Aitor Cruz jammed for approximately 130,000 from the button and was called by Carlos Coureiro in the big blind.
Aitor Cruz: A♣10♣ 
Carlos Coureiro: A♦K♥
Aitor Cruz was lucky enough to hit a straight on 4♠5♠3♣2♦8♠ to split. Thanks to this pot, he is still in contention in the Main Event after won the Mini Main Event,
Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The 146 players of Day 1b are on a 15-minute break.
Morgan Alarson opened from the hijack was called by Sam Tropez in the big blind.
Alarson continued for 18,000 on a flop of Q♦K♣2♥, but Tropez check-raised to 40,000. Alarson called.
Tropez bet an extra 30,000 on the Q♥ turn, but this time, it was Alarson's turn to raise to 75,000. Tropez made the call.
The J♥ river was checked by Tropez. Alarson asked for 100,000 and Gelle responded by moving all-in for 303,000. Alarson called with A♥Q♣ for trips but lost to Tropez's full house with K♠Q♠
Achraf Boufdil on the button found himself at risk for approximately 160,000 against Jose Aguilera.
Achraf Boufdil: A♣K♥
Jose Aguilera: 9♦9♠
Aguilera's nines held on 6♠6♥Q♥4♠8♦ and Boufdil was eliminated.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Late registration closed at the end of Level 12 with a total of 776 entries recorded on Day 1b. With the combined totals from Day 1a, Day 1b and Day 1c (where registration is still open), the field has already surpassed last year’s record of 1,523 entries.
Day 1b will conclude tonight when 15% of the field remains, meaning 117 players.
Tomasz Brzezinski on the button raised to 8,000. Kassimi Bouchaib in the small blind called and the big blind folded.
Both players checked a flop of Q♠10♠9♥ leading to the K♦ turn where Bouchaib checked again.
Brzezinski decided to bet 14,000. It was enough to make Bouchaib fold 7♣7♥ face up.
In 2024, Max Deveson played until the early hours of the morning to win the World Series of Poker Marrakech Main Event. Last year, Justin Tsui didn’t even wait until midnight to be crowned the 2025 winner.
Out of a record-breaking field of 1,523 entries, which generated a total prize pool of 19,421,500 MAD, Tsui navigated his way to the top, claiming his first WSOP Circuit ring and a career-best cash prize of 2,700,000 MAD.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (MAD) | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Tsui | Hong Kong | 2,700,000 MAD | €261,900 |
| 2 | Gandalf | Spain | 1,840,000 MAD | €178,480 |
| 3 | Aitor Cruz | Spain | 1,300,000 MAD | €126,100 |
| 4 | Paul Tedeschi | France | 965,000 MAD | €93,605 |
| 5 | Mathieu Choffardet | France | 720,000 MAD | €69,840 |
| 6 | Ina | Spain | 545,000 MAD | €52,865 |
| 7 | Dinesh Alt | Switzerland | 425,000 MAD | €41,225 |
| 8 | Mike Mcmanaman | Spain | 345,000 MAD | €33,465 |
| 9 | Volga Uyanik | France | 280,000 MAD | €27,160 |
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