Waldemar Kopyl Leads 24 Players Advancing to Final Day of WSOPC Marrakech Main Event
Just before 2 a.m. on this saturday night, Day 2 of WSOPC Marrakech Main Event 2023 came to en end with 24 players left. This afternoon, 199 players on a field of 1,041 entrants returned to Casino de Marrakech in Es Saadi Resort with several goals. The first one was to reach the money : 151 spots were paid with a 28,000 MAD mincash (around €2,525).
The second one was to build a stack and to qualify for the final day of the tournament, this Sunday from 1 p.m. German player Waldemar Kopyl managed to gather a huge stack of 3,070,000 chips, taking the chiplead to start the final day. He is ahead of French player Hicham Mahmouki and Russian player Andrey Cherkashin.
WSOPC Marrakech Main Event Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 3 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waldemar Kopyl | 3,070,000 | Germany | 78 |
| 2 | Hicham Mahmouki | 2,750,000 | France | 69 |
| 3 | Andrey Cherkashin | 2,640,000 | Russia | 66 |
| 4 | Michel Leibgorin | 2,415,000 | France | 60 |
| 5 | Sion Madar | 2,375,000 | France | 59 |
| 6 | Silvio Domingues Costa | 2,010,000 | Portugal | 50 |
| 7 | Karim Kaladjou | 1,700,000 | France | 42 |
| 8 | Enrico Olivieri | 1,685,000 | Italy | 42 |
| 9 | Tiago Serrazina | 1,615,000 | Portugal | 40 |
| 10 | Vic | 1,125,000 | Spain | 28 |
Notable players left are Michel Leibgorin (2,415,000), Day 1a chipleader Tiago Serrazina (1,615,000), Rony Halimi (910,000), Paul-François Tedeschi (880,000), Anthony Lellouche (675,000), Maher Achour (635,000), Antonin Teisseire (460,000) and Mohamed Mamouni (400,000).
Bubble bursted quite quickly in the beginning of the day and Nicolas Cottin Buracchio was the unfortunate bubble boy. Players that did make the money but not the end of the day include Mehdi Chaoui (28th, 60,000 MAD), Jean-Luc Adam (33th, 53,000 MAD), Hassan Fares (46th, 47,000 MAD), Anas Tadini (54th, 42,000 MAD), Fabio Pinho Damaso (64th, 38,000 MAD), Vincent Madeddu (69th, 38,000 MAD) or Jonathan Therme (76th, 35,000 MAD).
The remaining players will return on Sunday, January 22th, for Day 3 of the Main Event. Play resumes at 1 p.m. local time in level 25, which has a small blind of 20,000, big blind of 40,000 and a running big blind ante of 40,000 with a duration of 60 minutes.
Come back tomorrow to see who will be crowned the winner and take home the Gold ring as well as the 2,000,000 MAD prize (around €180,000) for first place. PokerNews will provide start-to-finish coverage of the final day.