A Dantesque Day 1D

Welcome to what promises to be the biggest day of the €550 WaSOP Main Event.

From 2:00 p.m., the walls will be shaking in Namur, with probably not far from 500 players on Day 1D. At the start of the day, 220 players have already registered, ready to battle it out over the day's 11 levels.

Let's not forget that in addition to this Day 1D, Circus Casino Resort de Namur also offers a Day 1E Turbo from 10:00 pm (20-minute levels) and a Day 1F Flip & Go in the form of a Flash allowing 1 player out of 6 to access Day 2 with 300k.

So far, after three days of introductions, the field has counted 772 entries. This means that last year's record (990 entries) has already been surpassed, and that the 1,000-entry mark is history.

Main Event dashboard :

	Incoming	Qualified	Chipleader	Country	Tokens
Day 1A	354	83	Cornelis Vermeulen	Netherlands	595000
Day 1B	357	82	Marten Bronger	Netherlands	674000
Day 1C Turbo	71	21	Sandro Pitzanti	Netherlands	436000

The warranty has already expired

Usually relatively cautious about guarantees here in Namur, the organizers had set the bar high by guaranteeing €500,000, anticipating a possible attendance record compared to last year (990 entries).

The gamble has already paid off, as the guarantee has just been exceeded, with 312 people already registered for Day 1D, for a total of 1,093 entries.

The day after the party

Yesterday, he shone by winning the High-Roller after a 2-handed deal with Bryan de Riddere, and today he's the day's second runner-up.

This was the misfortune that befell Tonnie Krijn on his first bullet in the WaSOP Main Event, following a Kings versus Aces preflop all-in against local Quentin Destocky, after just 15 minutes of play.

So, you might ask, is it avoidable on the first level of a tournament? Probably yes, but perhaps not when you've just taken €38,500 the day before by winning a High-Roller.

Bryan's life

Let's stay in the category of players who start a tournament after shining the day before. In this category is Bryan de Riddere, who is having the time of his life at the start of the Main Event.

On 100/200, he opens to 700 UTG, his neighbor Guy Dalier 3-bet him to 1,500 UTG+1. From the small blind, Yuksel Tok calls, as does Ka Njouw from the big blind. Bryan de Riddere completes and there are 4 of them on the Qh-4s-7c flop.

Guy Dalier sends a continuation bet to 1,800, which is paid by both Yuksel Tok and Bryan de Riddere.

All three players check on the Th turn.

On the 2s river, Bryan de Riddere takes the initiative and bets 8,500. Guy Dalier is quick to pass, but not Yuksel Tok, who looks annoyed but eventually puts down the chips indicating a call.

Bryan de Riddere instantly unveils Kc-6c, quickly enough for Yuksel Tok to think he must be beaten. He painfully turns over his Jh-Jc, wondering what his young opponent has.

"He has nothing?" he asks the dealer. The dealer confirms that he has won with his pair of Jacks.

So, is Bryan getting greedy early in the morning? In any case, the aggro technique seems to be working for the time being, since despite this little setback, the Team Poker One player is already up to 75,000.

Made in Namur

There are always surprises to be had in this beautiful city of Namur. It usually starts with a limp.

Like on this table 44, where I see Mickael de Roch limping at 300 UTG+2. His neighbor Sabrina Senden decides to isolate him at 1,200 a notch to his left. The word gets out to Habar Ein, who raises to 3,000 from the small blind, but fails to scare off the other two.

On the Ks-Js-Td flop, Habar Ein sends an initial 4,500, Mickael de Roch is the only payer. 

On the turn 9s, another nugget at 5,700. This time, Mickael de Roch sends his meagre 15,000 stack into the middle.

Habar Ein couldn't pay any faster with As-Qh for a flopped straight with the ace of the flush-draw, while Mickaël de Roch will have to improve his Th-9c for two pair found at the turn.

A beautiful brick falls on the river and Mickaël de Roch is at the cashier, while his opponent piles up the chips he's won to reach 75k.

After 90 minutes of play on Day 1D, 21 players have already dropped a first bullet, while the entry counter has climbed to 426.

Early Chipleader

Two hours after the shuffle up and deal, having 190k in front of you is enough to attract the jealousy of players at neighboring tables.

That's what's happening to Leon Van der Velden at the moment, after a move that really got his blood pumping. We tell you all about it.

