Starting Flights Wrap Up; Mathieu Papineau Finishes Day as Overall Chip Leader
Day 1c/d of the €500 (5,500 Dirham) Winamax SISMIX Main Event, running at the Casino de Marrakech in the El Saadi Resort, has now concluded.
With all four starting flights now wrapped up, the numbers are in. There were a total of 1,900 entrants, making for a total prize pool of 10,450,00 dirham, around €950,000 euros. A total of 319 players have made it through to Day 2 and into the money..
Mathieu Papineau finished the day as chip leader with 1,202,500. That makes Papineau the overall chip leader across all starting flights.
In second place was Maxence Vié with 1,041,500 chips. In third was [Removed:445] with 906,500 chips.
In fourth was French poker pro Guillaume Darcourt with 904,000. According to Hendon Mob, Darcourt has over $1,500,000 in live tournament winnings. He's also a regular winner at the Moroccan Poker Open, final tabling several events and winning the Deepstack in 2023.
Jean Salaun rounds out the top five players for Day 1c. Winamax Pro Mehdi Chaoui finished in sixth place with 736,000 chips.
Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathieu Papineau | France | 1 202 500 | 120 |
| 2 | Maxence Vié | France | 1 041 500 | 104 |
| 3 | [Removed:445] | Morroco | 906 500 | 91 |
| 4 | Guillaume Darcourt | France | 904 000 | 90 |
| 5 | Jean Salaun | France | 852 000 | 85 |
| 6 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morroco | 736 000 | 74 |
| 7 | Jérôme Rousseau | France | 685 000 | 69 |
| 8 | Noah Alem | Belgium | 645 000 | 65 |
| 9 | Hartono Tan | 637 000 | 64 | |
| 10 | Vincent Ployet | France | 627 000 | 63 |
Day 2 of the SISMIX Main Event commences tomorrow, May 28, at 12 p.m. local time. The blind levels for Day 2 will be 35-minutes, slightly more generous than the starting flights.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for coverage of Day 2 of the Main Event as play continues deeper into the money and towards the final table.
