Moenn takes the prize (€60,755)
The last four players in the running at the €250 Main Track Winter Festival shared €177,000 before Hamoud Moenn took the remainder and the trophy, finally turning €250 into €60,755.
A discreet player, the Dutchman asked not to be photographed two days ago, Hamoud Moenn also has a great story to tell. His pal Pierre Gedi had bagged up a big stack on Day 1A and asked him to join him on Friday night for the road. The duo arrived at Circus Casino Resoirt a few minutes before the end of registration on the penultimate starting day and Hamoud jumped in-extremis into Day 1H. The rest is history!
In all the right moves in this final, Hamud was "happy" with his victory, "the second best in my poker history". Hamoud, an amateur player, works in crypto-currencies and was "happy". "I wanted €70,000, but €60,000 is very good," he concluded after a final duel played out in fine fraternity with his runner-up...
The €250 Main Track Winter Final (3050 entrants - €614,270 prizepool)
Champion - Hamoun Moenn €60,755 1 CPS Main Event €2200* ticket
Runner Up - Sabri Philips 46.730€ 1 Main Event CPS 2200€* ticket
3rd - Christophe Goeman (BEL) €35,998 1 CPS Main Event €2200* ticket
4th - Kader Slila (ALG) €33,515 1 CPS Main Event ticket €2200*
5th - Luca Delfino (IT) €20,000 1 CPS Main Event ticket €2200
6th - Jonathan Cao (FR) €15,500 1 CPS Main Event ticket €2200
7th - Richard van Wingerden (NL) €12,000 1 CPS Main Event ticket €2200
8th - Steven de Braeckenier €9,200 (BEL) 1 CPS Main Event ticket €2,200
9th - Samuel Tebege (GER) €5,440 1 CPS Main Event ticket €2,200
* ICM Deal with €8,000 left for the winner
The Final Day of the Main Track Winter Festival brought together the last 24 survivors from a field of 3,050 entrants. The selection was very quick, with the semi-finals starting 90 minutes after the start of the day.
10 Belgians were present at the start of Day 3, which was played over 50-minute levels, with six jumping to the last two tables in 80 minutes. In the end, it was Frenchman Thomas Narbonne who made the final table bubble three big hours after the shuffle up and deal. The Frenchman also missed out on the 9 €2,200 CPS Main Event tickets for the finalists...
3 Dutchmen, 2 Belgians, a German, an Italian, a Frenchman and an Algerian in the final... with a quick exit for Samuel Tebege then two hours with 8 players before an explosion. In the space of 50 minutes, four of the competitors went to the cashier to turn €250 into a 5-figure win.
The final four players then quickly agreed to smooth out the variance to €177,000 before Hamoud Moenn came out on top with some logic... The Dutchman triumphed after a ten-hour Final Day comprising a five-hour final and a final duel lasting a good half-hour.
Hamoun Moenn succeeds his compatriot Pel Nieuwenhuis, who triumphed without a deal against 3,423 opponents, turning €250 into €90,000. More great stories in Namur.
Next up is the Carnival Festival on 23 February!
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