After a raise to 1,100 in the middle of the call, Leon Van der Velden opts for a 3-bet to 3,900. He's paid a notch to his left and the big blind François Mittertreiner also invites himself to the party.

On flop 6h-8s-6s, Leon Van der Velden continues to make history with a bet of 9,000. He's checked/called only by François Mittertreiner, who's not about to give up so easily.

The 2 o'clock turn will provoke some action. Enough for me to call back with notebook in hand to record the bloodbath that's unfolding.

Second barrel to 23,100 from Leon Van der Velden. Check/raise all-in for 65,000 from his opponent. Covering his opponent by a small margin, Leon is very annoyed with his decision and takes a good two minutes before fuck-call with Qc-Qh to overpair.

His opponent is a draw with Ah-7h in hand and is still waiting for his heart, as the river 9d confirms the win for Leon Van der Velden, much to his relief.

After two hours of play, he holds almost 4 starting stacks. Where will he be at the end of the day? The suspense is unbearable.

A costly mistake

It all starts with a 1,100 opening from Jonathan Lays at the beginning of the floor.

In Hi-Jack, Laurent Chiaramonte places a 1,000 chip and announces "raise", without having seen the initial raise. He is finally forced to raise.

At the Cut-Off, Dennis Vrints (photo) discovers Kc-Kh and chooses to raise to 7,000. The initial raise pays off, as does Laurent Chiaramonte.

On the flop 6c-9s-4s, Dennis Vrints sends a continuation bet to 7,000 and doesn't scare anyone away.

He continues his aggression on turn 2c, this time sending in 20,000. After several minutes of Laurent Chiaramonte wondering what to do, saying he doesn't believe his opponent, he finally sends in his 50k stack (covering his opponent by 10,000).

Dennis Vrints pays in the second and faces Ah-9h for top pair.

No change on the river and Dennis Vrints doubled to 130,000, while his opponent Laurent Chiaramonte found himself with 10,000 chips in front of him. 

We're already approaching the 500 mark for Jour 1D

At the first break of the day, the counter already shows 484 entries on Jour 1D Turbo, and some sixty players have already dropped at least one bullet in the deal.

An opportunity to review the structure of this 1D Day, on which players will compete in 11 45-minute levels.

Level	SB	BB	BB Ante
1	100	200	0
2	100	300	300
3	200	400	400
4	300	600	600
5	400	800	800
6	500	1000	1000
7	500	1500	1500
8	1000	1500	1500
9	1000	2000	2000
10	1000	2500	2500
11	1500	3000	3000

What if run good was just around the corner?

After dropping two bullets yesterday and the day before, Jean-Michel Texier this morning railed against the bad run he'd been suffering for several months, waiting for things to finally turn around.

As soon as he arrived, he hit a lot of premiums, without necessarily managing to build up his stack with them... until he hit As-King of diamonds.

An open player at 1,700 on 300/600. He is paid in the middle of the hand and on the button. Jean-Michel Texier discovers Ad-Kd from the big blind and opts for the diabolical squeeze to 6,600. Everyone pays and there are four of them on the 9c-5d-6d flop.

Jean-Michel Texier sends a continuation bet to 8,000 and only the initial preflop raiser pays.

The river is a 9s and Jean-Michel Texier decides to all-in his opponent who has 35,000 left. Seeing his opponent tank, he starts to make him talk. "Do you have two jacks, two tens? If you have two tens, it's not a call."

In the meantime, his opponent finally pays with a pair of tens.

Jean-Michel Texier finds one of his many outs in the form of a 3d.

Up to 125,000 after this move, Jean-Michel Texier unfortunately lost a large part of his profit a few hands later.

After a series of limps, the cut-off raises to 3,200. With a pair of tens in hand, Jean-Michel Texier simply pays on the button. Several limpers pay the 3,200, up to Nianka Sakkers who sends his 35,000 stack into the middle with a pair of Jacks.

Jean-Michel Texier pays and is surprised to discover the player's hand.

After another losing move, Jean-Michel Texier is once again in the region of 70,000 on Day 1D of the Main Event.

Ugo the good tips

Struggling here in Namur, where he is unable to build stacks, Ugo Faggioli hangs on as long as he can to try and finally get his hands on the middle.

After a slow start, he just found a nice double-up against Pieter Ram.

In the middle of the floor, he opens to 2,000 and is paid by Pieter Ram at the cut-off and by the big blind.

