Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2016 Winamax SISMIX
Main Event
Day: 1c
358 Entrants As Level 6 Begins
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The tournament room at the Casino de Marrakech continues to get busier and busier. The Day 1c field is now up to 358 players of which 281 are still hoping to build a stack to help them compete in Day 2 and beyond. With three more blind levels until late registration, it will be close as to whether last year's Day 1c field size of 411 is exceeded or not.
Pierre Calamusa Among the Chip Leaders, But Loses a Pot to "Tsunamy"
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Team Winamax pro Pierre Calamusa holds one of the bigger stacks in play, however, it just got a little smaller after this hand took place.
Yassine Azouaou opened the action from late position with a raise to 1,200 which Calamusa called from the small blind and Spain's Javier Garcirreynaldos Barral, also known as "Tsunamy" came along for the flop.
Calamusa checked on the 
flop. "Tsunamy" bet 6,500, Azouaou folded, and Calamusa called. Both players then checked when the 
created a four-heart board.
Things got slightly more interesting when Calamusa led out for 10,000 when the 
completed the board. "Tsunamy" thought for a second before declaring himself all-in. Calamusa quickly folded shipping a fairly big pot to his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
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|
50,000 | |
Break #2
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Players are now on a 20 minute break. We are approaching 400 Day 1c entrants with 381 so far entered today with 263 remaining. Blinds will be 250/500 with an ante of 50 when play resumes, meaning players still late entering will have a healthy 40 big blind stack to try to spin up.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Chip Count Update
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Here is a look at chip counts from some of the more notable players in the Day 1c field as of last break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
73,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
59,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
51,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
35,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
30,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
20,000
6,400
|
6,400 |
|
||
|
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
11,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
9,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
400!
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
The Day 1c field has passed 400 entrants. It should be close to see whether the 411 mark from last year will beat with a little more than an hour left in the late registration period.
From the Pool to the Poker Tables
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
For the past few days, Mathieu Bouthier has been busy working at the pool getting the masses to dance. It appears this is behind him, as he is now in the field sitting at a table with Guillaume Darcourt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Gaëlle Baumann Down and Up Again
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
With blinds at 250/500 and an ante of 50, Gaëlle Baumann opens from late position with 
. The button and small blind both call creating a pot of around 4,000 heading into the flop.
The 
appear on the flop giving Baumann two over cards and a nut-flush draw. She leads out for 2,500, the player from the button calls with the third player check-folding.
The 
on the turn is of no help to Baumann, however, she keeps the aggression on betting 5,500. Her opponent raised to 14,500 which she called. The river didn't help either player with both checking. Baumann was down to about 12,000 chips after he opponent showed top-pair with 
.
Shortly afterwards, Baumann doubled up to around 25,000 after she got it all-in with 
which help against her opponents 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
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