Welcome to the 2016 Marrakech Poker Open
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The 38th international poker tournament at the Casino de Marrakech at the Es Saadi Hotel Resort has been calling players from near and far with more than 25 degrees Celsius and plenty of sunshine in the North of Africa.
Flagship tournament of the festival is the 10,000 MAD (Moroccan Dirhams) Main Event and the buy-in equals €900. One of the Satellites two days ago attracted 34 entries and the top four spots received the ticket whereas 5th place was awarded 4,370 MAD. Since most interested players were still in Day 2 of the 15,000 MAD High Roller, the scheduled first of two starting day was canceled yesterday.
As a result, the only Day 1 gets underway in approximately one hour from now at 1 p.m. local time and all participants receive 30,000 in chips. Late registration as well as reentry is possible at the end of level nine and a total of 13 levels of 45 minutes each will be played today before the level duration then increases to 60 minutes as of Day 2.
With affordable flights from Spain, France, Portugal and Belgium, you can expect a very European field here in Marrakech and another well known poker player to be expected at the tables is World Series of Poker bracelet winner Barny Boatman.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to cover all the action until a winner is crowned on Sunday, so make sure to tune back in regularly.