He then sends 3 barrels all along a 9h-2c-Js-6d-9d board, 2,500 flop, 5,000 turn and 10,300 and all-in on the river.

Pieter Ram pays all three rounds and can't do any better than Ugo Faggioli's Ah-Jd, which takes him up to 45,000 and makes a point of asking his opponent to reveal what he paid him with here. His Jh-8h is returned. 

3 minutes for 3ème nuts

Sometimes, having three nuts isn't enough to be serene at a poker table, especially when you're asked for your all-in. Ask Ka Njouw, who tanked for a good 3 minutes before paying with this. I'll do it again.

It all starts with a simple raise to 2,500 from Nicolas Karavas UTG+1. Kristof Verhoeven just pays UTG+2. Ka Njouw squeezes to 9,600 on the button. He gets paid twice.

All players check on the 5d-Ad-2d flop, a good single-color flop as we like them so much... or not.

On turn 8s, Ka Njouw draws to 15,000 after two opponent checks. He's only paid by Kristof Verhoeven.

The river is a scary Td that brings a fourth diamond on the board.

And that's when Kristof Verhoeven took the lead and announced "I'm all-in!", claiming the remaining 53,000 from Ka Njouw.

Come on, I'll tell you the hand of the player I saw tanking for a good three minutes: Qd-Qh for third nuts. What's Ka Njouw afraid of? A straight flush? More like a King of Diamonds, which could very well have been maliciously slipped by the dealer into his opponent's hand.

After apologizing for taking so long to think, Ka Njouw finally makes a winning call, his opponent revealing Jd-9c for fourth nuts.

This move took Ka Njouw to 170,000 chips just minutes before the dinner-break on Day 1D.

Like a fish in water

I arrive at Morgan Poisson's table with a 25,000 pot in the middle. Considering the positions, it seems to be a 3-bet pot on his initiative.

There are three of them on the 2s-9s-2h flop, which Morgan c-bets at 7,600 from the small blind. 

UTG+1, Alexander Douven raise to 19,200.

It doesn't end there as Alberto Spigolon decides to push his stack for 40k-ish.

Morgan Poisson reshoves with Qs-Qc in hand to overpair and Alexander Douven wisely passes.

Morgan Poisson will have to dodge a few balls against the opponent's Ks-7s, which found a fluh-draw on the flop.

A scary 7c falls on the turn, but it's a harmless 3h that falls on the river, allowing Morgan Poisson to climb to 240,000 a few minutes before the dinner-break, a stack that certainly puts him in the Top 10 at the moment.

Dinner-break

The remaining 419 players (out of a record field of 617 entrants) took their lunch break in two groups, so as not to overcrowd the various restaurants near the Casino de Namur.

The first group is back as I write these lines, the second group returns at 8.45pm to continue this Day 1D on blinds 500/1000 (BB Ante 1000).

Selective chip-counting at the break:

Player	Chip-count
Jan Kusters	242000
Murat Kilinc	240000
Morgan Poisson	230000
Thomas Hofmann	225000
Dennis Vrints	225000
Fabian Kunze	200000
Nicolas Karavas	190000
Roland Gerga	185000
Andrea Agnoletto	170000
Andre Grohnert	162000
Erold Dutillieux	155000
Bryan de Riddere	153000
Bregt Winters	150000
Dalil Masaud	140000
Fabrice Somers	135000
Alexandra Laudicina	76500
Moundir Zoughari	55000
Cyril Carpentier	50000

Moundir has not said his last word

After dropping a small bullet on Day 1D of the Main Event, Moundir Zoughari has gone from strength to strength on his second. He has just passed the 200,000 mark.

At the cut-off, Yoann Nigro opens at 3,500 and only Moundir Zoughari decides to take him on from the small blind.

Winamax VIP check/call two streets on a 4h-Ac-Jc-8h-2d board, 3,000 on the flop and 9,000 on the turn.

The river is checked by both players and Moundir's Ts-8c, revealed nonchalantly, allows him to pocket this small pot to exceed 200k, well in place since the return from the dinner-break when he had only 55,000 in front of him.

Destoky not yet unpacked

Always at ease with moves from another planet, Quentin Destoky came very close to a correction on his first bullet on Day 1D.

After a 3,000 raise from Cuenet Senguen at the cut-off, paid for by Andrea Agnoletto of SB, Quentin Destoky decided to defend with 9c-2s.

