Last Chance

46 registrants with 5 minutes to go on Day 1H Turbo, the last of eight qualifying sessions for the Holiday Main Event... this flight should help boost attendance and the prizepool!

Players have 50,000 chips and 15 15-minute levels to prove their worth... Registration closes before the first deal of level 10, at around 11:35 p.m. 

250€ Main Holiday 250.000€ GTD	1A	1B	1C	1D	1E	1F	1G (in progress)	1H (in progress)
Inputs	256	91	149	162	238	53 (945)	531	46
Qualified	42	13	21	25	44	13 (158)	282	46

324,245€ in the kitty

Registration for the seventh of eight starting days of the €250 Holiday Main Event is now closed. 535 entries have been received at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur!

Level 11 of Day 1G has just begun, with 222 players competing in blinds 1500 - 3000 (3000). The final break will take place at the end of level 12, followed by 3 levels and the last 90 minutes of poker... 

On Day 1H, entries are permitted until 11.35pm. This should further boost participation and the prize pool, which currently stands at €324,245!

On this last-chance flight, 111 players are still in the running for 125 entries on level 4. The blinds are 300 - 600 (6000) andTony Bitto, David Ethuin, Aurélie Dassi, Erwin Vu Duc, Walter van Camberg, Samir Bou Dahdir, Aldabert Buhl, Djamal Boutaleb, Andre Caizzi, Somsong Intharanop and Morgan Poisson are already trying to secure their place on Day 2 at 2pm on Saturday... 

250€ Main Holiday 250.000€ GTD	1A	1B	1C	1D	1E	1F	1G	1H (in progress)
Inputs	256	91	149	162	238	53	535 (1480)	125
Qualified	42	13	21	25	44	13 (158)	222 (in progress)	111

Break

Resumption is set for 11:35pm on blinds 1000 - 2500 (2500), with the 100 chips gone. Registration is now closed for the eighth and final flight of the Holiday Festival Main Event.

A few more minutes and the final figures will be available, but it looks like 203 entries for Day 1H. This brings the total number of entries to 1,687 for a prize pool of €341,449?


With six 15-minute levels still to be contested, nothing is done yet, but some of the 122 survivors have already got a head start... On to Day 2, starting Saturday September 7 at 2 p.m.? 

Chipcount
Mitchell Thomassen 232,000
Giuliano Beerensteyn 210,000
Negming Wang 162,000
Gregory Biermans 160,000
Cedrik Domingos 150,000
Gianni Lodi 141,000
Lorenzo Furia 137,000 
Jozsef Szabo 125,000

1,697 entries for the Holiday Main Event 

Level 11 begins on Day 1H Turbo, with the game now running on 1500 - 3000 (3000) with an average of 86,000 chips. 117 players remain in the running, while 213 entries have been counted on this flight of 15 quarter-hour levels - the last chance to reach Day 2. 

The figures aren't official yet, but it looks like the players in the money will share €343,473 in prizepool prize money, starting Saturday at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur. 

250€ Main Holiday 250.000€ GTD	1A	1B	1C	1D	1E	1F	1G	1H	343.473€ prizepool
Inputs	256	91	149	162	238	53	535	203	1697
Qualified	42	13	21	25	44	13 (158)	141 (in progress)	117 (in progress)

Day 2 is just around the corner

There are 8 minutes left to play on 3000 - 6000 (6000), the penultimate level of the final qualifying flight of the Holiday Main Event. The 62 survivors (out of 213 entrants) will then play a 15-minute level before packing up their chips and heading for Day 2 at 2pm on Saturday.

There, play will resume on 5,000 - 10,000 (10,000), close to the money and on 40-minute levels. Celine Diot, Walter Van Camberg, Steven Hugues, Ingo Paulus, Andreas van Deyck, Ruben Steenhuis and Patrick Prijot won't be taking part, as they jumped out in the final minutes of Day 1H Turbo... 

102 qualifiers close to the money

What a day! The seventh of eight starting days for the €250 Holiday Main Event brought together 535 entrants to swell the tournament field to 1,697 entrants and the prizepool to €341,776. The Circus Casino Resort in Namur is always busy.

Namur usually pays 15% of the field and 255 players should more or less enter the money to share this huge prizepool. With the 155 qualifiers from the first 6 sessions, the 102 qualifiers from Day 1G and a Day 1H at the end with around 60 players... that's less than 300 players... the ITM won't be far away when the action resumes on Saturday in blinds 5000 - 10 000 (10 000). 

Among the 102 survivors of this huge starting day, it was Knut Berntsen (photo) who proved the most efficient. The Norwegian bagged up 704,000 chips, a fortune as the game is set to be punctuated by the approach of the bubble right from the start on Saturday.

Morten Faas, Gilles Frère, Fred Davidts, Danny Ehrenberger, Danny Ummels, Parkas Somer, Clauss Spieckrmann, Bertrand Lucas, Andres de Bruin, Marcel Diel, Paul Verhuel, Richard Teulings and Daniel Tordjman also booked their tickets for the rest of the competition...

 

Chipcount Day 1G (complete as soon as possible in the document below)below)
Knut Berntsen 704,000
Danny Ummels 690,000
Danny Ehrenberger 586,000
Bertrand Lucas 537,000
Mickael Tamble 502,000
Manuel Alt 499,000
Andres de Bruin 498,000
Daniel Tordjman 491,000
Saul Finn 446,000
Arnaud Danes 405,000
Amber de Visser 403,000
Marcel Diel 390 000
Djamel Rezai 355 000
Julien Evora 350 000
Paul Verhuel 312 000
Dieter Lorna 312 000
Richard Teulings 307 000
Nicolas Steils 292 000
Fred Davidts 280 000
Morten Faas 268 000
Parkas Somer 257 000
Ludovid Mougenot 221 000
Giovanni Ventura 160 000
Clauss Spieckermann 117 000

45 final flight qualifiers, 302 Day 2 qualifiers

After 15 levels of 15 minutes each, 45 players packed in chips for Saturday's 2 p.m. Day 2. This brings the provisional attendance for Day 2 to 302 players, a figure which could fall as some players have brought in chips after several flights and will only be able to keep the largest stack when the 5000- 10,000 (10,000) resumes. 

Cristinel Grecinc (pictured) did the best work on Day 1H Turbo, finally bagging up 634,000 chips for a superb stack at the restart. Cristinel is freerolling in this tournament, having participated in Day 1E and taken his share of the badbeat jackpot by witnessing a heads-up heads-up battle. 

Omar Lakhdari, Gilles Masaud, Somsong Intharanop, Leandro Gaone, Dominique Potenza, Gregory Biermans and Heidi Croonenbergh have also cleared the hurdle and will be taking part this weekend. A prizepool of over €343,000 will be up for grabs, and should be shared between the last 255 survivors. 

250€ Main Holiday 250.000€ GTD	1A	1B	1C	1D	1E	1F	1G	1H	343.473€ prizepool
Inputs	256	91	149	162	238	53	535	203	1697
Qualified	42	13	21	25	44	13	102	45 (302)	Stackchoice

Partial chipcount Day 1H (full chipcount and redraw in the documentbelow as soon as possible & Day 2)
Cristinel Grecinc 634 000
Dominique Potenza 615 000
Rachid Hakimi 574 000
Leandro Gaone 417 000
Mitchell Thomassen 415 000
Gregory Biermans 409 000
Negming Wang 368 000
Omar Lakhdari 296 000
Gianni Lodi 265 000
Somsong Intharanop 127 000
Heidi Croone 113 000
Gilles Masaud 102 000