Team WInamax pro Gaëlle Baumann is hoping that patience pays off. Baumann shared that she played a bunch of hands early, but now that her stack is down to 23 big blinds, she shared that her strategy is to remain patient and that she is waiting for a spot to make a move.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,500
17,500
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17,500 |
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Team Winamax pro Aurélie Quélain was down to 4,000 chips and worked her way back up to 11,000. She was just eliminated now on a bad beat when she shoved her stack with blinds at 200/400 and an ante of 25 from under-the-gun with 
. The big-blind called with 
. It looks like Quélain had a good chance of doubling up until the spiked the river.
Quélain shared that she plans to take the rest of the day off and re-enter tomorrow when blinds are smaller. She said she would re-enter twice tomorrow if eliminated, but wanted to give it another chance first with blinds still at 50/100.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
With 284 entrants joining in on the action so far today bringing the tournament to 463 entrants thus far during the first two opening days, the Day 1a/1b combination is bigger this year than last year.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Players are now on their second 20 minute break for the day. 189 of the 280 players that entered today remain.
Spain now has one less person in the field after Leo Margets was just eliminated.
France's Gregory Cometto opened the action from the button to 1,300. Margets three-bet to 3,100 from the blinds which Cometto called.
Both players check the action on the 
flop with Margets leading out for a bet of 3,200 on the 
turn which Cometto calls. Margets checked when the 
completed the board on the river. Cometto goes all in, and Margets calls off the rest of her stack of around 12,000 chips.
Cometto turns over 
for a full-house easily beating Margets' two-pair holding . Cometto is now among the chipleaders with 70,000 chips while Margets hits the rail before the second break. While she quickly left the tournament arena, she may still decide to re-enter with a couple of more blind levels open for her to do so today along with the possibility of joining the field tomorrow for Day 1c.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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Busted | |
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The field for Day 1b has grown to 269 players of which 197 remain in action.
It certainly isn't unusual for poker players to wear sunglasses that cover your eyes. What about sunglasses or maybe goggles that cover half of a player's face?
In an unusual style, Mouad Benharmach has taken sunglasses to a new form during Day 1b of the Winamax SISMIX Main Event. So far so good for the Moroccan as he has more than doubled his starting chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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43,000
43,000
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43,000 |
We now have just entered Level 6 with blinds at 200/400 and an ante of 25. Yesterday late registrations and re-entries slowed down a bit at this point, however, the tournament is still likely to beat last year's Day 1b total with 265 players registered now when compared to 269 during Day 1b last year.
If Day 1b reaches 282 players, which seems possible at this point, then the tournament size after two opening days will be larger than last year's Main Event. Yesterday with 179 players, the field was 13 players shy of the 192 that entered Day 1a last year.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