On the Ah-5h-5c flop, the initial raiser sends a small c-bet to 5,000, quickly paid by Andrea Agnoletto. Quentin Destoky then opts to check/raise to 15,000. Only Andrea Agnoletto accepts the invitation.

On the Kd turn, Quentin Destoky continues his story, this time sending a 21,000 bet, with only 25,000 behind.

Andrea Agnoletto has a big headache as he inspects the opponent's carpet, hesitates, then ends up folding to see himself slammed with this big bluff.

He said he had a pair of 4's here and really hesitated to push Quentin all-in.

Disgusted but a good player, Andrea Agnoletto still has a nice stack of 155,000 in front of him, while Quentin Destoky is up to 80,000 on his side.

Good thing I didn't c-bet

Mathias Moutaoukil finished 19th in the last BPC Namur won by Omar Lakhdari, in a move that must have given him nightmares (he had 5-bet shove with A-2o against two Kings).

Having arrived for Day 1D, he's already built up a fine stack of 200,000 chips and avoided losing a huge move before my very eyes, one that could have amputated a good part of his stack.

After a limp to 1,500, he decides to isolate at 4,500 with Kc-8c on the Hi-Jack. He is paid two notches to his right, and the original raiser also pays.

On the Jc-8d-9s flop, he decides not to c-bet and the three players decide to go straight to the turn.

Same story on the 5c turn, but this time the button places a bet of 8,500. The limper sends in his stack for 32,000. Mathias passes, showing me his hand (and his disgust at having to fold such a strong hand), and the button pays with ... Ac-Tc.

The limper reveals Kh-Jd and a 9c shows up on the river to give the win to the player who had the flush-draw dominating that of Mathias Moutaouki.

Sometimes, an unusual decision can save your stack.

If it's Trausi, I'll go too

There are already a ton of chips in the middle when I get to Slimane Mamèche's table and two players still have cards, Firat Baltaci and Gianni Trausi.

The board looks like this: 3d-Ad-5h-9h

A bet of 20,000 is placed in front of Firat Baltaci on the button. This wasn't enough to scare Gianni Trausi, who decided to check/raise to 85,000. His opponent enters sick but fails to fold his Kd-9d for a flush draw matched with second pair.

Gianni Trausi is ahead with his Ah-3h for a flush draw too but already two pairs.

A harmless Js falls on the river and here's Gianni Trausi propelled to 225,000, while his opponent Firat Baltaci drops to 135,000.

675 entries on Day 1D of the Main Event

For two or three hours, I'd been telling myself that it was possible, that they were going to do it. Breaking the record for the highest number of entrants on Day 1 for one of Namur's tournaments. We had to wait until the end of level 8, and therefore the possibility of registering, to find out the official figures.

It was close, but within 4 entries, the Road to PSPC Namur record of 679 entries over one Day still stands.

However, the organizers can rejoice, because the buy-in is much higher for this WaSOP Main Event than for the Road to PSPC Main Event.

With 675 entries on Day 1D, and already 130 on the 1E Turbo, the field for this WaSOP Main Event already stands at 1,589 entries, an increase of over 50% on last year.

Bryan The Ripper

Bryan "Oh fuck, all these hands I have to tell!"

After a great start, I found Bryan de Riddere completely defeated, with only 8k in front of him. Suffice to say, I thought I'd soon find his name in the graveyard of Day 1D bustos.

And yet, all it took was one little message to alert me ... 320k.

What ? But what happened?

Excerpts from this remontada:

Bryan de Riddere opens UTG+2 with 8s-6s and gets 3-bet to 11k in the middle of the hand. The button pays and so does the Poker One player.

On the Ad-7s-5d flop, which gives him a straight on both ends, the player in the middle places a continuation bet, paid by the button and Bryan.

All three players check the 2c turn.

On the Kd river, a pot-high bet of 70k is enough to win the pot with a nice high 8.

Then, after a UTG raise to 3k, Bryan 3-bets to the button with Kings and gets paid by the original raiser. On J53 rainbow, Bryan c-bets to 7,500 and gets checked/raised to 23,000. He pays. On turn 6, his opponent goes all-in for 40k, Bryan pays and is shown Jack-9.

The next hand, following a 3k UTG open, paid on the button, Bryan defends BB's Qs-Th.
On the Qh-4s-6h flop, the original raiser bets 8,000. Paid on the button, paid by Bryan.

