The tournament clock has been paused and the tournament director announced the last three hands before the remaining players can bag and tag their chips for Day 2.
WSOPC Marrakech Main Event 2023 sets a new record attendance in Casino de Marrakech. With 1,041 entries in the 15,000 MAD Main Event, and also the success of sides events, this festival is the biggest one in Es Saadi Resort history.
Yesterday, 438 entrants were registered and 87 players succeed to qualify for Day 2. Today, Day 1b recorded a massive field with 603 entrants. 112 players ended the day with chips and they will join the rest of the field tomorrow 1 p.m. A total of 199 players will be reunited in Day 2.
French player Vincent Madeddu bagged the biggest stack with 531,000 chips, far ahead Day 1a chipleader Tiago Serrazina (450,000). Fabrizio Vozza (481,000) and Alexandre de Zutter (450,000) also finished with a huge stack.
WSOPC Marrakech Main Event Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Day 2 Big Blinds
1
Vincent Madeddu
531,000
France
133
2
Fabrizio Vozza
481,000
Belgium
120
3
Alexandre De Zutter
450,000
France
113
4
Andrey Cherkashin
401,000
Russia
100
5
Mehdi Senhaji
392,000
Morocco
98
6
Jean-Luc Adam
379,000
France
95
7
Hassan Nashar
361,000
Senegal
90
8
Fabio Pinho Damaso
357,000
Portugal
89
9
Maher Achour
333,000
Tunisia
83
10
Mehdi Bilem
323,000
81
Among the other notable players to qualify for Day 2 were Jonathan Therme (112,000), Jean-Luc Adam (379,000), Mohamed Mamouni (273,000), Fabien Motte (259,000) and Isabel Baltazar (194,000).
The French woman managed to build a nice stack thanks to two hands catched by PokerNews in this coverage, one in the beginning of the day, and a second one just before the dinner break.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team on Saturday at 1 p.m. local time for Day 2 to know how the bubble will burst! Day 2 redraw will be available tomorrow one hour before the start.