Over 200 players at the start of Day 1G

The tournament's 1,000-entry mark has been passed, even before the penultimate starting day of the €330 Havana Mystery Bounty Main Event. Over 200 players are in the starting blocks!

These participants will receive 50,000 chips and will compete in 8 levels of 30 minutes each, followed by 4 levels of 40 minutes each, for a total of 6 hours 40 minutes of poker action. Wrapping-up will take place at around 1am...

A busy Friday. The last two qualifying sessions for Day 2 on Saturday 2 p.m. are scheduled from 4 p.m. (late entries and re-entries until 9.45 p.m., entry with 33bb) and 10 p.m. for the Turbo version (late entries and re-entries until midnight 20 with 33bb for 4 levels of 20 min.).

The prizepool has exceeded €300,000!

Havana Mystery Bounty at a glance (€250,000 Guaranteed)
Day 1A: 243 entrants - 63 qualifiers
Day 1B: 123 entrants - 41 qualifiers
Day 1C: 130 entrants - 36 qualifiers
Day 1D: 163 entrants - 45 qualifiers
Day 1E : 212 entrants - 59 qualifiers
Day 1F Turbo: 45 entrants - 16 qualifiers
Day 1G: 212 entrants (ongoing)
Day 1H Turbo: from 10 pm, Friday 23 June
Total (provisional): 916 entrants after Day 1F (prizepool 257.000€) - 260 qualifiers after Day 1F






* The end of registration/re-entry time is indicative for Day 1G. In view of the number of entries, the dinner break could be split into two, thus extending the limit. 

Toujours du Monde

A quarter of an hour of play and 270 entries on this Havana Day 1G... with one victim jumping before re-entering immediately.

Stéphane Metzger is determined to qualify for Day 2 of the Havana, which will be played entirely on 40-minute levels.

Note that Mystery Bounty tokens will be on the heads of players in the money, and you need to reach the ITM and approximately Top 15% of the field to hope for a big bonus. 

Who's there?

At the end of the first level and the antes appear, the battle continues over blinds 100 - 300 (300) with 290 players now in the running for 291 entries.

Let's go for a little name dropping with Ann Roos Callens, Daniel Pirlot, Jean Ruche, Agim Altindag, Thierry Aqua, Romain Becker, Patrice Chamarre, Marc-Antoine Cantarutti, Arno Coene and Rico Chevalot.

Tino de Zutter, Yoann Demory, David Ethuin, WPT National Deauville winner Caroline Fauvel, Lionel Hamelryck, Yasmina Kabsi, Patrice Libert, Charly Mouline, Luis Perez and Kim Pauwels are also in the field... 

The 300 Incoming Barrier

Franck René, Philippe Riminucci, Morgan Poisson, Mohand Rechache, Manu Poznanski, Julien Lecamus and Ladies BPC winner Alexandra Quach couldn't miss the opportunity to play a big prizepool for a rather reasonable buy-in.

Tawfik Samih made another blunder, as did Yves Sergeant, Jonas Viaene and Enrico Teresi. Virginie Toury, Kevin Tizianel and Lukas Trzcinski also got in on the action with 15 minutes left to play on the second level.

The table now shows 301 players seated at the Circus Casino Resort de Namur tables for 303 entrants on Day 1G! 

Ils Sont Là

Noah Alem, Solange Dardenne, Damiano Albanese, Xavier Servais, Tony Bitto, Carl Dobrzelewski, Eric Goggin and Jonathan Hamon are all in the running on Day 1G.

Level 3 started 10 minutes ago, with 318 players (323 registered) competing in blinds 200 - 400 (400).

Still Growing

There are 19 minutes left to play before the first break of Day 1G, and the field is still growing. 327 players in the running for 349 entries on this penultimate starting day... and there's still plenty of people at the cashier.

The prizepool has passed the €350,000 mark as players battle it out over 200 - 500 (500) with an average of 53,000 chips.

Franck Debusschere, Samir Akhoullou, Jean Yip and Schakeri Aghajan have all entered the fray... 