Turn Ts is magic for Bryan who sees the player at the button overbet all-in for 38k after two checks.

Bryan logically pays and is shown K-Q.

By the time I write this, maybe the WaSOP High-Roller runner-up is clocked at 500K, maybe he's crippled. Go figure! In any case, if you're looking for action, table 15 is the place to be.

Would you like a nice story?

When someone comes up to you in the room and says"Do you want a good story?", you're often a bit conflicted. On the one hand, you feel the story of the bad beat between a pair of Jacks and a pair of 4s that hits a 4, but on the other, you think that for the guy who doesn't usually calculate you to come and tell you about these moves, something really unforgettable must have happened.

We're on the second option because, yes, I did listen to the story they had to tell me.

This is the story of Aziz Kendel, a player I've never talked about before, and who we've already seen at a number of small tournaments here in Namur. A random, as we sometimes affectionately call him.

Aziz was down to 2,500 chips on Day 1D. Already contemplating joining the ranks of 1E Turbo, he pushed his stack down to less than two blinds, got paid 6 times and managed to win the hand.

He then changes tables. On this table, he successively hits a 3-of-4, a max flush, a jack square and an ace-king full house.

30 minutes later, he's sitting in front of a comfortable 280,000 chip stack, and he's not done telling this story to everyone he meets at the end of the day. 

Faces of the Day 1D

With so many players in the corridors of the Casino Resort de Namur, we obviously don't have time to talk about everyone.

So we're making up for lost time with a few photos by Damiano Nigro, and hope to be talking about you tomorrow on Day 2.

Tonnie Krijn's infinite run

A somewhat controversial format if you listen to some of the players competing on Day 1D today, the Day 1F Flip & Go allows players willing to drop €550 for a flash a ticket to Day 2 with a 300,000 chip stack.

The rules are simple. 6 players play a hand and the winner takes home 300,000 chips for tomorrow, well above the average going into Day 2.

So far, only one Flip & Go has taken place, and ... guess who won it? High-Roller winner Tonnie Krijn, who I was telling you about at lunchtime when he busted the Kings against the Aces after 15 minutes.

Happy to be chatting this flash after failing to qualify on these two bullets of the day, he will be on Day 2 tomorrow with a stack of 300,000 chips.

So, is this Flip & Go imported straight from Rozvadov a good idea or not? For many, it's a bit of a distortion of the game, to see that players can build up a 300k stack in one hand, just because they've gambled €550. Then there are those who think it brings in players who wouldn't have taken the time to sit down for a whole day on a Day 1, cash or traditional game players.

In any case, it's not yet a huge success, since only one Flip & Go has taken place. But one thing's for sure. As soon as players no longer have the right to re-enter on Day 1E Turbo, many will want one last chance to enter this historic WaSOP Main Event, which now exceeds 1,650 entries. 

1,689 entries for the WaSOP Main Event

It was certainly a day to remember here in Namur. With 675 entries on Day 1D, 220 on Day 1E Turbo and 12 on Day 1F Flip & Go, no less than 907 additional entries were added to the attendance figures for this WaSOP Main Event.

The attendance figure for this WaSOP Main Event is therefore 1,689 entries, a completely insane 70% increase on the 2022 edition.

It's hard to explain this sharp increase in the field. When I ask the legendary Bernard de Breyne how he explains it, he soberly explains that"it's all a whole. There's the hotel already, which has been renovated, the players like comfort and we're giving it to them now. People are used to coming here, they respect our floors, our dealers, and the program allows them to play lots of cheap tournaments if they bust. We also forget a lot about cash games, but we've got 17 tables running this Friday, so you know that when you bust, 10 minutes later you can sit down at a cash table."

Always beautiful in Namur, as he would say on the social networks. In any case, this WaSOP Main Event, and incidentally the other events such as the Super Side Event and the High-Roller, are really great successes and prove once again that Namur is now a stronghold of poker in Europe. It's also worth noting that, this year, there are far more German and Dutch players in the field.

The chipleader at the end of the 11 levels played today on Day 1D is Luxembourg's Sami Agel, the only thing I could notice about him today was his uncanny resemblance to Carlos Alcaraz. He played all day in a secondary room at the Casino and I didn't get a chance to observe how he managed to build up his 543,000 chips. 5th in the 2019 Irish Open, Sami Agel was content to explain to us that he'd had a really good run today and that everything had gone well on Day 1D.

