Tiago Serrazina Leads 87 Surviving Players from Opening Flight of the WSOPC Marrakech Main Event
After three years, the World Series of Poker(WSOP) Circuit returned to Es Saadi Resort with a record-breaking festival, and the 15,000 MAD Main Event kicked off with a field of 438 entrants for the opening Day 1a flight.
Tiago Serrazina is the clear chip leader with a huge stack of 450,000 after 14 levels of play in Casino de Marrakech, and a total of 87 players found a bag to join Saturday's Day 2 finale.
WSOPC Marrakech Main Event Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiago Serrazina | Spain | 450,000 | 112 |
| 2 | Mathieu Di Meglio | France | 391,000 | 98 |
| 3 | Adrien Sanz | France | 372,000 | 93 |
| 4 | Yoann Romano | France | 351,000 | 88 |
| 5 | Hakim Hadj Belgacem | France | 343,000 | 86 |
| 6 | Mohamed Hossam | Morocco | 331,000 | 83 |
| 7 | Nicolas Ribeiro | France | 312,000 | 78 |
| 8 | Belmehdi | France | 310,000 | 77 |
| 9 | Antoine Berruel | France | 304,000 | 76 |
| 10 | Zahir Messouat | France | 291,000 | 73 |
Mathieu Di Meglio finished with 391,000 for the second biggest stack, while Yoann Romano had the third biggest stack with 351,000. Hakim Hadj Belgacem and Mohamed Hossam rounded out the top five with 351,000 and 343,000, respectively.
Among the other notable players to qualify for Day 2 were Mehdi Chaoui (249,000), Nicolas Plantin (173,000), Paul-François Tedeschi (121,000), Thierry Gogniat (136,000), Michel Leibgorin (111,000), Antonin Teisseire (89,000) and Marius Conan (50,000).
Several Marrakech regulars played in Day 1a but were unable to qualify for Day 2, including Anas Tadini, Isabel Baltazar, Sonny Franco, Javier Tsunamy and Imad Derwiche.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team on Friday at 1 p.m. local time for Day 1b to see who else can make it through to Day 2!
and Hossam took the lead with a 6,000 bet. Only Chaoui called to see a turn 
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and Udo Hemmert bet 12,000 in the small blind. Hugues Mazerolle in the big blind called and David Foucault folded. 