Split Dinner

In view of the large turnout, there will be two dinner breaks.

The break will last 70 minutes, and players at tables below 28 will eat between 7.35pm and 8.45pm. These players will have played 6 levels of 30 minutes each, and will return after the 70-minute break to play two levels of 30 minutes each.

The second group, players at tables 28 and up, will have a 70-minute break from 8.30 pm to 9.45 pm. These players will take a dinner break after 8 30-minute levels and 4 hours of poker .

The junction will take place on level 9 with completed registrations/re-entries. 

Break

It's the first break of the day, resuming at 6.35pm with a field now approaching 1,300 players... the prizepool has climbed to €360,000 and counting!

The counter shows 340 players on break, with 375 already in the field on Day 1G of the €330 Havana Main Event. There's over €160,000 in the Mystery prize pool... enough for two €25,000 bonuses! 

Resumption

Play resumes in blinds 300 - 600 (600) with 348 players in the running for 383 entries and an average of 55,000 chips.

Chips
Domenico Zaffino 156,000
Rudi Mulders 132,000
Gerben Sikma 132,000
Jeremy Gaisne 115,000
Ann Roos Callens 113,000
Aziz Kendell 110,000
Clément Chamarac 110,000
Franck Debusscher 103,000
Agim Altindag 95,000
Julien Lecamus 68,000
Alexis Anthony 67,000
Virginie Toury 65,000
Mohand Rechache 50,000
Jean Yip 50,000
Lionel Hamelriyck 45,000
Romain Becker 40,000
Samir Akhoullou 36,000
Caroline Fauvel 29,000

The 400 barrier

7 minutes before the switch to blinds 400 - 800 (800 and the board now shows 410 entrants on this penultimate opening day. With just over 1,300 entries, there's now almost €370,000 in the prize pool!

350 players are still at the tables at the Cicrcus Casino Resort in Namur. The facility's capacity isn't at its maximum, as the cash game is also running... and as it's the weekend, there's no interruption until 5 a.m. on Monday!

Havana Mystery Bounty at a glance (€250,000 Guaranteed)
Day 1A: 243 entrants - 63 qualifiers
Day 1B: 123 entrants - 41 qualifiers
Day 1C: 130 entrants - 36 qualifiers
Day 1D: 163 entrants - 45 qualifiers
Day 1E: 212 entrants - 59 qualifiers
Day 1F Turbo: 45 entrants - 16 qualifiers
Day 1G: 410 entrants (ongoing - registrations until 9:45 p.m.)
1HTurbo: from 10 p.m. (registrations until midnight 20)
Total (provisional): 916 entrants after Day 1F (prizepool 257.000€) - 260 qualifiers after Day 1F

Setup

15 minutes to play on the level, half the field will go on a dinner break at the end of this level for 70 minutes. The other half will play two more levels before taking a break for the same amount of time, and then all will meet again on level 9...

There are still 346 players in the running for 426 entries on Day 1G... and David Nolle has just found a huge setup to launch his tournament.

Open under the gun of Arno Vos, 3-bet to 4,000 chips in the big blind for David with the Arrows... and 4-bet to 14,000 from his Dutch opponent. David sends in 36,500 chips on an all-in 5-bet, obviously called by Vos who can only return two Kings.

No surprise on the board and David climbs to 74,000 chips. Arno falls to 53,000 chips, and it's all over again. 

Dinner break

The first group takes a dinner break until 8.45pm, while the other group is hard at work on blinds 500 - 1000 (1000) to contest levels 7 and 8.

The table shows 352 players in the running for 448 entrants. 

Checkpoint

The second group is playing at blinds 600 - 1200 (1200), while the first is on a dinner break. The table shows 344 players for 463 entries on Day 1G... we take a look at the stacks of those who have played 6 levels of 30 minutes and are currently enjoying a meal.

