€1,350 Main Event
Day 1b Started
2025 WSOP Circuit Marrakech
€1,350 Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
2025 WSOP Circuit Marrakech
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1bc
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
942
Players Left
165
Players Left 1 / 1,523
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How high will the numbers go? That’s the question everybody is asking here at the Casino de Marrakech, inside the Es Saadi Resort. After a massive turnout on Day 1a of the 15,000 MAD World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event with 581 entries recorded, Day 1b is expected to attract even more players, and Day 1c Turbo is likely to push the numbers further, easily surpassing last year’s record of 1,163 entrants.
Yesterday, after 15 levels of play, Guillaume Darcourt topped the chip counts with 480,000 chips. Dinesh Alt (443,000) and Ryan Kelly (408,000) also built big stacks, while other notable players qualified for Saturday’s Day 2 such as Rachid El Yaacoubi (308,000), Lucien Cohen (257,000), Javier Tsunamy (253,000), the defending champion Max Deveson (223,000), Sonny Franco (160,000), and Maxim Lykov (134,000).
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 |
For all the other players, Day 1b of the WSOPC Main Event begins at 1 p.m. local time, with blinds starting at 100/100 and no ante during the first level. Players will receive a starting stack of 30,000 chips and compete in 45-minute levels until 18% of the field remains.
Later today, the last chance to enter this Main Event will be the third and final flight, Day 1c Turbo, which starts at 10 p.m. and features 15-minute levels.
Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the day for all the live coverageof the WSOPC Marrakech Main Event!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air on Day 1b of the WSOPC Marrakech Main Event.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
Sebastian Supper on the button opened to 300. He was called by Benjamin Hammann and Jean-Marc Chiba, both in the blinds.
All three of them checked the 6♠3♠9♣ flop leading to the A♠ turn where Hammann and Chiba checked again.
Supper took this opportunity to bet 600, but Hammann check-raised to 4,400. He made everybody fold and flipped over the 8♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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28,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
Very active and talkative, Hassan Nashar opened to 3,000 from the cutoff and was called by Burim Mahmudi in the small blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 7♦K♠2♠. "No king?", Nashar asked before betting 6,000. Mahmudi check-called.
Nashar fired a second barrel of 8,000 on the Q♥ turn, but Mahmudi check-raised all-in. Nashar snap-called, finding himself at risk for 21,700.
Hassan Nashar: K♦6♥ 
Burim Mahmudi: A♦Q♦
"Ace-Queen not good, I'm a professionnal like Messi with the ball," Nashar said when he discovered Mahmudi's hand. He doubled up after the J♠ river and eliminated Mahmudi a few hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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61,500
61,500
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61,500 |
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Busted |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
Four-way on a flop of 2♠9♠8♦, Gregory Fournier in the small blind led out for 600, but he was called by all of his opponents.
He checked the 9♣ turn and saw the big blind bet 2,500. A player in early position folded, as well as Ludovic Mordwa on the button.
The 2♣ completed the board and after Fournier checked, the big blind bet 4,000. Fournier went into the tank and eventually made the call with Q♠8♠ for two pair. He was right to do so as the big blind only had 10♠7♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 2
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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