Igor Picone High-Roller chipleader at 13 left

Igor Picone

At the end of Day 1, and with registration still open until the end of the second level of Day 2, Igor Picone is firmly in the lead of the 13 remaining players in the €4,400 High-Roller, with a stack of €495,000 on takeover.

In particular, he earned himself the scalp of scarecrow David Docherty at the very end of the day, when the Scottish player warmed up to pay his all-in overbet with As-King high when he had two pairs flopped on a Td-9h-2d-3h board with Th-9d in hand.

See you tomorrow at 1:00 pm for the continuation of the competition in blinds 1,500/3,000 (BB Ante 3,000) for an average of 230,000.

Complete chip-count (and seat-draw) at the end of Day 1:

Place	First name	Name	Table	Headquarters	Stack	Country
1	IGOR	PICONE	43	6	495.000	Belgium
2	MARTIN MICHAEL	SEDLAK	43	1	355.000	Belgium
3	DOVIDIO	MONACO	41	6	335.500	Belgium
4	ARTHUR	THIRIART	42	2	308.500	Belgium
5	MAXIM	BEVERS	42	4	284.000	Belgium
6	WOUTER	BELTZ	43	3	225.000	Netherlands
7	FIRAT	BALTACI	41	8	198.000	Netherlands
8	PIOTR	NURZYNSKI	41	7	180.500	Poland
9	ERIK	BAUER	41	5	166.000	Slovakia
10	IMAN	GHASHAYAR	43	2	162.000	Netherlands
11	BJORN	VERBAKEL	41	2	143.500
12	ALEXIS	LUCARINI	42	6	97.000	France
13	RAOUL	REFOS	42	3	66.500	Netherlands

144,000€ prizepool already, 45 minutes left to register (3:30pm)

Day 1 of the €4,400 High Roller had concluded with 13 survivors from a field of 29 entrants and registration still open for two levels of play... There are 25 minutes left to play on 2000 - 4000 (4000), a 20-minute break and then late registration will be over. 

The table now shows 38 entrants for an average of 247,000 chips (62bb) as 7 more entries were counted. Raoul Refos had resumed with chips, he busted pis re-entry in the process. 

Miguel Martinez and Antoine Vranken tried to enter with 33 blinds, but jumped quickly. MCOP 20186 and WSOPC winner Abdel Zouffri is still in the hunt, as is his compatriot Mustafa Wardak. 

Just eliminated from the Mystery Bounty semi-finals, Radu Pitic has just arrived with 25 blinds, as has Mark Roovers... enough to boost the prize pool to €144,000. Let's spin it up!

45 entrants and €60,460 for the High-Roller

Nice score for the High-Roller with finally 45 entries at €4,400 recorded by the Circus Casino Resort in Namur. The prizepool climbed to €175,230 and the last 6 players in the running will share a handsome prize pool. 

There are 25 minutes left to play in level 13, and 16 players are battling it out over two tables and blinds 3000 - 6000 (6000). With an average of 47 blinds, we're going to have to hold on for dear life and show off our skills over 45-minute levels! 



The champion will take home a trophy and €60,460, while the €12,265 min-cash will allow the man with two dumplings to finish with a profit, or even with three tries! 

Payout High Roller CPS Event #27
Winner - €60,460
Runner Up - €39,425
3e - 27 160€
4e - 20 150€
5e - 15 770€
6e - 12 265€

High Roller Final

Only 9 players made it to the final table after the exit of Arthur Thiriart (10th)... and there's only one Belgian left in this €4,400 High Roller Event #27. 

On the latter table are EPT winner Piotr Nurzynski and WSOP Circuit winners Mark Roovers and Woulter Beltz. Beltz takes the lead... 



Payout High Roller CPS Event #27
Winner - €60,460
Runner Up - €39,425
3e - 27 160€
4e - 20 150€
5e - 15 770€
6e - 12 265€

The finalists are not yet in the money in this tournament, which is being played on blinds 5,000 - 15,000 (15,000)... and as soon as play begins, the last Belgian representative makes his move. 

Belgian Igo Picone opens at the cutoff and sees Bjorn Verbakel put everything in the middle just to his left. Snap from the boss who turns over the Aces and eliminates the Dutchman who holds the 6s and finds no help one board later. 

"I was the guy who said 'Good luck' and with a smile on my face too, it's probably karma," laughs Picone as he pockets his opponent's chips. On to the money!

Chipcount (in seating order)
Mark Roovers (NL) 380,000
Martin Sedlak (GER) 540,000
Cornelis van Gent (NL) 350,000
Mustafa Wardak (NL) 265,000
Floris Pop (NL) 245,000
Igor Picone (BEL) 635,000
Piotr Nurzynski (POL) 825,000
Wouter Beltz (NL) 1,260,000

Mark Roovers bubbles the High-Roller

The tournament's 6 survivors are guaranteed a payout of just over €12,000 following the elimination of Marx Roovers. 

Last of the class, the Dutchman lasted 75 minutes before 3-bet shove 105,000 chips from the cutoff. With 5s, Roovers put 4 blinds in the middle after an open from Wouter Beltz. 

The Dutch chipleader called with Jack 7 of diamonds for a flip. The 4 8 Queen 7 2 board ended the suspense, heading for the money. 

After this wait, things began to speed up... 8 minutes after Roovers' exit, only 4 were left. 

There are 19 minutes left to play on 10,000 - 25,000 (25,000) with an average at 1.1 million and everyone has secured 5 buy-ins. Above all, there's now a heavy favorite to win. It looks like Wouter Bletz's place in the head's up is already assured! 



Chipcount (in seating order)
Martin Sedlak 550,000
Igo Picone 590,000
Piotr Nurzynski 985,000
Wouter Beltz $2,300,000

Payout High Roller CPS Event #27
Winner - €60,460
Runner Up - €39,425
3e - 27 160€
4e - 20 150€
5th - Floris Pop €15,770
6th - Cornelis Van Gent €12,265

Wouter Beltz wins for €60,460

Leading at the start of the final, Wouter Beltz handled the money entry and then the phase very well to come out ahead in the head's up. He finished in 30 minutes in the final duel to pocket €60,460. 



Winner of the WSOP Circuit, the Dutchman is approaching $700,000 in live earnings after his 5th success on the circuit. The win was achieved in front of his partner Anna Gulevich, a Dutchwoman who has already won in Namur... 



Wouter won after 21 levels of 45 minutes and deprived Igor Picone of the trophy. The Belgian was there at the start of the €4,400 tournament, which attracted 45 entrants, and he walked away with €39,425... heading for the sun and the Bahamas in a freeroll, as he won an online package for the WSOP in the Bahamas!

The tournament also gave the EPT Barcelona winner a chance to shine, with Piotr Nurzynski claiming a podium finish and €27,160 in prize money, enough to continue traveling with his girlfriend. Just like in 18, when he qualified for the Spanish event by playing on a trip to Uruguay...

After Mark Roovers had bubbled his late entry on Day 2 with 33 blinds, Dutchmen Cornelis Van Gent and Floris Pop signed for 5 figures before Germany's Martin Sedlak missed out on the podium... 



Payout High Roller CPS Event #27 (€175,275 prizepool)
Winner - Wouter Beltz €60,460
Runner Up - Igor Picone €39,425
3rd - Piotr Nurzynski €27,160
4th - Martin Sedlak €20,150
5th - Floris Pop €15,770
6th - Cornelis Van Gent €12,265