2019 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech

Final Results
Winner
Sonny Franco
Winning Hand
55
Prize
1,500,000 MAD
Event Info
Buy-in
15,000 MAD
Entries
544
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
50,000

Welcome to Day 1B of the WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event

Casino de Marrakech
Casino de Marrakech

Day 1B of the 15,000 MAD (�1,350) WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event, held in Casino de Marrakech in the amazing Es Saadi Resort - Palace, is set to start at 1 p.m. local time. Achille Voltolina bagged the chip lead after twelve 45-minute levels on Day 1A. Voltolina expanded his 30,000 starting stack to an impressive 224,700.

Voltolina is closely followed by the Frenchman Renaud Blangiardi. Blangiardi bagged 209,400 at the end of the day. Fabio Pinho Damaso sits in third with 180,000. Others that made it through include Michiel Brosky (179,200), Sonny Franco (173,500), Isabel Baltazar (147,000), Serdar Demircan (90,000), and French ex-football player Camel Meriem (39,500).

Barny Boatman was one of the players that weren't able to bag up at the end of Day 1A. He bought in for three times and the last time he busted to end-of-day chip leader Voltolina. Boatman has the option to register for Day 1B as the tournament has an unlimited reentry format. Players are able to register until the start of level 10.

Former Champions

YearEntriesChampionCountryPrize
2018486Vladimir ShabalinRussia�118,182
2017511Arron FletcherUnited Kingdom�130,755
2016446Mathieu SelidesFrance�95,479
2015484Ricardo ManquantFrance�122,330

The PokerNews team will be on the tournament floor from start to finish to provide updates from the tournament.

Tags: Achille VoltolinaBarny BoatmanCamel MeriemFabio Pinho DamasoIsabel BaltazarMichiel BroskyRenaud BlangiardiSerdar DemircanSonny Franco