"Félicitations, vous êtes dans l'argent !" or for those of you don't speak French this translates to "Congratulations, you are in the money!" Two minutes before this announcement, Tournament Director Thomas Gimie announced play would be hand for hand as 114 players remained for 113 places paid. However, instead of waiting for just one player to be eliminated, three players all went out on different tables in the next hand!
Over on Table 8 Sébastien Wuillot makes a fist and sees Jonathan Therme defend his big blind. After a series of raises on a flop KcTh6h which causes Therme to be all-in, Wuillot turns over for a flopped set while Therme shows for two-pair needing one of the two remaining kings to stay alive. When this did not take place on the turn and river he was out of the tournament and collected 7,330 MAD (€675) instead of nothing due to the other two players going out and the three of them splitting two min-prizes.
Things were less dramatic on table 3 since Vincent Mathieu had just 1/2 a big blind level and got it all in with and was eliminated by [k66d]. He also collected 7,330 MAD (€675) for officially finishing in 114th place.
Meanwhile a huge pot took place on table 14 on the bubble between Romain Lewis and Manu Martin. Martin was ahead with with about 300,000 chips in the pot on a flop of . However, Lewis who was holding got the to appear on the turn to eliminate his opponent. Martin collected 7,340 MAD (€676) for 112th place.
We are down to 117 players - meaning just four spots away from the money. Some of the players most recently eliminated players were Karim Bennani Smires, Hugo Marialva Felix, and Sergio Garcia Leon.
Nikita Staroverov (compliments of Caroline Darcourt)
It seemed like Lithuania was all over the place leading into Day 2, however both Paulius Cerniauskas and Nikita Staroverov makes it five Lithuanians to finish before the money. Staroverov is the biggest upset not to make the money in the entire tournament as he not only finished Day 1c as the chip leader, but also entered Day 2 in third place with 247,300 chips.
Also finishing shy of the money were Steven Prouteau, Hanane El Mahaoud, and Cyril Fabre.
Pierre Calamusa (compliments of Caroline Darcourt)
Winamax Team pro Pierre Calamusa had all the cameras around him yesterday. Today the cameras will need to find someone else to follow as just before break he took a bad beat getting it in with vs with an spiking the river.
Also out out the tournament before the first break are Esseddik Seddiki, Marie-Laure Loyher, and Medhi Haddouche.
Andre Mabille seemed like one of the players likely to make it deep in the money today after finishing Day 1b as the chip leader with 217,000 chips. Unfortunately for Mabille, his day is prematurely over finishing just outside the money before the first break.
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Nikita Staroverov (compliments of Caroline Darcourt)
In just half and hour, action will resume in the 2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event, as the 195 players out of the 901 entrants participating in the first three flights are getting ready for battle for the next two days.
More than half of the remaining field - or 113 players - are expected to finish in the money which will be worth at least double the 6,000 MAD (€550) buy-in. However, while the top prizes have yet to be announced, players will be eyeing the big money up top. Last year's winner Jerome Sgorrano from Belgium won the top prize of €70,000 and due to 29 more players this year this prize could be even bigger.
Currently it is Day 1A chip leader Cheng-Wei Yin from Belgium sitting on top of the field with a healthy 307,500 chip stack with blinds set to resume at 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 300. Also very much in the hunt are France's Salem Sahed (second place - 272,900), Lithuania's Nikita Staroverov (third place - 243,700), France's Mohamed El Berrak (fourth place - 243,200), and local Moroccan Hafid Kinany Alaoui (fifth place - 215,900).
According to the big board, the average chip stack is currently at 129,473 chips, representing about 21.5 big blinds. Even though there are many short-stacks in play, there is plenty of time for players to get in the mix as blind levels are 50 minutes for Day 2 as compared to the 45 minute levels present in the first three opening flights.
The tournament director will announce at some point today whether play will end today at Level 22 or Level 24. There will be a longer-than-normal 2 1/2 hour dinner break to accommodate those that wish to watch the Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid at 7:45 p.m. local time.
Stay tuned to our live reporting here at PokerNews for updates throughout the day.
for a flopped set while Therme shows 
for two-pair needing one of the two remaining kings to stay alive. When this did not take place on the turn and river he was out of the tournament and collected 7,330 MAD (€675) instead of nothing due to the other two players going out and the three of them splitting two min-prizes.
and was eliminated by [k66d]. He also collected 7,330 MAD (€675) for officially finishing in 114th place.
. However, Lewis who was holding 
got the 
to appear on the turn to eliminate his opponent. Martin collected 7,340 MAD (€676) for 112th place.
