Main Event
Day 1cd Completed
2023 Winamax Sismix
Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
2023 Winamax Sismix
Buy-in
5,500 MAD
Prize Pool
10,450,000 MAD
Entries
1,900
Level
43
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
864
Players Left
145
Starting Flights Wrap Up; Mathieu Papineau Finishes Day as Overall Chip Leader
Level 19
: Blinds 3,500/7,000, 7,000 ante
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.
End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)
Level 19
: Blinds 3,500/7,000, 7,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,202,500 | 367,500 |
|
1,041,500 | 121,500 |
|
|
906,500 | 76,500 |
|
904,000 | 224,000 |
|
852,000 | |
|
736,000 | 36,000 |
|
|
685,000 | -15,000 |
|
645,000 | |
|
|
637,000 | |
|
|
627,000 | |
|
|
618,000 | |
|
|
603,000 | |
|
|
532,500 | |
|
|
526,500 | 526,500 |
|
|
518,000 | |
|
500,000 | |
|
|
485,000 | |
|
484,000 | 104,000 |
|
|
465,000 | |
|
|
459,000 | |
|
457,000 | |
|
|
450,000 | |
|
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436,000 | |
|
|
431,500 | |
|
|
412,000 |
Cougnenc All In Blind and Busts Day 1c Bubble
Level 19
: Blinds 3,500/7,000, 7,000 ante
After several hands of bubble madness, media and players gathered around to witness what would be the final hand of Day 1c.
Remy Cougnenc had less than one big blind and so had all his chips in the middle in the small blind. Baz Lextaz opened the action with a raise from late position and all other players folded. After all other tables had finished the hands, players flipped their cards.
Remy Cougnenc: K♥Q♦
Baz Lextaz: A♣3♣
The board ran out 8♠6♥3♦9♣J♥. Neither player improved and so Lextaz held with his ace high. Cheers erupted around the room. Cougnenc busted on the bubble of Day 1c.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
430,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Bubble Doubles; Oubja and Guizani Survive
Level 19
: Blinds 3,500/7,000, 7,000 ante
It was a long bubble. There were several all in and calls with short stacks finding their luck and doubling up to remain in the game.
In one such hand, Badr Oubja put the rest of his stack in the middle from the small blind, 19,500 chips. Mehdi Chaoui called in the big blind and players flipped their cards.
Badr Oubja: K♣K♥
Mehdi Chaoui: Q♥6♦
Oubja had woken up with pocket kings in the perfect moment for him. The rest of the room screamed out for sixes to come. The board ran out 9♦2♦6♠7♥5♦. Oubja's kings held and he doubled up.
The next hand, over on another table, Action was on the flop on a board of 9♦7♣7♠. Fathi Guizani moved all in with a short stack and Amer Benmoumen called for a few chips more.
Guizani showed K♠9♣ for a pair of nines. Benmoumen showed 10♥6♦ for a backdoor straight draw.
The turn came the 2♥ and the river was the 6♠. Benmoumen paired up with his sixes, but Guizani held to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000 | 150,000 |
|
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370,000 | 40,000 |
|
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110,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Big Stacks and Bustouts as Bubble Approaches
Level 19
: Blinds 3,500/7,000, 7,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
920,000 | |
|
|
835,000 | |
|
|
830,000 | |
|
|
700,000 | -60,000 |
|
|
680,000 | 680,000 |
|
|
570,000 | |
|
|
550,000 | -40,000 |
|
545,000 | 545,000 |
|
|
500,000 | |
|
|
485,000 | |
|
|
450,000 | |
|
|
440,000 | |
|
|
380,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
330,000 | |
|
265,000 | 265,000 |
|
245,000 | 195,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,500/7,000
Ante: 7,000
Hand for Hand About to Start
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Day 1c is getting close to the bubble and tension in the tournament room is growing. Players are tightening up and the event is about to go hand for hand.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Players Heading On 20-Minute Break
Level 17
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Players in Day 1c of the SISMAX Main Event are heading on a 20-minute break.