En Avant les Mystères

Event #9 Mystery Bounty Carnival 2025 kicks off at €400 per entry on Wednesday at 7pm. Day 1 features 12 half-hour levels, with 10 late registration levels.

Latecomers have until midnight 40 to get in on the action, leaving an hour of play and two levels before wrapping up... heading for Day 2, which kicks off on Thursday at 2:30 p.m.

€150 of each buy-in goes straight into the bounty pool, with the Mystery Bounty format activated on entry into the money, at around 15% of the remaining field.

We'll be back here later in the evening with an update on the entrants, before moving on to Day 1D of the €350-entry Carnival Main Event. 

Streaming

The€400 Mystery Bounty Event #9 kicked off at 7pm, and the Circus Casino Resort in Namur is already offering a televised table with the cards revealed. Marseille's Bengous is in the tournament and on the stream!


Level 3 is underway with blinds 200 - 400 (400) and 52 players in contention for 60 entrants. The tournament is averaging 34,000 chips over two days, with half-hour levels.

Day 1 will feature 12 levels, with 10 late registration levels running until midnight 40. Bounties will be awarded upon arrival in the money on Day 2... 

107 entries and €35,438 to share

The penultimate level of Day 1 of Carnival Festival's Mystery Bounty Event #9 is underway, and registration has closed with 107 entries in this €400-entry tournament.

There's just under an hour to go, with 34 players still in the hunt for a €19,388 prizepool. The €16,050 in prize money, the breakdown of which has not been announced, will be up for grabs on Day 2, which kicks off on Thursday at 2.30pm...

The game is being played over 1000 - 1500 (1500) with 62 blinds on average... Benjapol Suntornvibul, JP Cruccas, Abdel Chenoufi, Lukasz Fraczek, David Kahan, Sion Bouaska, Nengming Wang, Mohamed Taabouni, Ingo Paulus and Big Tuesday winner Michal Janczarski are still in the tournament... 

25 players on Day 2, Nengming Wang takes the lead

Day 1 of Event #9 Mystery Bounty, played over 12 30-minute levels and 6 effective hours of poker, saw 25 of its 107 competitors pass the hurdle. Resuming at 2.30pm on Thursday with a priori 15 paid seats, play will resume on 1000 - 2500 (2500) with an average of 128,000 chips... and a Namur regular at the helm.

Nengming Wang climbed the chiplead by multiplying the starting stack by 10, ahead of his compatriot Van Tran and a young man playing only his second tournament in Namur and who finished 4th in Tuesday's Big Tuesday on his debut, Poland's Lukasz Fraczek.

Mallory Frère, Eric Denizart, David Kahan, Dimitri Oggiano, Miguel Coussement, Lukas Trzcinskiand Mohamed Taabouni will also be competing for a first prize not far short of €5,000.

There will be 18 envelopes (3 extra-draws) that will logically go into the money at the finish, and there are whispers that the biggest bonus could be €4,000. Answers on the replay  

5.000€ at the top, min-cash at 335€.

With the resumption of play in the 1000 - 2500 blinds (2500) es 25 players have been confirmed for the €19,280 prizepool. There will be 15 paid seats, with a €335 min-cash and €5,000 at the top. There will also be just over €16,000 in prize money, split into 18 envelopes...

Event #9 Mystery Bounty 400€ (107 entries)
Champion - 5.000€
Runner Up - 3.250€
3rd - 2.320€
4th - 1.785€
5th - 1.375€
6th - 1.055€
7th - 845€
8th - 675€
9th - 565€
10th and 11th - 470€
12th and 13th - 400€
14th and 15th - 335€

An outgoing every ten minutes

Almost an hour of play and 19 players are still in the running for this Mystery Bounty. As the 1500 - 3000 (3000) level draws to a close, the bubble is slowly closing in this €400 Event #9.

The average is 53 blinds despite the half-hour levels, and Ingo Paulus, Adam El Hamdouchi, Sang Nguyen, Alex Ratiscol, Frank Steenbergen and Steven de Braeckenier have jumped since the start... 

4,000€ for the Max bonus! 

18 envelopes, including 3 that allow you to withdraw one directly! Bonuses come into play when you enter the money, and there's just over €16,000 to share for paid players... and a 20% chance of drawing a bonus of at least €2,000. 

