Sylvain Loosli is one of the latest newcomers at this Day 1b, and so far the former November Niner and EPT winner has taken the slow approach. A reason the French Winamax Pro might be doing that is that he has been seated at what very well could be the toughest table in the room now.
Besides Loosli himself is French live tournament pro, Alexandre Reard, who only a few months ago came second in the Winamax Poker Tour Final High Roller in Paris for €69,800. Also at the table is online grinder Nicolas Greedy, who according to our colleagues at the Winamax Blog Team is quite the online grinder.
Last time Frederic Chau and Fernandez Francisco battled, Chau got the better of the Spaniard, but you can't win them all, and Chau just had to hand over a sizable double to his rival.
On a board Chau faced an all-in shove for 41,900 from Francisco after the Frenchman himself had lead out for 11,000. Chau didn't seem particularly happy about his hand but ultimately ended up calling and turning over . Francisco had, however, backdoored the flush with , and thus raked in the pot worth 110,000.
Matthieu Lamagnere and his heads up opponent Bruno Lopes
It was quite a star-studded final table in the SISMIX High Roller with three Team Winamax Pros among the last four. But against all odds, the trophy wouldn't go to one in the Winamax family, as Matthieu Lamagnère managed to outlast them all: Sylvain Loosli exited in 4th, Pierre Calamusa in 3rd before Lamagnère beat Bruno Lopes heads up.
The head-to-head duel started out virtually even, and that lead the players to agree on a deal altering the payouts from 580,000 Dirham to the champion and 408,000 for second place, to 523,000 to the winner and 465,000 to the runner-up.
The final hand of the tournament was a daring three barrel bluff from Lopes holding only on a board of , but Lamagnère wasn't going anywhere with his , and thus he was crowned the winner.
During the entirety of the Main Event, Winamax is offering a number of added bounties to any player wearing a Winamax patch. Among the bounties are a bad beat jackpot awarded to anyone that happens to lose with four of a kind or better, but also a good beat jackpot, that are triggered if anyone makes at least a straight flush using both holecards.
A few moments ago that happened to Erwann Pecheux, as he turned over the on a board, after moving all-in and being called by Alexis Fleur on the river. However, Pecheux is a PMU Team Pro and one of the few players in the room not wearing a Winamax patch, so the Frenchman will not get the buy-in for the Winamax Online Main Event. He will get the double-up, though, as the of Fleur was no good at all.
A new chip has been introduced in the SISMIX Main Event as the first orange 25,000 chips have started to surface. Though it makes for some less impressing looking stacks, it does speed up the pace of the game significantly as a recent all-in pot on table 22 highlighted.
Aurelien Soutchkov and Mickael Muselli had gotten it all in before the flop, Soutchkov holding and Muselli holding . The board ran out , and while it took the dealer a solid minute to count the voluminous stack of Soutchkov (good for 106,000), it took less than five seconds for Muselli to pay his dues with six chips total.
Javier Garcirreynaldos Barral is known under his nickname Tsunamy, and the Casino de Marrakech regular just hit quite the river to secure a crucial double-up.
He got it in holding on a board of , but the Spaniard was drawing to both a flush or a straight against the of his opponent, Michael Berrio.
The river gave Barral both, and the five-high flush was enough for the 135,000 chips pot. Berrio was left with just 1,700 chips, which he lost the very next hand to Idir Haiche.
Bruno Soutavong opened up the action with a raise from early position, Aurelien Soutchkov called on the button, and a short-stacked Sebastien Proust moved all-in for 31,200 out of the small blind. Soutavong made the call, but Soutchkov had other plans and swiftly made it 100,000 total, enough to get the pot heads up with Proust.
Sebastien Proust:
Aurelien Soutchkov:
The board ran out , and Proust's eights held up for a needed triple.
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board Chau faced an all-in shove for 41,900 from Francisco after the Frenchman himself had lead out for 11,000. Chau didn't seem particularly happy about his hand but ultimately ended up calling and turning over 
. Francisco had, however, backdoored the flush with 
, and thus raked in the pot worth 110,000.
on a board of 
, but Lamagnère wasn't going anywhere with his 
, and thus he was crowned the winner.
on a 
of Fleur was no good at all.
and Muselli holding 
. The board ran out 
, and while it took the dealer a solid minute to count the voluminous stack of Soutchkov (good for 106,000), it took less than five seconds for Muselli to pay his dues with six chips total.
on a board of 
river gave Barral both, and the five-high flush was enough for the 135,000 chips pot. Berrio was left with just 1,700 chips, which he lost the very next hand to Idir Haiche.