Throughout the last hour, we thought it was the whimsical Fabrice Somers who was going to put everyone in agreement. At 550k with just a few minutes to go before the end of the day, he finally finished at 445,000 his fine run on Day 1D, having only put up 2 bullets in the process.

This day ends with 175 players qualified, who tomorrow will join the 186 players already qualified for the big explanation on Day 2, pending the official figures. Players will resume tomorrow at 14:00 on blinds 2,000 / 4,000 (BB Ante 4,000).

Valentin Bury (511k), Leon Van der Velden (479k), Fabrice Somers (445k), Samir Akhoullou (417k), Miguel Coussement (408k), Aziz Kendel (400k), Muriel Gomez Aragon (379k), Ali Nafaoui (339k), Bryan de Riddere (328k) or last year's runner-up Philippe Riminucci (272k). 

Chip-count complete :

Position	First name	Name	Country	Chip-count
1	SAMI	AGEL	Luxembourg	543 000
2	VALENTIN	BURY	Belgium	511 000
3	Puchatek	Kusus	Poland	505 000
4	BILLY	TUAIVA	French Polynesia	494 000
5	LEON	VAN DER VELDEN	Netherlands	479 000
6	FATHI	KHAZAMI	France	467 000
7	CHARLES	EICHNER	France	446 000
8	FABRICE	SOMERS	Belgium	445 000
9	SAMIR	AKHOULLOU	Belgium	417 000
10	MIGUEL	CUSHION	Belgium	408 000
11	TOM	DE BOOM	Belgium	407 000
12	AZIZ	KENDEL	France	400 000
13	JELLE	JONCKHEERE	Belgium	397 000
14	NIELS	GYBELS	Belgium	394 000
15	ABDULKADIR	TURGUT		390 000
16	HENRICUS	ROEFS	Netherlands	389 000
17	MURIEL	GOMEZ ARAGON	Belgium	379 000
18	SIHAO	ZHANG	Luxembourg	367 000
19	GAETANO	MORECI	Belgium	360 000
20	AMANULLAH	KHALL MUHAMMADI	Belgium	359 000
21	GILLES	Anonymus	Belgium	351 000
22	JEOFFREY	DUYTSCHAEVER	Belgium	346 000
23	ALI	NAFAOUI	Belgium	339 000
24	UWE	MATTHIAS	Germany	333 000
25	BRYAN	DE RIDDERE	Belgium	328 000
26	JULIEN	LAUER	France	328 000
27	GLENN	LAUREYS	Belgium	327 000
28	TONINO	SCHMITZ	Germany	320 000
29	FREDERIC CARL	STEINBACH		310 000
30	KRISTOF	VERHOEVEN	Belgium	308 000
31	ANDREA	AGNOLETTO	Italy	300 000
32	ROMAIN	GUIBAS	France	298 000
33	AKSEL	AYGUN	Belgium	297 000
34	KEVIN	LAVECHIN	France	292 000
35	ARNEL	POPOVIC	Bosnia-Herzegovina	292 000
36	JEROME	NAYE	France	291 000
37	SEBASTIAN	BENZ	Germany	285 000
38	ROMAIN	HERNANDEZ	France	283 000
39	TONY	REMONDEAU	France	281 000
40	ERHAN	DOGAN	Turkey	278 000
41	PHILIPPE	RIMINUCCI	Belgium	272 000
42	SIMON	KAISER	Belgium	268 000
43	Pietro	Marchione	Belgium	266 000
44	THIERRY	PAWLENKO	Luxembourg	265 000
45	THOMAS	NARBONNE	France	264 000
46	ALAIN	FLEURENT	France	261 000
47	PHILIPP	KAMPF	Germany	260 000
48	OLAV	GENEMANS	Netherlands	259 000
49	JIM	PAULUS	Luxembourg	252 000
50	JAN	KUSTERS	Belgium	248 000
51	LOUIS ROBIN	DUBUC	France	244 000
52	FIRAT	BALTACI	Netherlands	235 000
53	ANGELO	ALIBERTO	Belgium	234 000
54	MAJID	BOZAKRAFT	Netherlands	227 000
55	YANNICK	BORNEBROEK	Netherlands	226 000
56	BENNY	KNEEPKENS	Netherlands	221 000
57	JEAN PIERRE	KOCKS	Belgium	219 000
58	MATHIAS	MOUTAOUKIL	France	212 000
59	ERIC	LESCOT	Belgium	207 000
60	PASCAL	MASSET	Belgium	207 000
61	ANDRE	OTTEN	Netherlands	205 000
62	SEBASTIAAN	VAN DEN BERG		205 000
63	THIBAUD	ZEIEN	France	205 000
64	NATHAN	AGUILERA Y MARTINEZ	Belgium	204 000
65	CHRISTOPHE	VINSOUS	Belgium	204 000
66	GREGORY ANTHONY	GRECH	France	202 000
67	RAYMOND	HILBERT	Luxembourg	202 000
68	EUAN	RALSTON	Belgium	192 000
69	CHRISTOPHE	DOS SANTOS	France	191 000
70	CEDRIC	SEVRIN	Belgium	190 000
71	SIMON	BOUAKSA	France	187 000
72	SANDU	DUMITRU	Netherlands	185 000
73	MARC	HANSENS	Belgium	184 000
74	KA	NJOUW	Netherlands	184 000
75	SEBASTIEN	PATON	France	184 000
76	ROB	STERKEN	Netherlands	184 000
