Mystery Bounty kicks off

The first of three starting days for the €1,100 Event #6 Mystery Bounty at the Namur Classics kicked off at 4pm with a confidential turnout. There are currently 11 players in the running, while the second level has just begun. Play takes place over 500 - 1000 (1000)

Players compete over 10 45-minute levels with a starting stack of 100,000 chips... the Mystery component will be implemented from the money entry, at 15% of the field, on Day 2, starting Monday April 2 at 2pm.

Registration is open until the first deal of Day 2 (with 20 blinds on the first level, editor's note), so the €100,000 guarantee should be reached...

Day 1B kicks off on Sunday at 3 p.m., followed by Day 1C "Turbo" on Sunday from 8 p.m., with 30-minute levels... 

Bryan is in the Lead

Superb start for Bryan de Riddere, who hastened Salvatore Alessi's exit from the track. There are now 16 players in the field for 17 entrants, with Level 2 still underway... and Bryan is ahead of the game. He's up to 242,000 chips for an average of 106,000!

"I open 2500 chips and an Asian player calls on the button, Alessi defends in the big blind before donk 6000 on an 8 7 2 flop with no flush draw," Bryan begins before pointing out that nobody folds. "The turn 6 opens a spade flushdraw, Salvatore bets another 6,000, I pay and the third player raises to 22,000 chips. Call from Alessi, I raise to 46,000 to make the asiat' fold and Alessi hesitates before paying," continues de Riddere who discovers a magnificent river heart 2.

After a check from Alessi, Bryan goes all-in with 9 and ten of hearts for a straight. Salvatore pays with the jacks to find himself crippled? De Riddere was then moved to another table for a big hit and run!

Arnaud Peyroles arrived in the field... 

They're coming

The opening day is gradually filling up, with 27 players now in the running for 30 entries on Day 1A of the €1,100 Mystery Bounty Namur Classics Event #6.

Level 4 has just begun, and play is now 1000 - 1500 (1500) with an average of 111,000 chips. Registration is open until the start of Day 2, Monday April 2 at 2pm. Before that, two opening days remain on Sunday's schedule.

Participants on the opening days will play 12 levels of 45 minutes each, except on Day 1c, which will feature half-hour levels...

After his ITM in the Warm-Up, Pierre Neuville has joined this tournament featuring JeroenLeuver, Patrick Prijot, Farukh Tach and Wim Verhaegen...

Dinner break

21 players remain of the 41 currently registered for Event #6 Mystery Bounty at €1,100 entry to the Namur Classics. It's time for the dinner break after 6 levels of 45 minutes each, with 4 remaining when play resumes at 9:35pm.

Play will resume on 1000 - 2500 (2500) with an average of 195,000 chips, Bryan de Riddere has continued to widen the gap, he has 568,000 chips...

Chipcount
Bryan de Riddere 568,000
Ken Claessens 336,000
Maxence Melin 290,000
Wim Verhaegen 273,000
Pierre Neuville $250,000
Sami Agel 250,000
Salvatore Alessi 225,000
Arnaud Peyroles 209,000
David Kahan $200,000
Farukh Tach 110,000

La Dernière Heure

There are 15 minutes left to play on the penultimate level of Day 1a of the €1,100 Mystery Bounty, with 18 players competing over 1,500 - 3,000 (3,000) with an average of 247,000 chips.

The tournament, which guarantees a €100,000 prizepool, has so far attracted 47 entrants, with two starting days remaining, on Sunday from 3pm and 8pm.

Bryan de Riddere is still ahead, while Alaatitn Sulan has used a re-entry but remains in the freeroll. In the 1 p.m. Satelitte, where the chips had to be raised from 10,000 to 50,000, he took two €1,100 tickets out of the three generated by the players! 

Chipcount
Bryan de Riddere 420,000
Wim Verhaegen 350,000
Pierre Neuville 310,000
Alaatitn Sulan 280,000
Maxence Melin 270,000
Jeroen Leuver 230,000
David Kahan 210,000
Miguel Coussement 205,000
Arnaud Peyroles 200,000
Walter van Camberg 150,000
Farukh Tach 110,000
Salvatore Alessi 70,000

15 qualifiers and Ken Claessens beats Bryan de Riddere in-extremis

Despite a shaky start, the first of three opening days of the €1,100 Mystery Bounty Event #6 eventually attracted 47 entrants. Well on schedule to smash the event's €100,000 guarantee. 

Bryan de Riddere got off to a flying start and was in the lead until two hands from the end... only to be overtaken by Ken Claessens, who had floundered at the turn of an explosive 3-way at the start of the day, a move which enabled de Riddere to take the stack from Salvatore Alessi.

In the end, 15 players made it through the 7 hours 30 minutes of poker. After the final 4 hands, Arnaud Peyroles (below), David Kahan, Max Melin, Pierre Neuville and Farukh Tach all booked their tickets for Day 2...

See you on Sunday for the final two days of this tournament, played over 45-minute levels in its entirety...

Registration is open until the first hand of Day 2, Monday April 1 at 2pm. The Mystery Bounty format will be implemented at the money's entrance, approximately at 15% of the remaining field... 

Chipcount Complete Day 1a

Ken Claessens 531 000
Bryan de Riddere 474 000
Pierre Neuville 450 000
Wim Verhaegen 326 000
Axel Bevers 320 000
Farukh Tach 314 000
Miguel Coussement 314 000
David Kahan 301 000
Jeroen Leuver 300 000
Sami Agel 294 000

Arnaud Peyroles 249 000
Walter van Camberg 231 000
Miguel Coussement 221 000
Maxence Melin 192 000
Jeff Kirsch 185 000