Chips
Robin Onati 177 000
Daniel Rosero 174 000
Nourredine Loukili 147 000
Gilles Silbernagel 140 000
Maurice Rustveld 136 000
Anthony Krijn 132 000
Yannick Scotto 131 000
Patrick Link 131 000
Xavier Servais 128 000
Romain Cabrillon 125 000
Schayan Aghajan 120 000
Tony Bitto 112 000
Christophe Beauvois 101 000
Arnoldus Schrivers 93 000
Daniel Pirlot 87 000
Andreas Pescel 81 000
Ludovic Ruperto 75 000
hacine Chatteur 71 000
Greg van der Wecken 61 000
tawfik Samih 53 000
Angelo Mancuso 51 000
Samir Akhoullou 34 000

Second Break

The second group went on break after playing 8 30-minute levels, so the stacks below are a little bigger than those in the first group.

This first group returned at 8:30 p.m. and is currently playing level 8 on blinds 600 - 1200 (1200).

This lovely little world will reunite at 9:45 p.m. to play level 9, by which time registration and re-entries will be complete.

The table currently shows 334 players remaining in this G Day for 492 entrants! Verdict on attendance on this penultimate day in just half an hour's time...

Chips
Domenico Zaffiro 309,000
Altan Ergun 234,000
Arno Coene 219,000
Onno Vantier 205,000
Rudi Steger 197,000
Mohand Rechache 180,000
Mohamed Taabouni 169 000
Lukas Gatzweiller 169 000
Ali Nafaoui 161 000
Fabius Lari 158 000
Gebren Sikma 150 000
Mathias Derruan 147 000
Jeff Kinsin 145 000
Koen Volckaert 144 000
Mar Kouyoumdjian 143 000
Lucas Bertrand 141 000
Patrick Aerts 134 000
Daniel Veloson 133 000
Carl Dobrzelewski 131 000
Kim Pauwels 132 000
Antoine Delahaye 132 000
Richard Lenoir 125 000
jerome Marques 125 000
Gregory Garcia 119 000
Tino de Zutter 105 000
Freddy Godel 100 000
Okan Bulut 83 000

Junction

The two groups are competing in Level 9 on blinds 1000 - 1500 (1500), and there are currently 326 players in the running on Day 1G, which will have attracted 506 entries!

With 1,422 entrants before the final Turbo session, the 1,500 mark should be cleared by the end of the evening...


Havana Mystery Bounty at a glance (€250,000 Guaranteed)
Day 1A: 243 entrants - 63 qualifiers
Day 1B: 123 entrants - 41 qualifiers
Day 1C: 130 entrants - 36 qualifiers
Day 1D: 163 entrants - 45 qualifiers
Day 1E : 212 entrants - 59 qualifiers
Day 1F Turbo: 45 entrants - 16 qualifiers
Day 1G: 506 entrants - Ongoing
1HTurbo: from 10 p.m., registration until midnight 20
Total (provisional): 916 entrants after Day 1G (prizepool 402.000€) - 260 qualifiers after Day 1D

505 entrants on Day 1G, more than €400,000 in the prize pool

The penultimate day's starting field has been corrected with 18 minutes left to play in blinds 1,000 - 1,500 (1,500)

Havana Mystery Bounty at a glance (€250,000 Guaranteed)
Day 1A: 243 entrants - 63 qualifiers
Day 1B : 123 entrants - 41 qualifiers
Day 1C: 130 entrants - 36 qualifiers
Day 1D: 163 entrants - 45 qualifiers
Day 1E: 212 entrants - 59 qualifiers
Day 1F Turbo: 45 entrants - 16 qualifiers
Day 1G: 505 entrants - Ongoing
1HTurbo: from 10 p.m., registration until midnight 20

Total (provisional): 1,421 entrants after Day 1G (prizepool 402.000€) - 260 qualifiers after Day 1F

The whole package

Finalist in the BPC 2023 €500 Freezout and Ladies winner in the process, Alexandra Quach is present in Namur on Day 1G. While the average is 87,000 chips over 1,000 - 1,500 (1,500), the French player is up to 145,000 after taking the scalp of Arno Vos. 

The latter check-raises all-in in a multiway where Alexandra has bet the As 8 7 flop with two diamonds. From the small blind, Arno returns Ace 5 and faces 5 and 9 diamonds from the Frenchwoman.

