High Roller Final Day kicks off on Sunday September 10 at 2pm. 

Re-entry and registration until 2:30 p.m. and the end of level 1000 - 2000 (2000). 

59 players out of the 157 entered on Day 1 have booked their place on the Final Day... 

After 11 levels of 30 minutes each, 59 players have bagged up chips for the Final Day of the €600 High Roller Event #12. 

The organization has gathered 157 entrants for a provisional prizepool of over €78,000... and it's not over yet! Entries/re-entries are permitted right up to the first hand of the second level on Day 2. 

Play resumes at 2pm on blinds 1000 - 2000 (2000), and throughout the level it will be possible to enter the most expensive tournament of the Circus Namur French Open festival. 

The average number of blinds will be 67, so we'll see you soon for the full chipcount for this event... 

Top 10

Big start

23 players arrived before the start of Day 2 to register, bringing the total number of High-Roller entrants from 157 to 170.

With 15 minutes left to re-enter or register for this level 12, the table now shows 69 players in the running for 179 entrants... and that's going to climb a bit further.

177 High-Roller entrants, €88,712 in the jackpot

The High-Roller Final Day kicked off on level 12, with registration still open for the entire 30-minute level... 

With latecomers and re-entries, a total of 177 entries were counted for this €600 Circus Namur French Open Event #12. 

There are still 64 of them on the track, while the blinds are 1500 - 3000 (3000) for an average of 140,000 chips. 

88,712 in the prizepool, with the champion pocketing €18,610

The last two survivors from this field of 177 entrants will collect a €2,200 CPS Main Event ticket in addition to the cash collected. 

There are still 38 players in the running at the start of the 4000 - 8000 (8000) level, heading for the 23 paid places and the €980 min-cash. The average is still 233,000 chips in this tournament, played over 30-minute levels... 



High-Roller Event #12 at €600 per entry
Winner - €18,610 + Ticket CPS €2200
Runner Up - €12,425 + Ticket CPS €2200
3e - 8 807€
4e - 6 500€
5e - 5 260€
6e - 4 205€
7e - 3 360€
8e - 2 860€
9e - 2 470€

10th and 11th - €2,100
12th and 13th - €1,800
14th and 15th - €1,520
16th and 17th - €1,315
18th to 20th - €1,135
21st to 23rd - €980

La Bulle for Cédric Huysmans, Dylan Royer well ahead

Cédric Huysmans was the last player to leave the €600 High Roller Event #12 empty-handed (24th). Earlier, Arne Coulier jumped with Kings against Ace-Kings to Day 1 chipleader Majid Bozakraft for the chiplead pot (26th). 

Just after entering the money, regulars Samy Barka and Morgan Poisson surrendered for a €980 min-cash. 



But it was 19 players who returned to the 8,000 - 16,000 blinds (16,000) as Kader Slila and Dylan Royer played overtime to create a huge pot. 

Kader's open under the gun, Dylan's call to the cutoff and the duo discover an 8 2 4 flop. The continuation bet to 28,000 chips is paid, no action on turn 2. On river 8, Kader check-raises to 300,000 chips for just over half his stack. 

Dylan sends the box and Kader pays for just over half a million chips! Kader turns over Jack 8 for a Full House... but Dylan reveals a pair of 2s in his hand for four of a kind. Direction 1,528,000 chips - more than three times the average! 

Djamel Boutaleb (900,000) is well ahead of the average of 485,000, Anne Trebitsch is still there too, as are Miguel Coussement, Bryan de Riddere and Rami Awad... 


High-Roller Event #12 at €600 per entry
Winner - €18,610 + Ticket CPS €2200
Runner Up - €12,425 + Ticket CPS €2200
3e - 8 807€
4e - 6 500€
5e - 5 260€
6e - 4 205€
7e - 3 360€
8e - 2 860€
9e - 2 470€

10th and 11th - €2,100
12th and 13th - €1,800
14th and 15th - €1,520
16th and 17th - €1,315
18th and 19th - €1,135

20th - Kader Slila €1,135
21st - Fabri Cardenia €980 
22nd - Morgan Poisson €980
23rd - Samy Barka €980
23e - 980€

Approach dinner

The blinds have just been raised to 10,000 - 25,000 (25,000) for the final level before the dinner break on the €600-entry High-Roller. 