77	THOMAS	JANSEN	Belgium	182 000
78	LEANDRO	MORAIS MONTEIRO	Luxembourg	182 000
79	ADOLF	NOSSENT	Netherlands	180 000
80	GEORGE	INAN	Netherlands	179 000
81	THOMAS	DENIE	Netherlands	178 000
82	BRANDON	VAN KERKWIJK	Netherlands	177 000
83	PASCAL	YOUR	Netherlands	174 000
84	MORGAN	FISH	France	173 000
85	ANTOINE	VRANKEN	Netherlands	171 000
86	TIM	JURGAWKA	Germany	168 000
87	FRANCOIS	HENNEUSE	Belgium	164 000
88	BRYAN JAMES	PARIS		163 000
89	HENRI	BITOUN	France	161 000
90	RALPH	STARMANS	Netherlands	161 000
91	THOMAS	HOFMANN	Switzerland	160 000
92	JENSEN	BERNARD	Belgium	158 000
93	WARD	DE BRUYN	Netherlands	158 000
94	ANTHONY	BUI NGOC	France	156 000
95	MARIO	FRIJTERS	Netherlands	151 000
96	ROLAND	GERGA	Austria	151 000
97	JURGEN	VAN KEULEN	Netherlands	151 000
98	NAWFAL	BEN AZUZ	Belgium	144 000
99	69	Bronko	Germany	143 000
100	SAMAN	NASSERI	Luxembourg	143 000
101	CHRISTOPH	RECH		141 000
102	BREGT	WINTERS	Belgium	140 000
103	MARIO	MUSTAPIC	Croatia	139 000
104	KJELL	DE MEULEMEESTER	Belgium	137 000
105	SLIMANE	MAMECHE	France	136 000
106	ADRIEN	RAMI		136 000
107	DOUGLAS	WEYMEERSCH	Belgium	135 000
108	ALEXANDROS	DIMOGIORGIS	Greece	134 000
109	ANDRE	GROHNERT	Germany	134 000
110	DALIL	MASAUD	Belgium	133 000
111	TIM	VERHEYEN	Belgium	132 000
112	BENN	PROOST	Belgium	129 000
113	FRANCOIS	JAECQUE	France	128 000
114	CHRISTOPHE	DEVAUX	France	127 000
115	ADRIANUS	PALS	Netherlands	127 000
116	JACOBUS	DE LAAT	Netherlands	125 000
117	CHRISTOPHE	VINCENT	France	123 000
118	OKAN	BULUT	Belgium	121 000
119	FATIH	SEN	Turkey	121 000
120	LAURENT	CHIARAMONTE	Belgium	119 000
121	MEDET	KILINC	Germany	119 000
122	STIJN	FAVEST	Belgium	118 000
123	ARNAUD	DESBROSSE	France	115 000
124	GREGORY	GARCIA DURO	Belgium	115 000
125	SERGEJ	SCHUHMACHER	Germany	115 000
126	QUENTIN	THAVISOUK	France	115 000
127	DENNIS	LAVRIJSEN	Netherlands	113 000
128	JORDAN ICHAI	LEVY	France	113 000
129	NIANKA	SAKKERS	Netherlands	112 000
130	EROLD	DUTILLIEUX	Belgium	108 000
131	MARC	VON GAHLEN	Germany	107 000
132	JEAN FRANCOIS	HEMMER	France	105 000
133	JASMIN	BERGE	Germany	104 000
134	SJOERD	GIESBERS	Netherlands	102 000
135	MEHDI	BELLAHOUES	France	101 000
136	ANDY	VICTORION	France	99 000
137	BRUNO	ZACCHEDDU	France	99 000
138	JEFFREY	FRANSBERGEN	Netherlands	98 000
139	CHRISTOPHE	DE MEULDER	Belgium	97 000
140	RAPHAEL	CANTA	Belgium	95 000
141	VINCAS	JONAITIS	Belgium	95 000
142	ERIC	DEFLANDRE	Belgium	94 000
143	ABEDEL HAFID	DOUAIR	France	93 000
144	STEPHANE	DE DURFORT CIVRAC DE LORGE	France	92 000
145	GAETAN GERARD	VOINSON	France	90 000
146	YVAN	MARSUS	Belgium	89 000
147	DAVID	GARCET	Belgium	86 000
148	UGO	FAGGIOLI	France	81 000
149	PHILIPP	MUNZINGER	Germany	81 000
150	TIM	KONIJN	Netherlands	80 000
151	MIKE	GERRY	Belgium	78 000
152	THOMAS	FIDORRA	Germany	76 000
153	MEHDI	MAROUFI	Belgium	76 000
154	TIM	VAN LEEUWEN		75 000
155	JULIEN	WASILEWSKI	France	75 000
156	ALEXANDRE	GUERRA	France	73 000
157	ERIC	CHEVALOT	France	71 000
158	JONATHAN	LAYS	Belgium	68 000
159	DOMINIK	PAUS GENANNT DICKMANN	Germany	68 000
160	CHRISTIAN	SOSNIK	Germany	68 000
161	FRANCOIS	KALTENBACH	France	63 000
162	ANTONIO	CABANAS FERNANDEZ	Belgium	62 000
163	PIERRE	GIACOMETTI		62 000
164	DAVID	DEBUE	France	60 000
165	YIN	ZHANG	Luxembourg	59 000
166	CUENEYT	SENGUEN	Germany	57 000
167	TETIANA	KOVALCHUK	Ukraine	53 000
168	EDWIGE	LESAGE	France	52 000
169	CORNELIS	VAN GENT	Netherlands	50 000
170	FRANK	ROBOTKA	Germany	45 000
171	STEPHANE	GARNIER	France	44 000
172	ANUAR	EL BAKKALI		31 000
173	LEVENT	EFE	Germany	28 000
174	JOEY	CHEUNG	Netherlands	25 000
175	PAPE GORA IBRAHIMA STANISLAS	NDIAYE	France	12 000

