Main Event
Dia 1a Concluído
2016 Winamax SISMIX
Main Event
Dias: 1a
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Chip Count
Chip Count
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97,700
Cheng-Wei Yin Leads the Pack After Day 1a of the 2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event
Nível 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
A total of 179 entries, which included 26 reentries, were tallied in the first starting flight of the 2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event, a 6,000 MAD (€550) buy-in. Just 38 players, or less than one-quarter of the starting field, advanced to Day 2 and they will join the other survivors from the other two opening days to play on May 28 when the combined field gets ready for two more days of action.
At the end of Day 1a, the Belgium's Cheng-Wei Yin had the lead on the French-dominated field, ending the day with 307,500. Yin was easily ahead of the field since the dinner break and never let up with his stack bouncing between 260,000 and 370,000 chips most of the time.
Also ending the day on a good note were two French players, Salem Sahed in second place with 272,900 and Sofiene Belaid with 215,900.
The day started off slowly with no players busting in the opening level. However, this did not dictate the action for the rest of the day. After Hugues Mazouaud became the first casualty in the tournament, eliminations seemingly were occurring at a fast and furious rate due to the aggressive nature of six-max play.
Team Winamax pro Davidi Kitai was eliminated twice today and plans to rejoin the field on Thursday for Day 1b. His first foray into the Main Event lasted just three hands, with the second hand doing the most damage after his 
was unable to improve against an opponent's 
.
Another Winamax pro who did better than Kitai was Florian Decamps. He seemed pleased to be right near the Day 1a average of 94,210 chips, finishing with 93,500.
Play will resume on Thursday, May 26 at 12 p.m. local time. The field is expected to be bigger and include many of the players that were unable to survive today's action, and you can find all of the coverage right here on PokerNews.com.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (Completo)
Nível 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
307,500 | -47,500 |
|
|
272,900 | 32,900 |
|
215,900 | 55,900 |
|
181,800 | 31,800 |
|
164,500 | 164,500 |
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
117,900 | 117,900 |
|
101,800 | 71,800 |
|
|
97,700 | 97,700 |
|
97,700 | 97,700 |
|
|
96,900 | 96,900 |
|
|
95,800 | 95,800 |
|
95,500 | 14,500 |
|
|
94,900 | 74,900 |
|
93,900 | 78,900 |
|
86,200 | 86,200 |
|
|
83,600 | -11,400 |
|
|
83,400 | 83,400 |
|
|
82,500 | -22,500 |
|
|
81,100 | 81,100 |
|
79,100 | 79,100 |
|
75,600 | 75,600 |
|
73,900 | 73,900 |
|
|
72,600 | 72,600 |
|
71,400 | -28,600 |
Gunther Vogel Doubles
Nível 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
The time has come for some of the short stacks to gamble. Gunther Vogel was one of those players to put his tournament life at risk going all in with 
. His opponent called with 
, but was unable to outflip Vogel who improved his stack near the end of the day to 60,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 |
Last 3 Hands
Nível 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
The tournament director announced that dealers are to deal three more hands. He also shared with players that they can forfeit their stacks after the day ends but before bagging to try to get a bigger stack in Day 1b or Day 1c.
Salem Sahed Among the Day 1a Chipleaders
Nível 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
With 20 minutes left on the day, Salem Sahed is among the chipleaders on the day. He shared with us that some of his good fortune was on behalf of a hand against Romain Lewis.
Lewis with 
from late position 3-bet a pot to 8,000 which Sahed cold-four bets from the blinds to 15,000 with 
. Lewis calls leading to a flop of 
giving Sahim a flush-draw and Lewis top-pair which both players check.
The 
on the turn complete's Sahed's flush at which point he leads out for 10,000 which Lewis calls. The 
improving Lewis' hand, but also making it more likely that his opponent would be holding a flush. Sahed this time starts the action by declaring all-in, which effectively was a 20,000 chip bet due to what Lewis still had left behind.
Lewis tanks before calling off the rest of his chips. He shared that he would be back to re-enter tomorrow to compete again in hopes of making it to Day 2.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000 | 240,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Highroller About to Reach the Final Table
Nível 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
While there is a little more than 30 minutes left to play in Day 1a of the Main Event, players still in the High Roller could be in for a much longer evening with the eight players remaining battling it out to make the six-max final table. The tournament is expected to finish this evening and it could still be several hours until a winner is crowned.
Gytis Lazaninkas Catching Bluffs
Nível 12
: 800/1,600, 100 ante
Lithuania's Gytis Lazaninkas shared with us that he travels a bit to play poker since he is too young to play in casinos in his home country. On his second bullet he rebuilt his stack and credits this on catching bluffs. Mathieu in seat one confirms this stating he was one of Lazaninkas' victims.
Mathieu asked if it was possible to get a beer and then said, "Watch this, time to bust out." He tossed in a raise from early position to 3,500 preflop and everyone folded. The table laughed when Mathieu admitted he would have to wait longer to get a beer.
Also on the same table is Florian Decamps who basically shared that unlike before when his stack was wildly fluctuating, right now he is playing small ball.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
81,000 | 6,000 |
Nível: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 100
Pocket Aces Everyone Folds
Nível 11
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Every time we catch up with Cheng-Wei Yin two things happen. His chip stack gets bigger, and he has no explanation to how this has happened other than continuously winning small pots.
Yin did share with us that he entered on Level 4 after busting the Highroller earlier today. He thought it was going to be a short day losing half his stack before battling back and then some.
While he shared once again, "no special hands today," he this time qualified that by sharing, "The one time I got pocket aces everyone folds."
With still about 55 minutes to play anything can happen, but as things stand now, Yin will be the likely chip-leader to end the day.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
355,000 | 80,000 |