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

Lami takes the lead

Day 1B of the €1,100 Namur Classics Mystery Bounty Event #6 is over. After 10 levels lasting 45 minutes, a German player by the pseudonym of Lami has taken the lead. He will be back with 711,000 chips on Monday at 2pm for the start of Day 2.

12 players made it through the second of the opening days, with 39 on the starting line for Day 1b. With registration open until the start of Day 2 and Day 1c still in progress, 27 players have qualified for the rest of the competition and 86 entries have been counted. Still not enough to cover the €100,000 event guarantee.

In addition to Lami, Quentin Destoky had a fine day with half a million for the restart on 2500 - 5000 (5000)... he will be joined by Claudio Guadagnino, Salvatore Alessi and Steven de Braeckenier on this Easter Monday...

Chipcount complete Day 1B (12 qualifiers - 39 entrants)
Lami 711,000
Quentin Destoky 567,000
Joaquim Braz de Oliveira 425,000
Gerhard Brimmers 362,000
Mario Fata 358,000
Claudio Guadagnino $312,000
Vincent Thys 311,000
Robert Kelka 299,000
Steven de Braeckenier 207,000
Salvatore Alessi 178,000
Kazuya Ogino 127,000
Polle Westbroeck 95,000

5 Qualifiers on 1C, Guarantee reached

With 15 entrants on the third and final starting day of the €1,100 Event #6 Mystery Bounty, the €100,000 guarantee has just been exceeded. The tournament has so far attracted 101 entrants, while registration is open until the start of Day 2 at 2pm on Monday, with 20 blinds for latecomers.

27 players had qualified in the first two sessions, with 5 players clearing the hurdle of the 10 45-minute levels on Day 1. Day 1c Turbo was played over 30-minute levels, with no Belgian making it through to Day 2... Three Germans, a Turk and a Frenchman qualified...

Chipcount complete 1C
Luca Ahlers (photo) 619,000
Marc Roth 441,000
Jens Hermens 252,000
Patrick Boernicke 124,000
Cedric Weinberg 64,000

6 Entrants to Climb to 107

32 players made it through the three starting days and 6 players finally registered between the conclusion of Day 1c and the start of Day 2 at 2pm this Easter Monday for Event #6 Mystery Bounty at €1,100 per entry. 

The last 15 players in the running will take a share of the €100,000 prize pool, as the Mystery format enters the money! 

Redraw Day 2 below

Action Hour

One hour of play on Day 2 of the €1,100 Mystery Bounty and only 29 players remain. The blinds are 3000 - 6000 (6000) and it's all over for Guillaume Genin, Joaquim Braz de Oliveira, Chap Bona, Alaatitn Sulan, Steven de Braeckenier, Patrick Boernicke, Claus Spieckermann, Adam Salamov and Arnaud Peyroles. 

13,480€ for the champion


The payout has been revealed with 15 places paid and a first prize of €13,480 on this Event #6 Mystery Bounty Namur Classics.


Event #6 Mystery Bounty Namur Classics €1,100 (107 entrants)
Champion - €13,480
Runner Up - €9,080
3rd - €6,470
4th - 5,010€
5th - 3,880€
6th - 2,950€
7th - 2,370€
8th - 1,900€
9th - 1,583€
10th and 11th - 1,320€
12th and 13th - 1,100€
14th and 15th - 915€

Checkpoint

25 players made it to the first break of Day 2, but Jeff Kirsch, Sami Agel and Goncalves Alberto didn't make it this far and are out for the restart on blinds 4000 - 8000 (8000). Let's go for a full update with the stacks of all the survivors...

It's Marc Roth who's in the lead after a big ace-king flip against the queens at Joaquim Braz, who's in the rail.

