Welcome to Day 1c of the Winamax SISMIX Main Event

In about 90 minutes from now, the third and final starting day of the 2017 Winamax SISMIX Main Event will kick off at midday at the Casino de Marrakech located at the Es Saadi Resort. For tourists and locals alike it looks to be another day of fortysomething degrees Celsius, but the SISMIX festival goers will either have the chance to cool down in the pool or in the beautiful (and air-conditioned) playing area, able to hold hundreds and hundreds of poker players.

Day 1a and 1b drew a total of 585 entries, requiring today's heat to make at least 316 participants to equal the number of participants from last year. With the 369 runners from last night that is well within reach, and this year's edition might very well become the biggest SISMIX ever to take place.

Another 90 players made it through last night, putting Saturday's total field up to 136, but for those who didn't, today is another opportunity to secure advancement.

For the buy-in of 6,000 Moroccan Dirham (€550) participants will receive a starting stack of 50,000 chips; good for 250 big blinds during the first level. In today's poker forecast is 13 levels of 40 minutes each, with late registration being open until the completion of level 10. For players busting, a single re-entry will be allowed during the first ten levels as well.

Day 1 Blind Structure

Level	Ante	Small Blind	Big Blind
1	25	100	200
2	25	150	300
3	50	200	400
4	75	250	500
5	100	300	600
6	100	400	800
7	100	500	1,000
8	200	600	1,200
9	200	800	1,600
10	300	1,000	2,000
11	400	1,200	2,400
12	500	1,500	3,000
13	500	2,000	4,000

The man who tops the standings at this point in time is France's Christophe Beyer, who bagged and tagged an impressive stack of 687,000 chips last night. Close behind him is countryman Jeremy Saderne (623,000), who just two months ago won €100,000 by besting a field of 1,399 players at the Winamax Poker Tour Final in Paris. Rounding out the all-French top-3 is Kamel Atoui with 575,000 chips. They will be the crowd to catch for today's fighters of the felt.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor at Casino de Marrakech to provide updates for the entirety of the Main Event: From the very first Shuffle up and deal to the very last river card is dealt Sunday night.