12th WaSOP kicks off

The Wallonie Series Of Poker kicked off on Wednesday evening with a satellite for the two tournaments that will attract the biggest crowds at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur... now it's time for the real battle with the traditional €330 Super Side, an event featuring 30,000 starting chips and 50-minute levels.

This tournament offers 6 starting days with three days of poker for those who go all the way. The structure is designed to allow players to develop their best poker... the unlimited re-entries option also makes it possible to catch up in the event of a bad-beat. 

SuperSide coverage
Live report from Day 1A (Thursday, July 27)
Live report from Day 1B (Friday, July 28)
Live coverage of Day 1C & 1D (Saturday, July 29)
Live coverage of Day 1E & 1F (Sunday, July 30)
Live report from Day 2 (Monday July 31)
Live coverage of Final Day (Tuesday, August 1) 

Matthieu Sustrac and Victor Saumont will take turns from July 27 to August 6 to bring you a panorama of what's happening at the tables of Belgium's only resort. 

The €1,100 High-Roller (July 31 to August 3) and the Mystery Bounty (August 5 and 6) will be a common thread throughout the €550 WaSOP Main Event (50,000 chips - 50/60 minutes), which features 6 starting days. The main course of the event runs from Wednesday August 2 to Sunday August 6. 


The Battle cash-game session with YoH_Viral (blinds €100-200, min. buy-in €20,000)

45 players make it through a well-attended Day 1A, Ali Kaya takes the lead in the sprint

Nice turnout for the first of six opening days of the €330 SuperSide at the 12th WaSOP. Day 1A brought together 238 entrants, and 45 of them bagged chips. after 10 levels and just over 8 hours of poker . These qualifiers will return on Monday at 2pm for Day 2, which will again feature 50-minute levels and a start at blinds 1,500 - 3,000 (3,000). 

With 460,000 in chips, 15 times the starting stack and plenty of depth on the restart, Ali Kaya will have plenty of time to look forward to another huge prizepool tournament. 



Ali Kaya was ahead of Sandro Gangi and Aziz Kendel, with the duo neck-and-neck in the lead throughout Thursday's opening day. Sandro finished with 444,000 and Aziz with 426,000, in touch with the Day 1A chipleader. 

It was a good day for Stefaan Skippers, Yannick Ansenne, Bart Lybaert, Xavier Servais and Jorden Verbraeken, although only one player made the cut. Andriina van Workum also did well, returning with over 50 blinds... 

Full coverage of Day 1A

Partial Chipcount 1A
Ali Kaya 460,000
Sandro Gangi 444,000
Aziz Kendel 426,000
Stefaan Skippers 390,000
Renaud Hennes 290,000
Bart Lybaert 260,000
Xavier Servais 218,000
Yannick Ansenne 217,000
Tawfik Samih 201,000
Davy Huyst 183,000
Kevin Laurenco 172,000
Abel Layoun 164,000
Angelo Aliberto $160,000
Andriina van Workum 157,000
Jean Ruche 140,000
Jorden Verbraeken 131,000
Kristof Everaerts 115,000
Steven Kronzkalla 86,000
Kjelle Baillieu 85,500 
Nikolas Wicquart 58,000

43 players make it through Day 1B of the SuperSide WaSOP

Day 1B of the €330 SuperSide WaSOP attracted 230 entrants, bringing the tournament's provisional attendance to 468. A great score with 4 qualifying sessions left to play this weekend before Monday's Day 2!

With 43 players having completed the 10 50-minute levels on the opening days, 88 players have already earned their precious pass to the rest of the competition. On Friday, players such as Pierre Neuville and Antonino Mangano put up big stacks, while Raphael Canta, Bart van Heugten, Patrice Libert and Duc Nguyen also cleared the hurdle...

It was Dutchman Yuel Bereket who beat everyone to finish with just over 13 times the starting stack and 400,000 chips. He beat four Belgians including Amaury Guyot and Jhonn Lienard, chipleader for most of the day.

