Main Event Day 1c | 2018 Winamax SISMIX

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

05-11-2018 22:17 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Calamusa	1,050,000 220,000	220,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Said Hahou	500,000
Adrian Mateos	250,000 150,000	150,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Calamusa	1,030,000 -20,000	-20,000

Raphael Loiseau	747,000 437,000	437,000
Jerome Paveaux	699,000 89,000	89,000
Abdelhamid El Khayati	667,000 477,000	477,000
Julien Baldassarre	636,000
Adil Oubaaous	574,000
Mohamed El Berrak	571,000
Jonathan Guez	535,000
Cheng-Wei Yin	515,000 25,000	25,000
Pedro Jimenez	488,000
David Brauman	443,000
Rudolf Mitja	434,000
[Removed:445]	428,000 393,000	393,000
Matej Zavacky	427,000 317,000	317,000
Vincent Ployet	424,000
Hugo Chesne	423,000
Samir Beldjoudi	408,000 323,000	323,000
Michael Van Der Ghinst	392,000
Mohammed Drissaoui	386,000 86,000	86,000
Jalil Mekouane	371,000
Florian Humeau	365,000 40,000	40,000
Dominique Mura	357,000
Mike4895	354,000
Joao Paulo Rodrigues	353,000
Bruno De Campos	351,000

Winamax Team Pro Pierre Calamusa Bags Chip Lead on SISMIX Day 1c

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Before the day started, it appeared that someone would need a chip stack in the region of 600,000 to vie for the chip lead in the Winamax SISMIX Main Event. However, Winamax Team Pro Pierre Calamusa knocked it out of the park, bagging up in excess of one million chips to become the outright chip leader heading into Day 2.

At the end of play, the former Winamax Poker Open Dublin said that such a big stack was only possible because of the six-max format of the tournament.

"There's a lot more action," said Calamusa as he was bagging. "I got a lot of good hands and hit a lot of good boards. People never believed me, and they kept paying my bets! It was very easy today."

Calamusa will be joined in Day 2 by fellow Winamax Team Pros Sylvain Loosli, who qualified yesterday and Adrian Mateos who steadily accumulated chips throughout Day 1c to bag 309,000. However, they won't be joined by Gaelle Baumann, namely because Calamusa eliminated her!

"It's been a very good day. Gaelle and I are very good friends and the chips stay in the family so we're both happy!"

The Winamax SISMIX has been highlighted by a community atmosphere, and Calamusa says that everything here is made for the amatuer to enjoy.

"Winamax chose to have a tour for the amateurs. Other tours have high buy-ins, but with us it's more family stuff. We all enjoy it. Even if you bust a tournament you still have a lot of other things to do. You have games, pool parties. Everybody comes back every year!"

Calamusa himself is no stranger to the off-the-felt activities, winning yesterday's Beer Pong Tournament.

"It was so cool; everybody was cheering for us. I mean it's unbelievable. I will remember this for my whole life. Even better than my WPO Dublin victory a few years ago, because this had like 100 people cheering for m.e

But if he goes on to add the 2018 SISMIX title to his poker resume, will that top his beer pong triumph.

"Obviously not," he said with a smile.

It was clear from the outset that the record for largest Winamax SISMIX event was going to get smashed, and in the end the 1,252 entries not only broke the SISMIX record, but became the largest field ever held for a poker tournament in Africa.

104 players will advance to Day 2, lead by Calamusa, with other big stacks including Raphael Loiseau (747,000), Jerome Paveaux (699,000), Abdelhamid El Khayati (667,000), and Julien Baldassarre (636,000).

There are still several notables in the field, including 2017 Winamax SISMIX final tablist Said Hahou (428,000), Paul-Francois Tedeschi (287,000), Said El Yousfi (180,000) and Marvin Dupre (22,800).

Play will resume at tomorrow at midday, with 12 50-minute levels schedule. Stay tuned to PokerNews.com as we get closer to crowning a winner here in Marrakech.

Tags: Adrian Mateos Gaelle Baumann Karim Abdelhamid Pierre Calamusa Pierre Guillaume Calamusa Stephen Day Sylvain Loosli