Break Time!
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Players are now enjoying their first break of the day. Play will resume in 25 minutes on Level 4 with blinds at 100/200 and an ante of 25.
2016 Winamax SISMIX
Main Event
Day: 1c
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Alexandre Luneau Is Back
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
We were beginning to wonder whether Team Winamax pros Davidi Kitai and Alexandre Luneau were going to reenter today after failing to make Day 2 during other opening days or whether instead they would enjoy the perfect weather. While we are unsure about Kitai, Luneau joined the field during the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Chip Count Update
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
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28,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
16,000
-4,000
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-4,000 |
|
|
15,000 | |
320 Players
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
The field is at 320 players with still over 3.5 hours until late registration closes. Most of the field remains in their seats with just 44 of the field thus far eliminated.
No Big Pots For Gaëlle Baumann
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Every time we walk by Team Winamax pro Gaëlle Baumann, her stack size is a little bit bigger. She is now up to 30,000 chips, and it sounds like it is all due to small ball as she shared there have been "no big pots."
Right now the average stack size is 116 big blinds, however, pots will start to get bigger for many players as the average by the end of the day will go down by at least half that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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Photos From Day 1c
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Chip Count Update
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
|
26,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
18,000
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
|
|
17,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Davidi Kitai in the Field, Brice Puypalat Among the Chip Leaders
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
We noticed Team Winamax pro Davidi Kitai now in the Day 1c field. His stack is down to 13,600, however, on the same table we noticed Brice Puypalat with a huge early stack in front of him.
Puypalat attempted to shared this was thanks to two hands which both started off slowly with him holding non-premium cards and although he isn't that comfortable speaking English went on to attempt to explain his good fortune in more detail.
During the first hand, Puypalat was in the big blind holding 
in a limped pot with the button and small blind. The flop featured two hearts which Puypalat check then called a small bet from the button. He nailed his flush on the turn and his opponent wound up getting it all-in holding 
to only get outflushed by Puypalet.
Shortly after, he was in an even bigger pot where it is believed most of his current stack when he limped 
from the button and got calls from players in the small blind and big blind. The player in the small blind led out with a bet on a 
flop, the player in the big blind folded, and Puypalat just called. The small blind then bet again when the the gave Puypalat a full house and he opted to call. His opponent shoved all-in when the 
completed the board on the river handing Puypalat a pot believed to be worth over 50,000 chips after he called.
According to The Hendon Mob, Puypalat has only two live cashes, however, his last one was also in a Winamax event when in September 2015, he snagged 42nd place in the Winamax Poker Open Dublin to bank his biggest career cash of €2,100.
Pierre Calamusa, who made the opening announcements today after the tournament director handed him the microphone won this event for an impressive haul of €70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
68,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
13,600
13,600
|
13,600 |
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