The skimming has begun

The €400 Oktoberfest Mystery Bounty comes to an end this Thursday at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur. A total of 43 players returned to the tables at 3pm...

9 players skipped in the first 50 minutes of play, including Morgan Poisson, Andreas Gondrom, Robertus De Wildt and WSOP winner Romain le Dantec.

17 players will enter the money, with the Mystery bonuses coming into play at this point. The Max bounty is €4,000, there's also a €3,000 bounty, a €2,200 CPS ticket, another €1,100...

The players will share out nearly €37,000, including a €19,000 prizepool or thereabouts...

Second Wave

One hour and 20 minutes of play since the resumption, they are now only 25 for 17 paid places after the disappearance of Fabien Richard. 

Xavier Servais, Inigo Paulus, Fabrice Eneault, Gilles Magny and Olivier Carosella jumped. Qualified on Day 1D of the Main Oktoberfest, Charly Mouline had jumped into the Mystery Bounty in-extremis to finish with almost twice the starting stack... he was eliminated after just over an hour's play on Thursday.

La Bulle Approche

21 players have reached the first break. They will return to the 4000 - 8000 blinds (8000) with an average of 217,000 chips. 

Chipleader at the start, Nicolas Destercq is still in the money with just over half a million chips. Pierre Neuville holds the lead with over 660,000 chips... Jesper van T Hoff seems to complete the podium, leading a small chasing pack with 300,000 chips... 



Behind them, we're getting our butts in gear... or not. Kader Slila seems to have put himself out of danger by finding a big double-up with the Dames against the Dix at Fred Borgmans, who will take over with 43,000, at the back of the pack. 



In the wake of this double-up, Kader opened then called a 3-bet shove with no equity in the small blind from Mohamed Boudazdit, winner of the last French Open. Boudazdit turned over 9 and Ten mismatched, finishing with a full house against Kader's pair of 7s to give himself some breathing space before the bubble. 

In agony, Eric Boge was encouraged by his neighbor on the left. Steeve "Florida" Daulon was giving him some "you've got to believe, anything is possible", while not being at his best either. Last of the class, Boge fell in 22nd position after going all-in with 8's... he was paid by Ace 4 and Ace Queen, heading for the rail. 

Prizes

18 240€ of prizes are to be shared, there are 20 envelopes since there are 3 envelopes Extra Draw where you pocket cash (1 100€ or 240€) or a ticket CPS to 550€ and you withdraw a second envelope in the tread!

7 envelopes to 250€ are not listed in the table below.

8 Minutes, 4 Outputs, 1 Bubble

Five minutes after the restart, Quentin Destoky was destacked, and there were only 20 of them left. Within three minutes, the €310 min-cash had been reached. 

Last in the class, Fred Borgmans sent to the cutoff for 5 blinds with King 2 suit. With 12 blinds on the button, Kader Slila reshoved over the top with Ace 2... and Yoan Argence found Ace Queen in the big blind to pay and make a strike. Heading for half a million chips for Argence.



Meanwhile, on Steeve Florida's table, Julien Bruckels fell to Jonathan Dartevelle, a former resident of The House of Bluff.

The first envelope draws will take place at the next break, at around 7.30pm...



Payout Mystery Bounty
Winner - €4,514
Runner Up - €3,025
3e - 2 160€
4e - 1 665€
5e - 1 280€
6e - 985€
7e - 810€
8e - 680€
9e - 580€
10th and 11th - €500
12th and 13th - €420
14th and 15th -€360
16th and 17th - €310

Bulle TF

There are only 10 of them left for 9 places in the final... the pace is fast in this tournament, played over 30-minute levels. 

The contenders now face off over 6,000 - 12,000 (12,000) with an average of 455,000 chips. 

With 30 blinds, Youtubeur Julien aka JBZZ (pictured below) is in a good position, even if he's still behind Pierre Neuville and Mohamed Boudazdit, the latter of whom has moved on since entering the money... 

Bonus

Oktoberfest or what? The Mystery Bounty champion (as well as the High-Roller champion and the last 8 Main Event survivors) will win a Magnum of Tripick 10, a special vintage from the event's partner brewery. 

