator Mathieu Choffardet (371,000), who were seated next to each other at the end of the day, both reached the Top Ten, along with local player Anas Tadini (431,000), Mathieu Papineau (363,000), and the “proud” winner of the WSOPC Marrakech High Roller ring, Anthony Apicella (356,000).

Jose Aguilera, who finished 10th in last year’s WSOP Main Event, advanced with 241,000 chips, slightly ahead of Kuljinder Sidhu (235,000). WSOP bracelet winners Romain Le Dantec (218,000) and Jonathan Therme (169,000) also secured their spots for Day 2.

Other notable players advancing from Day 1b include Paul Tedeschi (161,000), Mehdi Chaoui (139,000), Benoit Grobocopatel (98,000), Bruno Lopes (95,000), Maria Lampropulos (65,000), and Malcolm Franchi (61,000).

Later tonight, 36 more players out of 208 entrants secured their spots for Day 2 through Day 1c Turbo. This small group is led by Adrien Amorella (386,000), who recently final tabled the High Roller, and Kalidou Sow (380,000).

They are followed by Leo Worthington-Leese (264,000), Alexandre Le Vaillant (189,000), Karim Lehoussine (170,000), Omar Lakhdari (155,000), Jean Montury (130,000), and Hugues Girard (74,000). Fabian Rolli also advanced through this final flight but did so with only the starting stack.

In total, 270 players will return for Day 2 tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time. However, they are not in the money yet, as only the top 224 players will secure a minimum cash prize of 28,000 MAD. The detailed payout structure will be revealed at the start of Day 2.

Be sure to tune in to PokerNews tomorrow as Day 2 gets underway!

Tags: Adrien Amorella Alexandre Le Vaillant Anas Tadini Anthony Apicella Azeddine Chamma Benoit Grobocopatel Bruno Lopes Fabian Rolli Hugo Periera Semedo Hugues Girard João Ferreira Jonathan Therme Jose Aguilera Justin Tsui Kalidou Sow Karim Lehoussine Kuljinder Sidhu Leo Worthington-Leese Malcolm Franchi Maria Lampropulos Mathieu Choffardet Mathieu Papineau Mehdi Chaoui Migle Kriksciunaite Omar Lakhdari Paul Tedeschi Rabah Hamiti Romain Le Dantec

Jan 18, 2025

End of Day 1c Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

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Jan 18, 2025

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

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Jan 18, 2025

End of Day 1b

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Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

129 players reached the end of Day 1b and are bagging their chips.

Stay tuned as PokerNews provides you chip counts and the recap of the day.

Jan 18, 2025

No Day 2 for El Wely

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Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Mohamed El Wely in the small blind saw his 59,000 chip-stack beeing called by Rene on the button.

Mohamed El Wely: A♣Q♥ All in
Rene: A♦9♦

El Wely was on his way to double up on 6♦8♥K♦3♠, but the cruel 9♣ completed the board, sending him to the rail. At the same time, two other players were eliminated at different tables.

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Jan 18, 2025

Franchi in a Tough Spot

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Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The action was picked up on a board of 6♣4♠3♣6♥5♠ with a bit more than 180,000 in the pot. Malcolm Franchi in early position checked, then went deep into the tank after Christopher Dowling in the hijack moved all-in for 145,000.

Franchi tried to make a decision for several minutes, but couldn't make any, so the clock was called. He eventually chose to fold at the end of the 30-second countdown and lost this big pot.

One more elimination is now needed to end the day.

Tags: Christopher Dowling Malcolm Franchi

Jan 18, 2025