Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2016 Winamax SISMIX
Main Event
Day: 2
Players Left 1 / 901
Filter
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
After almost 12 hours of play, Day 2 of the 2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event is in the books. Only one local player remains, but he also holds the chip lead. That is Rachid Am with 2,604,000 in chips.
Also near the top of the pack are Belgium's Cheng-Wei Yin in second place with 1,605,000, France's Thomas Cazayous with 1,514,000, and Spain's Pablo Redrado with 1,302,000 chips.
Day 2 began with 195 players that had survived from the 901 entrants that played in the three opening flights. By the time the first break rolled along, we were edging in on the bubble with 136 players remaining and 113 players planned to make the money. Normally, this is when things would slow down as the bubble approaches, but things sped up in this one, including the final bubble hand which witnessed four players all in for their tournament lives. Three of the four were eliminated, with David Haziza, Bernard Guigon, and Ali Chbihi all hitting the rail.
The three players split the first two payout spots, but due to Guigon and Chbihi both wearing Winamax badges when they were eliminated on the bubble, they both were awarded with a free ticket to next year's Winamax SISMIX Main Event.
Play continued to be fast and furious until an extended dinner break took place. During the opening days, players were given 90 minutes to relax and eat, however, the 33 remaining at this point were given 135 minutes due to the Champions League final playing out. The break was then extended twice due to extra time and penalty kicks in the game.
Most of Team Winamax was eliminated from the tournament, however, two members of this exclusive club still remained in contention after Day 2 with Bruno Lopes standing strong in seventh place with 859,000 and Gaëlle Baumann in 20th with 438,000.
The remaining 22 players will have a little more time to rest up, as play will resume on Sunday at 1 p.m. local time instead of noon as has been the case every other day. When action resumes, blinds will be 10,000/20,000 with an ante of 3,000, giving players on average of approximately 41 big blinds.
Returning players are guaranteed a 36,000 MAD (€3,318) payout, but those remaining all have their eyes on the top prize of 850,000 MAD (€78,341).
Stay tuned for continued coverage right down to a winner here on PokerNews.com.
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,604,000
704,000
|
704,000 |
|
1,626,000
846,000
|
846,000 |
|
1,514,000
306,000
|
306,000 |
|
||
|
1,302,000
532,000
|
532,000 |
|
1,000,000
705,000
|
705,000 |
|
902,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
859,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
||
|
817,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
760,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
748,000
623,000
|
623,000 |
|
733,000
298,000
|
298,000 |
|
|
723,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
699,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
|
665,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
530,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
463,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
461,000
489,000
|
489,000 |
|
|
438,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
421,000
679,000
|
679,000 |
|
|
||
|
313,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
262,000
618,000
|
618,000 |
|
225,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The tournament director announced to the dealers to deal two more hands before players can bag and tag their chips.
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Morocco's Mouad Nokra was just eliminated in 23rd place for 36,000 MAD (€3,318) after getting his remaining 250,000 chips in the middle with 
and unable to out-race Gregory Cometto 
. Nokra was still alive on the flop despite not hitting the board, however, he was drawing dead on the turn when the appeared.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
No joke, but in the background we can hear Abba's "Dancing Queen" playing at the nearby night club. This is probably the last son that Romain Brunel wants to hear as he just shoved a little more than 200,000 chips from under the gun with 
.
Cheng-Wei Yin called from the blinds with 
. Brunel's "queens" lost a step when Yin flopped top-pair on a 
. Brunel's fate was sealed on the 
turn giving Yin two-pair. The 
on the river completed the board, eliminated Brunel in 24th place for 30,000 MAD (€2,765).
The remaining 23 players are now guaranteed at least 36,000 MAD or approximately €3,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
After 9 players of the remaining 33 were eliminated last level, pots are smaller and hands are taking a bit longer to complete this level. This could be due to the next pay jump taking place after the next elimination or the desire to come back for the final day of action tomorrow.
Several players are visibly tired and will be happy to learn that play tomorrow will kick off an hour later than originally scheduled or at 1:00 p.m. local time.
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Level 22 has just been announced with blinds at 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000. Originally there was going to be one more level after this one, but the tournament director decided that due to the Champions League final break taking much longer than anticipated and that play itself has been moving pretty fast to make this the last level of the night.
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Yann Mousset became the second player since the break ended to be eliminated with pocket fives in a coin-flip situation. Sébastien Compte snagged a pot worth 600,000 chips when his proved to be good on the flop.
Mousset went out in 26th place for 30,000 MAD (€2,765) and not too long later he was followed by Hakim Hadj Belcacem who bowed out in 25th place for the same amount.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
485,000
|
485,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
