2024 Marrakech Poker Open

10,000 MAD Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info

2024 Marrakech Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j5
Prize
348,500 MAD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,000 MAD
Prize Pool
1,827,500 MAD
Entries
215
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1bc
Entries
173
Players Left
46

Abdou Zizi Bags the Overall Chip Lead After Day 1b

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Abdou Zizi
Abdou Zizi

After a small Day 1a with 42 entrants recorded, everybody was expecting a larger Day 1b in the 10,000 MAD Main Event of the 2024 Marrakech Poker Open, here at the Es Saadi Resort in Marrakech. That's exactly what happened, with the second flight drawing three times more participants than Day 1a.

Tonight, out of a field of 137 entries, 37 players remained and qualified for Day 2. Abdou Zizi was already the chip leader of the day during the dinner break. His stack then decreased until one of the last hands of the night when he won with kings against queens to double up and end the day with 495,000 chips, the biggest stack of all. However first place came down to the wire as Aitor Cruz, who is second in chips, bagged 470,000.

Day 1b Top Ten

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Abdou ZiziMorocco495,000124
2Aitor CruzSpain470,000118
3Daniel El KeslassyMorocco370,00093
4SzaSpain366,00092
5Volga UyanikFrance348,00087
6JesusSpain341,00085
7Arthur GouritenFrance267,00067
8Orey CanarinhoSpain259,00065
9IagoSpain256,00064
10MunizSpain247,00062

Daniel El Keslassy (370,000), Sza (366,000), Volga Uyanik (348,000), and Jesus (341,000) were also in the race for the chip lead tonight, and they will be back on Day 2 with approximately 70 big blinds.

Among the other qualified players are Spanish Poker Festival Team Pro Francisco "Muniz" Rascon (247,000), Soufiane Messadek (205,000), Mathieu Di Meglio (185,000), Sylvain Cisterna (160,000), Sebastien Compte (117,000), and Sabry Ferhaoui, who is last in chips with 33,000.

Volga Uyanik
Volga Uyanik

A few minutes after Day 1b ended, Day 1c Turbo also concluded with 11 remaining players out of a field of 35 entrants. During this last flight, Elmehdi Bellari built a big stack of 338,000, almost as much as Mounir Khoddar (355,000), who is Day 1c's chip leader. Inigo (130,000), Sonny Franco (113,000), and Bernard Guigon (67,000) also took advantage of the last flight to qualify for Day 2.

Out of a total of 215 entrants, 58 players will come back tomorrow, Saturday, August 3 at 2 p.m. local time for Day 2 of the MPO Main Event. The action on Day 2 picks up on Level 14 with blinds of 2,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante.

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Tags: Abdou ZiziAitor CruzArthur GouritenBernard GuigonDaniel El KeslassyMathieu Di MeglioMounir KhoddarOrey CanarinhoSabry FerhaouiSebastien CompteSonny FrancoSoufiane MessadekSylvain CisternaVolga Uyanik