Full Day 1B coverage

Full Chipcount Day 1B
Yuel Bereket 400,000
Amaury Guyot 309,000
Antonino Mangano 306,000
Jhonn Lienard 292,000
Sevan Dallebroux 290,000
Ahmed Jirgees 262,000
Alex Muirers 254,000
Michael Verjans 242,500
Javier Rodriguez 230,500
Jerome Balthazar 227,500

Markus Giesen 218,000
Daniel Hoffmann 216,500
Javey Timmer 212,000
Pierre Neuville 210,000
Raphael Canta 208,000
Eric Goffin 203,000
Rainer Edme 196,000
Moise Alloun 179,500
Salvatore Alessi 159,000

Imad Abouabderrahmane 157 000
Bartjan Van Heugten 151 000
Patrice Libert 147 000
Duc Nguyen 146 500
Billy Tuaiva 131 500
Valentin Bury 129 000
Rick Engelen 128 000
Gabriel Iudicello 125 000
Dennis van der Meulen 124 500
Walter van Camberg 119 000
Joaqim Braz de Oliveira 118 000

Jonathan de Schepper113 000
Tobias Legler 98 000
Thierry Aqua 94 000
Jeffrey Shu 84 500
Matthieu Rubini 81 000
Vincent Selenne 77 000
Maxime Lardau 75 000
Jan Vos 73 000
Chris Bellet 41 000
Ardian Dautaj 39 000

Hans Nujenhuis 39 000
Daniel Dodet 29 000
Ralph Starmans 16 000

54 qualifiers on SuperSide Day 1C

Xavier Servais qualified on Day 1A with 218,000 chips, Maxime went one better with 394,000 chips and the chiplead on Day 1C of the €330 SuperSide. 

Full coverage of Day 1C



The third of six starting days for the WaSOP side event drew 237 entries to bring the provisional attendance to 705. With 54 players bagging chips for Monday's Day 2, 142 players have provisionally secured their berths for the remainder of an event whose guarantee is all but wiped out. 

Behind the Belgian, BP runner-up David Tal Ohana had a fine day despite a re-entry (233,000), while Ugur Cegen and Sule Talip also set up counters in ten 50-minute levels...

Chipcount complete Day 1C SuperSide WaSOP
Maxime Servais 394,000
Ugur Cegen 283,000
Julien Desjardins 256,000
H Soering 243,000
Tal David Ohana 233,000
Driss Azghoud 226,000
Julien Pincetaille 214,000
Wouter Spithuis 207,000
Aksel Aygun 204,000
Antoine Lecamus 204,000

Sule Talip 203,000
David Stephany 179,000
Theo Gerritsen 177,000
Robin Cornet 173,000
Mad Max 160,000
Patrick Chromi 158,000
Daniel Macias 143,000
Ludovic Bernard 142,000
Jean-Michel Texier 135,000

Jesus Castro 133,500
Cyril Jacquin 133,500
Sergej Schumacher 131,500
Antonio Cabanas 130,000
Kevin Boel 122,000
Serge Lenaerts 122,000
Mark Verhoeven 119,000
Cedric Schumacher 119,000
Boris Janas 117,000
Michael Holtmann 116,000

Tetiana Kovalchuk $115,000
Florian Collin 115,000
Dave Kroon 104,000
Celine Diot 99,000
Hendrik Remmerde 99,000
Marc Delimal 95,000
Mohamed Talla 94,000
Mykhola Komutov 93,000
Agim Altindag 88,000
Jacques Picard 84,500
Kevin Fluegel 83,000
Patrick Prijot 82,5000

Mathias van der Perre 82,500
Gianni Ferrone 82,000
Nasser Abdoun 77,000
Michal Gadzala 72,500
Fabio Percio 72,500
Baptiste Cospin 61,500
Nagib Raji 60,000
Marcellus de Wolfe 57,000
Martin Sougne 47,500
Farukh Tach 45,000
Paul van Oort 32,000
Steven Rothheut 26,000
Elliott Brown 18,500

17 players pass 1D Turbo, 159 qualify for Day 2 ahead of a big Sunday

The fourth of six starting sessions at the SuperSide WaSOP 2023 brought the tournament's provisional attendance to 754 entrants, enough to almost wipe out the €250,000 guarantee ahead of two final qualifying sessions that look set to be well attended, on Sunday at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur. 

The €330 side event saw 17 players complete Day 1D, the first Turbo session of the SuperSide. Run over 25-minute levels, Day 1D saw Fabien Perrot, Olivier Baeten, Gaetano Moreci and Ricardo Fadel all bag up chips for Monday's Day 2.

Elias Bahri finished first with 5 times the starting mat in just under 5 hours of poker...

