Mohammed Boudazdit wins the French Open

With five Dutch players in the last six and three Dutch players on the podium, the French Open turned into an orange wave. 

After Antonius's elimination, and despite a 40 million to 17 advantage, Mohammed Boudazdit settled for victory and the trophy. The final duo split the remaining €3,910 and called it a day. Time to celebrate! 



The final stretched over 5 hours, with the last Frenchman in contention bowing out in 9th place in this field of 1,139 entrants, Gilles Frere being the first to be eliminated from the final. 

Like the last 9 survivors, Gilles also pocketed a €2,200 CPS ticket, so he'll have to come back in November for the most expensive Main Event in the history of the Circus Casino Resort in Namur. 

Jonas Viaene put in another solid performance to save Belgium's honor, finishing in 5th place and turning his €330 buy-in into a 5-figure payout. The final 6 players in the tournament took home at least €10,000, proving that a deep-run in Namur is always lucrative! 



Day 3 was played out over 50-minute levels, with 37 players still in contention for the original €50,000 first prize. The last four players in contention came to an agreement at the ICM before playing out the end evenly, right down to the head's up. 

Among the Final Day players who missed out on the final, Pierre Neuville (29th) made it five consecutive paid places in Namur. Anne Trebitsch (34th) had a Day 3 on the Main Event and a final on the High Roller. 

Many Namur regulars took part in Day 3, and congratulations to Yves Seghers, Noah Alem, Vincent Verdikt and Fabrice Somers and Sébastien Guidez, who once again put in fine performances in the Walloon resort. 

See you on October 1 for the Oktoberfest festival, where the Tripik should be flowing like water, and the prize pools to be shared by the winners look huge! 

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