Chipcount
Marc Roth 1,400,000
Hael Al Labani 1,080,000
Quentin Destoky 980,000
Luca Ahlers 710,000
Pierre Neuville 705,000
Ken Claessens 570,000
Jeroen Leuver 470,000
Bryan de Riddere 450,000
Robert Kalka 440,000
Jean-Michel Average 428,000
David Kahan 420,000
Wim Verhaegen 415,000
Jens Hermes 390,000
Polle Westbroek 350,000
Walter van Camberg 310,000
Mario Fata 245,000
Maxence Melin 230,000
Kazuya Ogino 180,000
Miguel Coussement $160,000
Farukh Tach 150,000
Salvatore Alessi 110,000
Claudio Guadagnino 100,000
Cedric Weinberg 100,000
Axel Bevers 70,000

Two €10,000 bounties!


With 19 players left for 15 paid seats in the €1,100 Mystery Bounty, the envelopes will soon be arriving in the game! The game continues on blinds 5000 - 10 000 (10 000) and the pressure is on the shorts.

Here's the Mystery Bounty envelope countdown for €48,150 up for grabs in the draw!

Description	Amount	Envelopes
Jackpot	10.000€	2
Big Win	5.000€	2
2 500€	2.500€	3
Main CPS Ticket & Extra Draw Bonus	2.200€	1
Buy-in Back	1.000€	5
Eggplant	500€	3
500 & Extra Draw Bonus	500€	3
450 & Extra Draw Bonus	450€	1

Last Table

The game is on pause, with 9 of the 107 entrants to the €1,100 Mystery Bounty still alive... scheduled for streaming on Tuesday, the final will be played this evening without television, as the players have agreed to continue the game. 

Before a short dinner-break, the players will proceed to the first envelope draw...



The Claudio Guadagnino (above) who made the bubble... In shorts, Claudio sent King 9 of diamonds and ran into King Jack at Gerhard Brimmers. There was popcorn afterwards and the clock is on pause with 33 minutes to play on 10,000 - 20,000 (20,000)! The average is 1.2 million chips. 

Event #6 Mystery Bounty Namur Classics at €1,100 (107 entries)
Champion - €13,480
Runner Up - €9,080
3e - 6 470€
4e - 5 010€
5e - 3 880€
6e - 2 950€
7e - 2 370€
8e - 1 900€
9e - 1 583€

10th - David Kahan €1,320
11th - Maxence Melin €1,320
12th - Wim Verhaegen €1,100
13th - Robert Kalka €1,100
14th - Walter van Camberg €915
15th - Bryan de Riddere €915

Two €10,000 prizes in the safe for the Final

The final table of this €1,100 Mystery Bounty kicks off just after 9 p.m., with half an hour left to play on 10,000 - 20,000 (20,000) and an average of 1.2 million chips. Four Germans, 3 Belgians, a Dutchman and a Frenchman remain in the running... 

As for the envelopes, Vincent Thys took one of the two €5000 envelopes. Pierre Neuville and Quentin Destoky each took a 500€ envelope, while Luca Ahlers drew three times for a 2500€ envelope, a 1000€ envelope and a 500€ envelope... Two €10,000 bonuses remain in the safe. 




Final Table Event #6 Namur Classics (in seating order)
Pierre Neuville 1,100,000
Farukh Tach 705,000
Luca Ahlers $2,285,000
Vincent Thys 705,000
Hael Al Labani 1,200,000
Quentin Destoky $1,330,000
Cedric Weinberg 420,000
Gerhard Brimmers 970,000
Marc Roth 1,9750,000

Description	Amount	Envelopes
Jackpot	10.000€	2
Big Win	5.000€	1
2 500€	2.500€	2
Main CPS Ticket & Extra Draw Bonus	2.200€	1

Movement

Quentin Destoky came out on top of the Mystery Bounty, with only 8 of them left, all guaranteed to win €1,900. 

Quentin will have to draw an envelope at the next break, since he's the one in charge of Gerhard Brimmers (9th for €1,583) a few minutes ago. Quentin opened a pair of 9s and Brimmers paid the cutoff before the button put in a 3-bet that didn't scare anyone away. 

Three of them discover a flop 8 5 5 and Gerhard goes all-in for 40 blinds after Quentin's check. The button goes wide, and Quentin hesitates for a long moment before paying to discover King Jack in front. No horror turn or river and Quentin is up to 3.4 million chips! 

