Quietly at Namur

471 players bagged chips over the 8 qualifying days, but with stack choice, there will be 466 players on Day 2. Day 2 was scheduled for 2 p.m., but the clock has already been pushed back by 4 minutes due to overcrowding.

Players have to pick up their wristbands and unpack their bags, and it's getting busy!

THE DAY 2 SEATDRAW

There will be 223 paid players (min-cash 265€) for a prize pool of 234,000€... the winner will pocket 36,000€ for his success on this huge field.

The Mystery prize pool has climbed to €191,500... two envelopes will offer a €25,000 bonus! There will also be €10,000 and €5,000 envelopes... quite a payout for a €330 buy-in!


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 qualified
Day 1F Turbo: 45 entrants - 16 qualified
Day 1G: 505 entrants - 166 qualified
1HTurbo: 111 entrants - 46 qualified

Total: 1,532 entrants after Day 1H (prizepool 427.000) - 471 qualifiers - 466 players on Day 2

100 Blinds to start


With 40-minute Levels and an average of 41 blinds at the start of Day 2, there's plenty of depth in Namur.

11 players in the field resume with a block higher than 100 blinds... Play resumes at 2:08pm, shuffle up & deal!

Ngoc Nguyen 607,000
Paci Pietro 590,000
David Ramillon 505,000
Rico Roumen 497,000
Rosario Agosta 496,000
Xavier Servais 483,000
Tonino Schmitz 465,000
Johnny Nedved 441,000
François Louis Vlassis 438,000
Mustafa Ozcan 421,000
Rene van der Werff 410,000

36,000 to win, 223 places paid, €234,396 to share


The last 223 survivors in this field of 1,532 entrants will share €234,396... with the champion pocketing €36,000.

With 466 entrants heading into Day 2, the focus is on the €265 min-cash, followed by Mystery Bounty madness with €191,500 in prize money (including two €25,000 envelopes).


Havana Main Event
Champion: €36,000
Runner Up: €24,000
3rd: €18,500
4th: €13,125
5th: €10,160
6th: €7,710
7th: 5,930€
8th: 4,665€
9th: 3,711€
10th and 11th: 2,700€
12th and 13th: 2,250€
14th and 15th: 1,770€
16th and 17th: 1 460€
18 to 20e : 1 300€
21 to 23e : 1 085€
24 to 27e : 930€
28 to 31e : 810€
32 to 39e : 705€
40 to 55e : 610€
56 to 71e : 530€
72 to 95e : 460€
96 to 119e : 400€
120 to 143e : 350€
144 to 183e : 305€
184 to 223e : 265€

Hecatombe

Around fifty tables were open at the start of the day. We had to wait 5 minutes for the first player to leave...

Since then, a flock of players have been jumping up and down, heading for the high-roller satellite at 3 p.m. or for the sunshine on the terraces of the Circus Casino Resort in Namur.

Murcel Kizilkan was the first to give up, and has since been joined by Ismael Joly, Peggy Belingheri, Jonas Viaene, Koen de Cooman, Dorian Savaga, Corentin Bordas, Mark Aelmans, Aksel Aygun and David Verbrugge.

The table shows 443 players on track after 18 minutes of play! 

In La Charrette

The blinds have just gone up and the skimming continues. Only 405 players were left when the blinds went up and the field reached 2,000 - 5,000 (5,000), for an average of 189,000 chips.

Finito for Sebaastian , Marco Silva, croupier Dylan Barbet, Charly Mouline, Mihaita Georgita, Ali Nafaoui, Nico Lambrechts, Soufiane Gherbi, BPC finalist Ayhan Taner, Aziz Kendel, Fred Blehaut or Jerome Marques and Zeco Bibujica...

Paid seats approach

72 minutes of play and only 362 players left. Just over 100 players have jumped since the start of Day 2 of the Havana Mystery Bounty Main Event.

It's all over for Mohamed Taabouni, Adrien Arnould, Ludovic Ruperto, Dove Monaco, Prash Kngiht, Marceau Dethiere, Didier Bollen, Greg van der Weckene, former footballer Guillaume Gillet, Dominique Potenza, Alexandra Quach, Cristian Bogdan, Steven Varagone and Jonathan Derpion have left us before the switch to blinds 3000 - 6000 (6000).

A break will take place at the end of level 14, which comes to a close... 

Resuming

345 players return from the first break to battle it out on blinds 3000 - 6000 (6000). While Carlos Lopes and Yann Nasser didn't get off the ground and are starting again in the danger zone, Rami Awad increased his stack by a factor of 6 or so.

The Egyptian came in with 100,000 chips, won a big flip with dead money to get up to over 250,000 chips and then finished off Nico Lambrechts with Kings and a 3-bet on the button. Nico paid out of position to check-raise to King 9 2 with three of a kind before discovering the bad news when he called Rami's all-in 3-bet on the flop!

Rami Awad is now up to almost 600,000 chips at the restart, on the right track with dealer Carl Dobrzelewki, who now has over half a million chips - a block of almost 100 blinds...

