The highlight of Hugues Mazouaud's poker career is a win in the $235 Rio Deepstacks for $34,266 during the summer of 2014. He will now also be known for being the first player eliminated in the 2016 WInamax SISMIX Main Event.
All is not lost for Mazouaud. In addition to sharing his plans about re-entering later today, he was also awarded for being the first player eliminated a seat worth 3,200 MAD (€194) to the two-day La Fièvre tournament on Saturday.
The first level is winding down, and thus far there are no bustouts. Players keep trickling into the field with the tournament now at 93 entrants. This number for Day 1a is expected to keep growing as more players are still expected to compete on the first of the three opening days and players already in the field are also allowed to re-enter up to one time per opening day.
Just a few minutes into the tournament, the field size grew from the 49 that were in the seats when the tournament director began his announcements to 56 players. Among those in the field are Winamax pro Florian Decamps who shared with us we should expect to see him on Day 2.
Welcome to PokerNews' live coverage of the third-edition of the Winamax SISMIX Main Event at the Casino de Marrakech in sunny Morocco.
In about 30 minutes, the first of three opening days is set to begin, with the next two opening days taking place tomorrow and Friday at 12:00 GMT. Surviving players from both opening flights will combine and compete for two more action-packed days before a winner is declared on May 29. The 6,000 MAD (€550) Winamax SISMIX Main Event offers a deep structure with players kicking off the action with 20,000 starting chips and blind levels increasing every 45 minutes on each of the three opening days with more time allowed on subsequent days with 50 and 60 minute blind levels.
As the name of the tournament festival suggests, the tournament is a six-max affair with even the tables specially designed to comfortable allow for this amount of players.
During last year's Winamax SISMIX Main Event, Belgium's Jerome Sgorrano outgunned a final table of entirely French players to win the top prize of 700,000 MAD ($71,241).
Later in the day there will be Day 2 of the 15,000 MAD (€1,375) SISMIX High Roller at 2:00 p.m., the 1,500 MAD (€138) Bounty Kill Them All at 5:00 p.m., and the 2,000 MAD (€185) Pot Limit Omaha tournament at 9:00 p.m. Also, for players looking to get into the main event for a fraction of the cost, tonight's schedule also features a 500 MAD (€45) satellite at 8:00 p.m.
