Main Event | 2016 Winamax SISMIX

2016-05-29 16:45 UTC

Rafik Bedri Eliminated in 12th Place (43,000 MAD) and Rachid Am Eliminated in 11th place (51,000 MAD)

Jaxon

Niveau 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Rafik Bedri (compliments of Caroline Darcourt)

Two players just were eliminated in the same hand. Rachid Am opens for 100,000 Alexis Fleur and Thomas Cazayous call from the button and small blind before Rafik Bedri pushes his remaining 250,000 chips into the pot.

Cazayous gets out of the way on a flop before Fleur and Am battle it out with Fleur betting 300,000 and Am raising the action to 850,000 which Fleur calls. Am declares himself all-in for 1.1 million when the hits the board and shows for bottom pair which is losing to Fleur's pair of sevens. Bedri is behind both players showing . The on the river was inconsequential eliminating two players in one hand.

Rafik Bedri was awarded 43,000 MAD (€3,963) for 12th place, and since Am had more chips to start the hand he received the larger 11th place prize of 51,000 MAD (€4,700).

Meanwhile Alexis Fleur is now the overwhelming chip leader with 5.1 million in chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alexis Fleur	5,100,000 3,165,000	3,165,000
Rafik Bedri	Eliminé
Rachid Am	Eliminé

Tags: Alexis Fleur Am Rachid Rafik Bedri Thomas Cazayous

2016-05-29 16:51 UTC

Ali Mechiche Eliminated in 10th Place (62,000 MAD)

Jaxon

Niveau 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Mechiche Alami (compliments of Caroline Darcourt)

We quickly went from two Moroccans in the field down to none. Ali Mechiche dwindled down to a short-stack before getting it all-in with and unable to catch up against Sébastien Compte's when the board ran out .

Ali was awarded 62,000 MAD (€5,714) after exiting the tournament in 10th place.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ali Mechiche	Eliminé

Tags: Ali Mechiche

2016-05-29 17:38 UTC

Sylvain Roullet Eliminated in Ninth Place (77,000 MAD)

Jaxon

Niveau 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Sylvain Roullett was down to 14 big blinds when he open shoved for 700,000. Sebastien Compte called from the big blind with and pulled significantly ahead on the flip when the flop came . The board completed with to eliminate Roullett in ninth place for 77,000 MAD (€7,097).

Compte is now one of the chip leaders with 3.7 million in chips as the tournament is just two players away from reaching the final table.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sebastien Compte	3,700,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Sylvain Roullet	Eliminé

Tags: Sebastien Compte Sylvain Roullet

2016-05-29 18:35 UTC

Pablo Redrado Eliminated in Eighth Place (95,200 MAD)

Jaxon

Niveau 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

When we head back into action, the tournament will be on an unofficial final table. Pablo Redrado was eliminated in eighth place for 95,200 MAD (€8,744) after his was unable to improve against Alexis Fleur's pocket queens.

Fleur's chip lead meanwhile got bigger and now has 5.35 million in chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alexis Fleur	5,350,000 905,000	905,000
Pablo Redrado	Eliminé

Tags: Alexis Fleur Pablo Redrado

2016-05-29 19:57 UTC

Unofficial Final Table Chip Counts

Jaxon

Niveau 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

We are minutes away from resuming play with the all-French unofficial final table. When play resumes there will be 56 minutes left to play in Level 28 with blinds at 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 10,000. Alexis Fleur currently has a commanding lead with 5.35 million chips.

Seat	Player	Chips
1	Thomas Cazayous	640,000
2	Alexis Fleur	5,350,000
3	Bruno Lopes	3,800,000
4	Sébastien Compte	3,700,000
5	Grégory Cometto	1,380,000
6	Karim Benamrouche	395,000
7	[Removed:13]	2,795,000

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alexis Fleur	5,350,000
Bruno Lopes	3,800,000 255,000	255,000

Sebastien Compte	3,700,000 -70,000	-70,000
[Removed:13]	2,795,000 -20,000	-20,000
Gregory Cometto	1,380,000 -40,000	-40,000
Thomas Cazayous	640,000 -60,000	-60,000

Karim Benamrouche	395,000 -155,000	-155,000

Tags: Alexis Fleur Bruno Lopes Grégory Cometto Karim Benamrouche Sébastien Compte Thomas Cazayous

2016-05-29 20:17 UTC

Thomas Cazayous Eliminated in Seventh Place (122,000 MAD)

Jaxon

Niveau 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Thomas Cazayous (compliments of Caroline Darcourt)

It didn't take long for the tournament to move from an unofficial to an official final table. On the first hand, Thomas Cazayous opened with a bet of 125,000. Alexis Fleur three-bet to 350,000 and Cazayous was quickly all-in for 640,000 which Fleur called.

