Ferdinando D'Alessio chipleader at 16 left, another €67,000 in bonuses 

Runner-up to Lucien Cohen at the Estrellas in Barcelona for just over €400,000, Ferdinando d'Alessio leads the €1,100 Mystery Bounty heading into the final day. He will resume with 3.4 million chips and an average of 1.8 million with 35 minutes to play on 15,000 - 30,000 (30,000), Wednesday from 12:30 pm. 

Two other Belgians have qualified, Michael Ender will have a big stack... and he's already captured one of the two €30,000 Max bonuses in the tournament! James Willems will be trying to make a name for himself, as he already has an online nickname. Willems has also picked up a handsome €5,000 bonus...



Three nationalities have three representatives, Germany two, while the others have to make do with one champion. With three players, the Dutch can look forward to another triumph in Namur. Rob Johanns will lead the troops with over 80 blinds. Rob has captured (among other things) a €15,000 bonus, a €7,500 bonus and stuck a big bad-beat to Paul-François Tedeschi at 50 left in a huge pot... the run is good! Johanns will be joined by Antonius Krijn, also with a big stack in Namur, a casino where he has taken €90,000 over the last 5 months. The last Dutchman in the running, with a stack above the average of 60 blinds, is WSOP champion Tobias Peters! 

Three Frenchmen are also still in the running, but they're all in the bottom third of the leaderboard. Two-time FPO winner Adrien Guyon, who was crowned champion in Pornic a few days ago, will be back at the back of the pack, but with 20 blinds to fall back on! Maxence Melin, despite his 13th stack at the start, will have 33 blinds to try and reach the final. 



Egyptian Rami Awad loves Mystery Bounty, having won the French Open in September, and captured a €5,000 bounty on Day 2. He'll be back on Final Day with over 50 blinds... Less well-known in Namur, Marco Meisser, Nisad Muratovic (who took one of the tournament's three €15,000 bounties, ed. note) and Radu Pitic have shown good form since the start of the week and are still in the mix too, as is German Samuel (who took one of the tournament's three €15,000 bounties, ed. note).

67,000€ in prizes still up for grabs on Final DayThese include a €30,000 Max bounty, 1 €7,500 bounty, 3 €5,000 bounties, 3 €2,500 bounties and 1 CPS Main Event ticket.

See you on Wednesday for the conclusion of the tournament from 12:30 p.m... the game will be streamed with the cards revealed from 12 left... 


Chipcount Complete
Ferdinando D'Alessio 3,425,000
Marco Meisser 3,000,000
Michael Ender $2,665,000
Rob Johanns $2,595,000
Antonius Krijn 2,585,000
Nisad Muratovic $1,935,000
Tobias Peters $1,920,000
Radu Pitic 1,905,000
Jean-Michel Average 1,800,000 (60 blinds)
Samuel Ju 1,765,000
Iurii Brechalov 1,680,000
Rami Awad 1,680,000
James Willems 1,180,000
Maxence Melin 1,000,000
Anthony Amar 810,000
Adrien Guyon 600,000
Fabian Bratush 560,000

Seatdraw Day 3
Table 15 (in seating order)
Tobias Peters $1,920,000
Samuel Ju 1,765,000
Maxence Melin 1,000,000
Rob Johanns $2,595,000
Rami Awad 1,680,000
Iurii Brechalov 1,680,000
Radu Pitic 1,905,000
James Willems 1,180,000

Table 16 (in seating order)
Fabian Bratush 560,000
Ferdinando D'Alessio 3,425,000
Antonius Krijn 2,585,000
Nisad Muratovic $1,935,000
Marco Meisser 3,000,000
Michael Ender $2,665,000
Adrien Guyon 600,000
Anthony Amar 810,000



Final Day Payout Event #13 MB 1100€ CPS
Winner - €60,619
Runner Up - €37,860
3e - 27 045€
4e - 20 080€
5e - 16 000€
6e - 12 310€
7e - 9 470€
8e - 7 285€
9e -5 840€
10th and 11th - €4,870
12th and 13th - €4,055
14th and 15th - €3,380
16e - 2 940€

Event #13, which attracted 586 entrants, saw just under 200 players return to Day 2, heading for the money and 87 paid places. 

Below are the complete rankings of the In The Money players eliminated on Day 2.

Un petit Tour et puis s'en va

With barely enough time to settle in and feel the cards, Adrien Guyon is out the door. The Frenchman from Nutsr has just sent his Mystery Bounty Day 3 attendance post and jumped. 

