A civilian sports teacher, Ronny Bouwmans finished second in the previous edition of the Namur Classics, €39,803 for €350 from a field of 1,270 entrants. The Belgian tried his luck again with one idea in mind: to do better.

"The job's done," he confided after triumphing over a field of 1,372 entrants in the 2025 edition. This time, he walked away with €56,000 and a CPS 2025 Main Event ticket, like the last 4 winners of this event, which rewarded 199 players. 

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Ronny Bouwmans, Alirez Kal and Jos Ten Have shared the lion's share of the €396,000 prizepool. The final 7 players in the field took a 5-figure payout as 32 players returned to the Final Day, a JUR 3 event played over 50-minute levels. 

It was after 70 minutes that Ronny Bouwmans concluded the last duel, a duel that started almost level but where he had to let the storm pass for a good 20 minutes.

"Last year I finished runner-up, I just had to win... money was secondary during the last duel," Ronny explained. "I don't play too much because I'm building my house... the whole tournament I was more or less average, it built up slowly but when I eliminated Rens Buijs I told myself I could do better than last year," commented the champion. "I had the feeling that he was the most dangerous, after that the door was open and I took my chance", continued the champion, supported by a friend and his companion.

Alireza returned to greet the winner with fair play. "He was successful, it was tough so I got more and more aggressive. It ended well," concluded Ronny before posing with his trophy.

See you on Monday at 6pm for the regular tournaments at Circus Casino Resort in Namur... next festival with the PokerStars Open at the end of May. Online satellites allow you to compete in the "Belgian Championship" for less! 




Classics 2025 final winnings (€198,390 remaining in the prizepool)
Champion - Ronny Bowmans (Bel) €56,000 + CPS Main Event ticket €2,200
Runner Up - Alireza Kal (Bel) €39,000 + CPS Main Event ticket €2,200
3rd - Jos Ten Have €27,500 + CPS Main Event ticket €2,200
4th - Harrie Snijders (NL) €22,000 + CPS Main Event ticket €2,200
5th - Rens Buijs (Bel) €17,000 
6th - Fabio d'Annolfo (Bel) €13,100 
7th - Dieter Verlinden (Bel) €10,085 
8th - Maurice Runsveld (NL) €7,750
9th - Sofien Djaballah (Fr) €5,955