Moenn takes the prize (€60,755)
The final four players in the €250 Main Track Winter Festival shared €177,000 before Hamoud Moenn took the remainder and the trophy, turning €250 into €60,755.
A discreet player - the Dutchman asked to avoid photos two days ago - Hamoud Moenn also has a great story. His buddy Pierre Gedi had bagged a big rug on Day 1A and asked him to join him on Friday night for the road. The duo arrived at Circus Casino Resoirt just minutes before the end of registration on the penultimate starting day, and Hamoud jumped into Day 1H in-extremis. The rest is history!
In all the right moves in this final, Hamud was "happy" with his victory, "the second best in my poker history". Amateur player Hamoud works in crypto-currencies and was "happy". "I wanted €70,000, but €60,000 is very good," he concluded after a final duel with his runner-up...
La Finale 250€ Main Track Winter (3050 entrants - 614 270€ prizepool)
Champion - Hamoun Moenn 60 755€ + 1 ticket Main Event CPS 2200€*
Runner Up - Sabri Philips 46.730€ + 1 ticket Main Event CPS 2200€*
3rd - Christophe Goeman (BEL) 35 998€ + 1 ticket Main Event CPS 2200€*
4th - Kader Slila (ALG) 33 515€ + 1 ticket Main Event CPS 2200€*
5th - Luca Delfino (IT) 20 000€ + 1 ticket Main Event CPS 2200€
6th - Jonathan Cao (FR) 15 500€ + 1 CPS 2200€ Main Event ticket
7th - Richard van Wingerden (NL) 12 000€ + 1 CPS 2200€ Main Event ticket
8th - Steven de Braeckenier 9 200€ (BEL) + 1 CPS 2200€ Main Event ticket
9th - Samuel Tebege (GER) 5 440€ + 1 CPS 2200€ Main Event ticket
* ICM Deal with €8,000 left over for the winner
The Final Day of the Main Track Winter Festival brought together the last 24 survivors from a field of 3,050 entrants. Selection was very rapid, with the semi-finals starting 90 minutes after the start of the day.
10 Belgians were present at the start of Day 3, which was contested over 50-minute levels, with six jumping to the last two tables in 80 minutes. In the end, it was Frenchman Thomas Narbonne who made the final table bubble three big hours after the shuffle up and deal. The Frenchman also missed out on the 9 €2200 CPS Main Event tickets for the finalists...
3 Dutchmen, 2 Belgians, a German, an Italian, a Frenchman and an Algerian in the final... with a quick exit for Samuel Tebege and then two hours with 8 players before an explosion. In the space of 50 minutes, four contestants took to the cashier to turn €250 into a 5-figure win.
The last four players then quickly agreed to smooth out the variance to €177,000 before Hamoud Moenn came out on top with a certain logic... The Dutchman triumphed after a ten-hour Final Day including a five-hour final and a final duel lasting a good half-hour.
Hamoun Moenn succeeds his compatriot Pel Nieuwenhuis, who triumphed without a deal against 3,423 opponents, turning €250 into €90,000. Always a good story in Namur.
Next event is the Carnival Festival, starting February 23!
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