What's more, each Mystery Bounty envelope contains a ticket to play the electronic machines at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur. This added €2,000 to the envelope prizepool. More value in Namur! 

Gaetan Cacciaguerra misses out on TF 

Gaetan Cacciaguerra bowed out of the Mystery Bounty final, in 10th place for €500. 

The game has been paused with 3 minutes left in the current level. Then the blinds will increase to 8,000 - 16,000 (16,000) with an average of 507,000 chips. 

The stacks are pretty well spread out, with Yoann Argence last in the class... then the shorts have 20-25 blinds.

Payout Mystery Bounty
Winner - €4,514
Runner Up - €3,025
3e - 2 160€
4e - 1 665€
5e - 1 280€
6e - 985€
7e - 810€
8e - 680€
9e - 580€
10th - Gaetan Cacciaguerra €500
11th - Charles Eichner €500
12th - Jonathan Dartevelle €420
13th - Steeve Daulon €420
14th - Pim Overbeeke €360
15th -Yves Senterre €360
16th - Valentin Delannoy €310
17th - Terence Profit €310

Premier Draw, the 4K premium soars!

Thomas Denie was delighted to draw the first envelope... he went straight for the Max bonus at €4000 in front of his stunned opponents. There's still a €3000 bonus to be won, but that's suspense! 

Next up was Jasper van T Hoof, who took the Extra 550€, a ticket to the year-end Circus Poker Series which gave him a second chance... during which he picked up 250€ in cash. 

Julien aka JBEZZ took an eggplant, the maximum amount that came out next... The players took a dinner break until 9pm, with €10,000 of Mystery still to go.

Including the €3,000 bonus, the CPS Main Event Extra Ticket €2,200, the CPS Extra Ticket €1,100 and the €1,000 cash bonus... plenty to thrill the players in this €400 Mystery Bounty final, which attracted 114 players. 

Dinner break

Play is paused until 9pm, when it will resume with 7 players averaging 651,000 chips in the 10,000 - 20,000 blinds (20,000). 

Yoann Argence quickly gave up during the final, 3-bet shove 11 blinds from the small blind after Jasper's open bet paid by Pierre Neuville on the button. Jasper paid with Ace-Queen to beat the opponent's pair of 7s after a King 3 Jack 8 Ten board. 

Ten minutes later, Jasper was more or less chipleader minus two blinds. Jasper van T Hoof engaged in a preflop raise battle with Thomas Denie, who ended up all-in with the 9s. 

Jasper snap with the Aces, heading for the rail after a smashing river 9!



Chipcount at lunchtime (in order of seating)
Nicolas Destercq 395,000
Mohamed Boudazdit 975,000
Pierre Neuville 1,080,000
Patrick Zallum 260,000
Julien Dupre 410,000
Tom van Der Eecken 130,000
Thomas Denie 1,305,000

Mystery Bounty ranking
Winner - €4,514
Runner Up - €3,025
3e - 2 160€
4e - 1 665€
5e - 1 280€
6e - 985€
7e - 810€
8th - Jasper van T Hoof €680
9th - Yoan Argence €580
10th - Gaetan Cacciaguerra €500
11th - Charles Eichner €500
12th - Jonathan Dartevelle €420
13th - Steeve Daulon €420
14th - Pim Overbeeke €360
15th -Yves Senterre €360
16th - Valentin Delannoy €310
17th - Terence Profit €310

Dupré was not far away

Just after the restart, Tom van Der Eecken in 7th place for €810. Julien Dupré was the next to go down. 

The Youtubeur limped in the small blind and sent 3-barrels all-in on Ace King 6 2 7 with Ace Jack. Thomas Denie had checked his option with 6 and 2 mismatched in the big blind, calling river to eliminate the Frenchman and move to 1.6 million chips, well into the tournament lead. 

