Shuffle Up & Deal

The last of the eight starting days of the Winter Festival Main Event got underway with around sixty players taking part in the tournament's one and only non-ante level. 

This final chance to reach Day 2 at 2pm on Saturday features 15 quarter-hour levels. The prizepool has provisionally reached €653,000, and it's going up again on Day 1G ! 

Over 100 players on the Turbo

Level 4 is underway, with just over 100 players competing in blinds 300 - 600 (600) with 115 incoming for the time being. The Flight 1 H Turbo is now the only way to try and get through to Day 2 for those who aren't in the running. more in Day 1G... 

With 3197 entries after 7 departure daysWinter's attendance provisionally climbs to 3,312 entrants for a prizepool of €671,000. Registrations are open until midnight 40, so there's plenty of time to get the ball rolling!

Midnight 34

Level 8 has just begun on Day 1H Turbo, the last day of the Winter Festival. 

A break will take place at the end of this level, followed by Level 9, at the end of which registration will be closed for the €250 Main Event. With 178 entrants in this 1H, provisional attendance has provisionally climbed to 3,375, generating a prizepool of €683,000 for the time being! 

This is the highest ever attendance figure for poker in Namur...

3,423 Winter entrants, €689,392 prizepool!

Registration is now closed for the Turbo 1H, the last of the eight starting days of the €250 Winter Festival Main Event. With 226 additional entries, a total of 3,423 were accumulated over the Winter Festival, a record attendance in Namur.

The winners will share €689,392, with a first prize of around €100,000 for a starting stake of €250!

The average chip count for this Turbo is 77,000, with four 15-minute levels still to play. There are 147 players still in the running on this last chance to reach Day 2. at 2 p.m. on Saturday...

Day 1G has become the best-attended flight in the history of poker in Namur, making the Winter Festival 2024 the best-attended tournament in the history of the Circus Casino Resort in Namur.

Louis Dubuc head of Turbo 1H

The 15 quarter-hour levels ended with 5 final deals on 4000 - 8000 (8000) on the last-chance Turbo 1H. 58 players finally bagged up chips to bring the total to 626 qualifiers for Day 2 of the Winter Main Event. The starting field for Day 2 may shrink a little as the tournament is played in Stack choice mode ... 



Louis Dubuc came out on top on the last of the eight starting days of this €250 tournament, which offers a prizepool of 689 392€! He was well helped by an open shove from the small blind for 13 blinds on Day 2... Louis paid with Ace-King to uncover 9 and 5 off and hold... 

Morgan Poisson, Marc Hansens and Noah Alem have finally jumped on the bandwagon for this tournament, which is set to offer a first prize of close to €90,000. The 9 finalists will also pocket a CPS Main Event ticket worth €2,200, now a tradition in Namur. 

Day 1G was the busiest in Namur's history, with 887 entries.with 165 qualified for Day 2... 

Chipcount partial Day 1H Turbo (58 qualifiers - 226 entries)
Louis Dubuc $496,000
Azzedine Laakrouf 382,000
Noah Alem 363,000
Francois Louis Vlassis 345,000
Morgan Poisson 305,000
Marc Hansens 270,000
Rachid Oufaska 232,000
Stan Declercq 231,000
Stephane Meo 225,000
Marius Dinu 184,000
Dorian Delecault 143,000
Andre Otten 140,000
Dang Nguyen 90,000