WSOPC Marrakech Main Event
Jour 1b terminé
WSOPC Marrakech Main Event
Jour 1b terminé
WSOPC Marrakech Main Event 2023 sets a new record attendance in Casino de Marrakech. With 1,041 entries in the 15,000 MAD Main Event, and also the success of sides events, this festival is the biggest one in Es Saadi Resort history.
Yesterday, 438 entrants were registered and 87 players succeed to qualify for Day 2. Today, Day 1b recorded a massive field with 603 entrants. 112 players ended the day with chips and they will join the rest of the field tomorrow 1 p.m. A total of 199 players will be reunited in Day 2.
French player Vincent Madeddu bagged the biggest stack with 531,000 chips, far ahead Day 1a chipleader Tiago Serrazina (450,000). Fabrizio Vozza (481,000) and Alexandre de Zutter (450,000) also finished with a huge stack.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Madeddu | 531,000 | France | 133 |
| 2 | Fabrizio Vozza | 481,000 | Belgium | 120 |
| 3 | Alexandre De Zutter | 450,000 | France | 113 |
| 4 | Andrey Cherkashin | 401,000 | Russia | 100 |
| 5 | Mehdi Senhaji | 392,000 | Morocco | 98 |
| 6 | Jean-Luc Adam | 379,000 | France | 95 |
| 7 | Hassan Nashar | 361,000 | Senegal | 90 |
| 8 | Fabio Pinho Damaso | 357,000 | Portugal | 89 |
| 9 | Maher Achour | 333,000 | Tunisia | 83 |
| 10 | Mehdi Bilem | 323,000 | 81 |
Among the other notable players to qualify for Day 2 were Jonathan Therme (112,000), Jean-Luc Adam (379,000), Mohamed Mamouni (273,000), Fabien Motte (259,000) and Isabel Baltazar (194,000).
The French woman managed to build a nice stack thanks to two hands catched by PokerNews in this coverage, one in the beginning of the day, and a second one just before the dinner break.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team on Saturday at 1 p.m. local time for Day 2 to know how the bubble will burst! Day 2 redraw will be available tomorrow one hour before the start.

Full recap and chipcounts will follow.
The tournament clock has been paused and the tournament director announced the last three hands before the remaining players can bag and tag their chips for Day 2.
A player opened for 6,000 in early position and Adrien Guyon three-bet on the cut off to 17,500.
Lois Dufouleur in the big blind decided to four-bet shove his 125,000 stack.
Open raiser reshoved with slightly less and Guyon folded.
Dufouleur revealed ![]()
and his opponent ![]()
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After a ![]()
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board, Dufouleur flopped a full house and eliminated a player.
Niveau: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Achille Voltolina opened under the gun for 5,500, Jonathan Therme called in middle position as well as Alexander Moser on the cut off and the big blind.
The flop revealed ![]()
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, all players checked except Moser who bet 7,000. Only Therme called.
The action slowed down on the turn
, both players checked to see the river
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Therme and Moser checked again as Therme showed ![]()
, losing against ![]()
hold by Moser.
Niveau: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500