5,500 MAD Main Event Day 2 | 2025 Winamax SISMIX

05-24-2025 14:33 UTC+1

Kouri Doubles With Pocket Pair

Matt Warburton

Level 23 : Blinds 7,000/14,000, 14,000 ante

Tommy Ben Alaya open-raised to 24,000 from the hijack and Thomas Kouri moved all in from the cutoff for 108,000. Alaya made the call and players flipped their cards, with Kouri at risk.

Thomas Kouri: 8♣8♦ All in
Tommy Ben Alaya: A♠8♠

Kouri was in a great spot and the board ran out Q♠K♦9♠6♦K♥. He held with his pocket eights, making two pair with the kings on board to win the pot, doubling his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Ben Alaya	670,000 565,000	565,000
Thomas Kouri	250,000 159,000	159,000

Tags: Thomas Kouri Tommy Ben Alaya

05-24-2025 14:39 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Tristan Forge	Busted
Florian Poulain	Busted
Jean-Baptiste Varvat	Busted
Marie Loyher	Busted
Aliosha Staes	Busted
Romain Khalfi	Busted
Leon Berengier	Busted
Mickael Blavin	Busted
Thomas Delattre	Busted
Petar Radlovic	Busted
Ivan Mason	Busted
Romain Delarace	Busted
Victor Daniel	Busted
Baptiste Bensadi	Busted
Nabil Guerroudj	Busted
Alexis Nouel	Busted
Mike Mcmanaman	Busted
Aitor Cruz	Busted
Mathieu Willaert	Busted
Victor Salinier	Busted
Jean-Charles Touller	Busted
Julien Liarte	Busted
Amjad Wandoren	Busted
Silvio Steenbergen	Busted
Benjamin Laurent	Busted

Nebbout Makes Two Pair

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Matt Warburton

Level 23 : Blinds 7,000/14,000, 14,000 ante

Action was on the turn on a board of 2♠5♠A♠7♦ and Victor Salinier led out for 80,000, which Jonathan Nebbout called.

on the 3♦ river, Salinier pushed out a stack of blues worth 100,000 and Nebbout called again. Salinier had A♣J♦ for top pair, while Nebbout flipped over A♥5♥ for two pair to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Nebbout	960,000
Victor Salinier	101,000

Tags: Jonathan Nebbout Victor Salinier

05-24-2025 14:53 UTC+1

Alves Rivers a Straight against Kitai's Trips

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Maxime Taldir

Level 23 : Blinds 7,000/14,000, 14,000 ante

On the feature table, Sandro Alves in the cutoff opened to 24,000 with K♦J♦ and Winamax Team Pro Davidi Kitai just called from the big blind with A♦Q♣.

Kitai was lucky enough to hit trips on the Q♥9♣Q♠ flop that both players checked. He started to get some value on the K♣ turn by betting 18,000. Alves called.

The 10♣ river completed Alves' straight, so he went into the tank after Kitai bet 45,000. He preferred to call and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	920,000 94,000	94,000

Sandro Alves	404,000 93,000	93,000

Tags: Alves Rivers Davidi Kitai Sandro Alves

05-24-2025 14:54 UTC+1

Bugeaud Loses Out in Four-Bet Pot

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Matt Warburton

Level 23 : Blinds 7,000/14,000, 14,000 ante

The under the gun player raised, Maxime Bugeaud three-bet to 90,000 from the button, then the UTG player four-bet to 200,000. Bugeaud called to take the action to the flop.

The flop came 4♠6♣2♠ and the UTG player continued for 150,000. Bugeaud folded and the UTG player took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxime Bugeaud	370,000 112,000	112,000

Tags: Maxime Bugeaud

05-24-2025 14:55 UTC+1

Players Heading for 25-Minute Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 23 : Blinds 7,000/14,000, 14,000 ante

Players in Day 2 of the SISMIX Main Event are heading for a 25-minute break. There are now around 280 players remaining and the next payout is worth 12,200 MAD.

Level: 24

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

05-24-2025 15:29 UTC+1

Sanz Busts to Kitai

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Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

On the feature table, action folded around to Adrien Sanz, who moved all in from the button for 129,000. Davidi Kitai weighed up his decision and then opted to call in the big blind with a much bigger stack. Players flipped their cards, with Sanz at risk.

Adrien Sanz: Q♠6♠ All in
Davidi Kitai: Q♦10♦

Sanz was dominated and Kitai gained more security as he picked up a flush draw on the A♦4♠2♦ flop. The turn came the 7♣ and river the 5♣. Kitai held and Sanz was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	1,032,000 112,000	112,000

Adrien Sanz	Busted

Tags: Adrien Sanz Davidi Kitai

05-24-2025 15:42 UTC+1

Simcelescu Doubles With Two Pair

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Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Dan Simcelescu stacked off for 205,000 from the hijack against Nafis Dundar, who had well covered from the big blind as players flipped their cards.

Dan Simcelescu: K♦Q♥ All in
Nafis Dundar: 10♠10♦

It was a coinflip situation. The board ran out 7♦8♥K♠Q♣2♠ and Simcelescu hit a pair of kings on the flop, two pair on the turn. He won the pot and doubled his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nafis Dundar	455,000 5,000	5,000
Dan Simcelescu	295,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Dan Simcelescu Nafis Dundar

05-24-2025 15:45 UTC+1

Flush for Abdel Attey

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Said Abdel Attey raised to 32,000 from the button and was called by the big blind who discovered a flop of 3♥4♥6♥ full of hearts.

Abdel Attey continued for 26,000 and was called, the, the big blind led out for 52,000 on the 10♥ turn. Abdel Attey made the call.

the big blind fired a second barrel of 102,000 on the J♣ turn, bluffing with A♠4♦. Abdel Attey snap-called with K♥2♠ for a flush to approach 2,000,000 chips.