10,000 MAD Main Event
Day 1bc Completed
2024 Marrakech Poker Open
10,000 MAD Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1bc
2024 Marrakech Poker Open
Buy-in
10,000 MAD
Prize Pool
1,827,500 MAD
Entries
215
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
173
Players Left
46
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
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
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdou Zizi | Morocco | 495,000 | 124 |
| 2 | Aitor Cruz | Spain | 470,000 | 118 |
| 3 | Daniel El Keslassy | Morocco | 370,000 | 93 |
| 4 | Sza | Spain | 366,000 | 92 |
| 5 | Volga Uyanik | France | 348,000 | 87 |
| 6 | Jesus | Spain | 341,000 | 85 |
| 7 | Arthur Gouriten | France | 267,000 | 67 |
| 8 | Orey Canarinho | Spain | 259,000 | 65 |
| 9 | Iago | Spain | 256,000 | 64 |
| 10 | Muniz | Spain | 247,000 | 62 |
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.
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.
Don’t miss any of the action, as the PokerNews team continues live coverage from the floor in Marrakech!
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 1 | Muniz | Spain | 247,000 | 49 |
| 30 | 2 | Ibon Berriozabal | Spain | 341,000 | 68 |
| 30 | 3 | Dmitrii Laverichev | Russian Federation | 116,000 | 23 |
| 30 | 4 | Inigo | Spain | 130,000 | 26 |
| 30 | 5 | Edu | Spain | 70,000 | 14 |
| 30 | 6 | Soufiane Messadek | Belgium | 205,000 | 41 |
| 30 | 7 | Abilio Silva | Portugal | 142,000 | 28 |
| 31 | 1 | Galicianarmy | Spain | 222,000 | 44 |
| 31 | 2 | Fabian Rolli | Switzerland | 114,000 | 23 |
| 31 | 3 | Sebastien Lesoif | France | 233,000 | 47 |
| 31 | 4 | Belmehdi | Morocco | 128,000 | 26 |
| 31 | 5 | Volga Uyanik | France | 348,000 | 70 |
| 31 | 6 | Sabry Ferhaoui | France | 33,000 | 7 |
| 31 | 7 | Jeremie Canetti | France | 167,000 | 33 |
| 31 | 8 | Abdelghani Bagas | Morocco | 74,000 | 15 |
| 32 | 1 | Vzero | Spain | 116,000 | 23 |
| 32 | 2 | Aimar | Spain | 186,000 | 37 |
| 32 | 3 | Mounir Khoddar | Morocco | 355,000 | 71 |
| 32 | 4 | Andrius Terebeiza | Lithuania | 176,000 | 35 |
| 32 | 5 | Orey Canarinho | Spain | 259,000 | 52 |
| 32 | 6 | Juan Antonio | Spain | 141,000 | 28 |
| 32 | 8 | Patricia Poli | France | 82,000 | 16 |
| 33 | 1 | Arthur Gouriten | France | 267,000 | 53 |
| 33 | 2 | Sza | Spain | 366,000 | 73 |
| 33 | 3 | Sonny Franco | France | 113,000 | 23 |
| 33 | 4 | Sofiane Drissi | France | 160,000 | 32 |
| 33 | 6 | Murat Aras | France | 139,000 | 28 |
| 33 | 7 | Asif Ilyas | United Kingdom | 46,000 | 9 |
| 33 | 8 | Farmer Boy | Spain | 202,000 | 40 |
| 34 | 1 | David | Spain | 98,000 | 20 |
| 34 | 2 | Aiman El Hafiz de Pablo | Spain | 210,000 | 42 |
| 34 | 3 | Abdou Zizi | Morocco | 490,000 | 98 |
| 34 | 4 | Gilles Gouhier | France | 100,000 | 20 |
| 34 | 5 | Kamal Jbirane | Morocco | 305,000 | 61 |
| 34 | 6 | Hamza Kadiri Hassani | Morocco | 170,000 | 34 |
| 34 | 8 | Ramon Sol | Spain | 123,000 | 25 |
| 35 | 1 | Oumar Diallo Syele | Senegal | 61,000 | 12 |
| 35 | 2 | [Removed:482] | France | 140,000 | 28 |
| 35 | 3 | Elmehdi Bellari | Morocco | 338,000 | 68 |
| 35 | 4 | Mathieu Di Meglio | France | 185,000 | 37 |
| 35 | 5 | Aitor Cruz | Spain | 470,000 | 94 |
| 35 | 6 | Samiyel Duzgun | Switzerland | 107,000 | 21 |
| 35 | 7 | Jeremy Chan | Malaysia | 44,000 | 9 |
| 35 | 8 | Miguel Couceiro | Portugal | 173,000 | 35 |
| 36 | 2 | Konstantin Tourevski | United States | 139,000 | 28 |
| 36 | 3 | Bernard Guigon | France | 67,000 | 13 |
| 36 | 4 | Eduard Rau | Germany | 271,000 | 54 |
| 36 | 5 | Louis Wilm | France | 194,000 | 39 |
| 36 | 6 | Alexis Ibarrola | France | 149,000 | 30 |
| 36 | 7 | Daniel El Keslassy | Morocco | 370,000 | 74 |
| 36 | 8 | Pepetronics | Spain | 101,000 | 20 |
| 37 | 1 | Sylvain Cisterna | France | 160,000 | 32 |
| 37 | 3 | Mehdi Smires | Morocco | 68,000 | 14 |
| 37 | 4 | Benedek Farkas | Hungary | 208,000 | 42 |
| 37 | 5 | Sebastien Compte | France | 117,000 | 23 |
| 37 | 6 | Iago | Spain | 256,000 | 51 |
| 37 | 7 | Jesus | Spain | 341,000 | 68 |
| 37 | 8 | Fems | France | 107,000 | 21 |
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
||
|
338,000 | |
|
305,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
142,000 | |
|
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
123,000 | |
|
113,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
98,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
74,000 | |
|
67,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
61,000 | |
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
495,000 | |
|
||
|
470,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
370,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
366,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
348,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
341,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
267,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
259,000
259,000
|
259,000 |
|
|
256,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
|
|
247,000 | |
|
|
222,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
208,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
205,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
202,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
|
194,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
|
186,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
185,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
|
170,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
160,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
141,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
139,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
|
139,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
|
128,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
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Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
35 players managed to find a bag after Day 1b.
Stay tuned as PokerNews provides you chip counts and the recap of the Day.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Two hands before the end of the day, Abdou Zizi in the small blind played a massive pot, being the player at risk for 241,000 against Soliman under the gun.
Abdou Zizi: K♠K♣ 
Soliman: Q♦Q♥
Zizi's kings held on 5♣7♠5♦A♦3♠ and he doubled up, becoming the overall chip leader of Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
495,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
||
|
17,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The tournament director announced that four more hands will be played tonight before wrapping up.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Mathieu Di Meglio opened from the hijack and called when "Devil Spirit" moved all-in for 12,000.
Devil Spirit: J♣8♥
Mathieu Di Meglio: A♠5♦
Devil Spirit was on his way to leave as he didn't see that he hit a flush on 6♣7♣3♥Q♣3♣. So he sat back down and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |