Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
2016 Winamax SISMIX
Main Event
Day: 3
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Another short-stacked player to start the day didn't make it out of the first blind level. Sylvain Roullet raised to 40,000 preflop from under the gun and was flat called by Gregory Cometto. Varraud who was holding less than 10 big blinds then jammed his remaining stack. Roullet folded and Cometto called.
Cometto: 
Varraud: 
Varraud was still alive on the 
flop. The 
on the turn opened eliminated his three outs for a six, but opened up four outs for an eight. However, Varraud was eliminated in 20th place for 36,000 MAD (€3,318) after a 
completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Just like that, we are down to an even 20 players. Spain's "Marijo" is the latest tournament casualty after he jammed all-in preflop for about 10 big blinds with 
and unable to get there with help of the 
board after Glenn Le Cornec calls with 
.
Marijo is on his way to collect 36,000 MAD (€3,318) for his 21st place performance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
239,000
|
239,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
It didn't take too long for our first elimination of the day. [Removed:13] raised from early position to 40,000 with 
and Romain Lewis shoved his stack of a little more than 20 big blinds with 
. Guiglini called and the 
board improved neither hand eliminating Lewis in 22nd place for 36,000 MAD (€3,318).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
1,145,000
422,000
|
422,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Dealers have just been instructed to "Please shuffle up and deal."
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | Rachid Am | 2,604,000 |
| 53 | 3 | Sebastien Compte | 530,000 |
| 53 | 4 | Ali Mechiche | 760,000 |
| 53 | 5 | Bruno Lopes | 859,000 |
| 53 | 6 | Gaelle Baumann | 438,000 |
| 54 | 1 | Cheng-Wei Yin | 1,626,000 |
| 54 | 2 | Marijo | 225,000 |
| 54 | 3 | Karim Benamrouche | 902,000 |
| 54 | 4 | Rafik Bedri | 748,000 |
| 54 | 5 | Glenn Le Cornec | 461,000 |
| 54 | 6 | Jean Friedmann | 699,000 |
| 59 | 1 | Guy Cussonneaux | 665,000 |
| 59 | 2 | Romain Lewis | 421,000 |
| 59 | 3 | Thomas Cazayous | 1,514,000 |
| 59 | 4 | Alexis Fleur | 817,000 |
| 59 | 6 | Aurelien Guiglini | 723,000 |
| 60 | 1 | Tristan Vernay | 463,000 |
| 60 | 2 | Sebastien Wuillot | 262,000 |
| 60 | 3 | Pablo Redrado | 1,302,000 |
| 60 | 4 | Sylvain Roullet | 733,000 |
| 60 | 5 | Gregory Cometto | 1,000,000 |
| 60 | 6 | Olivier Varraud | 313,000 |
The final day of the 2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event is about to kick off at the Casino de Marrakech in half an hour with the final 22 players out of a total field of 901 entrants battling it out to first navigate their way to the six-max final table in hopes of eventually playing their way to victory.
Excitement is growing throughout the Es Saadi Gardens and Resort where the casino is located to witness whom among the 22 remaining players will be etching their name permanently in the poker history books by becoming the third-ever Winamax SISXMIX Main Event and claiming the top prize of 850,000 MAD (€78,341). All the players competing today are guaranteed a healthy payday of at least 36,000 MAD (€3,318).
While 17 of the 22 remaining players call France their home, heading into the final day of action three of the top five spots belong to players from other countries.
Local Moroccan player Rachid Am kicks off the action on Day 3 with a commanding lead of 2,604,000 in chips. The four other players currently with seven-digit chip stacks include Belgium's Cheng-Wei Yin (second place - 1,626,000), France's Thomas Cazayous (third place - 1,514,000), Spain's Pablo Redrado (fourth place - 1,302,000), and France's Gregory Cometto (fifth place - 1,000,000).
Team Winamax pros are also well represented during the final day of action with Bruno Lopes standing strong in seventh place with 859,000 and Gaëlle Baumann in 20th place with 438,000 chips.
Play will resume in 30 minutes at 1:00 p.m. local time with blinds at 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 3,000. Stay tuned to our live reporting here at PokerNews for updates throughout the day.
Main Event
Day 3 Started