Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2018 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech
Buy-in
15,000 MAD
Entries
486
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
A grand total of 155 entries took to the felt in the beautiful Casino de Marrakech during Day 1a of the WSOP International Circuit Main Event. 48 of them have found their path to Day 2 and are still in the running for the gold WSOP Circuit Ring. Claiming the chip lead for Day 1a is Drisse Maouchi (photo) with a massive 310,000 in chips.
It was a slow start of the day with 28 players that were registered at the start of the day.
Bracelet winner Barny Boatman, and French poker stars Gaelle Baumann and Ben Bensimhon were there from the start but all three of them, unfortunately, didn’t make it till the end of the day.
Other players that failed to bag chips include Mateusz Moolhuizen, Fabian Gumz, Michiel Brosky, Hannes Neurauter, Claude Mamalepot, Thierry Delpui and Antonio Alves Mendes.
As is custom with play in the Maroccon casino, many poker players solely go by their nicknames. Some of the players with big stacks include HCC (284,000), Fernandez (253,000), and Norbi (216,200), who all managed to bag more than 200,000 chips each.
All remaining players will return on Saturday for Day 2 of the Main Event. At 1 pm local time tomorrow Day 1b will commence, which will again feature twelve levels of 45 minutes and a starting stack of 30,000. Check PokerNews throughout the day for updates of the continuation of the WSOPC Main Event.
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
||
|
284,000
284,000
|
284,000 |
|
253,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
216,200
216,200
|
216,200 |
|
|
167,100
167,100
|
167,100 |
|
|
158,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
150,700
150,700
|
150,700 |
|
140,200
140,200
|
140,200 |
|
137,300
52,800
|
52,800 |
|
|
134,600
134,600
|
134,600 |
|
|
132,500
132,500
|
132,500 |
|
131,600
131,600
|
131,600 |
|
130,900
-24,100
|
-24,100 |
|
|
126,200
126,200
|
126,200 |
|
|
120,400
120,400
|
120,400 |
|
117,200
117,200
|
117,200 |
|
116,200
116,200
|
116,200 |
|
|
107,700
107,700
|
107,700 |
|
104,200
104,200
|
104,200 |
|
|
104,100 | |
|
102,200
102,200
|
102,200 |
|
|
90,600
90,600
|
90,600 |
|
89,400
-5,600
|
-5,600 |
|
|
85,900
85,900
|
85,900 |
|
|
84,200
84,200
|
84,200 |
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Play has ended for today. 48 players have made it through to the bagging stage. A full end-of-day chip count and recap will follow.
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The tournament clock has been stopped and the tournament staff has announced that the players need to play three more hands before they can bag their chips for Day 2 which will take place on Saturday, January 27.
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Fernandez has just taken the chip lead after winning a three-way all-in.
Fernandez: 
Opponent 1: 
Opponent 2: 
The board ran out 
- no help for the other players and Fernandez eliminated them both.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
232,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The pot looked to contain around 10,000 already and three players were in the hand when the 
flop was dealt. Christopher Chaudey, in early position, bet 3,700. Michel Leibgorin, in mid-position, called. Manuel Ruivo, on the button, raised to 14,500. Both Chaudey and Leibgorin called.
The turn brought them the , now both Chaudey and Leibgorin checked. Ruivo bet 25,500 which sent Chaudey into the tank. He kept looking at the cards, his chips, and the board and to the stacks of his opponents. In the end, he reluctantly folded. Leibgorin folded immediately too. When Chaudey saw that, he was visibly upset with the decision he had made.
"Show the bluff!" another player at the table said to Ruivo, but Ruivo didn't show anything.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
122,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
|
95,000 | |
|
|
84,500 |
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Drisse Maouchi has one of the bigger stacks in the tournament room and just added some more chips to his stack.
The player in the hijack raised to 2,500 and Maouchi three-bet to 5,600 from the small blind. The hijack called.
They both checked through the 
on the flop to the 
on the turn. Maouchi bet 8,500 and after some careful consideration, his opponent folded. Maouchi showed 
for the flopped set and started stacking up his newly acquired chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Hannes Neurauter walked past to tell the team that he was eliminated just a few minutes ago:
"The player (seat 2) in mid-position limped in, the player in seat 4, with a big stack, isolated to 3,600 and I jammed all in for 23,000 in total with 
. The limper folded and the isolator called with 
. The flop came 
, actually I think it was 
."
Barny Boatman was seated at the same table earlier but he has left the field for today too. It is expected that he will be back tomorrow as will Neurauter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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|
Busted | |