A few players who put together big stacks today:

120,000 for the winner of the WaSOP Main Event

With 1,689 entries to the event, an increase of 70% on the 2022 edition, the winner was expected to take home a handsome prize.

On Sunday, a player will receive a cheque for €120, 000 for winning this €550 buy-in tournament, a 6-figure sum unheard of for a tournament under 1K in Namur.

239 players will see the color of money tomorrow in the Main Event, with a first prize of €840.

The nine finalists will take home a 6-figure prize, and the top 6 finishers will also win a €2,200 ticket to the CPS Series Main Event.

Main Event payout scale :

Position	Winnings	Added
1	120 000 €	€2,200 CPS Main Event Ticket
2	75 000 €	€2,200 CPS Main Event Ticket
3	53 535 €	€2,200 CPS Main Event Ticket
4	41 200 €	€2,200 CPS Main Event Ticket
5	31 690 €	€2,200 CPS Main Event Ticket
6	24 361 €	€2,200 CPS Main Event Ticket
7	18 700 €
8	14 425 €
9	11 095 €
10-11	8 510 €
12-13	7 110 €
14-15	5 925 €
16-17	4 955 €
18-20	4 305 €
21-23	3 745 €
24-27	3 260 €
28-31	2 835 €
32-39	2 465 €
40-55	2 140 €
56-71	1 865 €
72-95	1 620 €
96-119	1 410 €
120-143	1 225 €
144-183	1 065 €
184-223	925 €
224-239	840 €