Second last at the resumption with 20 blinds, the Frenchman, just winner of the FPO Pornic, defends Dame 5 on an open from Antonius Krijn, who goes 3-barrel all-in on a high Dame flop and thus continues on the Ace on the turn and the river. Adrien follows his read and calls... the Dutchman returns King-Queen and moves up to 3.5 million, almost at the top of the tournament. 

D'Alessio back in the driver's seat

Ferdinando D'Alessio climbed back up to 4 million chips by taking out the man who was last in class at the start with 17 blinds.

Fabian Bartuschk outlasted Adrien Guyon by 15 minutes, going all in with Ace Valet and losing to the chipleader's pair of Deuces on Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty. One more envelope for D'Alessio to draw from, who was not varnished yesterday with 7 envelopes and 7 €500 bounties!

The blinds will increase to 20,000 - 40,000 (40,000) with 14 players... 

In the harbour

In the final seconds of 15,000 - 30,000 (30,000), the field dropped to 13 players as Radu Pitic withdrew. The Romanian pockets €3,380 like his predecessor. 

Radu put everything in front as he lost to Rob Johanns Ace-King-Ace-9. A 7 9 Queen 5 Queen board and the Dutchman takes another victim in this tournament, heading for a big stack of 4 million. 

Pitic signs a deep-run with a €2,500 bonus... They're down to 13 after 35 minutes of play. 


They collect €3,380
14th - Radu Pitic
15th - Fabian Bartuschk

Brawl

While Maxence Melin tried unsuccessfully to raise counters, things were looking up for Antonius Krijn, who bought himself a good flex with a mismatched Ace 9.

The Dutchman showed after 3-betting to 255,000 following an open from Ferdinando D'Alessio just to his right. Reply to 655,000 from the Belgian, who snap-folded when Krijn raised to just over a million.

These two men will meet again, the battle of Namur is just beginning... and you'll probably be able to enjoy it from home in no time.

Streaming with revealed cards will start soon...

Intermission

Tournaments are on break in Namur, and the organization has given players sitting at the tables at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur an impromptu break. 

A network failure has caused a glith in the software that manages the tournaments, so the machine has to be restarted... just long enough to make a chipcount.

Table 16 (in seating order)
Ferdinando D'Alessio 2,460,000
Tonny Krijn 4,880,000
Nisad Muratovic 1,845,000
Marco Meisser 2,850,000
Michael Ender $2,680,000
Iurii Brechalov $2,245,000
Antony Ammar 490,000

Table 15 (in seating order)
Tobias Peters $1,810,000
Samuel Ju 1,740,000
Max Mélin 885,000
Rob Johanns $3,670,000
Rami Awad $2,320,000
James Willems 1 830 00




Final Day Payout Event #13 MB 1100€ CPS
Winner - €60,619
Runner Up - €37,860
3e - 27 045€
4e - 20 080€
5e - 16 000€
6e - 12 310€
7e - 9 470€
8e - 7 285€
9e -5 840€
10th and 11th - €4,870
12th and 13th - €4,055
14th - Radu Pitic €3,380
15th - Fabian Bartuschk €3,380
16th - Adrien Guyon - €2,940

AA

Antony Amar leaves Maxence Melin with the title of last Frenchman standing after giving up the fight with his favourite hand, the Aces. 

Down to 10 blinds, Antony is paid by Antonius Krijn's unmatched Jack 8... who finds a flush draw t a straight draw on the flop... and hits a 9 of hearts on the turn to make a straight flush! 

Antony collects €4,055 for his run and Krijn draws his mystery bonus in the process. He takes the last Extra Redraw along with 400€... and draws a 500€ in the process. 

No big bonuses since the start, with €64,100 left in the bonus pool! 

Oops

Blindes 25,000 - 50,000 (50,000) still and Michael Ender opens a pot that leads to some crazy action. Russian Iuri Brechalov 3-bets to 305,000 chips from the hijack and Ferdinando D'Alessio sends his stack from the button, covering everyone.

The small blind folds... but not Nisad Muratovic, who sends down his entire stack when he discovers the Aces. Ender returns his cards, Brechalov throws down his Jacks... and Ferdinando is caught red-handed with Ace 9 of hearts. 

A 9 9 Dix 8 2 board executed Muratovic and propelled D'Alessio towards his early-day stack. The Belgian is at 2.8 million for an average of 2.6 million, with only 11 players left. 

Muratovic collected €4,055 for his deep-run, having taken a €15,000 bonus on Day 2... On the bonus side, Ferdinando makes his draw and takes another €500 bouns. Since the start of the day, players have hit €500 every time, so there are still some big bonuses to be drawn as the final approaches! 

