MIK.22 presents the MIX.22 Challenge!


To mark the release of the new poker variants on Winamax and to practice for the Winamax Series, Michel Abécassis, alias MIK.22, aka "The Doc", is challenging you ... and not only in NLHE!

Stud, Seven Card Stud, Rass, H.O.R.S.E and many others are in this Pro Challenge programme. The challenge? Do better than MIK.22 in two daily tournaments, each on a different poker variant, and you qualify for the final of the Challenge with €3,000 at stake!

Are you a bit lost on the new variants? Spend a few moments in the Poker School!


The new variants

How does it work?

From Monday 2nd January to Friday 6th, you play two daily tournaments with €2 entrance.

All these tournaments will be played on a different variant to give you an overview of the different aspects of poker.

Collect points in each of these tournaments according to the Grand Prix scale and beat MIK.22 to qualify.


Live ranking

The ranking takes into account your 4 best performances across all tournaments.

At most, the first 300 players who beat MIK.22 in the rankings will qualify for the final.

The tournament schedule


Date Tournament 1 Tournament 2
Monday 2nd January 8:30pm Stud High-Low Limit Omaha High-Low
Tuesday 3rd January 8:30pm Seven Card Stud Pot-Limit Omaha 5 card
Wednesday 4th January 8:30pm Razz Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low
Thursday 5th January 8:30pm Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Pot-Limit Omaha 4 cartes
Friday 6th January 8:30pm H.O.R.S.E H.O.R.S.E

  • All tournaments are played 6-Max
  • Duration of the levels: 8 minutes
  • Starting stack: 20,000 tokens

The final – Monday 9th January 8:30pm

The final of the MIX.22 will be an 8-game Freeroll tournament. Players who beat MIK.22 in the Challenge ranking (up to 300 players max) will automatically be entered into this final.

The starting stack will be the player's final number of points in the Challenge ranking.

MIK.22 will participate in this final, and the player who eliminates MIK.22 will win a tournament token worth €50.

At stake will be a prize of €3,000 in tournament tokens for the Winamax Series (details of the prize will be posted on the challenge page on Monday 9th January, depending on the number of players who have qualified).