Travel Tips for the 2016 PMU.fr WPT National Marrakech Main Event (Sept. 30 - Oct. 2)

Frank Op de Woerd

Matthieu Sustrac

Sep 24, 2016 3 min read Last updated Sep 29, 2016

The PMU.fr World Poker Tour National Marrakech kicks off today and runs through Oct. 2. The Main Event is a three-day 13,200 MAD (approximately €1,200/$1,350) single-reentry event held Sept. 30 until Oct. 2.

PokerNews.com will be on-site to deliver all the Main Event updates one can ask for and will be covering the final table of the High Roller on September 29th as well. If you plan on going, here are some quick tips:

Taxi Cabs

When you arrive at Menara Airport Marrakech, go to the back of the parking lot to avoid cab hustlers asking for 200. 70-100 Moroccan dirham ($10/€9) is the normal price for a cab to go to the city. The price is per car, not per person.
A lot of cab drivers will claim their meters are broken; settle on a price before you enter.

Places to Eat Close to the Casino

Cafe Extrablatt - Lunch and breakfast within walking distance of the casino.
Le Comptoir Darma - Exclusive restaurant with live shows.
The Pearl Skylounge - Expensive rooftop bar.
Epicurien - Restaurant inside Es Saadi resort.

Supermarket

Carrefour Market la fontaine
Boulevard Al Yarmouk, Marrakech, Marokko

Restaurants You Need to Take a Cab To

The following restaurants are five to eight minutes by taxi, which should cost you about 25 Dirham ($2.50/€2.20). Be sure to ask for the meter to run or a set a price in advance. Smoking inside restaurants is allowed, generally speaking.

Azar The Oriental Way - Good food, beautiful venue.
Highway - Good food, good music.
Chez Lamine - Meat Morrocan-style
Winoo - Inexpensive Morrocan food. They focus on fruit juices.
Al Fassia Gueliz - Traditional Moroccan cuisine.
Kech Burger - Supposedly the best burgers in Marrakech.
Jemaa el-Fnaa - If you're into street food, you go to Jemaa el-Fnaa (photo) and try your luck. Tea is five dirhams in the shops in the center of the place. 100 meters away from Jemaa el Fna, in the Rue Bani Marine, there's a lot of popular (chaabi) restaurants for grilled meat.

World Poker Tour National Marrakech Schedule

Date	Time	#	Event	MAD/€	Stack	Levels	Format	late reg levels
Sept. 24	18:00	1	Opening Day 1	4,000 MAD/€365	13K	30	RE	6
Sept. 25	18:00	1	Opening Day 2
Sept. 26	18:00	2	NLHM	2,500MAD/€225	10K	20	FO	6
Sept. 27	16:00	3	Warm-Up Deepstack Day 1	6,000 MAD/€550	30K	30	RE	9
	22:00	4	Turbo NLHM	1,500MAD/€135	13K	15	FO	8
Sept. 28	14:00	3	Warm-Up Deepstack Day 2
	15:00	5	Classic FO	3,000 MAD/€270	10K	30 F	FO	4
	16:00	6	WPTN High Roller Day 1	20,000 MAD/€1,800	35K	40	RE	start Day 2
	22:00	7	Double Chance	1,400MAD/€125	8K/8K	20	DC	4
	14:00	8	Monster Stack	5,000 MAD/€450	35K	30	RE	6
Sept. 29	16:00	6	WPTN High Roller Day 2
	17:00	9	Wanted Bounty	1,400MAD/€125	10K	20	FO Bounty	6
	22:00	10	Ironman	1,400MAD/€125	8K	20	No Break	4
Sept. 30	12:00	11	WPTN ME Day 1	13,200MAD/€1,200	30K	60	RE unique	8
	22:00	12	FO	1,400MAD/€125	10K	20	FO	4
Oct. 01	12:00	11	WPTN ME Day 2
	14:00	13	Carte Blanche	4,500MAD/€410	10K	60	FO	4
	18:00	14	Progressive Bounty	2,000 MAD/€180	10K	20	RE Bounty	6
	22:00	15	Plo	1,400MAD/€125	10K	20	Unlimited RB	4
Oct. 02	13:30	16	Bigstack	2,500MAD/€225	20K	20	FO 8-Handed	6
	14:00	11	WPTN ME Day 3
	14:00	17	Super High Roller	30,000 MAD/€2,700	25K	30	RE	6
	14:30	13	Carte Blanche Day 2
	16:00	18	Turbo NLHM	1,500MAD/€135	10K	20	FO	4
	20:00	19	Open Face Chinese Poker	1,500MAD/€135	10K	6 hands	FO	4

^{For a more detailed schedule, including a plethora of satellites, click here. (PDF)}

Location

Former Champions

Year	Entries	Tour	Buy-In	Champion	Country	Prize
2015	462	WPTN	€1,200	Rodolphe Rey	France	$102,714
2014	502	WPTN	€1,200	Mostafa Boukri	Morocco	$131,058
2013	465	WPTN	€1,500	Alain Manquant	France	$171,921

2011	274	WPT	€3,000	Mohamed Ali Houssam	Morocco	$214,983
2010	222	WPT	€5,000	Sebastian Homann	Germany	$341,798
2009	416	WPT	€4,500	Christophe Savary	France	$558,515