Main Event Jour 1b | 2018 Winamax SISMIX

2018-05-10 15:25 UTC

Blanc Sends Vendeville to the Rail

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Niveau 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Alexandre Blanc opened to 2,200 from under the gun and Christophe Vendeville three-bet to 5,500 from the small blind. Damien Hupe called in the big blind, before Blanc four-bet all in. Both his opponents held 30 big blind stacks, and Vendeville took his time before calling and Hupe folded.

Alexandre Blanc:
Christophe Vendeville:

There was no help for Vendeville on a runout and he was eliminated.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alexander Blanc	120,000
Christophe Vendeville	Eliminé

Tags: Christophe Vendeville Alexandre Blanc

2018-05-10 15:27 UTC

Big Stacks Begin to Emerge

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Niveau 6 : 400/800, 100 ante

Players are going on a 20-minute break, their second of the day. When they return the blinds will be 500/1,000 with a 100 ante. There are currently 311 of 409 players remaining on Day 1b.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Remi Blanc	235,000 235,000	235,000
Benjamin Saada	190,000 190,000	190,000
Mathieu Morel	182,000 182,000	182,000
Alexandre Dechanet	135,000 135,000	135,000

Niveau: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

2018-05-10 16:13 UTC

Faces From the Field

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Niveau: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

2018-05-10 16:53 UTC

Contrasting Tournaments for Winamax Team Pros

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Niveau 8 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

A player opened to 2,600 and Winamax Team Pro Leo Margets three-bet to 7,500. Her opponent called but check-folded to a continuation bet from his opponent on the board. Margets sits on just about 100,000.

Meanwhile, former champion Bruno Lopes opened to 2,800 and the small blind called. The pair checked the flop and turn of and his opponent bet 5,000 on the river. Lopes called quickly, but mucked when shown .

"Value," he said, stacking up his 57,000 in chips.

Fellow Winamax Team Pro Gaelle Baumann sits on 19,500, while Sylvain Loosli is the pick of the bunch with 125,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sylvain Loosli	125,000 83,000	83,000
Leo Margets	100,000 10,000	10,000

Bruno Lopes	57,000 -28,000	-28,000
Gaelle Baumann	19,500 -38,500	-38,500

Tags: Leo Margets Sylvain Loosli Gaelle Baumann Bruno Lopes

2018-05-10 16:58 UTC

Winamax SISMIX - Half Poker, Half Party

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Here at the Winamax SISMIX, the week's worth of poker is half the fun as there is plenty of off-the-felt activities to keep people entertained. One of the more popular events are the daily pool parties, with a variety of different styles of music.

Niveau: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

2018-05-10 17:20 UTC

Former Champion Sgorrano Back for More After Spell at the Pool

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Niveau 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Earlier, 2015 Winamax SISMIX Champion Jerome Sgorrano had a brief spell at the tables - no good. And, after spending some time "sampling the atmosphere" of the pool party, he's back for more.

On his return, we asked him what happened on his first bullet on Day 1b.

"I lasted twenty minutes," he said. "I tried to bluff a French guy - no good. After that I lost against in a four-bet pot. Finally, my ten blinds went in with against .

The flop came . I say 'Ok, that's good for me!' Turn was a !"

Sgorrano says that he has extra motivation to win the fifth edition of the Winamax SISMIX - national pride.

"There have been two French winners (Bruno Lopes & Hugo Larachiche) and two Belgian winners (Sgorrano and Davidi Kitai). I try to win it a second time. I have to! I expect it's me or a Belgian friend who will win it.

Every player who comes here goes away with good memories of the gorgeous Marrakech weather, and the atmosphere at the tables, but what does Sgorrano like most about the Winamax SISMIX?

"It's a combination of all the things," he said. "The sun? Very good. The pool parties? Very good. And it's a six-max tournament which means it's aggressive. The chips are coming and going and I like to play aggressive. I like it very much."

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jerome Sgorrano	50,000

Tags: Jerome Sgorrano

2018-05-10 17:32 UTC

Updated Chip Counts & Eliminations

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Niveau 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Matthieu Rubini	370,000 370,000	370,000
Remi Blanc	155,000 -80,000	-80,000
Benjamin Saada	125,000 -65,000	-65,000
Bruno Lopes	50,000 -7,000	-7,000
Sebastien Hamidi	26,000 -42,000	-42,000
Roger Tondeur	Eliminé
Bruce Grannec	Eliminé
Said El Yousfi	Eliminé
Florent Vaz Martins	Eliminé
Mike D'Inca	Eliminé
Benoit Carayan	Eliminé