Welcome to the 55th Marrakech Poker Open!
Welcome to the luxurious Casino de Marrakech for the 55th edition of the popular Marrakech Poker Open. For its last edition in September 2022, this event gathered 426 entrants and Spain's Diego Sarmiento was the ultimate player standing up, bringing home MAD1,000,000 Moroccan (€100,000) for his efforts.
The festival got underway earlier this week, and has already seen many famous faces gathering for the first events. The Spanish player "Juan Antonio" started the festivities by winning The Opener for MAD 145,000 (€13, 000), while Mohamed Ali Hossam took down the Warm-Up for MAD 56,000 ( €5,000). The MPO Deepstack attracted 234 participants, and at the end of the night, Wednesday March 15th , it's well known French player Guillaume Darcourt who took the trophy and the MAD 230, 000 prize (22,000).
There are two starting flights in the MPO Main Event, running on March 16 and March 17. Everyone sits down with a generous helping of 30,000 chips and play to a 45-minute clock. Re-entries are permitted on each flight up to the end of the eighth level, which is when late registration slams shut.
The schedule included 27 tournaments with in a wide range of buy-ins, and the players may also get their shot at a trophy thanks to some interesting side events, such as a Monster Stack event, a Mystery Knock Out and a High Roller. The festival will conclude with a Final Showdown and a Super High Roller Event which comes with a buy-in of DH 30,000 ($3,000).
Tournament officials have announced that there will be twelve levels of 45 minutes today with a 20-minute break every three levels. Cards will be in the air at 1 p.m local time and a one hour dinner break will take place around 8.30 p.m, meaning the remaining players can expect to end their day at approximatively midnight.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates throughout the day under the Moroccan sun!