Unibet Open Shifts to Marrakech for 11-Day Festival Combining DeepStack and Main Events
TL;DR — Unibet Open moves to Marrakech Sept 24-Oct 4 after record Paris field, combining 30+ events including MAD 12,000 Main Event and MAD 6,000 UDSO. Satellites start at €5 with €2,000 packages covering buy-in and travel. Schedule features High Rollers and bounties at Casino de Marrakech.
SCCG Take — The accessible satellite and package structure, paired with varied buy-ins, supplies operators a tested model for driving attendance at destination live events.
The Unibet Open is relocating to Marrakech, Morocco. The festival runs from September 24 to October 4 at the Casino de Marrakech. It follows the tour’s record field in Paris earlier this year.
As reported by PokerNews, the stop merges the Unibet DeepStack Open and Unibet Open into a single schedule with more than 30 tournaments. Buy-ins span satellites up to the MAD 25,000 Super High Roller. The MAD 12,000 Unibet Open Main Event anchors the schedule at the traditional €1,100 price point.
Core Schedule and Main Events
The MAD 6,000 UDSO launches the festival on September 24 with four starting flights through Saturday. Three flights use a 50,000 starting stack. Day 1A begins at 3 p.m. Thursday, with additional flights Friday and Saturday including a 9 p.m. Turbo. Play concludes on September 28.
The Main Event carries a MAD 12,000 buy-in, or roughly €1,100 and $1,320 at current rates. It deploys 50,000 chips and one-hour levels across four starting flights from September 30 to October 1. Day 2 follows on Friday, October 2, Day 3 takes place on Saturday and the remaining contenders return for the final day at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Supporting Events and Qualification Routes
The lineup adds a MAD 16,000 High Roller on September 29 and a MAD 25,000 Super High Roller on the final Sunday. A MAD 6,000 MonsterStack, Progressive Knockouts, Classic Bounty, Hit & Cash, Omaha, and Turbo events fill the schedule. The MAD 3,000 Mini Main runs three starting flights September 27-28.
Unibet operates online satellites from €5. Package satellites run Mondays and Thursdays. The flagship €2,000 package includes the Main Event seat, hotel, hospitality, and travel cash contribution. These elements build directly on the Paris success without altering the established format.
Reporting: PokerNews
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- 30+ tournaments Sept 24–Oct 4, MAD 12,000 Main and MAD 6,000 DeepStack anchor the stop
- €5 online satellites ladder into €2,000 packages covering buy-in, hotel, hospitality, and travel cash
- Schedule tested after record Paris field—varied buy-ins from satellites to MAD 25,000 Super High Roller
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