Mystery Bounty Ranking
Winner - 4 514€
Runner Up - 3 025€
3rd - 2 160€
4th - 1 665€
5th - 1 280€
6th - Julien Dupré 985€
7th - Tom van Der Eecken 810€
8th - Jasper van T Hoof 680€
9th - Yoan Argence 580€
10th - Gaetan Cacciaguerra 500€
11th - Charles Eichner 500€
12th - Jonathan Dartevelle 420€
13th - Steeve Daulon 420€
14th - Pim Overbeeke 360€
15th -Yves Senterre 360€
16th - Valentin Delannoy 310€
17th - Terence Profit 310€

They won't climb on the Caisse

It took 18 minutes to go from 7 to 3 players... the Mystery Bounty final was played at a tremendous pace, much to the delight of Patrick Zallum, who pampered his shortstack to scrape up the tiers. 

Pierre Neuville fell victim to Mohamed Boudazdit's aggressiveness. In the blinds battle, Mohamed opened and Pierre went all in with Ace-King from the big blind. 

The Dutchman, winner of the French Open a month ago, snapped with the Ten to eliminate the WSOP Main Event finalist at the end of a headless table. 

Another paid seat for Pierre, who cashed in for €1,280, enough to make the haters bite their tongues off... Nicolas Destercq, the chipleader going into the Final Day, also gave up the ghost.

There are no Belgians left in the tournament...

Mystery Bounty ranking
Winner - €4,514
Runner Up - €3,025
3e - 2 160€
4th - Nicolas Destercq (below) €1,665
5th - Pierre Neuville €1,280
6th - Julien Dupré €985
7th - Tom van Der Eecken €810
8th - Jasper van T Hoof €680
9th - Yoan Argence €580
10th - Gaetan Cacciaguerra €500
11th - Charles Eichner €500
12th - Jonathan Dartevelle €420
13th - Steeve Daulon €420
14th - Pim Overbeeke €360
15th -Yves Senterre €360
16th - Valentin Delannoy €310
17th - Terence Profit €310

Mohammed Boudaznit wins again in Namur


The Mystery Bounty final was wrapped up in two hours. The last three players played for a few minutes before reaching a financial agreement. Mohammed Boudaznit then settled his two opponents in a flash. 

The trio pooled their bounties and played for the €2,200 CPS ticket remaining in the prize pool. Mohammed Boudaznit then eliminated Thomas Denie and Patrick Zallum. 



It all went down the middle on the turn against Denie. Thomas had Top Pair and was facing a flush draw and a pair of 5s at the winner of the French Open.

A 5 river gave Mohamed a monstrous stack for the head's up. Thomas had drawn the bounty Max at 4000€, he finally pocketed a total of 8 895€ following this ICM deal..

After two hands, the final duo struck a new deal, Mohammed giving up the equivalent of €600 worth of vouchers to the electronic machines in exchange for the trophy and the €2,200 CPS ticket. Insolently successful, Mohammed had also drawn the €3,000 bonus just before the 3-way deal!



Winner of the Tripick Magnum, Boudaznit finally pockets €9,316 in cash and a €2,200 CPS ticket.... which he already has, having won one last month with his success on the French. 



No bonus until an hour from the end, Patrick Zallum (above) made it all the way to the final duel, pocketing a total of €4,228 in cash. and a ton of €100 vouchers for use on Circus Casino Resort machines. 



Mystery Bounty ranking
Winner - Mohammed Boudaznit - €9,316 + CPS ticket €2,200*.
Runner Up - Thomas Denie - €8,895* (in French)
3rd - Patrick Zallum - €4,228* (£4,228)
4th - Nicolas Destercq (below) €1,665
5th - Pierre Neuville €1,280
6th - Julien Dupré €985
7th - Tom van Der Eecken €810
8th - Jasper van T Hoof €680
9th - Yoan Argence €580

10th - Gaetan Cacciaguerra €500
11th - Charles Eichner €500
12th - Jonathan Dartevelle €420
13th - Steeve Daulon €420
14th - Pim Overbeeke €360
15th -Yves Senterre €360
16th - Valentin Delannoy €310
17th - Terence Profit €310

*ICM deal, the last 3 deal the prizepool at the ICM, three cash tickets and 3 €100 vouchers. The amount indicates the total cash won with bonuses.

Thomas Denie drew the €4000 Max bonus before the final, Mohammed Denie took the €3000 bonus just before the deal.