32 players make it through Day 1

The €330 PLO Championship BPC was a sell-out with 113 players generating a handsome €31,670 prizepool.

The tournament is played over 40-minute levels, and the first day saw the field whittled down to 32 survivors, with Philippe Bara taking the biggest stack of the survivors, in good position to sneak into the 17 paid places.

Min-cash is €500 on this tournament, which will reward its winner with €8,100...

17 places paid, €8,100 for the champion

The 113 players in the PLO Championship BPC 2024 generated a prize pool of €31,670, which will be shared between the last 17 survivors.

There were 32 players in the running when the action resumed at 2 p.m. on Monday, but only 18 when the 2000 - 4000 (4000) series resumed at 4.25 p.m.

The bubble is being played out right now, without Cristian Bogdan (19th), Brian Rausens, Daniel Tordjman, Sebastiaan Kruiswijk, Fabian Bartschuck, Rens Buijs, Farid Azarkan, Thibaud Zeien and Min Sung Lee...

Pot Limit Omaha Championship Event #9 BPC 2024 (113 entrants - €31,670 prizepool)
Winner - €8,100
Runner Up - €5,075
3e - 3 630€
4e - 2 790€ 
5e - 2 150€
6e - 1 650€
7e - 1 305€
8e - 1 090€
9e - 910€
10th and 11th - €755
12th and 13th - €660
14th and 15th - €570
16th and 17th - €500

Bye Bye Van Den Broke

Dutchman Mathjis van den Broek goes out at the worst possible time, losing on the bubble of the €330 PLO Championship. Mathjis opens the action with a 10,000-chip raise paid once... and Kader Slila completes in the big blind.

The dealer unlocks a King-Queen-5 flop with a spade draw and the opener sends in 17,000 chips, a one-time paid bet before the floor goes back to Kader. Slila check-raises to 100,000 chips, van den Broek calls Pot for his stack of just over 250,000 chips and Kader pays with the max game and King King 5 4... The Dutchman returns Queen Queen 9 6 for a lower three of a kind without the flush draw!

The dealer unloads an 8 and a 2... and the 17 players still in the running secure a €500 payout. Kader Slila is up to 615,000 chips, with an average of 200,000 chips or 50 blinds! 

Final table

The final table of the PLO Championship kicked off with 8 players guaranteed a €1,090 payout and another €25,790 to share in the prizepool. It was now 7pm and the blinds were on 4000 - 8000 (8000).

An hour later, some of the competitors had given up their dream of success on this side event. Only 6 of them made it to the dinner break, resuming at 9pm on 6,000 - 12,000 (12,000)...

The Final (in seating order)
Jean Yip 750,000
Emmanouilis Chalkiotis 875,000
Kader Slila 1,100,000
Etienne Bargibant 382,000
Robertus Blaauwgeers 272,000
Levi Vangoidsenhoven (pictured) 292,000

Pot Limit Omaha Championship Event #9 BPC 2024 (113 entrants - €31,670 prizepool)
Winner - €8,100
Runner Up - €5,075
3rd - €3,630
4th - €2,790
5th - €2,150
6th - €1,650
7th - Patrick van den Dries €1,305
8th - Tino Hoogland €1,090

9th - Philippe Bara €910 Philippe Bara 910€
10th - NC 755€
11th - Ken Beckers 755€
12th - Yannick Loddo 660€
13th - Mihai Stinca 660€
14th - Dominique Potenza 570€
15th - Kevin Demunter 570€
16th - Andries Janknegt 500€
17th - Vincent de Neve 500€

3-way plan

Only three players remain in the €330 PLO Championship, all guaranteed a €3,630 payout. The trio's stacks are pretty much the same, with Kader Slila, Emmanouilis Chalkiotis and Etienne Bargibant holding firm.

Levi Vangoidsenhoven finished 4th after a huge encounter in which he had As 3 5 suite preflop. Emmanouilis turned over King King Queen 5 and the dealer flopped a King, an Ace on the Turn but the Jack river made the Cypriot straight! 

Pot Limit Omaha Championship Event #9 BPC 2024 (113 entrants - €31,670 prizepool)
Winner - €8,100
Runner Up - €5,075
3rd - €3,630
4th - Levi Vangoidsenhoven €2,790
5th - Robertus Blaauwgeers €2,150 (photo)
6th - Jean Yip €1,650
7th - Patrick van den Dries €1,305
8th - Tino Hoogland €1,090

Kader Slila wins the PLO (€8,100)

Third career win and third success in Namur for this Circus Casino Resort regular. Kader Slila won the €330 Pot Limit Omaha Championship which attracted 113 entrants, the Algerian cashing for €8,100 to break the $200,000 barrier in live earnings...

Third in the 2019 BPC Main Event, Kader continues his winning ways with a freeroll at the BPC festival. He'll now be able to tackle the Main Event...

Pot Limit Omaha Championship Event #9 BPC 2024 (113 entrants - €31,670 prizepool)
Winner - Kader Slila €8,100
Runner Up - Emmanouilis Chalkiotis €5,075
3rd - Etienne Bargibant €3,630
4th - Levi Vangoidsenhoven €2,790
5th - Robertus Blaauwgeers €2,150
6th - Jean Yip €1,650
7th - Patrick van den Dries 1 305€
8th - Tino Hoogland 1 090€

9th - Philippe Bara 910€
10th - NC 755€
11th - Ken Beckers 755€
12th - Yannick Loddo 660€
13th - Mihai Stinca 660€ Mihai Stinca €660
14th - Dominique Potenza €570
15th - Kevin Demunter €570
16th - Andries Janknegt €500
17th - Vincent de Neve €500