No French, No 500€

Maxence Melin bowed out of the €1,100 Mystery Bounty, which attracted 586 entrants.

Just after opening-shove, Melin did it again, this time from the cutoff for 575,000 chips. The Frenchman puts in 11 blinds with Ace 6 mismatched and in the big blind, James Willems pays for 20% of his stack with King 7 mismatched.

The dealer unlocks a 2 7 Queen 4 3 board and Maxence joins the rail, he was the only player left without a bonus. The Frenchman collects €4,870 for his 11th-place finish, while James Willems rises to 3.2 million chips.

There are 20 minutes left to play on 25,000 - 50,000 (50,000) for an average of 2.8 million...

James Willems draws the last €500 bonus in play in the tournament to boost his Mystery prize pool to €7,500 in winnings... there's a €30,000 Max bonus to be gleaned in the final!

Brechalov Bubbles the Final

Russia's Iurii Brechalov misses the final table after going all-in for 10 blinds with Ace-Queen. Ferdinando D'Alessio pays with King Ten and hits a Ten to go hunting for the €30,000 bonus... and first hits a Ten to eliminate his opponent.

On the draw, Ferdinando hits an Extra draw and then another €500... the big bonuses are still there for the final!

About 30 minutes to go on the blinds 30,000 - 60,000 (60,000)


Final Day Payout Event #13 MB €1,100 CPS
Winner - €60,619
Runner Up - €37,860
3rd - €27,045
4th - €20,080
5th - €16,000
6th - €12,310
7th - 9,470€
8th - 7,285€
9th -5,840€

10th - Iurii Brechalov 4,870€
11th - Maxence Melin 4,870€
12th - Nisad Muratovic 4,055€
13th - Antony Ammar 4,055€
14th - Radu Pitic 3,380€
15th - Fabian Bartuschk 3,380€
16th - Adrien Guyon 2,940€

Tous En Finale

You can follow the final with the streaming, the game has restarted, there is a quarter of an hour delay to allow you to follow with the revealed cards... 

The blinds are still at 30,000 - 60,000 (60,000) for a little over half an hour...



Remaining premiums

Checkpoint

Play resumed on 40,000 - 80,000 (80,000) with 9 players and an average of 3.2 million chips. The €30,000 bonus is still there!

Antonius Krijn seems to be on the decline since peaking at 8 million chips...

In Le Ju

It's all over for Samuel Ju, there are no more Germans in the tournament. Three Belgians against three Dutch with an Egyptian to referee, that's the program for this final. 

Samuel Ju lost almost all his chips when he woke up with Kings in the big blind... He logically 3-bet shove after an open from D'Alessio, the Belgian finding an easy snap with Aces!



One table later, the Estrellas runner-up takes command of the tournament with 8 million chips, while Samuel falls to 3 blinds. Ju will put it all on the line with Ace 6 sweat...

It was Marco Meisser who finished the job with a mismatched Dame 2 to allow himself to draw an envelope. He's going to hit a €7,500 bonus... Ju cashes in €5,840, he also collected almost €16,000 in bonus money!

The first player to reach 8 million chips, Antonius Krijn has lost considerable ground as the blinds climb to 50,000 - 100,000 (100,000).

Chipcount
Ferdinando D'Alessio 7,900,000
Marco Meisser 7,100,000
Tobias Peters 3,800,000
James Willems 3,400,000
Michael Ender 2,435,000
Rami Awad 2,005,000
Tonny Krijn 1.900.000
Rob Johanns 1,720,000

Not This Time

Antonius Krijn has signed three big results in Namur for €90,000 in winnings over the last five months... he adds another superb deep-run to his collection without going all the way this time. 

A short-lived chipleader in this final, Antonius then went on to lose shots. This time, he 3-bet shove As Valet with 22 blinds after an open from James Willems. With 27 blinds in front of him, the Belgian found an easy call with Ace King and the board confirmed his advantage. 

Krijn took €5,600 in bonuses and collected a further €7,285 for 8th place. His tormentor draws a €1,000 envelope to bring his total prize money to a further €8,500. 



They are 7 with an average of 41 blinds and still that €30,000 Max bonus to draw from! Rob Johanns is now the shot with 17 blinds, nothing is done on this Mystery Bounty yet.

