Marrakech Poker Open Returns in 2025 From April 1-6

Matthew Pitt Senior Editor

Mar 21, 2025 3 min read

The Casino de Marrakech in the luxurious Es Saadi Marrakech Resort will be packed to the rafters between April 1 and 6 for the 2025 edition of the Marrakech Poker Open. The festival will be the casino's 63rd international poker festival, with the 2025 MPO celebrating 20 years of poker in Morocco's most famous imperial city.

Taking place across six days, the 2025 Marrakech Poker Open's schedule has something for everyone. A Mystery Bounty event kicks off the festival in style, with The Closer rounding things off almost a week later.

This year's High Roller commands an MAD20,000 buy-in (approx. $2,080), up from MAD15,000 when the Marrakech Poker Open last ran in August 2024.. On that occasion, Mohamed El Wely of Mauritania came out on top of a 72-strong field and walked away with MAD275,000 ($28,129).

The MPO Main Event is the tournament everyone heading to Morrocco wants to win. It costs MAD12,500 to enter ($1,300) and is the second-most expensive tournament on the schedule. Last year, 215 players entered, and the tournament ended in a heads-up chop between two anonymous players who took home the equivalent of $35,607 and $29,170.

Marrakech Poker Open Schedule

Date	Time	Event	Buy-in (MAD)	Buy-in (USD)
Tue 1 Apr	2:00 p.m.	Mystery Bounty Day 1A	4,000	$415
	5:00 p.m.	20th Anniversary Invitational	7,500	$780
	7:00 p.m.	Mystery Bounty Day 1B	4,000	$415
	9:00 p.m.	High Roller Sat	2,300	$240
Wed 2 Apr	1:00 p.m.	20th Anniversary Invitational Day 2
	1:00 p.m.	High Roller Last Chance Sat	2,300	$240
	2:00 p.m.	Mystery Bounty Day 2
	3:00 p.m.	Turbo MonsterStack	3,000	$311
	5:00 p.m.	MPO High Roller	20,000	$2,080
	9:00 p.m.	Bounty ITM	2,500	$260
Thu 3 Ap	1:00 p.m.	Mega Stack	3,500	$360
	3:00 p.m.	MPO High Roller Day 2	20,000	$2,080
	5:00 p.m.	Progressive Bounty	2,600	$270
	7:00 p.m.	Main Event Sat	2,000	$208
	9:00 p.m.	Master of Classic	2,500	$260
Fri 4 Apr	1:00 p.m.	MPO Main Event Day 1A	12,500	$1,300
	5:00 p.m.	Main Event Last Chance Sat	2,000	$208
	8:00 p.m.	Progressive Bounty	2,600	$270
	9:00 p.m.	MPO Main Event Day 1B Turbo	12,500	$1,300
Sat 5 Apr	1:00 p.m.	MonsterStack Cash & Sat	1,500	$155
	1:30 p.m.	Main Event Day 2
	2:30 p.m.	MonsterStack	6,000	$625
	5:00 p.m.	Classic Bounty	2,000	$208
	7:00 p.m.	PKO Premium Cash & Sat	1,500	$155
	8:30 p.m.	Slow Motion	2,000	$208
	9:00 p.m.	One Day 8-Max	10,000	$1,040
Sun 6 Apr	1:00 p.m.	Progressive Bounty Premium	8,000	$830
	1:30 p.m.	Main Event Final Day
	2:30 p.m.	MonsterStack Day 2
	4:00 p.m.	Short Ring 6-Max	6,000	$625
	6:00 p.m.	The Closer	2,500	$260

The Casino de Marrakech plans four days of streaming, allowing players to perform under the television cameras. Streams are scheduled for the final of the Invitational Tournament on April 2, the MPO High Roller final on April 4, Day 2 of the MPO Main Event on April 5, and the MPO Main Event final on April 6.

It is worth contacting the Casino de Marraakech before you make your way to Morocco for the 2025 Marrakech Poker Open because there are some superb packages available. For example, the MPO Full Week gives you seven nights' accommodation plus entry to the Mystery Bounty, High Roller, and Main Event from the equivalent of $4,300.

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Matthew Pitt Senior Editor

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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