Before the break Erwin Philips, Mihai Stinca, Mischa Wieten, Mathieu Alciato, Dimitri D'Ortona and Valentin Noe all gave up... 

Farandole de Bustos

150 players have jumped since the start.

20 minutes of play on 3,000 - 6,000 (6,000) and 100 minutes of poker effective today... there are now only 316 in the running for an average of 242,000 or 40 blinds.

Salvatore Allatta, Pascal Douma, Viorel Merisan, Boris Lesage, Abdel Chenoufi, Franck Marche, Giovanni Dupont, Arnaud Danes, Adnan Ekeroglu, Pascal Honai or Salvatore Alessi have jumped and will therefore not reach the 223 paid places... 

Selection

There are still 268 players in the running for the 223 paid seats. The blinds are still on 4,000 - 8,000 (8,000) for 20 minutes and the gaps are widening.

Samir Akhoullou has gone from 65,000 to 500,000 chips since the start of the day, while Alain Fleurent is not doing badly either, with just over 300,000. Danny Covin and Antonio Cabanas are also off to a good start.

Weisley Peinen and Yvan Marsus still have some chips and are holding out, as is Yann Nasser, while Carlos Lopes is out of the game.

The average is 35 blinds, while Loic Copus, Nicolas Mathis, Aurélie Dassi, Arno Coene, Patrick Aerts, Dennie Cordromp, Mohand Rechache, Robert Nys, Fabius Lari, Romain Becker and Jean Vieilletoile have also jumped... 

Freeze

All players are in the main room at Circus Casino Resort Namur, with the last two outdoor tables being moved. The game will be 8-Handed with 261 players in the running when this impromptu mini-break resumes.

There are 13 minutes left before the cutover to 5000 - 10000 (10000) for an average of 293,000 chips. Arno Vos, Yann Nasser, Ayme Louis, Johnny Nedved and Daniel Pirlot jumped in the final minutes before this slight break.

Bubble is Coming

There are 28 minutes left to play in the 5,000 - 10,000 (10,000) level, with 242 players in the running and 223 paid. With an average of 31 blinds, it's all over for Hervé Famie, Oliviere Marzella, Domenico Zaffiro, Alain Fleurent, Tawfik Samih, JS Denissa, Heni Mokni, Tony Bitto, David Debue, Foud El Mouhmouh and Ali Nafoui.

Here are just a few of the stacks we picked up in a final tour of the hall...

Chips
Philippe Bara 810,000
Danny Covyn 800,000
Ngoc Nguyen 790,000
Fedele Ricotta 750,000
Tonino Schmitz 720,000
Yves Seghers 700,000
Samir Akhoullou 640,000
Yves Sergeant 630,000
Rami Awad 605,000
Jean Gessis 600 000
Tnaguy Merrouche 590 000
Irina Miu 580 000
Farukh Tach 530 000
Thierry Aqua 520 000
Greg Dewinne 500 000
Daniel Veloson 500 000
Rico Roumen 500 000
Moise Alloun 470 000
Ruben Steenhuis 450 000
Pierre Neuville 430 000
Jean-Yves Lestrade 390 000
François Louis Vlassis 390 000
Patrick Prijot 370 000
Glenn Laureys 370 000
Nathalie Zeep 300 000
Anne Trebitsch 300 000
Julien Lecamus 300 000
Bjorn Frings 270 000
Moh Razab Sekh 250 000
Bryan de Riddere 240 000
Bartjan van Heugten 220 000
Vincent Gabel 220 000
Michael Marlier 210 000
Djamal Boutaleb 140 000
Marc Hannesse 130 000
Carina Voncken 120 000
nikolas Wicquart 110 000

Teophilus Jaspers in the lead before the bubble?

4 minutes to go before a break and 229 players in the running for 223 paid players. Teophilus Jaspers is up to 1.1 million after eliminating Alain Fleurent in a huge move.

Open from Jaspers, 3-bet to 125,000 chips with Kings from the Frenchman... all-in for half a million from the Dutchman who turned over the Aces after getting paid quickly. No hiccups on the board and there's a millionaire in the room.

The break lasts 30 minutes, resuming at 6.40pm with a Facebook Live.

Shortly after the bubble bursts, a stream with the revealed cards will be available.

Fred Madeleine, Luis Perez, Pierre Neuville, Morgan Poisson, Franck Cartigny and Redouan Bettioui disappeared in the final minutes, so there must be other players approaching the 7-figure stack in the room.

Ruben Steenhuis has also disappeared... even though he had half a million. He played a huge pot against Joseph Castronovo. Open from Ruben, 3-bet from Joseph to 62,000 chips and it's paid out of position. The Dutchman hits a set of 6's on King Queen 6 with a spade draw and he check-raises to 100,000 the continuation bet.

This is paid by Castronovo, who pays with Kings on Steenhuis's open shove on a brick on the turn. Three of a kind against three of a kind, Castronovo takes off with 950,000 chips at just the right moment. 

