Spirit Fest: Pierre-Constantin Fesler turns €250 into €27,070
Consecration for Pierre-Constantin Fesler. Chipleader going into Day 3, the Belgian led the way to the final with a stack. After weathering the Petrascu storm and earning himself a handsome ticket in a 4-way deal at the ICM for €116,000, he went on to claim the trophy and the remaining €4,000!
"I found my sunrun again at the end of Day 2," confided the Spirit Fest champion after his expeditious success following a final 100% Belgian duel. "The odds were against us at the start of the final", recounted this regular of the Namur jousts since 2019.
A passionate player, PCF scored his best live success ever, his first 5-figure win... he'll have the opportunity to express his poker in a few weeks' time on the CPS Main Event, as the last 5 players in the running have booked a ticket for the most expensive Main Event of the year in Namur.
"I've been coming to Namur often for the last two-three years, but I've already won here in 2019," explained the champion, who will be able to enjoy himself after triumphing in front of his wife and pals. "It's a pleasure to win in a field of over 1,000 players, and the prize money that goes with it is also a pleasure", added the man who will take home €27,070 in cash.
"Sunrun at the end of Day 2... it was too much, it was pure... I even won by going all-in behind... there was so much emotion that I cried in the car on the way back to Brussels," continued the champion. "I was relaxed in the final, I knew I'd already made a good shot... I waited for my spot and I feel like I played perfect", concluded the winner, heading for the photo session with the family.
Spirit Fest Final Table (1.444 entries - 290.828€ prizepool - 215 ITMs)
Champion - Pierre-Constantin Fesler 27 070€ + ticket CPS Main Event 2200€*
Runner Up - Patrick Aerts (Bel) 26 636€ + ticket CPS Main Event 2200€*
3rd - Wilhelmus Galesloot (NL) 24 430€ + ticket CPS Main Event 2200€*
4th - Bogdan Petrascu (R0) 30 280€ + ticket CPS Main Event 2200€*
5th - Johann Berger (Fr) 12 000€ + ticket CPS Main Event 2200€
6th - Donato Sparavilla (It) 9 255€
7th - Patrick de Waegenaere (NL) 7 100€
8th - Ludovic Ruperto (Fr) 5 500€
9th - Stephan Schreitl (NL) 4 200€
4 left ICm deal with 4000€ left to win
At the start of Day 3 at 2 p.m. on Sunday, there were still 31 contenders. It took 3 hours 30 of poker to reach the final... with two Belgians failing to reach the TF, Raffele di Benedetto and Benjamin Vandekerckoven (10th and 11th).
Gianluca Bucchino (28th), Jay Bo Hoebe (25th), Jean Yip (23rd), Tino de Zutter (21st), Andreas Gondrom (20th), Samy Barka (15th) and Mischa Wieten (12th) enjoyed a nice deep-run, but their Final Day came to an end before the final and an official first prize of €44,000.
The final was a fast-paced affair, with 4 eliminations in the 150 minutes before the dinner break, Ludovic Ruperto finally bowing out in 8th place for €5,500.
By the time the dinner-break came around, Bogdan Petrascu was in possession of 31 of the 72 millions in circulation, and it was Johan Berger who was the first to give up the ghost. The last Frenchman on ice jumped 45 minutes after the dinner-break... leaving the final quartet to agree on a deal at the ICM.
Behind him, Pierre-Constantin Fesler's aggressiveness hit the bull's-eye, and so did the cards. It was enough to win a tournament which enabled 5 players to turn €250 into a 5-figure prize, this quintet also winning their place in the €2,200 CPS...
See you on November 26 for what promises to be an epicfestival, with a €550 Cup to kick things off!
They jumped on Day 3
10th - Raffaele d Benedetto (Bel) 3 230€
11th - Benjamin Vandekerckoven (Bel) 3 230€
12th - Mischa Wieten (NL) 2 700€
13th - Kevin Gorens (Bel) 2 700€
14th - Stephan Lehner (All) €2,250
15th - Samy Barka (Fr) €2,250
16th - Stéphane Boura (Fr) €1,870
17th - Nicolaas Baars (Bel) €1,870
18th - Eleftherios Korexinidis (Bel) €1,580
19th - Abdalah Bouabid (Bel) €1,580
20th - Andreas Gondrom (All) €1,580
21st - Tino de Zutter (Bel) €1,375
22nd - Vincent Touil (Fr) €1,375
23rd - Jean Yip (Bel) €1,375
24th - Kevin van Balen (NL) €1,200
25th - Jay Hoebe (NL) €1,200
26th - Jan Bobbaers (Bel) €1,200
27th - Sebastian Scharf (All) €1,040
28th - Gianluca Bucchino (Bel) €1,040
29th - Marcel Diel (All) €1,040
30th - Jean-Marc Mihoc (Bel) €1,040
31st - Frederic Torres (Fr) €1,040