Destoky has a ton, as the game is played over 10,000 - 25,000 (25,000) with an average of 1.3 million. The one in danger now is Pierre Neuville. 

The WSOP Main Event finalist went all in with the button Jacks after a raise duel with Farukh Tach who was in the small blind. Tach turned over Ace-King at showdown to hit a river heads-up and climb to 1.3 million, right in the middle of the pack. Pierre Neuville has only 550,000 chips left at the end of this encounter... 

Farukh goes on the Attack

There are only 6 players left in this final round of the Mystery Bounty, with 40 minutes left to play on blinds 20,000 - 40,000 (40,000). The last three outs are Germans.

Short throughout the tournament, Farukh Tach passed second in the semi-finals and since doubling up on Pierre Neuville he's been setting the pace at the final table. Winner of the Namur Classics 2022 Main Event, Farukh Tach now has his sights set on a new trophy!

The survivors have secured a €2,950 payout, with two €10,000 envelopes left to draw from! Next draw at the break at the end of this level...

Final Table Event #6 Namur Classics (in seating order)
Pierre Neuville 500,000
Farukh Tach 4,550,000
Vincent Thys 1,300,000
Hael Al Lami 640,000
Quentin Destoky 3,230,000
Cedric Weinberg 620,000 

Event #6 Mystery Bounty Namur Classics at €1,100 (107 entrants)
Champion - €13,480
Runner Up - €9,080
3rd - €6,470
4th - €5,010
5th - €3,880
6th - €2,950
7th - Marc Roth €2,370
8th - Luca Ahlers €1,900
9th - Gerhard Brimmers €1,583

10th - David Kahan €1,320
11th - Maxence Melin €1,320
12th - Wim Verhaegen €1,100
13th - Robert Kalka €1,100
14th - Walter van Camberg €915
15th - Bryan de Riddere €915

3-way deal on the Mystery, victory for Quentin Destoky

After the two €10,000 envelopes had been drawn (one by Quentin Destoky, the other by Vincent Thys, editor's note), the final trio agreed on an ICM deal and the remaining envelopes. All in all, another victory for Belgium at this Easter festival. 



Lami took the remaining CPS Main Event ticket and just over €14,000 in cash at the ICM. He had captured a €1,000 bonus in the safe. Vincent Thys took €14,380 at the ICM, with €15,000 in Mystery bonuses! Tournament winner, Quentin Destoky takes home €12,000 from the ICM and €15,500 in bonuses. 

Farukh Tach was in the lead for a while in the final, the winner of the Namur Classics 2022 finally missed out on the podium after a very long 4-way. The final of this €1,100 tournament was a tough one, with the finalist of the 2015 WSOP Main Event Pierre Neuville lost out in 5th place, just behind France's Cédric Weinberg. Before that, three Germans had given up the ghost at the start of the TF. 

Entries were open until the start of Day 2, and 6 players joined the party to bring the tournament total to 107. 15 players shared the prize pool with the bubble going to Claudio Guadagnino.

Next, Bryan de Riddere, Walter van Camberg, Wim Verhaegen and Maxence Melin were quick to jump. David Kahan missed the final by one step... 

Event #6 Mystery Bounty Namur Classics at €1,100 (107 entrants)
Champion - Quentin Destoky €12,000* + €15,500 bonus
Runner Up - Vincent Thys €14,381* + €15,000 bonus
3rd - Lami €15,050* + €2,200 CPS Main Event ticket
4th - Farukh Tach €5,010
5th - Pierre Neuville €3,880
6th - Cédric Weinberg €2,950
7th - Marc Roth 2,370€
8th - Luca Ahlers 1,900€
9th - Gerhard Brimmers 1,583€

10th - David Kahan 1,320€
11th - Maxence Melin 1,320€
12th - Wim Verhaegen 1,100€
13th - Robert Kalka €1,100
14th - Walter van Camberg €915
15th - Bryan de Riddere €915
*ICM deal incorporating around €9,900 in Mystery bonuses