Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2016 Winamax SISMIX
Main Event
Day: 1c
Nikita Staroverov Finishes Day 1c as Chip Leader of the 2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
A total of 428 entries were tallied during the third and final starting flight of the 2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event, a 6,000 MAD (€550) buy-in. Just 97 players, or less than one-quarter of the starting field, advanced to Day 2 and they will join the other survivors from Wednesday's Day 1a and Thursday's Day 1b to play on Saturday, May 28 when the combined field gets ready for two more days of action.
With 179 entrants and 38 survivors on Day 1a, and 294 entrants and 60 survivors on Day 1b, the remaining field is 195 players. Additionally, the tournament set a new Winamax SISMIX Main Event record with 901 entries, beating last year's total of 872 by 29.
While payouts are still being finalized, the tournament director believes 113 places will be paid with each player in the money being awarded at least double their buy-in.
At the end of Day 1c, Lithuania's Nikita Staroverov finished with 247,300 in chips, which was good enough for the lead. Staroverov will head into Day 2 in third place just behind the Day 1a chip leader Cheng-Wei Yin from Belgium with 307,500 chips and the second-place finisher on Day 1a, Salem Sahed from France with 272,900.
Also ending the day on a high note were France's Mohamed El Berrak in second place with 243,200 and local Moroccan Hafid Kinany Alaoui with 215,900.
Three Team Winamax players to survive the final opening flight to make Day 2 were Alexandre Luneau (141,700), Pierre Calamusa (101,000), and Gaëlle Baumann (86,000).
Play will resume Saturday at 12 p.m. local time starting in Level 13 with blinds at 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 300. The tournament director will decide then whether play will end after Level 22 or Level 24. Additionally, there will be a two-and-a-half-hour break for the Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid at 7:45 p.m. local time.
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End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
247,300
247,300
|
247,300 |
|
243,200
243,200
|
243,200 |
|
213,100
213,100
|
213,100 |
|
203,700
203,700
|
203,700 |
|
|
202,400
202,400
|
202,400 |
|
198,000
198,000
|
198,000 |
|
|
196,000
196,000
|
196,000 |
|
|
190,300
190,300
|
190,300 |
|
185,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
183,000
183,000
|
183,000 |
|
|
176,700
176,700
|
176,700 |
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
162,200
162,200
|
162,200 |
|
|
144,400
144,400
|
144,400 |
|
141,700
86,700
|
86,700 |
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
128,100
91,100
|
91,100 |
|
|
127,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
122,600
92,600
|
92,600 |
|
||
|
121,900
121,900
|
121,900 |
|
|
121,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
|
120,800
120,800
|
120,800 |
|
117,500
117,500
|
117,500 |
|
|
110,500
110,500
|
110,500 |
|
107,200
107,200
|
107,200 |
Final Three Hands
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
The tournament director announced that to the dealers to deal three more hands before players can bag and tag their chips to end the day.
107 Players Remaining in Day 1c
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
Midway through the final blind level, exactly 75 percent of the day's field has been eliminated. With 107 players still competing in the final opening flight, the average stack is currently 80,000 or exactly 50 big blinds. Based on the two previous flights, the ending average is likely to be between 90,000 and 100,000 chips.
Aurélie Quélain Eliminated
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
While there appear to be a handful of Team Winamax still in contention, Aurélie Quélain will not join the group in Day 2.
With the pot at around 10,000 chips, Aurélie Quélain went all-in for 20,000 chips on a flop of 
with 
and her opponent quickly called with 
. Top pair proved to be no good, as the 
completed the board sending Quélain to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 100
Pierre Calamusa's Stack Takes a Small Dent
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Cameras are constantly around Team Winamax pro Pierre Calamusa. In a recent hand, he just called an all-in from his opponent Hakim Hadj of 40,000 chips with 
on a [4x9x6] flop. His reads have been good most of the day, but not this time as Hadj held 
. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river completed the board sending a big pot to his opponent. Calamusa is still holding strong with a big stack of 5,000-denominated blue chips and a stack of 130,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
85,000 | |
Baumann Booming
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Gaëlle Baumann is having a much better Day 1c than Day 1b and is up to 50,000 chips. In a recent hand from the button Baumann called a raise from the cut-off by Mathieu Papineau and the small blind came along for the ride.
The action was checked to Baumann on a flop of which presented a flush-draw. She bet, the player from the small blind folded and Papineau called. The 
on the turn created a second flush draw. The action was checked to Baumann who bet 5,000. Instead of calling, her opponent check-raised. She then declared all-in and Papineau folded handing a 25,000 pot to Baumann.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
||
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100