Cazayous:
Fleur:

While Cazayous earlier on today was able to win some flips while short-stacked, his luck ran out after when he was unable to improve his hand on a board of .

Even though Cazayous was unable to appear on the official final table, he was still able to haul in an impressive 122,000 MAD (€11,244) for finishing in seventh place. Meanwhile, Fleur's stack peeks over 6 million for the first time today.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alexis Fleur	6,100,000 750,000	750,000
Thomas Cazayous	Eliminé

Tags: Alexis Fleur Thomas Cazayous

2016-05-29 21:13 UTC

Karim Benamrouche Eliminated in Sixth Place (160,000 MAD)

Jaxon

Niveau 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Karim Benamrouche (compliments of Caroline Darcourt)

On the first hand after the blinds increased, from late position Karim Benamrouche announced he was all-in for his remaining 720,000 stack or nine big blinds. To his left, [Removed:13] wasted no time in declaring he was all-in as well for 2.8 million. All other players folded and players turned over their cards.

Benamrouche:
Guiglini:

The crowd gathered gasped when the flop came to give Benamrouche a temporary lead in the hand with top pair. His lead looked like it would hold when the appeared on the turn. However, the came on the river eliminating Benamrouche in sixth place for 160,000 MAD (€14,747) and give Guiglini a stack of almost 3.5 million chips.

The next payout for fifth place will be 210,000 MAD (€19,355).

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
[Removed:13]	3,450,000 655,000	655,000
Karim Benamrouche	Eliminé

Tags: Karim Benamrouche

2016-05-29 21:55 UTC

Grégory Cometto Eliminated in Fifth Place (210,000 MAD)

Jaxon

Niveau 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Grégory Cometto (compliments of Caroline Darcourt)

Easy come easy go for Grégory Cometto as he was just eliminated from the tournament in fifth place for 210,000 MAD (€19,355).

The hand began with [Removed:13] opening to 180,000 before Team Winamax pro Bruno Lopes three-bet to 450,000. Cometto then made a cold four-bet for 1.4 million. Guiglini gets out of the way and Lopes makes the call.

Cometto:
Lopes:

The suspense was more or less over when Lopes flopped a set when the appeared on the board. Cometto was unable to get a miraculous save with a runner-runner when the appeared on the turn and the river.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Bruno Lopes	5,500,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Gregory Cometto	Eliminé

Tags: Bruno Lopes Gregory Cometto

2016-05-29 23:13 UTC

[Removed:13] Eliminated in Fourth Place (275,000 MAD)

Jaxon

Niveau 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

[Removed:13] (compliments of Caroline Darcourt)

Former Team Winamax member [Removed:13] and current Team Winamax pro Bruno Lopes just battled it out in a huge pot that sent the former to the rail.

Lopes raised the action preflop and Guiglini defended from the blinds. Both players then quietly checked on a flop before Guiglini led out for a bet 325,000 chips when the appeared on the turn. The pot then got big in a hurry as Lopes raised it up to 825,000 before Guiglini immediately declared himself all-in for over 2 million which Lopes called.

Lopes:
Guiglini:

Guiglini was unable to get the few cards in the deck he needed to split the pot after the completed the board and collected 275,000 MAD (€25,346) for finishing in fourth place.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Bruno Lopes	7,740,000 2,830,000	2,830,000

[Removed:13]	Eliminé

2016-05-29 23:32 UTC

Sébastien Compte Eliminated in Third Place (375,000 MAD)

Jaxon

Niveau 31 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Sébastien Compte (compliments of Caroline Darcourt)

Shortly after Sébastien Compte winning an uncontested pot preflop against Bruno Lopes, he found himself all-in for his tournament life against chip leader Alexis Fleur.

Fleur min-raised the action from the button without looking at his cards to 200,000. Lopes three-bet the action from the small blind and Compte declared himself all-in for 2.16 million. Fleur then looked down at his cards and liked what he saw and called.

Compte:
Fleur:

It was just about over on the flop when Fleur nailed a set on a board leaving Compte needing two runners for a flush to save him. The on the turn had Compte drawing dead before the appeared on the river.

After Compte was eliminated in third place for 375,000 MAD (€34,562), action paused for a break with Fleur now holding a slightly more than two-to-one chip advantage.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alexis Fleur	12,100,000 4,620,000	4,620,000
Bruno Lopes	5,920,000 -1,820,000	-1,820,000

Sebastien Compte	Eliminé

Tags: Alexis Fleur Bruno Lopes Sébastien Compte