Axel Santoni wins Oktoberfest (€30,718)


After two victories in France in recent weeks, Axel Santoni won in Belgium at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur in the €330 PKO Okteberfest Main Event.

The Frenchman won after a head's game dominated from the second to the last hand. Monaco regained the lead by doubling up on the first hand with Aces, then conceded the vast majority of moves, right up to the final hand. Down to 10 blinds, he 3-bet shove with 7 and 5 suit to lose on Santoni's call with King Queen.

The Main Event brought together 1,467 entrants, and there were still 37 left at the start of Sunday's Final Day. Audrey Petitjean was the last player in the running and last in the provisional ranking at the start of the day. Daniel Pirlot, Mike Niegho, Charly Mouline and Greg van der Wecken then followed in the rail. 

The semifinals were quickly reached, in less than three hours. The final, without Rico Chevalot or Steeve Daulon, began in the late afternoon and lasted 4 hours. Victim of fate and a cracked premium, Yannick Ansenne (5th) will settle for a 5-figure buy-in of €330.

Still on the right track, Axel Santoni set the tempo and won after a 4-way deal in which he still had to pick up a €3,000 leftover. 

The top three finishers won a €2,200 CPS Main Event ticket, while the last 8 survivors of this huge new field in Namur also went home with a magnum of Tripick 10, the partner of this Oktoberfest Progressif KO that kept the poker room buzzing all week. 

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Payout Day 3 Oktoberfest 2023 (€250,727 prizepool - KO Bounty €146,700)
Winner - Axel Santoni €30,718+ CPS Main Event €2,200* ticket
Runner-Up - Dove Monaco €27,966 + CPS Main Event ticket €2,200*.
3rd - Erwin Vu Duc €23,541 + CPS Main Event €2,200* ticket
4th - Taner Ayhan €25,097*
5th - Yannick Ansenne €10,420
6th - Gerardus van Capelleeven €7,895
7th - Antonio Almeida €6,115
8th - Artan Harizaj €4,390
9th - Ruben Steenhuis €3,495

4 ICM deal, players keep their bounty and the top three get a €2,200 CPS ticket for the festival's Main Event

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