Final Day Payout Event #13 MB 1100€ CPS (586 entrants - 
Winner - €60,619
Runner Up - €37,860
3e - 27 045€
4e - 20 080€
5e - 16 000€
6e - 12 310€
7e - 9 470€
8th - Antonius Krijn €7,285
9th -Samuel Ju €5,840

10e - Iurii Brechalov 4 870€
11th - Maxence Melin €4,870
12th - Nisad Muratovic €4,055
13th - Antony Ammar €4,055
14th - Radu Pitic €3,380
15th - Fabian Bartuschk €3,380
16th - Adrien Guyon €2,940

NL Battle

Rob Johanns sends in 1.4 million and 14 blinds at the end of the hand with the tens... his Dutch compatriot Tobias Peters pays in the big blind with ace 7 of hearts. 

The WSOP winner goes ahead on a 2 7 King 7 8 board... heading for a €5.1 million stack. Rob Johanns joins the €9,470 richer rail... a sum to which must be added nearly €30,000 in bonuses! 

The End

Michael Ender falls to 4.6 million after losing a pot to Marco Maisser... the rematch was bloody ten minutes later. 

The Belgian opens and pays in position when Maisser 3-bets him to 800,000 small blind chips. The Swiss sends in 600,000 on the Ace-3-Queen flop with two clubs and it's paid quickly. 

On turn 7, which opens a second flush draw, Marco bets again, this time for 1.1 million. Ender thinks again, but it doesn't take long to send in 3.2 million and go all-in. 

Maisser's snap reveals two queens for three of a kind. With Ace Jack of spades for Top pair without redraw, Ender is already in the rail. The 3 of diamonds on the river changes nothing, and he leaves the game for a win of €12,310. 

Michael is nevertheless smiling, as he has captured one of the tournament's two Max bonuses for a total of €33,000!

Dinner Break

Resumes at 9pm in blinds 50,000 - 125,000 (125,000) with 5 players and an average of 5.8 million.

There's still a €30,000 bonus, two €5,000 bonuses, a €2,500 bonus and a €2,200 Main Event ticket in the safe! 

Final Day Payout Event #13 MB 1100€ CPS (586 entrants -
Winner - 60 619€
Runner Up - 37 860€
3rd - 27 045€
4th - 20 080€
5th - 16 000€
6th - Michael Ender 12 310€
7th - Rob Johanns 9 470€
8th - Antonius Krijn 7 285€
9th - Samuel Ju €5,840

10th - Iurii Brechalov €4,870
11th - Maxence Melin €4,870
12th - Nisad Muratovic €4,055
13th - Antony Ammar €4,055
14th - Radu Pitic €3,380
15th - Fabian Bartuschk €3,380
16th - Adrien Guyon €2,940

Rami Without Family

Finito for Rami Awad, the Egyptian will miss out on his second career success and his second success in Namur at this €1,100 Mystery Bounty. 

The Namur regular lost in 5th place for €16,000 after 3-betting shove 1.7 million big blind. Ferdinando D'Alessio had opened Ace Valet and called to raise to 5.6 million chips after a Ten 6 3 6 Ten board.

Ferdinando drew an envelope to win the final €2,200 CPS Main Event bonus ticket. Rami Awad took €6,400 in bonuses at this tournament... 

Checkpoint

The blinds have increased to 75,000 - 150,000 (150,000) on this CPS Mystery Bounty... With 4 players guaranteed a €20,800 payout, the average is €7.3 million.

The €30,000 bonus is still in the safe... which probably explains D'Alessio's raise-call against compatriot James Willems with a mismatched King 5. The Ace Valet of the shorts held, but he's not out of the woods yet!

Break 

The game resumed a few minutes ago on 100,000 - 200,000 (200,000), streaming is coming for this Mystery Bounty 4-terminal plan! The last of the class won't have a choice when we return to the locker room...

Podium for James "Anton" Willems

After Marco Meisser opens on the button to 600,000 chips, Tobias Peters calls in the small blind... and James Willems shoves all in the big blind for 5 blinds or 950,000 chips. 

The other two call and Marco's flop bet are enough to make Tobias fold A 2 5 with three diamonds. With 3 and 2 without diamonds, Marco is ahead of James' 9 and 5 of hearts, who will check-raise to a Queen on the turn and a 4 river...

James Willems collected €27,004 for his run, and also took €8,500 in bonuses to go with it... 

After capturing the €30,000 bonus a few minutes ago, the Swiss follows up with a €5,000 bonus... he has already collected €57,000 in premiums. 



There's still a €7,500 bonus and a €2,500 bonus in the safe, so the winner of the head's up will take it all! 

