Leo Margets is one of the many female players to join the field today. Margets is not only one of the most successful female poker players, but also ranks in 13th place on Spain's All Time Money List according to The Hendon Mob with $842,917 in career cashes.
The Winamax SISMIX festival is certainly about poker, but its also about much more including music and partying. Here is a look at the pool party and nightclub fun from earlier in the week.
We are now at 158 players entered in today's field with Level 3 about to begin. Late registration is open through Level 8 with players allowed to re-enter one time per day.
After Level 3, players will enjoy a 20 minute break.
Team Winamax member Aurélie Quélain has recently joined the field and is more than just a pretty face. Quélain not only plays online at Winamax under the screenname "RunGood4Love", but also has almost $200,000 in live cashes according to The Hendon Mob.
Morocco's Fahd Belhadfa becomes the first player eliminated in Day 1b and will receive a seat worth 3,200 MAD (€194) to the two-day La Fièvre tournament on Saturday.
Belhadfa has almost $40,000 in live tournament cashes, which took place entirely in Morocco, placing him in 63rd place on his country's All Time Cashes list according to The Hendon Mob.
Yesterday 179 players entered Day 1a. It would be a complete shock if that number wasn't easily surpassed today. We are already at 126 players.
While no player has been eliminated yet, the first one out of today's field will receive a seat worth 3,200 MAD (€194) to the two-day La Fièvre tournament on Saturday. Yesterday, France's Hugues Mazouaud received the "honor" of busting out first and was awarded the same prize.
There are a number of other unique ways to win prizes including winning a hand with a straight-flush or better awarding a bottle of champagne at the night-club and a bad-beat jackpot prize of losing with quads or better awarding a seat into next year's event.
Gaëlle Baumann is best known to poker enthusiasts around the world for just missing out on becoming the first woman to reach a World Series of Poker Main Event final table when she finished in 10th place for $590,442 in 2012.
The poker pro and Team Winamax member also is very popular in her home country of France and is currently sitting in 60th place on the French All Time Money List with $878,036 in total cashes according to The Hendon Mob.
The field size is growing fast. We are up to 106 players for Day 1b, of which 19 played yesterday as well. So far the entire field remains intact. Yesterday, the first elimination took place minutes into Level 2.