The 6 of hearts on the turn gives a straight to Quach, who also hits the flush with the 8 of diamonds on the river. A perfect! 

There are 290 players left in the field for 505 entrants with 7 minutes to go before the 1000 - 2000 blinds (2000). 330 were still in the running at the start of this level... these 40 eliminated players can go to Turbo 1H for a last chance. 

The same €330 buy-in will be required, but there will only be 8 levels of 15 minutes and 4 levels of 20 minutes to get through to secure your ticket for Day 2 at 2pm on Saturday. 

Top 250

With 13 minutes to go before the final break of the evening, 250 players are still in the hunt for chips. The average is 50 blinds.

Jean Yip, Mohamed Ladal, Vincent Vinet, David Nolle, Dalil Masaud, Corentin Bordas, Serge Gonay and Kevin Tizianel have no choice but to move on to Turbo 1H, which started at 10pm, if they want to take part in Day 2, which kicks off on Saturday at 2pm.

At the start of Level 2, 45 players were in the running for this tournament, and at the start of Level 4 there are now 65. On this last chance, registrations and re-entries are allowed until around midnight 20... 

Last Straight

After a final 20-minute break, eprise on blinds 1000 - 2500 (2500) for the penultimate level of the day. There are still 238 players in the running on Day 1G, and the Servais brothers have raised their starting stack 6 times. Maxime and Xavier are in the lead... Xavier's ace-raised river against Stefan Skippers...

Chips

Domenico Zaffredo 306 000
Xavier Servais 300 000
Maxime Servais 281 000
Heidi Crooneborghs 266 000
Arno Coene 247 000
Erwin Philips 246 000
Aziz van der Lee 240 000
Samatar Gelle 235 000
Dennie Crodromp 225 000
Koen Volckaert 212 000
Hugues Stevens 205 000
Morgan Poisson 200 000
Chayan Kaushal 195 000
Tino de Zutter 190 000
Tony Bitto 180 000
Ayme Louis 179 000
Christopher Beauvois 178 000
Carl Dobrzelewski 176,000
Peter Heinz 165,000
Jeremy Gaisne 165,000
Franck De Busschere 159,000
Ali Nafoui 158,000
Alexandra Quach 153,000
Moh Ishak 145,000
Prash Knight 145,000
Mathias Derruan 141,000
Kim Pauwels 136,000
Julien Kadoun 135 000
Phitcha Gosselin 128 000
Farid Azarkan 120 000
Yves Sergeant 112 000
Patrick Prijot 104 000
Yvan Marsus 90 000
Stefan Skippers 55 000
Gilles Silbernagel 35 000
Greg van der Wecken 33 000

Top 200

7 minutes to go before the final blinds increase on Day 1G. The 206 players in the field are about to face off in blinds 1,500 - 3,000 (3,000).

Tawfik Samih is in remonstrance mode, having come back from the last break with 40,000 chips, and is now just over 200,000. He has doubled up on Alexandra Quach, who is now at 140,000.

Tino de Zutter, Cédric Morlot, Gilles Silbernagel, Noah Alem, Farid Azarkan, Daniel Veloson and Romain Becker have all jumped and now have no choice but to Turbo to try and qualify for Day 2, which starts at 2pm on Saturday... 

New Boss

33 minutes left to play on 1500 - 3000 (3000) before the wrap... Muriel Gomez Aragon has just taken a bad beating in a huge pot.

We rewind with a Fabius Lari opening in MP. The 2010 WaSOP winner sends 22,000 chips from the cutoff and Fabius calls.

Lari check-calls 37,000 chips on a 9-high flop with two spades. On a new spade baby card, Muriel shoves on the turn.

Lari check-calls to form a 365,000 pot with two tens. He's behind the Belgian's red jacks, which have a 3-in-4 chance of being huge. Gomez Aragon finally gets back behind on an Ace of spades river. Lari having a spade in her hand!

Muriel Gomez Aragon falls to 6 blinds as her tormentor flies high. 

