100 times his stake for Swiss Oktoberfest champion

October profit for Steve Cottet (€35,900)

Hopp Schwiiz! Not even three hours into the final, a one-handed head's up, victory for Steve Cottet The Oktoberfest Mystery Bounty 2025 was a clean sweep.

The Swiss beat a field of 1,316 entrants to pocket €35,900. in cash and two €2200 CPS Main Event tickets. The amateur finance manager, who loves the "adrenalin of the game", was nonetheless measured after winning his first trophy on the circuit. "It's more than a salary, it's a nice nest egg, and it's the culmination of a year in which I played a lot of deep-runs and didn't win a trophy. After that, I'd gladly take second place with an extra €10,000... but I wasn't unlucky in the bonus draw".



"I had the opportunity to play a tournament, so I wanted to play a big field, so Namur," confided the champion, admitting that he hadn't thought about winning until he'd arrived with the chiplead in the final. "At the end it was easy, no headaches; they left me, but a performance makes you happy", confided the man who outplayed the competition at the end. 



Runner-up, Guy Goossens had a big weekend, the veteran was in cash all night between Day 2 and the Final Day... the PLO session was lucrative and the best Belgian of the tournament added €23,250 in cash on this Oktoberfest at €350 per entry. Once chipleader in the final, the Dutchman Remco Stoeltjes finished third and collected €19,860 all-in. He is ahead of Christian Delacombazthe second Swiss in this final. Also an amateur, Christian took the provisional lead on Day 3, which began with 28 survivors, and where no one had definitively stunned the proceedings before the champion eliminated his last four competitors in half an hour.



There were 14 Belgians on Day 3, which saw the 9 finalists come together after 4 hours 40 minutes of intensive poker . "I admit that when I saw that those who had given me the most trouble during the day had jumped, I told myself [that I could win]... but not before, because I try not to think too much about what might happen," confessed the winner after his success at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur... probably thinking about the back-to-back exits of Xavier Servais (12e), Rens Buijs (11th) and Mohamed Taabouni (10e). These three players were the driving force behind the tournament and the final day of competition, positioning themselves in the breakaways at one point or another... 

Chipleader going into the final day after taking one of the two Max bonuses, Steven de Baraeckenier also lost out in the semi-finals for a total win of €22,340, almost as good as runner-up Goossens! The last Frenchman in the field, Sébastien Lalandehad given up just before in 15th place. 

Four Belgians reached the final with a 5-figure win for Jean-François Prud'homme (€10,200) and a nice deep-run for Yves Senterre who drew a €2,200 bonus CPS ticket. Half of the Belgian contingent jumped on the first 90 minutes of a day contested on 50-minute levels with a short game for Jan Verbraeken or Joshua Gil.

The 191 players in the money at this tournament shared over €380,000 with 164,500 in the bonus pool and €215,560 to be taken according to ranking. Always a big crowd in Namur!


The Oktoberfest 2025 final ( 1316 entrants - 380.060€ prizepoo)