Break
Level 12
: 700/1,400, 1,400 ante
Players are going on their penultimate break of the day.
2019 Winamax SISMIX
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Winamax SISMIX
Buy-in
€500
Entries
2,036
Level
50
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Red or Black with Pierre Calamusa and Erwann Pecheux
Level 12
: 700/1,400, 1,400 ante
You often walk past tables here at the Winamax SISMIX that are having so much fun, you might forget that they've each paid €500 for the privilege of playing. But sometimes, that's the whole point of the SISMIX; you can win some money, but you can also spend time with your mates by the pool, or chat and laugh with your tablemates.
Two such players embodying the spirit of the SISMIX are Winamax Team Pro Pierre Calamusa and Erwann Pecheux who have been playing Red or Black for the last ten minutes or so, with Calamusa as red and Pecheux as black. It was unclear who was winning.
Eventually, after an orbit of hands that didn't make it to a flop, Calamusa folded and headed to a water cooler.
"If it's black, say nothing," said Pecheux once Calamusa was out of earshot. The flop came 
.
Pecheux sighed. "It's red," he said to Calamusa.
"All of it?" asked Calamusa.
"No, only two," replied Pecheux.
Over 400 Entrants So Far
Level 12
: 700/1,400, 1,400 ante
The tournament clock has updated to show 258 of 403 players remaining in the Day 1a field. The average stands at 78,000, but there are several players with over 100,000 in chips. A reminder that there will be 20 levels on Day 1a.
Players will be going on a 15-minute break at the end of the level and a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 16 when registration will close.
Level: 12
Blinds: 700/1,400
Ante: 1,400
Updated Chip Counts
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Sylvain Loosli has joined the Winamax SISMIX Main Event field, with fellow Team Pro Pierre Calamusa sitting pretty on over 130,000.
How did he get his chips we hear you ask? "Hitting a pair," he said. "That's it."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 85,000 |
|
115,000 | 55,000 |
|
90,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
80,000 | 5,000 |
|
65,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
45,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
37,000 | -23,000 |
|
30,000 | -6,000 |
|
25,000 | |
|
16,000 | -29,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Roman Lewis Talks GPI Rankings, Online Series Success and Team Pro Seminars
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
After finishing 2018 with a top-ten finish in the WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard, where he finished in the top three in three different bracelet events across Vegas and Rozvadov, we caught up with the Winamax Team Pro Romain Lewis to see how he has started 2019.
"Rozvadov seems like a world ago to be honest," Lewis said. "I've been playing quite a lot of live tournaments."
From the Caribbean to Australia, Lewis has kept up his passion for poker meaning he now sits as the #4 ranked Frenchman in the GPI Rankings.
"I had real objectives with the GPI for last year, because I started really well. So I just wanted to play the maximum amount of tournaments that I could. And that live focus has continued into 2019 with the Aussie Millions, which was just by far the best experience of my life. Every day we'd wake up, have an amazing coffee, play in an amazing tournament, bust but then still have the greatest day. Because how can you not?
"It's been disappointing poker-wise; I've had a lot of bad results but that's how it goes and I'm definitely going to keep playing, studying and working, but I've still got a lot of objectives for the year and a lot of live tournaments to play."
With the year barely halfway through, Lewis has recently turned his attention to the online felt with Winamax's online series, during which he played every single tournament on the schedule.
"Yeah, all 173 tournaments. I've never done that before," he said. "It was an objective of mine to get back online and to play a lot. I won two tournaments and I think I came third in the Series leaderboard."
Lewis is correct, ending up in third ahead of fellow Winamax Team Pro Davidi Kitai who finished sixth, and Lewis now has extra currency and bragging rights among his fellow Team Pros.
"I won two events, so I was happy with that. I've won one before, so now I can start to talk to the other Winamax Team Pros and be like 'Oh yeah, I've got three now.'"
This is Lewis' third year as a Winamax Team Pro, and recently took part in his third seminar where all the Team Pros gather together to discuss everything to do with poker.
"We get together four three days in the south of France, and it's period where the whole team spends most of the day getting to know each other, but three or four hours of the day there are organized chats about strategy, mental game and high-performance excellence.
"This year we had Stéphane Diagana who is a former French hurdle World Champion come speak to us, and he had a whole presentation about how he kept his motivation and belief up in his career. And when we compare our sport to another sport we can see some parallels and we learn so much from these opportunities."
Each year, the Winamax Team Pros appear to get a real kick out of the seminar; last year Adrian Mateos took down the SISMIX in Marrakech and this year Sylvain Loosli won a €10,000 High Roller in Monte Carlo.
"With so many different people, we all get a lot out of it," says Lewis. "Say Joao [Vieira] is presenting a tournament, and there's a disagreement on a certain hand. There are going to be some people who are going to be experts in that situation. And we're always going to try and get the best out of those different situations. It definitely boosts us because we're always talking about performance and how to get better.
"And to have these examples from people who've done it for years, we have so many examples from so many different people in the team."
After Monte Carlo, the Winamax Team Pros are back together here in northern Spain for the SISMIX, and Lewis says it's great to have some more time spent with the team.
"This is a really fun week. It might be low buy-ins for all of the Team Pros but we're also here to be together, and if we bust and go to the pool we'll find at least four of five pros and friends there. It's half seminar and half a poker stop for us!"
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
"Friends are Asking Me What I Did To Be Here!" Jok'Air Enjoying Winamax SISMIX
Level 9
: 400/800, 800 ante
Even in the middle of 335 players here on Day 1a, you can't help but notice that Jok'Air is out of this world, and his good mood is clear to all around him. The rapper, who exploded onto the scene with the release of his album Jok'Travolta has discovered a new passion here in Lloret de Mar.
However, he hasn't won the tournament yet; he did not even know the rules until a few days ago, asking for help on Twitter!
Translation: Who can teach me to play poker?
With a little help from his friend and YouTuber Zack Nani, things are already much better.
"I'm going to be the poker boss, like Kool Shen [aka Winamax Team Pro Bruno Lopes]. I've already played two tournaments and I want to play a lot more. It's a crazy game - I love it!
"You have two cards, and you try to find out what the others have. It's just great, but I think I still have a long way to go!"
To ensure he makes the most of his opportunity, Jok has been given a little help...a ranking of the best possible hands that means he doesn't even have to look at his cards to play.
"It's helpful. I took a picture, but it doesn't work every time. A guy called yesterday with ace-three when I had two jacks, and I still lost. So I went all in on the first hand of the tournament to show them who the boss is."
Well, it looks like he's got a long way to go in terms of strategy!
Jok has come to the Winamax SISMIX with his friend Chich who performs with him on stage, and it has meant he's discovered the world of poker, live tournaments and the atmosphere of SISMIX all at once.
"I want to do all the festivals. The atmosphere is crazy, everyone is having fun. It's really simple. Every time I post a photo on the internet, I have friends who are calling me to ask me what I did to be here, so I don't want to miss another one. And I think you go to Dublin in September, right?"
I think we'll be seeing him again soon.
Article translated from French. Courtesy of Winamax.fr
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800