International Qualifier Said El Yousfi Wins WSOP Global Casino Championship ($343,256)

The World Series of Poker Circuit expanded to include international stops with its 2015-16 season, and perhaps fittingly, an international champion emerged at the WSOP Global Casino Championship.

Said El Yousfi took down the 126-player field for a payday of $343,256. He qualified for the $1 million guaranteed event by winning a ring and the Casino Championship at Casino de Marrakech in his native Morocco.

Official Final Table Results

The tournament field featured a combination of automatic qualifiers who won WSOPC Main Events or Casino Championships, at-large qualifiers who accumulated points at various circuit stops, and direct buy-ins for $10,000 available only to players who met certain criteria. Those buy-ins were added rake-free on to the $1 million prize pool provided by the WSOP.

With a total field of 126, 19 players would be paid. Among those making their way through the tough field to the paid positions but falling short of the televised final table of six were Jon Turner, circuit cashes record holder Doug “Rico” Carli, Justin Zaki, Jesse Martin, and Alex Rocha.

The latter fell on the final table bubble to Joe Kuether, and El Yousfi went into the …

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