Simon Bouaska makes the bubble

As the Tournament Director announced the last 3 minutes before the break and asked dealers to signal all-ins & calls, one elimination followed another.

No hand by hand, Andreas Gondrom jumps to the other end of the room. Next up, I see Jean Gessis send in a 50,000-chip big blind bet on an A 7 Ten 9 board with two diamonds on the flop and a third diamond turn.

Bhaja Clark raises all-in for 150,000 and is snapped by Gessis, who had defended with two diamonds for the flush! Clarck goes into the rail with his king and jack one river later.

It's the bubble and Simon Bouaska sends 100,000 and goes all-in directly under the gun with Ace-King. Rosario Agosta wakes up with a premium, pays with his pair and stays ahead to free up the 223 players in the field.

With 40 seconds left, Djamal Boutaleb triples up to 343,000 chips and collects Mustafa Ozcan's mystery bonus.

In the end, 219 players went into the break, all guaranteed a €265 prize. 

Rewards to share (€191,500)

The Mystery Bounty is now in play, with every player in the tournament having a token on their head... draws will take place during the break. First draw at the start of the dinner break, in two levels, around 8 p.m.

Jackpot €25,000 - 2 envelopes
€10,000 - 3 envelopes
€5,000 - 5 envelopes
€2,500 - 6 envelopes
Tickets €2,200 - 5 envelopes
€1,000 - 15 envelopes
€500 - 24 envelopes
€500 extradraw - 3 envelopes
Baby Win €250 - 61 envelopes
Extra Draw €250 - 4 envelopes
Bottom win €150 - 102 envelopes
Extra draw €150 - 3 envelopes 

Pop-Corn

It's all over the place with 19 minutes left on blinds 6000 - 12000 (12000).

You'll have to do Top 183 to earn a little more than the €265 min-cash. There are still 194 in the running! 



In shorts, Bryan sent all in big blind with King 4 sweat after an open and two calls... he was paid by Queens and didn't chat, heading for the exit. 

Badbeat for Gregory Dewinne who is up to 440,000 chips and found a player with just under 400,000 to put it all in when he had the Aces. Mohamed Ishak had the papers with Kings... he hit a King to soar to 850,000 chips and crippled Greg who jumped in the nick of time. 

Philippe Bara also disappeared... taking 20 minutes to go from 90 blinds to zero under unknown circumstances. The poker tournament! 

They pocket €265

10 minutes to go before the blinds go up and the 8,000 - 16,000 limit is reached, with 183 players guaranteed a €305 prize.

184th - Nathalie Zeep
185th - Ditmar Winkelmolen
186th - Chris Aurélien
187th - Marcel Berger
188th - Serdar Yildrim
189th - Ali Ali
190th - Salvatore Sablone
191st - Vanessa Arndold
192nd - Franclim Da Silva
193rd - Robert Fietkau 
194th - Riad benamar
195th - Jean-Louis Delobelle
196th - Remi Bertrand
197th - David Gaillard
198th - Rosario Acosta 
199th Chris Dos Santos
200th - Rene van der Werff



201e - François Luis Vlassis
202nd - Fabri Cardenia 
203rd - Bryan de Riddere 
204th - Joerg Holtmann 
205th - Ben Alalouf
206th - Dolf Hendriks 
207th - Michael Malu 
208th - Sandro di Meo 
209th - Vincent Picard
210th - Luis Dias

211th - Gokhan Coskun
212th - Philippe Bara 
213th - Greg Dewinne
214th - Gaetan Schnepf 
215th - Noah Wozney 
216th - Sebastian Aust 
217th - Daniel Dodet 
218th - Billel Zanoun 
219th - Marco Barletta 
220th -Mustafa Ozcan 

221st - Mallory Frere
222nd - Adrian Miroiu 
223rd - Yero 

They collect €305

There are 25 minutes left to play before the dinner break and the first bounty draw. Play continues on 8000 - 16000 (16000) with 156 players in contention and an average of 484,000 chips. 

You have to reach the Top 143 to pocket €350...



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157th - Dieu Lam
158th - Milan Moutiaux
159th - Kalko 
160th - Serge Jonker



161st - Ugur Coskun
162nd - Ricky Hansen
163rd - Bruno Zaccheddu 
164th - Ohran Sen
165th - Jeff Kirsch 
166th - Chris Beauvois
167th - Bartjan van Heugten 
168th - Steven Buzzo 
169th - Philippe Lambert 
170th - Michel Narval 

171st - Heidi Croonenborghs
172nd - Yvan Marsus
173rd - Nicolaas Verjans
174th - Amer Dautbasic
175th - Burim Shabani 
176th - Bulut Okan 
177th - Pietro Paci
178th - Irina Miu
 179th - Martin Remacle 
180th - Emile Aussems 

181st - Farukh Tach 
182nd - Fabrice Lebreton 
183rd - Romain Cabrillon