Starting this year, the Irish Poker Open—the oldest no-limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament series in Europe—has also been touring internationally. Following its first stop in Australia in September, the IPO is now making a stop at the Casino de Marrakech through November 15. The first three winners have now been crowned at the Casino de Marrakech.
A total of 36 events with buy-ins ranging from €140 to €3,000 await participants at the 2026 Irish Poker Open Marrakech. The festival is taking place at the Es Saadi Resort. The highlight is the €1,155 Irish Open Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of €500,000. The first starting day was played yesterday. The fourth and final starting flight is scheduled for Friday. In addition, the €2,200 High Roller tournament concluded yesterday. 58 entries created a prize pool of MAD 1,202,000 (approx. €110,000). In the end, Salah Eddine Taleb secured the victory and prize money of MAD 360,000 (approx. €33,000).
| Place | Player | Prize Money |
| 1 | Salah Eddine Taleb | 360,000 MAD |
| 2 | Ouassini Mansouri | 240,000 MAD |
| 3 | Pedro Olaio Moreira Jorge | 168,000 MAD |
| 4 | Yussuke | 123,000 MAD |
| 5 | Adri Amorella | 92,000 MAD |
| 6 | Fireprod | 72,000 MAD |
| 7 | Séraphin Lampion | 57,000 MAD |
| 8 | Isabel Baltazar | 48,000 MAD |
| 9 | Table_Rase | 42,000 MAD |
And last but not least, the NLH Deepstack Supersonic also concluded. With a buy-in of about €260, 49 players took their seats at the tables. Frenchman Robert Claraz secured the victory here, winning MAD 29,000 (approx. €2,652).
| Place | Player | Country | Prize Money |
| 1 | Robert Claraz | France | 29,000 MAD |
| 2 | Hicham | Morocco | 26,500 MAD |
| 3 | Shane | Canada | 25,000 MAD |
| 4 | Mohamed Gezaoui Azrak | Belgium | 12,300 MAD |
| 5 | Bernard Guigon | France | 9,200 MAD |
| 6 | Jeremy Savel | France | 7,300 MAD |
| 7 | Saber | Morocco | 6,000 MAD |
| 8 | Luis | USA | 5,000 MAD |
For more information, visit the Irish Poker Open website.