Two Tables Left in WSOPC Marrakech Main Event, Winner Claims $166K+
The 2020 WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event at Casino de Marrakech, located in the heart of the Es Saadi Resort has wrapped up after a long day with nearly 11 blind levels of an hour each.
The day began with 175 hopefuls out of the original festival record-breaking field of 625 entrants. Payouts were soon announced straight after with the winner slated to receive 1,600,000 MAD (€150,400/$166,747) and the top 79 players guaranteed a min-cash of at least 28,000 MAD (€2,632/$2,918).
A Spanish player with the nickname 'Igna Poker', despite his anonimity a regular in Casino de Marrakech, bagged a Day 2 chip leading stack of 2,705,000 followed by Portugal's Rui Jorge Bouquet Rosas (2,335,000), Spain's 'TMV' (2,180,000), and Switzerland's Samiyel Duzgun (2,035,000) and Christophe Panetti (1,250,000).
Day 1a chip leader Ayman Jarrar (1,130,000) and United Kingdom's notorious The Hendon Mob flag hunter Andy Hills (lead image, 625,000) are also among the players to advance.
Among some of the notable players to cash on Day 2 but fail to advance to the final day included American globetrotter Corbin White (21st - 53,000 MAD$5,524), defending champion Phillip Huxley (27th - 46,000 MAD/$4,794), Frederic Delval (37th - 40,000 MAD/$4,169), PMU.fr Ambassador Joffrey Lhote (44th - 35,000 MAD/$3,648), and Day 1b chip leader Marius Conan (73rd - 28,000/$2,918).
Final Day Payouts
All of the 16 remaining players bagging chips will return to the final day featuring one-hour blind levels with at least a 16th place cash of 68,000 MAD (€6,392/$7,087) guaranteed for their efforts.
| Place | Prize (MAD) | Prize (Euro) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,600,000 | €150,400 | $166,747 |
| 2 | 1,060,000 | €99,640 | $110,470 |
| 3 | 700,000 | €65,800 | $72,952 |
| 4 | 500,000 | €47,000 | $52,109 |
| 5 | 380,000 | €35,720 | $39,602 |
| 6 | 300,000 | €28,200 | $31,265 |
| 7 | 240,000 | €22,560 | $25,012 |
| 8 | 200,000 | €18,800 | $20,843 |
| 9 | 170,000 | €15,980 | $17,717 |
| 10 | 145,000 | €13,630 | $15,111 |
| 11 | 123,000 | €11,562 | $12,819 |
| 12 | 105,000 | €9,870 | $10,943 |
| 13 | 90,000 | €8,460 | $9,380 |
| 14 | 78,000 | €7,332 | $8,129 |
| 15 | 78,000 | €7,332 | $8,129 |
| 16 | 68,000 | €6,392 | $7,087 |
2020 WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event Final Day Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Blinds at Level 22 (9:57 remaining) | Blinds at Level 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 'TMV' | Spain | 2,180,000 | 87 | 73 |
| 1 | 2 | Laurent Benhayoun | France | 380,000 | 15 | 13 |
| 1 | 3 | Imad Derwiche | France | 1,000,000 | 40 | 33 |
| 1 | 4 | Marc Poustis | France | 1,245,000 | 50 | 42 |
| 1 | 5 | Frederic Ayadi | France | 695,000 | 28 | 23 |
| 1 | 6 | Rui Jorge Bouquet Rosas | Portugal | 2,335,000 | 93 | 78 |
| 1 | 7 | Grolo Grolovic | Switzerland | 1,100,000 | 44 | 37 |
| 1 | 8 | Edouard Piquet | France | 335,000 | 13 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | Ivaylo Panev | Bulgaria | 580,000 | 23 | 19 |
| 2 | 2 | 'Igna Poker' | Spain | 2,705,000 | 108 | 90 |
| 2 | 3 | Christophe Panetti | Switzerland | 1,250,000 | 50 | 42 |
| 2 | 4 | Mohamed Bouzgarrou | Morocco | 280,000 | 11 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | Ugo Faggioli | France | 880,000 | 35 | 29 |
| 2 | 6 | Ayman Jarrar | Morocco | 1,130,000 | 45 | 38 |
| 2 | 7 | Samiyel Duzgun | Switzerland | 2,035,000 | 81 | 68 |
| 2 | 8 | Andy Hills | United Kingdom | 625,000 | 25 | 21 |
PokerNews will be back tomorrow at 1 p.m. CET to bring you what promises to be an exciting conclusion to the 2020 WSOP Circuit Marrakech Main Event. Stay tuned to see who wins!
