Day 1b of the World Series of Poker International Circuit Starts at 1 p.m.
Welcome back to Day 1b of the World Series of Poker International Circuit 15,000 MAD (�1,350) Main Event here in the beautiful Es Saadi Resort in Marrakech. Yesterday Day 1a took place which attracted 155 hopefuls and 48 of those made it through to Day 2. Drisse Maouchi topped them to take the overall chip lead into Day 2 for now with 310,000 chips.
It is expected to see a lot of the players enter today that didn��t make it through yesterday, and the players that ran deep in the other tournaments that have taken place over the past days. Players like for example Jerome Sgorrano, Gaelle Baumann, Michael Lech, Alexandre Reard, Sonny Franco, Barny Boatman, Pierre Calamusa, Fabian Gumz, Romain Lewis, Gil Thierry, Ben Bemsimhon, and Guilliaume Diaz.
Former Champions
Year | Entries | Champion | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 511 | Arron Fletcher | United Kingdom | �130,755 |
2016 | 446 | Mathieu Selides | France | �95,479 |
2015 | 484 | Ricardo Manquant | France | �122,330 |
The tournament will be starting at 1 p.m. local time today. The players will start playing with 30,000 in chips and 45-minute levels. Late registration and reentries will be allowed up until the end of level 9 with a total of 12 levels that are being played today. A 15-minute break will take place after Level 3 & 6 with a one-hour dinner break after Level 9.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be here once again to provide you with all the action of the WSOP International Circuit Main Event here in Morocco.