Welcome to Day 2 of the 2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event
In just half and hour, action will resume in the 2016 Winamax SISMIX Main Event, as the 195 players out of the 901 entrants participating in the first three flights are getting ready for battle for the next two days.
More than half of the remaining field - or 113 players - are expected to finish in the money which will be worth at least double the 6,000 MAD (€550) buy-in. However, while the top prizes have yet to be announced, players will be eyeing the big money up top. Last year's winner Jerome Sgorrano from Belgium won the top prize of €70,000 and due to 29 more players this year this prize could be even bigger.
Currently it is Day 1A chip leader Cheng-Wei Yin from Belgium sitting on top of the field with a healthy 307,500 chip stack with blinds set to resume at 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 300. Also very much in the hunt are France's Salem Sahed (second place - 272,900), Lithuania's Nikita Staroverov (third place - 243,700), France's Mohamed El Berrak (fourth place - 243,200), and local Moroccan Hafid Kinany Alaoui (fifth place - 215,900).
According to the big board, the average chip stack is currently at 129,473 chips, representing about 21.5 big blinds. Even though there are many short-stacks in play, there is plenty of time for players to get in the mix as blind levels are 50 minutes for Day 2 as compared to the 45 minute levels present in the first three opening flights.
The tournament director will announce at some point today whether play will end today at Level 22 or Level 24. There will be a longer-than-normal 2 1/2 hour dinner break to accommodate those that wish to watch the Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid at 7:45 p.m. local time.
Stay tuned to our live reporting here at PokerNews for updates throughout the day.