Tobias Peters will start with 11 million against his opponent's 18 million, both players have a ton of depth even if in a few minutes the blinds will increase and the levels will go to 30 minutes... 


Final Day Payout Event #13 MB 1100€ CPS (586 entrants - 
Winner - €60,619
Runner Up - €37,860
3rd - James Willems €27,045 (+ €8,500 bonus)
4th - Ferdinando D'Alessio €20,080 (+ €7600 bonuses)
5th - Rami Awad €16,000 (+ €6400 bonus)
6th - Michael Ender €12,310 (+ €33,000 bonus)
7th - Rob Johanns €9,470 (+ €29,500 bonuses)
8th - Antonius Krijn €7,285 (+ €5,600 bonuses)
9th - Samuel Ju €5,840 (+ €16,500 bonus)

10e - Iurii Brechalov 4 870€
11th - Maxence Melin €4,870
12th - Nisad Muratovic €4,055 (+ €16,000 bonus)
13th - Antony Ammar €4,055
14th - Radu Pitic €3,380
15th - Fabian Bartuschk €3,380
16th - Adrien Guyon €2,940

Resuming

Already a good hour into the duel, the last two players in this tournament with 586 entrants have just resumed play after a short break.

The game is being played over 200,000 - 400,000 (400,000) with 17.9 million for Marco Meisser and 11.4 million for Tobias Peters...

There's still a €30,000 envelope and a €5,000 envelope in the safe, and no one has mentioned a possible deal... 

Meisser Master of Mystery Bounty (125.119€)

After two hours and 20 minutes of duel, the balance tipped in favor of the Swiss. Marco put in a very solid performance, triumphing after 3 days of competition against a field of 586 entrants. He captured most of the €550,000 prizepool. Not unlucky in the envelope draw - he drew the final €30,000 Max envelope in the final - Marco Meisser collected over €125,000 from this Circus Poker Series Event #13. 

In the money at the Circus Cup, Marco Meisser shattered his best-ever financial performance, having won just over $10,000 before his first success on the circuit! 



Meisser beat a big name from poker Europe, Tobias Peters. The Dutchman, who won a WSOP bracelet a few weeks ago, briefly took the lead in the last duel, which started late, but he eventually came under pressure.

Down to 10 blinds, he paid an open-shove from Meisser, who turned over Ten and 9 mismatched to hit a Ten on the flop and run out his Ace 8 mismatched... The young father will be consoling himself with a prize of €40,000 including bonuses.

Final Day Payout Event #13 MB 1100€ CPS (586 entrants - 321,714€ prizepool - 234,500€ bonuses)
Winner - Marco Meisser €60,619 (€64,500 bonus)
Runner Up - Tobias Peters €37,860 (+€3,500 bonus)
3rd - James Willems €27,045 (+ €8,500 bonus)
4th - Ferdinando D'Alessio €20,080 (+ €7600 bonuses)
5th - Rami Awad €16,000 (+ €6400 bonus)
6th - Michael Ender €12,310 (+ €33,000 bonus)
7th - Rob Johanns €9,470 (+ €29,500 bonuses)
8th - Antonius Krijn €7,285 (+ €5,600 bonuses)
9th - Samuel Ju €5,840 (+ €16,500 bonus)

10e - Iurii Brechalov 4 870€
11th - Maxence Melin €4,870
12th - Nisad Muratovic €4,055 (+ €16,000 bonus)
13th - Antony Ammar €4,055
14th - Radu Pitic €3,380
15th - Fabian Bartuschk €3,380
16th - Adrien Guyon €2,940

The final lasted almost 8 hours and featured Ferdinando D'Alessio, who confirmed his Spanish performance (4th), and Namur's Egyptian regular Rami Awad (5th). 

Michael Ender drew the first Max bounty at €30,000, and went on to finish in 6th place with a payout of €45,000, more than the runner-up... On fire on Day 2, Rob Johanns reached the final and collected a ton of bounties to walk away with just under €40,000... the Dutchman is also one of the tournament's big winners. 

On fire in Namur over the last few months, Antonius Krijn took power at the start of the final, but probably wanted to go too fast and finally lost in 8th place. The Dutchman will be all the more dangerous for the upcoming tournaments on this CPS festival. 

Day 3 involved 16 survivors, and Adrien Guyon soon gave up the ghost. Nevertheless, the Frenchman scored another live deep-run, a week after his FPO double in Pornic. 

Maxence Melin finished in 11th place... and didn't draw a bonus from the tournament. The last Frenchman to take part in the tournament tried to fight, but was unsuccessful...