238,000€ and glory for Jean-Vincent Lehut 

Five hours and 20 minutes of poker were enough for Jean-Vincent Lehut to win the €1,100 PokerStars Open Naur 2025. The event had attracted 1,572 entrants, and it took the Frenchman 5 days of competition to settle his last 8 opponents on Sunday at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur. 

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"Incredible" is a word that Jean-Vincent Lehut will be repeating several times after his €238,000 coronation at the PSO Namur 2025. "In truth, it's not my biggest poker win," says the champion, a high-limit cash-game specialist who warmed up to drive "three hours a day for five days" to triumph in Wallonia. "I wanted to touch the cards," he says a few minutes later.

A former croupier at the Aviation Club de France and father of a 4-year-old son, Jen-Vincent went straight through the tournament. He wasn't afraid to make the right call at the bubble to position himself, and then took advantage of his depth to unroll. "Incredibly, I played perfect in this final round, but it was fluid," he explained, before adding that he hadn't "played the landings, the ICM... everything for the win, the plan was to play without pressure". 

And the pressure was on JVL. "Straight on," he sums up, before adding another layer. "I'm happy, too happy, it's going to make me go faster even if it doesn't change my life" says the man who dominated a field of 1,572 entrants to take the biggest share of a massive €1,493,400 prizepool, the biggest in Belgian poker history. . 

"I played very well but it was ultra fluid, it was smooth," continued the champion. "I'm happy to bring the trophy back to my son. To each his own, I think cash players have more skill, but then to be honest the leveier effect, the ICM I haven't mastered and having taken risks served me well," he adds more volubly.

The state of mind, played free, a perfect cocktail when you're holding the cards. "I was very serene. (Cibicek) was very aggressive, but I was serene (at the start of the head's up)", adds the winner, who has the advantage of "having played months longer" than the first prize during his playing career. 

"I don't know what to tell you (when asked if tournaments are simple). It's possible (that the fact of not making a mountain has given me an advantage), the fact that it doesn't affect me (financially) I wasn't wondering about a possible payjump," he confirms before talking about the future.

"Every day I wondered what the hell I was doing here, it's a long time, really. I'm so happy, but don't get me started on a Main in Vegas. I didn't think about it, I left my wife and son for a few days, I don't know where, but we're going on vacation", concludes the champion. Have a good break and see you soon in Namur!