Nicky triumphed in 12 minutes after drawing the €25,000 bounty and concluding a 4-left deal. Ken Claessens, present in the deal and long-time boss of the Final Table, drew the second €25,000 bounty of this €350 Mystery Bounty, which attracted 1,578 entrants to the Circus Caisno Resort in Namur. 

After the 4-way deal at the ICM, Nicky Steenland concluded in 12 minutes of madness. The Dutchman first took on Ken Claessens, the latter attempting an air bluff on 2 6 7 7 Dix. Nicky had trips and paid to take the chipcount lead.

On the next hand, Mitch Vulperhorst went all-in for 12 blinds and Nicky decided to play his luck to the hilt, paying with Ten and 8 of hearts. A Ten on the flop launched him to victory, the Dutchman starting with a huge head's up advantage.

The rising blinds dropped Sylvère Paillot to 22 blinds by the third hand of the duel. The Frenchman, who had already reached the Big Tuesday final earlier in the week, eventually limped-reshove As Roi.

Nicky called As 8 suit from the big blind to win the tournament on a 9 Jack 7 Ten 4 board. The rush of a lifetime for Nicky, who also won one of the two €25,000 bonuses up for grabs. 

Chipleader for a long time in the final, Ken Claessens climbed into the 4-way deal and took the other €25,000 bonus, just before the final kicked off when almost 200 envelopes had already been drawn!

An online player, Sylvere signed his first result in Namur, unlike Mitch Vulperhorst who had already slipped into a final arrangement on another well-attended festival at Namur's Circus Casino Resort.

The final was spread over 4 hours of play, with a lot of ICM pressure at the start of the last table. Claessens took advantage of this to show a fine poker , but in the end it was the Dutchman who triumphed. 

Pierre Neuville back again at Final Day

The game had restarted on Sunday with 39 survivors from a field of 1,578 entrants, the vast majority of a global prizepool of almost €458,000 still remaining. The final table took 5 hours to complete, with the field losing to Harrie Snijders (37th), WSOP Main Event finalist Pierre Neuville (31st), Final Day chipleader Daniel Dodet (26th), Roger Edain (23rd), Gaetano Moreci (19th), Mischa Wieten (13th) and Morten Faas (12th)...

The first elimination in the final took almost 90 minutes. Almost chipleader going into the final table, Frenchman Billel Mansouri was the first to give up. He was followed by two fellow Frenchmen.

After 3 Blue exits, two Belgians joined the rail... Guillaum Otto finished 5th for a 5-figure win... After many card tricks, the final quartet agreed at the ICM to share €97,000 and leave €10,700 for the winner. Nicky's rush continued in the minutes that followed, leaving Belgium as the winner.

See you at the end of the month for Spirit Fest, from October 29 to November 3!

 

Oktoberfest 2024 Main Event 350€ Mystery Bounty (1,578 entrants - 224 paid)
Champion - Nicky Steenland 36 600€* (NL) + ticket Main Event CPS 2200€
Runner Up - Sylvere Paillot (Fr) 25 300€* + ticket Main Event CPS 2200€
3rd - Mitch Vulperhorst (NL) 20 200€* + ticket Main Event CPS 2200€
4th - Ken Claessens (Bel) 22 600€*
5th - Guillaume Ott (Bel) 11 000€
6th - Nicolas Iacobucci (Bel - below) 8 500€
7th - Pascal Groshens (Fr) 6 500€
8th - Antoine Delporte (Fr) 5 000€
9th - Billel Mansouri (Fr) 3 900€