158 entries on Big Tuesday, €21,804 to share

The €170 Big Tuesday Oktobefest Event #5 (25,000 chips - 20 minutes) sold out on Tuesday at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur. The tournament's 158 entrants generated a prizepool of €21,804, which will be shared between the final 23 players.

The champion will walk away with €4,981, but the €245 min-cash must already be secured for the 54 players still in contention in Level 12. Play is proceeding on blinds 1500 - 3000 (3000) with an average of 73,000 chips... Noah Alem and many other regulars are still in the running.

Samuel Bovy, Louis Lourthie, Claudio Guadagnino, Angelo Aliberto, Salvatore Allatta, Milan Vasic, Jeff Hemmer, Morgan Poisson and Gaetano Morecci are also still in the running...

See you as soon as possible for the full results of this ranking event... 

Event #5 Big Tuesday Oktobefest €170 (158 entries - €21,804 prizepool)

Champion - 4 981€
Runner Up - 3 105€
3rd - 2 220€
4th - 1 705€
5th - 1 315€
6th - 1 010€
7th - 820€
8th - 685
9th - 570€
10th and 11th - 495€
12th and 13th - 430€
14th and 15th - 375€
16th and 17th - 325€
18th to 20th - 285€
21st to 23rd - 245€

7-way deal and Orhan Serbes' success at the end of the night

Big Tuesday at the Oktoberfest festival recorded 158 entries and it took until 4 a.m. to find a winner! The last 7 players in contention dealt at the ICM at 3.30am with an average of 8 blinds... there was still €2,100 to be shared, and the final trio finally agreed on a new split at the ICM just a few minutes before closing time. 

Leading at the time of the last deal, Orhan Serbes took €1,010 and the trophy on the last deal for a final win of €2,976. Sylvere Paillot finished runner-up after taking €1,850 on the first split and another €705 behind. Second in stack at the time of the 7-player deal, Romain Becker completed the podium for a total of €2,400.

Chipleader at the time of the first deal, Noah Alem finally fell at the foot of the podium for €2,200. Last in the class at the time of the 7-player deal, Louison Dury guaranteed himself €1,640 at the ICM before dropping to 5th place... a few minutes before the gong.

Dany Philippe had bubbled into 24th place at 1.40am, all the others then took a share of a prizepool of almost €22,000...

Event #5 Big Tuesday Oktobefest €170 (158 entries - €21,804 prizepool)

Champion - Ohran Serbes 2 976€*
Runner Up - Sylvere Paillot 2 550€*
3rd - Romain Becker 2 400€*
4th - Noah Alem 2200€*
5th - Louison Dury 1 650€*
6th - Laurent El Hasnaoui1 700€*
7th - Yacine Elmernissi 1 690€*
8th - NC 685€
9th - Antonio Cabanas 570€

10th - Gaetano Moreci 495€
11th - Salvatore Allatta 495€* Salvatore Allatta 495€
12th - Tyme Bleyaert
13th - Stef NC 430€
14th - Julien Gramlich 375€
15th - Freddy Savat 375€
16th Sajjad Miah 325€
17th - NC 325€
18th - Morgan Poisson 285€
19th - Mark Heirman 285€
20th - Oualid Rizki 285€
21st - Baptiste Evrard 245€
22nd - Mathieu Regent 245€
23rd - NC 245€

*7-way ICM deal, then the remaining €2,100 at ICM is shared between the last three players