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Event #4 Freezout CPS 2024 at €330 per entry got underway at 6pm at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur. With registration open for 9 levels, participants will contest 11 half-hour levels before packing their chips for Day 2. 

This Final Day will be played over 40-minute rounds, starting at 2 p.m. on Thursday... At the moment, it's Level 6 and 71 players are competing in blinds 400 - 800 (800), with an average of 45 blinds.

With 89 entries and no re-entries, the €25,000 guarantee has not yet been reached, but it's close. Among the regulars, Philippe Riminucci, Adrien Brihaye, Stephane Meo, Younes Akbal, Salvatore Allatta are here for the trophy. 

Eric Chevalot, Dalil Masaud, Fedele Ricotta, Jean Yip, Nikolas Wicquart, Walter van Camberg or Danny Ummels are also well aware that there is no repechage possible in the event of a missed draw...

Guaranteed success

With 93 entries, the €25,000 guarantee was finally surpassed in-extremis on Event #4 Freezout at €330 of the Circus Poker Series 2024. The players in the money will share a prize pool of €25,343.

There are still 53 players in the running, with the game still being played for a few minutes on blinds 1000 - 1500 (1500)... when the blinds next go up, there will still be two levels and an hour of poker left before the chips are packed in.

The average is 34 blinds, and on Thursday from 2 p.m. onwards, the levels will be 40 minutes long...

Raphael Muller, Rayane Moktavrium, Stephane Meo, Rico Chevalot, Fedele Ricotta, Salvatore Allatta, Dalil Masaud, Iryna Tsikhanskaya, Reynald Coppin, Danny Ummels, Nikolas Wicquart, Thomas Alarcon, Ken Claessens or Dominique Potenza are still in the running for this tournament... 

6,600 to win

It's all over for Day 1 of the €330 CPS Freezout Event #4. After 11 levels and 5 hours 30 minutes of poker, 36 players bagged up chips.

These survivors will be coming back in the wake of Salvatore Allatta, provisional chipleader with 171,000 chips on 1500 - 3000 (3000). There's still a long way to go, with levels raised to 40 minutes on Thursday when the action resumes at 2 p.m... and 13 places paid.

The min-cash will be €560 for this tournament played without a second chance... redraw as soon as possible!



Payout Event #4 Freezout CPS €330 (93 entrants - €25,250 prizepool)
Winner - €6,600
Runner Up €4,250
3rd - 3,000€
4th - 2,320€
5th - 1,910€
6th - 1,560€
7th - 1,270€
8th - 1,030€
9th - 830€
10th and 11th - 680€
12th and 13th - 560€

Salvatore Allatta chipleader

36 players have booked their ticket for the Final Day, which will be played on Thursday from 2pm over 40-minute levels. Last year's winner of this tournament, Lucky Luciano is still well placed to defend his crown... while his runner-up Philippe Riminucci can still believe it! 



Chipcount complete NLH Freezout Event #4
Salavatore Allatta 171,000
Lucky Luciano 164,000
Johan Mertens 146,000
Ken Claessens 129,000
Nikolas Wicquart 128,000
Mickael Decker 128,000
Raphael Muller 117,000
Rayane Moktavarium $110,000
Stephane Meo 108,000
Fabrizio Quatrocchi 102,000

Jonathan Dartevelle 98,000
Johannes Maas 96,000
Raynald Coppin 91,000
Benjapol Suntornvibul 85,000
Rachid Boussakraou 85,000
Nicolas Doutsis 81,000
Gabriel Mihai Radu 76,000
Fedele Ricotta 73,000
Dalil Masaud 71,000
Domenico Romano 67,000

Christophe Grime 66,000
David Lecomte 65,000
Iryna Tsikhanskaya 62,000
Gonne Wassenaar 58,000
Philippe Riminucci 55,000
Rachid Oufaska 53,000
Damien Di Pasquale 49,000
Joachim Vermeersch 46,000
Ille Smintanca 44 5000
Moreno Barone 42,000

Richard Beauchet 38,000
Mehdi Hajbaoui 38,000
Giovanni Camardella 37,000
Jean Yip 33,000
Payam Taheri 32,000
Michae Gobbe 19,000

Seatdraw in the document below

The approaching bubble

Despite the Final Day being played out over 40-minute levels, 16 players skipped in the first 90 minutes of play. This reduced the field to 93 players at the last three tables.

With the game now being played on 2500 - 5000 (5000), the field has just fallen to 16 players... reunification on the last two tables is underway. With 13 places paid, the €560 min-cash is just around the corner.

A chance to fill in the graveyard of illusions... here are the players who slipped into the 36 Day 2 survivors but left empty-handed.

Mickael Decker (17th) and Gabriel-Mihai Radu (18th) lasted a little longer than Giovanni Camardella, Payam Taheri, Joachim Vermeersch, Nicolas Doutsis, Dalil Masaud and Raynald Coppin... all of whom reached the final three tables of the tournament.

Well placed at the start, Raphael Muller (28th) stopped too early for his liking, as did Domenico Romano (27th), who had slipped into the Big Tuesday Special CPS deal on Tuesday...

No joy for Benjapol Suntornvibul (30th), Rachid Oufaska (31st), Damien Lecomte (35th) or Iryna Tsikhanskaya, who was eliminated after the restart... 

