Casino Royale with a private “high-roller” area with the highest table limits on St Maarten is located across the street from Sonesta Maho Beach Resort in Maho Village, St. Maarten’s premier hotspot for dining, shopping and nightlife. It is the largest casino on the island, boasting 14,000 square feet of gaming. With 20 tables of gaming, you can choose from roulette (American and French), craps, baccarat, blackjack and poker. The 450 slot machines include a variety of classics and modern video slots.

History of the event

In 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010 we have been organizing the St. Maarten Open together with the Sonesta MAHO Beach Resort & Casino. From 2005 – 2007 the tournament (known then as the CPC) moved to the neighbour of island St Kitts for 3 years, until its return to St Maarten where its set to stay.

The French territory covers about two thirds of the island and is technically a part of Europe and the European Community. The Dutch side is a member island of the Netherlands Antilles and part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not considered European territory. There is no real border, just modest monuments and signs. The island is known as an almost perfect holiday environment; beaches and nightlife are spectacular, shopping and dining the best in the Caribbean.

To get a feel of the area covered by St. Maarten, multiply 6 miles by 6 miles. You got already 36 square miles… But not to worry, this is the biggest small island in the world. Without visiting, its impossible to imagine the variety of landscape, cultures and entertainment to be found here. St. Maarten just doesn’t FEEL that small… Its central mountain range provides for a rugged and interesting terrain, with winding roads up and down the hills, through small villages and still plenty of untouched land.

The Caribbean’s largest lagoon is the Simpson Bay Lagoon, landlocked with the exception of two narrow channels with draw bridges. The Lagoon is large enough to have a real sail and is home to a giant fleet of yachts, which are either berthed in one of the luxury marinas or anchored in the sheltered waters. St. Maarten has become the yachting center of the Caribbean with the world’s most outrageous megayachts.

St. Maarten is the ultimate micro cosmos, home to residents from over 90 different nations. The island broke out of the Antillean group of third-world economies and societies and became the exiting, active, bustling economic center of the Northeastern Caribbean. To be sure, there are problems associated with its rapid growth, but there are also stunning success stories to be told.

One is the Concordia Agreement: The Dutch and the French side agreed more than 350 years ago that residents of either side of the island can be commercially active on the other side without any Red Tape or border difficulties. This contract of peaceful coexistence turns out to be the oldest active, undisputed treaty on our planet!

St. Maarten entered the “Big Time” during the Eighties when investor friendly policies on the Dutch side lead to a rapidly developing tourism industry. The French side soon followed with tax incentives for French citizens to invest in tourism and charter boats.