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Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2017 Winamax SISMIX
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2017 Winamax SISMIX
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
6,000 MAD
Total Entries
1,078
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000
Players Left 1 / 1,078
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Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
It was another stunning day at the Casino de Marrakech as day 1b of the Winamax SISMIX Main Event drew a massive field of 369 runners to the felt.
After 13 levels of 40 minutes each, the massive day 1b field was reduced to 90 survivors, with Frenchman Christophe Beyer topping the standings by bagging and tagging 687,000 by the end of the night. Close behind him is countryman Jeremy Saderne, who managed to turn his starting stack of 50,000 to 623,000. Just two months ago Saderne bested a field of 1,399 players to be crowned the winner of the Winamax Poker Tour Final in Paris, good for a cool €100,000. He's done very well to put himself in a strong position to secure another deep run in this Winamax event as well.
Rounding out the all-French top-5 is Kamel Atoui (575,000), Jean-Pierre Besancon (485,000) and Bruno Soutavong (445,000), all way above the 205,000 chip average by the end of today's play.
The Winamax Pro Team was strongly represented today with no less than six runners, but one by one they fell, leaving only Michel Abecassis behind. Abecassis managed to end on a high note of 235,000 chips, while his colleagues Gaelle Baumann, Davidi Kitai, Aladin Reskallah, Pierre Calamusa and Sylvain Loosli all will have to come back tomorrow if they want to secure a spot on Saturday. The same goes for Leo Margets, who busted in quite the setup. Her flopped top and bottom pair were no good against the better two pair of Pierre Nieto, and the Spaniard exited with three levels left of the day.
French-Vietnamese actor and Winamax VIP Frederic Chau had quite the day at the felt. Early on he was seated with Spanish player Fernandez Francisco, and the two of them had some bloody battles early on. With just 50 minutes left on the tournament clock, Chau won a coinflip to boost his stack to 128,500, but sometime during the last level the VIP was sent packing, and he will have to visit the cashier if he wishes to continue his SISMIX Main Event journey.
On tomorrow's menu will be the third and final heat of the Main Event as Day 1c kicks off at midday, while the 1,600 MAD (€147) Le Totem tournament will commence at 5 pm and the 1,400 MAD HyperTurbo side event will set sail at 10 pm.
Tune back in tomorrow for more action, as the PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you every bit of the action from warm and sunny Marrakech.
All photos courtesy of Winamax
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The tournament clock has been paused, and the tournament director has announced the last two hands. 93 players currently remain, and as soon as play has ended, the full chip counts will be posted followed by an end-of-day recap.
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Jean-Pierre Grand is out, bust, fini. He moved all-in on the river with the board reading 
, and Afriat quickly called with 
for the trips. Grand's aces hit the muck a second later, and the Frenchman will have to come back again tomorrow if he wants to advance to Day 2 of this Winamax SISMAX Main Event.
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Laurent Robert raised to 10,000 from the cutoff, Pierre Nieto made it 22,000 total from the button and Alexis Fleur moved all-in out of the small blind. Robert were not interested, but Nieto only had to call an additional 25,000, and he quickly did so with 
.
They were behind the 
of Fleur, and five community cards later the pot was shipped to Fleur. Less than 30 minutes remain of the day.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Frederic Chau has been nursing one of the shorter stacks in the field for quite some time, but just now the French-Vietnamese Actor and Team Winamax VIP secured a crucial double.
Najib Bennis made it 6,000 to go under the gun, Timothee Scotti called two seats over before Chau moved in for a total of 57,500 chips. The blinds and Bennis eventually got out of the way, and Scotti quickly threw in a single blue chip signaling the call.
Frederic Chau: 
Timothee Scotti: 
The board didn't bring a single broadway card as it ran out 
, and Chau quietly exclaimed his delight before stacking his newly found wealth.
Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Fernandez Francisco opened up the action preflop and only Jules Sciare on the button made the call. Francisco opted to check the 
flop, but shoved for 61,000 total after Sciare took a stab at the pot with a bet of 14,000.
Sciare thought about it long and hard before finally succumbing to a fold.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
