Winamax Team Pro and 2016 Sismix winner Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes just launched the tournament saying the key words "Shuffle up and deal!".
The Winamax Live Event Manager Matthieu Duran added that more than 700 players already registered today. All the seats are taken and a waiting list is open.
The 5,500 MAD Main Event of the Winamax SISMIX poker festival at the Casino de Marrakech in the Es Saadi Resort, here in Morocco, continues today with Day 1c, which is set to kick off today at 12 p.m. local time.
As Day 1b drew to a close last night, a record-breaking total of 824 entries amassed by the conclusion of late registration, the largest in flight in SISMIX history, of which 136 players bagged and tagged for the Day 2 restart on Saturday. It was Anas Tadini who bagged the overall chip lead, taking through a massive 1,042,000. Tadini was the only player yesterday to eclipse the one million chip mark, with his closest competitor being Matthieu Lamagnere, who will be taking through a stack of 997,000.
Lamagnere will be looking to improve upon his impressive record set in 2017 as he won the SISMIX High Roller and finished second and third in Winamax Poker Open Main Events.
2024 Winamax SISMIX Main Event Day 1b Top 10
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Anas Tadini
Morocco
1,042,000
130
2
Matthieu Lamagnere
France
997,000
125
3
Jorden Verbraeken
Belgium
928,000
116
4
Nolan Madene
France
884,000
111
5
Soliman
-
777,000
97
6
Vincent Coquil
France
775,000
97
7
Tahar Said
France
720,000
90
8
Paud2000
-
672,000
84
9
Antoine Talvard
France
650,000
81
10
Marius Lussi
France
627,000
78
In addition, all attendees are welcome to the Pool Party from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. accompanied by resident DJ Samado, as well as host Fred Musa recording Skyrocks’s DJ Planète Rap between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. As the sun starts to set, players can enjoy either Aperitif games by the pool between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. or a Moroccan evening starting at 8 p.m.
2024 Sismix
Those participating in the main event on Day 1c will receive a starting stack of 50,000 and play through levels of 30 minutes. Those lucky enough to advance to Day 2 and Day 3 will benefit from a clock of 35 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. Each Day 1 will conclude when approximately 16.6% of the field remains; all advancing players will be in the money.
Alongside Day 1c, players can register for the Day 1d turbo flight starting at 7 p.m. Day 1d boasts levels of 15 minutes to ensure a fast-paced conclusion to the finish line.
PokerNews will have boots on the ground for the entirety of the Main Event, so be sure to stick with the live updates to keep up with all the action.
