Dinner-break on the Freezout, late registrations open until 8:50 pm

35 players are currently in dinner-break on the WaSOP €250 Freezout Event #5 (25,000 chips, 20 min.), isnregistrations and re-entries will close at 8:50 pm, on the first hand of level 11.

Play will resume in blinds 1,000 - 2,500 (2,500) with 10 blinds for latecomers, while others have moved up from the stack as the average is 67,000 chips or 27 blinds.

The 94 entrants have so far generated a prizepool of €19,670, so let's go for €20,000!

Jensen Bernard, Adrien Darcheville, Quentin Destoky, Yvan Marsus, Shana Oyen, Fabien Perrot and Cédric Weinberg will be there when the action resumes... Cédric will try to make it two paid places on the day (9th on the PLO, editor's note).

€20,000 prizepool, €5,279 Freezout prize

The 95 entries in the €250 No Limit Freezout Event #5 generated a €19,879 prizepool, and the last 13 players in the field won't be going home empty-handed.

22 players remain in the ring at the halfway stage of level 14. Play continues on 2000 - 5000 (5000) with an average of 22 blinds.

Yvan Marsus, Jensen Bernard, Shana Oyen and others are still on track for the €395 min-cash and the €5,279 first prize!


WaSOP No Limit Freezout Event #5 (95 entrants - €19,879 prizepool)
Winner €5,279
Runner Up €3,405
3rd €2,430
4th €1,870
5th €1,495
6th €1,195
7th €960
8th €765
9th €615
10th and 11th €490
12th and 13th €395

In The Money

The last 13 survivors of the €250 Freezout are on break after a bubble of 9 deals hand for hand. It was the elimination of Yvan Marsus by Shana Oyen in 15th place that triggered hand 4 hand on two tables.

Valentin Vuaillat doubled up with Ace Valet against Ace 5 at Stefaan Skippers on the 6th hand, while on the next hand Tycho Damen's 9-blind open-shove on the button failed to find a taker.

No call either for Nicholas Ehl's 5-blind cutoff push on deal 8... and it was on the next hand that the matter was settled.

Jerome Neukermans found himself all-in with Jack Ten of Diamonds, in a blinds battle against Niels Moerenhout's 7s. Despite an Ace 4 8 flop with two diamonds and a King on the turn, the 9 will cause Jerome to be eliminated in 14th position.

Neukermans could have split the €395 min-cash as Remi Raimond was also all-in on the same hand but at the other table. Remi called all-in in the big blind with Kings after a push in the small blind to put pressure on Shana Oyen. The player turned over Queen Jack suit and despite a Queen on the turn, she didn't chat river.

Raimond therefore survives and leaves Neukermans to make the bubble on his own.

Play resumes with an average of 23 blinds at 11:45pm, with 10 minutes to play on 4000 - 8000 (8000) and an average of 23 blinds.

No Photo For Skippers (but a €5,279 ticket)

Stefaan Skippers won the €250 WaSOP Freezout on a regular basis. Behind at the start of the head's up, he turned the tide and finished in just half an hour. The tournament captain collected a quarter of the prizepool and a €5,279 ticket for his success at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur. 

Damen Tycho lost his head's up after suffering at the bubble, but he did well in the final, as did Nikolas Ehl, who finished just off the podium... 



WaSOP No Limit Freezout Event #5 (95 entries - €19,879 prizepool)
Winner Stefaan Skippers €5,279
Runner Up Tycho Damen €3,405
3rd Quentin Klopper €2,430 
4th Nikolas Ehl €1,870
5th Remi Raimond €1,495
6th Shana Oyen €1,195
7th NC €960
8th Niels Moerenhout €765
9th Jan Teunis €615

10th Hidayet Keles €490
11th Shem Vansant €490
12th Henryk Simkens €395
13th Valentin Vuaillat €395