The newest member of the Winamax Team Pro, Gus Hansen, has announced in a perfect French: "Croupiers, mélangez et distribuez. Shuffle up and deal!" - the cards are in the air and play has commenced for the day.
The 5,500 MAD Main Event of the Winamax SISMIX poker festival at the Casino de Marrakech in the Es Saadi Resort, here in Morocco, continues today with Day 1b, which is set to kick off today at 12 p.m. local time.
As Day 1a drew to a close last night, a total of 549 entries amassed by the conclusion of late registration, of which 91 players bagged and tagged for the Day 2 restart on Saturday. It was Valentin Pinault who bagged the overall chip lead, taking through a total of 1,065,000 after his quads won one the biggest pots of the tournament so far.
Following close behind was Johann Greboval and Sunny Cocquempot with 880,000 and 827,000 respectively, confirming Pinault as the only stack to eclipse the one million mark.
2024 Winamax Sismix Main Event Day 1a Top 10
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Valentin Pinault
France
1,065,000
133
2
Johann Greboval
France
880,000
110
3
Sunny Cocquempot
France
827,000
103
4
Gwendal Le Foll
France
821,000
103
5
Paul Beccari
France
804,000
101
6
Luis
Spain
774,000
97
7
Maxandre Dauphin
France
739,000
92
8
Alexis Fleur
France
729,000
91
9
Nafis Dundar
France
663,000
83
10
Aurelien Guiglini
France
612,000
77
Both members of Winamax Team ProBruno "Kool Shen" Lopes and Pierre Calamusa found their way to the felt yesterday, but it was only Calamusa who managed to progress with a stack of 170,000.
Pierre Calamusa
But it’s not just poker that the players can sink their teeth into; today’s schedule boasts a Pool Party from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. accompanied by resident DJ Samado featuring Rita Nas, as well as host Fred Musa recording Skyrocks’s DJ Planète Rap between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. In addition, the Winamax Beer Pong Open will kick off at 7 p.m. where, perhaps, the most important trophy of the series will be on offer. Starting from 11:30 p.m., the party at Club Theatero will close out the night.
2024 Sismix
Those participating in the main event on Day 1b will receive a starting stack of 50,000 and play through levels of 30 minutes. Those lucky enough to advance to Day 2 and Day 3 will benefit from a clock of 35 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. Each Day 1 will conclude when approximately 16.6% of the field remains; all advancing players will be in the money.
PokerNews will have boots on the ground for the entirety of the Main Event, so be sure to stick with the live updates to keep up with all the action.