The field has been whittled down to 15 for an average of 590,000 chips, with a few well-known names still in the running. 

Bryan de Riddere (€220,000), Miguel Coussement (€650,000), Anne Trebitsch (€800,000), Rachid Oufaska, Octavian Ripan (€580,000), Djamal Boutaleb (€700,000) are still in the running for the top prize of over €18,000... 

Dylan Royer (1.2 million) continues his duel with Rens buijs (1.7 million) for the Yellow Jersey, while everyone else has secured €1,520 for his run... 




High-Roller Event #12 at €600 per entry
Winner - €18,610 + Ticket CPS €2200
Runner Up - €12,425 + Ticket CPS €2200
3e - 8 807€
4e - 6 500€
5e - 5 260€
6e - 4 205€
7e - 3 360€
8e - 2 860€
9e - 2 470€

10th and 11th - €2,100
12th and 13th - €1,800
14th and 15th - €1,520

16th - Dainius Kudarauskaas €1,315
17th - Leon van der Velder €1,315
18th - Jenina Buerger €1,135
19th - Rami Awad €1,135

20th - Kader Slila €1,135
21st - Fabri Cardenia €980 
22nd - Morgan Poisson €980
23rd - Samy Barka €980
23e - 980€

Final table

Play is paused for the final reunification on the €600 High Roller. The finalists are guaranteed a €2,470 payout and a €2,200 CPS ticket... there's a ticket worth almost €19,000 at the very top! 

When play resumes, two minutes remain before the 25,000 - 50,000 (50,000) level. The average is 983,000 chips... 




High-Roller Event #12 at €600 per entry
Winner - €18,610 + Ticket CPS €2200
Runner Up - €12,425 + Ticket CPS €2200
3e - 8 807€
4e - 6 500€
5e - 5 260€
6e - 4 205€
7e - 3 360€
8e - 2 860€
9e - 2 470€

10th - Jonas Schug €2,100
11th - Melvin Maas €2,100
12th - Mohamed Taabouni €1,800
13th - Jean Cruccas €1,800
14th - Rachid Oufaska €1,520
15th - Sebastiaan van Den Berg €1,520
16th - Dainius Kudarauskaas €1,315
17th - Leon van der Velder €1,315
18th - Jenina Buerger €1,135
19th - Rami Awad €1,135

20th - Kader Slila €1,135
21st - Fabri Cardenia €980 
22nd - Morgan Poisson €980
23rd - Samy Barka €980
23e - 980€

Last Straight

The final has begun, and here's an update on the stacks at the start of this last table... 


Table 1 (in seating order)
Miguel Coussement 900,000
Bryan de Riddere 850,000
Majid Bozakraft 800,000
Marcellus van der Wolff 400,000
Rens Buijs 1 800 000
Anne Trebitsch 680,000
Djamal Boutaleb 1,800,000
Dylan Royer $1,200,000
Octavian Ripan 450,000

Exit Bryan de Riddere

It's the end of the road for the Belgian, who now has two paid places in a row at the Circus Namur French Open. After finishing 112th (for €600) in the Main Event, Bryan finished 9th in the High Roller for €2,470.

Bryan first lost a big pot to Dylan Roger, paying two bets on a Valet 7 5 7 6 board with Dame Valet... Dylan had Full House with a pair of 5's in his hands.

Down to 6 blinds, Bryan shove Ace 8 on the button to see Majid Bozakraft paid in the small blind and end up with a Full House with King Jack...

Marcellus van der Wolff (8th) won't go any further either, in 4 minutes the blinds will go to 40,000 - 80,000 (80,000) with an average of 1.2 million...