Among those still eyeing the ITM and the €6,600 first prize are reigning champion Lucky Luciano, his 2023 runner-up Philippe Riminucci, BPC 2024 champion Rayane Moktavarium and leader Stéphane Meo... a fine line-up for a tournament contested without a net! 

Riminucci bubble-boy

After half an hour of hand-for-hand action on the final two tables of Event #4 Freezout CPS 2024, it was finally the runner-up from the 2023 edition who bowed out in the worst place.

After talks to pay off the bubble failed, the hands went back and forth, and it was Jean Yip who came out on top again.

Yip doubled all-in twice during this critical period, and also went all-in with a straight flush on the turn after letting his opponent bet twice... Caught bluffing, villain didn't complete!

Behind, Rayane Moktavarium opened under the gun. The BPC 2024 winner then saw Philippe Riminucci defend his big blind before checking Queen 8 7 with two spades. 

Rayane check-back to discover a 5 of spades on the turn. There, Philippe check-called 16,000 chips with another 65,000 behind him. On the 3 of hearts river, Philippe checked a third time before entering the tank.

Rayane advanced a stack of 100,000, forcing him to pay for his tournament. After a good minute, Philippe called to jump with a pair of 6's. Rayane revealed Dame 9 of clubs for the top pair which guaranteed €560 to everyone.

The game resumed with ten minutes to play on blinds 3000 - 6000 (6000) and an average of 214,000 chips. There's €6,600 at the top with one defending champion still in contention for the back-to-back.

Sandro Gangi has 50 blinds, but he'll have to contend with Stéphane Meo, Johann Mertens, Ken Claessens, Fecele Ricotta and Nikolas Wicquart... 

Last Reunification

The Freezout CPS title is vacant as the defending champion bowed out on the bubble at the final table. After runner-up 2023's exit at the bubble, Lucky Luciano held out for a few more long minutes...

It all came down to a 3-way on a 4 Dix 4 3 5 board with two spades on the flop... Rachid Boussakrou opened under the gun and Stephane Meo paid on the button, while Lucky Luciano defended his blind... 

This trio found themselves rivered and Rachid bet 75,000 chips after the big blind check. Stéphane hesitated for a moment before moving all-in for 113,000 chips. With 123,000 pawns in front of him, Lucky Luciano hesitated for a long time before calling with Ace Two of Spades for a missed flush draw turned straight!

Boussakrou folded and Stéphane Meo showed a pair of 4s to square up and reach the final! The game resumed on 5000 - 10 000 (10 000) with 11 minutes to play in this level 17 and an average of 31 blinds...

Nikolas Wicquart, Richard Beauchet, Fedele Ricotta, Jonathan Dartevelle, Ken Claessens and Salvatore Allatta complete the line-up for this final of Event #4.

A 70-minute dinner break will take place from 8pm...

Payout Event #4 Freezout CPS 330€ (93 entrants - 25 250€ prizepool)
Winner - 6 600€
Runner Up 4 250€
3rd - 3 000€
4th - 2 320€
5th - 1 910€
6th - 1,560€
7th - 1,270€
8th - 1,030€
9th - 830€

10th - Lucky Luciano 680€
11th - Jean Yip 680€
12th - Rayane Moktavarium 560€
13th - Johan Mertens 560€

3 Belgians at 6 left

Twenty minutes of play on 10,000 - 20,000 (20,000) since the end of the dinner break and still no outsider. There are still 6 players in the running, and Stéphane Meo is dominating, with 3 Belgians, 2 Frenchmen and 1 Italian left...

The average is 23 blinds, with levels still lasting 40 minutes... 

The Final (in order of seats)
Stéphane Meo (Bel) 700,000
Richard Beauchet (Fr) 490,000
Michael Gobbe (Bel) 120,000
Fedele Ricotta (It) 535,000
Rachid Boussakrou (Fr) 510,000
Ken Claessens (Bel) 435,000

Payout Event #4 Freezout CPS 330€ (93 entrants - 25 250€ prizepool)
Winner - 6 600€
Runner Up 4 250€
3rd - 3 000€
4th - 2 320€
5th - 1 910€
6th - 1 560€
7th - Jonathan Dartevelle €1,270
8th - Salvatore Allatta €1,030
9th - Nikolas Wicquart €830

10th - Lucky Luciano €680
11th - Jean Yip €680
12th - Rayane Moktavarium €560
13th - Johan Mertens €560

Stephane Meo King of Freezout

Chipleader with 4 players left, Stephane Meo accepted the ICM deal to walk away with the CPS trophy, finally edging out his compatriot, Belgian Ken Claessens. Two Frenchmen complete the line-up for this two-day netless tournament. 

A total of 36 players returned for this Final Day, contested over 40-minute levels, and in the end it was 2023 runner-up Philippe Riminucci who made the bubble. Titleholder Lucky Luciano bubbled the final table... 

Payout Event #4 Freezout CPS 330€ (93 entrants - 25 250€ prizepool)
Winner - Stephane Meo 4 665€*
Runner Up Ken Claessens 4 630€*
3rd - Richard Beauchet 3 825€*
4th - Rachid Boussakraou 3 050€*
5th - Fedele Ricotta 1 910€
6th - Michael Gobbe 1 560€
7th - Jonathan Dartevelle 1 270€
8th - Salvatore Allatta 1 030€
9th - Nikolas Wicquart 830€

10th - Lucky Luciano 680€
11th - Jean Yip 680€
12th - Rayane Moktavarium 560€
13th - Johan Mertens 560€
*Deal to 4 ICM