Full coverage of Day 1D



Chipcount complete Day 1D
Elias Bahri 158,000
Ricardo Fadel 150,000
Andrei Turcanu 132,000
yan Bing 121,000
Cristinel Grecvic 115,000
Olivier Baeten 100,000
Samir Agel 83,000
Cornelis van de Marrie 83,000
Glenn Koster 82,000
Jean-Luc Fournier 81,5000
gaetano Moreci 81,000
Martin Florent 80,000
Sabrina Senden 58,000
Fabien Perrot 56,000
Fouad Elmouhmouh $50,000
Razballah 41,000

96 qualifiers on Day 1E, €366,000 to be shared on the SuperSide

Registration is closed on Day 1F Turbo, with 131 entrants, and with the 433 entries accumulated on the recently concluded Day 1E, attendance for the SuperSide WaSOP XII is officially at 1,318 entrants. Enough to generate a prizepool of €366,000!

At the end of the ten 50-minute levels of the penultimate of the six starting days, 96 players joined the 158 qualifiers from the first four sessions. 254 players have qualified for Day 2 on Monday July 31, starting at 2pm... Just over one level remains on the Turbo, with some sixty players still in the running...

Dutchman Jerred MeyerHoven topped Day 1E with 392,000 chips. He finished ahead of the man to his right, Belgium's Bart Maes, who finished with 328,000. 



It was also a good day for Damien Hupé, Manu Poznanski, Dany Covyn, Sébastien Hetzel, Ugo Faggioli, Farukh Tach, Miguel Coussement and David Gaillard, all of whom will be back in action on Monday to chase the big bucks. 

Partial Chipcount Day 1E
Jerred MeyerHoven 392,000
Bart Maes 328,000
Johan Breur 283,000
Rachid Oufaska 276,000
julien Lecamus 272,000
Manu Poznanski 239,000
Owsin Buysse 229,000
Rene Schnitzler 225,000
Danny de Graaf 217,000
Cristian Bogdan 191,000
David Gaillard 184,000
Noah Alem 183,000
Levi Mulders 172,000
Dany Covyn $170,000
Alexandre Fabruel 154,000
Sebastien Matrige 137,000
Farukh Tach 135,000
Damien Hupé 130,000
Ugo Faggioli 128,000
Charly Mouline 114,000
yves Minkhorst 112,000
Miguel Coussement 109,000
Ludovic Ruperto 100,000
Lee Min Sung 88,000
Luca Faggioli 85,000
Yvan Marsus 65,000
Sergio Benso 41,000

1,318 SuperSide entrants, €366,404 in the kitty

The figures are in on this SuperSide WaSOP XII at €330 per entry, with the six starting days clearing the €250,000 guarantee.

The 1,318 entries recorded have generated a prizepool of €366,404... There are 254 qualifiers for Day 2, with 28 minutes left to play on Turbo 1F. At the moment, 53 of the 131 entries for this final flight are still in the running...

43 more qualifiers on the final Flight, €60,000 to win

297 players bagged up chips for Day 2 of the €330 WaSOP XII SuperSide. With a total of 1,318 entrants, the final 191 players will not be going home empty-handed.

Min-cash at €505, and a €60,000 first prize accompanied by a €2,200 CPS ticket... there's more than €360,000 up for grabs in the prize pool on Monday July 31 from 2pm.

The last 6 players in the running will take a 5-figure payout, and Aurélie Dassi is still in the running. Runner-up in the previous edition after a 3-way deal for €96,000, the player bagged 120,000 chips on the Turbo 1F that closed the opening days.

Dutchman Maikel Rambaran bagged the most chips on Day 1F, with 325,500 in 10 25-minute levels. Quentin Crutel also passed the hurdle, as did Dorian Delecault and Greg van der Wecken, as well as Martin Schneiders... 

Partial Chipcount 1F
Maikel Rambaran 325 000
Nico Pohl 210 000
Quentin Crutel 174 000
Henryk Sylkens 165 000
Sergio Rovrig 143 000
Aruélie Dassi 120 000
Maradona Abaz 87 000
Dorian Delecault 50 000
Greg van der Wecken 41 000
Martin 'Felix' Scheniders 30 000

Seatdraw Day 2 SuperSide WaSOP XII

39 players on Final Day

In the end, 39 players bagged up chips and will re-enter the tournament on Tuesday from 2pm on blinds 20,000 - 40,000(40,000) for the conclusion of the tournament.


Day 3 participants secured €1,210, leaving the bulk of a €366,000 prizepool up for grabs on Final Day... the champion will pocket €60,000 and a €2,200 ticket to the CPS, a big jackpot for a €330 buy-in!

Full coverage of Day 2