Montes and Omari Celebrate Wins as High Roller Heats Up in Marrakech
Tuesday saw a busy day of action at Casino de Marrakech as three different events stole the show at the 2025 Unibet DeepStack Open (UDSO) Marrakech.
From a record-breaking Silver edition to a dramatic comeback in the Mini Main, and the High Roller building toward its climax, players were treated to plenty of storylines.
Montes Wins Record-Breaking UDSO Silver
The 3,500 MAD (€310) UDSO Silver drew a record 296 entries, generating a prize pool of 871,700 MAD. When the dust settled, it was Moises Montes who secured the trophy.
Holding the chip lead at heads-up, Montes shoved with king-seven and found a caller from "Luffy", who was down to his last 13 big blinds with queen-eight. The board ran in Montes’ favor as he flopped trip sevens and improved to a full house on the turn to lock up the win.
UDSO Silver Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize (MAD) | Prize (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moises Montes | 165,000 | €15,510 |
| 2 | Luffy | 120,000 | €11,280 |
| 3 | Henri Dupont | 86,000 | €8,084 |
| 4 | Ayoub Bentayeb | 65,000 | €6,110 |
| 5 | Hamid Sahraoui | 47,500 | €4,465 |
| 6 | Simon Baruk | 35,500 | €3,337 |
| 7 | Aymen | 28,000 | €2,632 |
| 8 | Pontakasfish | 22,500 | €2,115 |
| 9 | Julien Subreville | 18,200 | €1,711 |
(Exchange rate used: 1 MAD = €0.094)
Omari Pulls Off the “Comeback” in Mini Main Event
The 3,000 MAD (€266) Mini UDSO Main saw 150 registrations and for the second straight night, Guillaume Darcourt had to settle for runner-up honors after coming up short in the USDO Cup final against "Gabriel".
This time, Darcourt eliminated eight players at the final table and entered heads-up with an overwhelming 4.2 million to 300,000 chip lead. Yet Morocco’s Achraf Omari staged a miraculous comeback, cheered on by the rail who shouted “The comeback!” as the river card sealed his victory.
| Place | Player | Prize (MAD) | Prize (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Achraf Omari | 80,000 | €7,520 |
| 2 | Guillaume Darcourt | 60,000 | €5,640 |
| 3 | Selim Boumlil | 44,000 | €4,136 |
| 4 | Sing Leang Boun | 32,700 | €3,074 |
| 5 | Adrien Pizzala | 25,600 | €2,406 |
| 6 | Cid Ghillain | 20,200 | €1,899 |
| 7 | Mohamed Salim | 15,800 | €1,485 |
| 8 | Marc Dang Vu | 12,400 | €1,166 |
| 9 | Djamal Boutaleb | 9,900 | €931 |
Belmehdi Bags the Chip Lead in UDSO High Roller
The 15,000 MAD (€1,329) High Roller saw 77 players bag chips at the end of Day 1, with registration and re-entries still open through the first level of Day 2.
Local favorite "Belmehdi" topped the counts with 1,450,000, while France’s Luigi Macaluso and Morocco’s Rachid Pok Bounagua rounded out the top three.
| Rank | Name | Chip Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belmehdi | 1,450,000 |
| 2 | Luigi Macaluso | 1,227,000 |
| 3 | Rachid Pok Bounagua | 1,206,000 |
| 4 | Anas Tadini | 1,170,000 |
| 5 | Yohan Rascar | 1,167,000 |
| 6 | Kader Slila | 1,000,000 |
| 7 | James | 837,000 |
| 8 | Mohamed Mehalleg | 789,000 |
| 9 | Mounim Kaddouri | 714,000 |
| 10 | Romain Morin | 686,000 |