Niveau 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Players are now on their third 15 minute break of the day. The next break after this one will be a 2 1/2 break so players (and staff) can enjoy watching the Champions League finals.
2016 Winamax SISMIX
Main Event
Jours 2
Event Info
2016 Winamax SISMIX
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
Buy-in
6,000 MAD
Entrants
901
Niveau
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Joueurs Survivants 1 / 901
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Niveau 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Aggression sometimes pays off and Pierre Merlin is no stranger to either aggression or to winning big in Winamax events. In 2014, Merlin became famous in Winamax circles by taking down the Winamax Poker Tour Paris Main Event for a cool €100,000.
Merlin is right in the thick of things with under 65 players left thanks to aggressively playing a mid pocket pair from the blinds. Julien Laroze raised the action to 12,000 from the button, Bruno Michels 3-bet to 32,000 from the small blind. Undeterred, Pierre Merlin fires a cold four-bet from the big blind for 71,000. Laroze folded and Michels calls.
Here is where the aggression ended as the flop, turn, and river were all check-checked with Merlin showing 
and Michels turning over 
on a 
board. After shipping this pot worth around 160,000 chips, Merlin's stack has soared to 350,000 chips.
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Niveau 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
One third of the field to start Day 2 now remains in contention as players continue to depart from the tournament and a fairly quick pace.
Here is a look at the most recent players to be eliminated, each being awarded 13,500 MAD or about €1,244.
2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event Eliminations (66th - 71st Places)
- 66th - Mohamed El Berrak
- 67th - François Pirault
- 68th - Clement Thumy
- 69th - Bastien Barbeau
- 70th - Gregory Mateos
- 71st - Sebastien Tauvry
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Niveau 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Earlier we mentioned that Jonathan Therme, Vincent Mathieu, and Manu Martin were the three players that bubbled. Since it wasn't just one "bubble boy", the first two players received 7,330 MAD (about €676) for 113th and 114th places while Martin was awarded 10 MAD more or 7,440 MAD for 112th place.
Therme and Mathieu actually were fortunate enough to walk away with more than just a partial cash. Since both players were wearing Winamax logos, they each received a ticket to next year's Winamax SISMIX Main Event valued at 6,000 MAD (€550)!
No free seat next year for Manu Martin since he was not wearing the Winamax logo despite numerous announcements that this was one of the requirements for the bubble promotion.
Niveau 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Team Winamax's Alexandre Luneau headlines the most recent eliminations out in 73rd place for 12,000 MAD (€1,106). We are working on finding out how his demise in the tournament transpired.
2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event Eliminations (72nd - 79th Places)
- 72nd - Lukas Parednis
- 73rd - Alexandre Luneau
- 74th - Pascal Ballester
- 75th - Rachid Bekka
- 76th - Pierrick Burban
- 77th - Nicols Compingt
- 78th - Perdo Lamarca
- 79th - Fabien Buchweiller
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Niveau: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Niveau 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
No, we aren't talking about the 1980's, but instead players that were eliminated in 80th to 89th places for 12,000 MAD or approximately €1,106. Here's a look:
2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event Eliminations (80th - 89th Places)
- 80th - Karim Abdelmoumene
- 81st - Yannis Barjonnet
- 82nd - Nuno Daniel Cardoso Simoes
- 83rd - [Removed:445]
- 84th - Dimitri Pocheron
- 85th - Mounim Kaddouri
- 86th - Matthieu Laurent
- 87th - Sonny Franco
- 88th - Jean Baptiste Thomas
- 89th - Maxime Parys
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Niveau 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Sofiene Belaid began the day near the top of the field in chips. Belaid will have to settle for a min-cash of 11,000 MAD (approximately €1,014) for his 95th place finish.
Meanwhile, Michael Menetrier who began the day with 10 big blinds was able to squeeze into the money in 98th place.
Here is a look at the rest of the players to be eliminated for a min cash. Players are now guaranteed at least 12,000 MAD (approximately €1,106).
2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event Eliminations (90th - 99th Places)
- 90th - Julien Zemmouri
- 91st - Arthur Conan
- 92nd - Guillaume Gillet
- 93rd - Maxime Chilaud
- 94th - Youssef El Haddassi
- 95th - Sofiene Belaid
- 96th - Othman Ben Geloune
- 97th - Samir Lakliai
- 98th - Michael Menetrier
- 99th - Mickael Dj Athias
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Niveau: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Niveau 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
After the bubble broke, players began busting at a fast and furious pace.
Here is a look at some of the recent eliminations, each being awarded 11,000 MAD (€1,014).
2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event Eliminations (100th - 111th Places)
- 100th - Antonio Almeida
- 101st - Louis Linard
- 102nd - Claudio Bessa Coelho
- 103rd - Sam
- 104th - Gytis Lazauninkas
- 105th - Michel Lehner
- 106th - Cyrille Gourinchas
- 107th - Moulay Driss Toujri
- 108th - Simon Biehler
- 109th - Florian Grivois
- 110th - Vincent Barberi
- 111th - Benjamin Perez
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