Following a raise and reraise, three players found themselves all in preflop.
Raphael Godard: 9♠7♠
Yassine El Benzirar: 5♣5♥
Youssef Aananouch: J♣J♥
Godard had the shortest stack and Aananouch had both players covered.
The board ran out A♦4♠7♣J♠3♠. Aananouch hit a set of jacks on the turn, but Godard made his flush on the river to win the main pot. Aananouch won the side pot, while Benzirar was sent to the rail.
Mohamed Alaoui Solimani raised and was called by Alexane Najchaus in the small blind. The player in the big blind also called and three players went to the flop.
The flop came Q♣K♦2♠. Action checked to Solimani, who continued for 1,100. Najchaus called and the big blind folded.
The turn was the 2♦. Najchaus checked and Solimani bet 5,000, which Najchaus called.
The river was the A♥. Najchaus twiddled her chips and looked across at her opponent before finally firing out a large bet of 20,000. Solimani thought for a while before moving all in.
Najchaus quickly made the call. Solimani showed A♦5♦ for two pair with his aces and the deuces on board. Najchaus, however, flipped over A♣2♣ for a full house. She doubled up to over 100,000 chips on her very first hand at the table.
The Winamax SISMIX poker festival is back at the Casino de Marrakech in the Es Saadi Resort. Day 1a of the €500 Main Event, the first of four starting flights, kicks off today at 12:00 local time.
Players will be treated to an exciting mix of poker and off-the-felt action as the event returns to Marrakech for the first time since 2018.
Main Event Day 1a entrants will start with a stack of 50,000 chips and blinds will begin at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Blind levels run for 30 minutes with a break every four levels.
Day 1a will continue for 22 levels and players will have the opportunity to re-enter each starting flight once, with today’s late registration available for the first 13 levels.
As is the trademark for all SISMIX events, the tournament will run six-handed, making for a format that is sure to encourage action.
Day
Date
Time
Levels
Breaks
1a
Thursday, May 25
12:00
22x30 minutes
Every four levels
1b
Friday, May 26
12:00
22x30 minutes
Every four levels
1c
Saturday, May 27
12:00
22x30 minutes
Every four levels
1d
Saturday, May 27
19:00
22x15 minutes
Every eight levels
2
Sunday, May 29
12:00
18x35 minutes
Every three levels
3
Monday, May 30
12:30
40 minutes
Every three levels
Winamax pro Adrian Mateos won the SISMIX Main Event in 2018 for $106,128. The following year the festival was held in Spain, where German player Tim Hartmann took down the Main Event for $112,875.
But as any veteran of the festival knows, SISMIX is as much about the parties as it is about the poker.
Today’s schedule includes a pool party with relaxed vibes from 2 p.m. and the Winamax Beer Pong Open starting at 8 p.m. Later on, from 11:30 p.m., DJ James and Bonny will be bringing the house party vibes over at Theatro. Those who bust the Main Event won’t be too disappointed. They might well get lucky elsewhere.
PokerNews will be covering the Main Event from start to finish, so stay tuned to see how the action unfolds.
