The Marrakech Poker Open Main Event Gets Underway at 4 PM
Welcome to the luxurious Casino de Marrakech for the long-awaited return of the Marrakech Poker Open after five years of absence. For its last edition in 2017, this event garnered 184 entrants, with 23 of them making the money. The winner, after a three-way deal, was Spain's Moises Parilla-Ramos who took home €23,678 for his efforts.
It’s the first time Casino de Marrakech is hosting a huge poker festival since the pandemic, and the joy of finally returning to play in the colorful Moroccan city is widely palpable in the corridors of the Es Saadi Palace. The festival got underway earlier this week, and has already seen large numbers for its Opener and Warm-Up Deepstack events, as well as the High Roller. In fact, the High Roller is still ongoing, with 54 players remaining out of the 140 entries and Gaëlle Baumann is sitting second in the chip counts behind Hafid Kinany Alaoui.
The MPO Main Event, with a buy-in of DH 13,200 (€1,300), features two Day 1s taking place on September 8th and 9th at respectively 4 p.m. and 1 p.m. local time. Reentries are permitted during each flight up to the end of the tenth level, which also signals the end of late registration.
The schedule included 23 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 short-handed tournament, a classic bounty, and a progressive bounty. The festival will conclude with a Turbo Deep Closing Event which comes with a buy-in of DH 2,000 ($200).
Tournament officials have announced that there will be twelve levels of 45 minutes today with a 15-minute break every three levels. Cards will be in the air at 4 p.m. local time and a dinner break is yet to be decided, meaning the remaining players can expect to end their day at approximatively 2 a.m. or 3 a.m.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates throughout the day.