David Kahan mown down at the bubble, TF approaching

After the exit of Jean-Pierre Cruccas (17th), hand-by-hand play began on two tables and blinds 2500 - 5000 (5000). While Wladimir Stepanian (70,000) and above all Julien de Meus (55,000 / below) were suffering, the first hand of the hand by hand was the right one, thanks to a big setup. 

As play wound down on the first table, Miguel Coussement, who had opened early and made his one-blind c-bet on 6 6 Ten, was check-raised. David Kahan had defended in the big blind and so raised this flop to 20,000 chips... with Tens and Full House in his hands, Miguel paid simply to discover a Queen on the turn.

David Kahan bets another 35,000 chips and gets paid, with the dealer dropping a 9 on the table. David sends in 60,000 chips with 40,000 behind and snaps when he's reraised all-in by the opener. Miguel flips his Mason Full and David stands up in shock, even taking a photo as he reveals Queen 6 suit for a Full House found on the turn! 

Players then secure €335... and can take a 20-minute break. When play resumes, they're off again to play 4 levels, heading for the dinner break and the first bonus draw, at around 7pm. The game is now played on 4000 - 8000 (8000) and there are only 11 players left, averaging 40 blinds. 

Event #9 Mystery Bounty €400 (107 entries)
Champion - €5,000
Runner Up - €3,250
3e - 2.320€
4e - 1.785€
5e - 1.375€
6e - 1.055€
7e - 845€
8e - 675€
9e - 565€
10th and 11th - €470

12th - Dimitri Oggiano €400
13th - Julien de Meeus €400
14th - Tristan Caure €335
15th - Mohamed Taabouni €335

Dinner break

The 7 players on break are guaranteed a €845 payout when they return at 8.15pm to blinds 8,000 - 16,000 (16,000) for the conclusion of the Carnival Festival Mystery Bounty.

The average is 458,000 chips, not far off 30 blinds, and there's still the €4,000 Max bounty up for grabs! Badre Al Ghouch aka Luca Toni, second to last in the class at the start of the second round, has already made the main event by taking the €2,000 bonus and a €1,000 envelope! Not far from the chiplead, Mallory Frere also picked up a handsome 1000€ bonus... 

The final (in seating order)
Van Tran 257,000
Lukasz Fraczek 850,000
James B 205,000
Badre Luca Toni 294,000
Mallory Frere 521,000
Benjapol Suntornvibul 640,000
Jeremy Launay 312,000

Event #9 Mystery Bounty €400 (107 entries)
Champion - €5,000
Runner Up - €3,250
3e - 2.320€
4e - 1.785€
5e - 1.375€
6e - 1.055€
7e - 845€

8th - Miguel Coussement €675
9th - Nengming Wang €565
10th - Wladimir Stepanian €470
11th - Eric Denizart €470

12th - Dimitri Oggiano €400
13th - Julien de Meeus €400
14th - Tristan Caure €335
15th - Mohamed Taabouni €335

The trophy for James B., the big bonus for Lukasz 

Unsuccessful on the envelopes, James B added "only" €1,000 to the €5,000 he pocketed thanks to his success in the €400 Mystery Bounty Event #9, which attracted 107 entrants. The Dutchman won after a short head's up against Lukasz Fraczek, a Pole who had already finished 4th in Big Tuesday and who, above all, drew the €4,000 bonus! 

Event #9 Mystery Bounty 400€ (107 entries)
Champion - James B. 5.000€ (+ 1.000€ premiums)
Runner Up - Lukasz Fraczek 3.250€ (+ 4.000€ premiums)
3rd - Benjapol Suntornvibul 2.320€
4th - Badre Luca Toni 1.785€ (+ 3.000€ premiums)
5th - Jeremy Launay 1.055€
6th - Van Tran 1.055€
7th - Mallory Frère 845€ (+ 1.000€ premiums)
8th - Miguel Coussement 675€
9th - Nengming Wang 565€
10th - Wladimir Stepanian 470€
11th - Eric Denizart 470€

12th - Dimitri Oggiano €400
13th - Julien de Meeus €400
14th - Tristan Caure €335
15th - Mohamed Taabouni €335

* Badre took at least the €2,000 bonus and a €1,000 bonus, while Mallory Frère drew the second €1,000 bonus and the runner-up found the €4,000 Max bonus. The champion gleaned 4 bounties at 250€ during his run...