Money Time

Rene van der Werff is at 360,000 and back on the right wagon with just a few ecnblures to go before the end of the day. Muriel Gomez Aragon jumped a few seconds ago, and now stands at 186 with 17 minutes to go on Day 1G.

Things weren't going so well for Alexis Anthony either, who saw his neighbor on the right limp for the thousandth time at the end of the hand, isolating at 11,000 with Ace King and snap when his Dutch pal went all-in. The latter turned over Jack 9 to hit trips and double up as Anthony fell back to 25 blinds.

Xaviers Servais moved all in when his opponent hit trips, heading for the Yellow Jersey and 440,000 chips. Unless someone comes from behind on the last deals! 

6 Last Hands

The clock hasn't yet been stopped, but the organizers will be announcing the last 6 hands in just a few seconds.

There are still 182 players in the running at the start of this final sprint.

We'll be back shortly with an update before the action resumes on Saturday at 2pm in blinds 2000 - 4000 (4000). 

Xavier Servais dominates Havana's biggest flight, 166 additional qualifiers

A full day for Xavier Servais, who connected the boards well and benefited from a few deliveries to finish with almost 10 times the starting stack and 483,000 chips. 

At the end of 12 levels and 6 hours of poker , the Belgian was also delighted to learn that his brother Maxime had cleared the hurdle with 294,000 chips, a nice stack also for the resumption on 2000 - 4000 (4000), on Saturday from 2pm for a Day 2 contested on 40-minute levels. 



505 entries were counted on this 7th starting day, enough to allow the €330 Havana Mystery Bounty tournament to pass the 1,500-entry mark... the prizepool to be shared by the Top 15% of the field will be around €427,000! 

166 players made it through the penultimate qualifying stage, including Yvan Marsus, Ali Nafoui, Patrick Prijot, Mohand Rechache, Fred Motte and Robin Onati. Arno Coene, Erwin Philipps, Alexandra Quach, Anthony Alexis, Carl Dobrelewski and Julien Lecamus also made it through... 

Partial Chipcount 1G
Xavier Servais 483,000
Rene van der Werff 411,000
Ayke Beeksma 344,000
Somsong 340,000
Erwin Philipps 335,000
Fabius Lari 329,000
Domenico Zaffero 327,000
TM Jaspers 305,000
Robin Onati $308,000
Mathias Derrueau 304,000
Maxime Servais 294,000
Fred Motte 278,000
Emile van Irsen 274,000
Arno Coene 266,000
Mohand Rechache 260,000
Carl Dobrelewski 245,000
Maurice Rusveld 229,000
Patrick Prijot 218,000
Serge Jonker 207,000
Anthony ALexis 202,000
Ayme Louis 199,000
Eric Bege 196,000
Richard Lenoir 188,000
patrick Link 173,000
yvan Marsus 152,000
Quentin thavisouk 144,000
Julien Lecamus 113,000
Alexandra Quach 113,000
Ali Nafoui 80,000
Prash Knight 56,000

466 players on Day 2, nearly €430,000 to share

The tournament is a stack choice so there are more qualifiers than players on Day 2.

The Mystery Bounty envelopes will only be put into play once the money has been entered. The last 223 players in the running will take a share of the €234,000 prizepool, while the bounties to be shared represent a further €191,500!

DAY 2 SEATDRAW

There will be two €25,000 envelopes up for grabs!

Havana Mystery Bounty at a glance (€250,000 Guaranteed)
Day 1A: 243 entrants - 63 qualifiers
Day 1B: 123 entrants - 41 qualifiers
Day 1C: 130 entrants - 36 qualifiers
Day 1D: 163 entrants - 45 qualifiers
Day 1E : 212 entrants - 59 qualifiers
Day 1F Turbo: 45 entrants - 16 qualifiers
Day 1G: 505 entrants - 166 qualifiers
1H Turbo: 111 entrants - 46 qualifiers

Total (provisional): 1,532 entrants after Day 1H (prizepool 427.000€) - 471 qualifiers

FULL CHIPCOUNT DAY 1G