High-Roller Event #12 at €600 entry (177 entrants)
Winner - €18,610 + Ticket CPS €2200
Runner Up - €12,425 + Ticket CPS €2200
3rd - €8,807
4th - €6,500
5th - 5 260€
6th - 4 205€
7th - 3 360€
8th - Marcellus van der Wolff 2 860€
9th - Bryan de Riddere 2 470€

10th - Jonas Schug 2 100€
11th - Melvin Maas 2 100€
12th - Mohamed Taabouni 1 800€ Mohamed Taabouni 1 800€
13th - Jean Cruccas 1 800€
14th - Rachid Oufaska 1 520€
15th - Sebastiaan van Den Berg 1 520€
16th - Dainius Kudarauskaas 1 315€
17th - Leon van der Velder 1 315€
18th - Jenina Buerger 1 135€
19th - Rami Awad 1 135€

20th - Kader Slila 1 135€
21st - Fabri Cardenia 980€
22nd - Morgan Poisson 980€
23rd - Samy Barka 980€
23rd - 980€

Head's up

After 2 hours 30 minutes of play in the final, the field has been whittled down to just two players. Djamal Boutaleb and Rens Buijs are battling it out for the title, with the Frenchman ahead of the Dutchman...

The blinds are 80,000 - 160,000 (160,000) and Djamal begins the final duel with 5.5 million. His opponent has 3.3... 



High-Roller Event #12 at €600 entry (177 entrants)
Winner - €18,610 + Ticket CPS €2200
Runner Up - €12,425 + Ticket CPS €2200
3rd - Dylan Royer €8,807
4th - Majid Bozakraft €6,500
5th - Miguel Coussement €5,260
6th - Octavian Ripan €4,205
7th - Anne Trebitsch €3,360
8th - Marcellus van der Wolff €2,860
9th - Bryan de Riddere €2,470

10th - Jonas Schug €2,100
11th - Melvin Maas €2,100
12th - Mohamed Taabouni €1,800
13th - Jean Cruccas €1,800
14th - Rachid Oufaska €1,520
15th - Sebastiaan van Den Berg €1,520
16th - Dainius Kudarauskaas €1,315
17th - Leon van der Velder €1,315
18th - Jenina Buerger €1,135
19th - Rami Awad €1,135

20th - Kader Slila €1,135
21st - Fabri Cardenia €980 
22nd - Morgan Poisson €980
23rd - Samy Barka €980
23e - 980€

Djamal Boutaleb High Roller champion (€16,035)

After a ten-minute duel, the two men agreed to take €15,000 each and leave the remainder to the winner. 

Down to 15 blinds, Rens Buij limped in before snapping the opponent's shove with queens. Djamal Boutaleb revealed Ace 2 to win a 4 5 7 As 7 table...

Having just returned from a deep-run at the EPT Barcelona (he finished 35th, editor's note), Djamal confirms that Namur is his home. Runner-up of the Havana Main Event in June and winner of the Namur Classic's High Roller in April, the Frenchman is at home in Wallonia. 



High-Roller Event #12 at €600 entry (177 entrants)
Winner - Djamal Boutaleb €16,035 + CPS ticket €2200
Runner Up - Rens Buijs €15,000 + Ticket CPS €2,200
3rd - Dylan Royer €8,807
4th - Majid Bozakraft €6,500
5th - Miguel Coussement €5,260
6th - Octavian Ripan €4,205
7th - Anne Trebitsch €3,360
8th - Marcellus van der Wolff €2,860
9th - Bryan de Riddere €2,470

10th - Jonas Schug €2,100
11th - Melvin Maas €2,100
12th - Mohamed Taabouni €1,800
13th - Jean Cruccas €1,800
14th - Rachid Oufaska €1,520
15th - Sebastiaan van Den Berg €1,520
16th - Dainius Kudarauskaas €1,315
17th - Leon van der Velder €1,315
18th - Jenina Buerger €1,135
19th - Rami Awad €1,135

20th - Kader Slila €1,135
21st - Fabri Cardenia €980 
22nd - Morgan Poisson €980
23rd - Samy Barka €980