An amateur sports teacher, Ronny Bouwmans finished second in the previous edition of the Namur Classics, winning €39,803 for €350 from a field of 1,270 entrants. The Belgian tried his luck again with one idea in mind: to do better.

"The job is done", he confided after triumphing over a field of 1,372 entrants in the 2025 edition. This time he walks away with €56,000 and a CPS 2025 Main Event ticket, just like the last 4 runners-up in this event, which rewarded 199 players.

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Ronny Bouwmans, Alirez Kal and Jos Ten Have took the lion's share of the €396,000 prize pool. The last 7 players in the running won a 5-figure prize as 32 players returned to the Final Day, a JUR 3 played over 50-minute levels.

It was after 70 minutes that Ronny Bouwmans concluded the final duel, a duel that began almost level but in which he had to let the storm pass for a good 20 minutes.

"Last year I finished runner-up, I just had to win... the money was secondary during the last duel," explained Ronny. "I don't play too much because I'm building my house... the whole tournament I was more or less average, it built up slowly but when I eliminated Rens Buijs I told myself I could do better than last year," commented the champion. "I had the feeling that he was the most dangerous, so after that the door was open and I took my chance," continued the champion, supported by a friend and his girlfriend.

Alireza returned to greet the winner with fair play. "He was successful, it was hard so I was more and more aggressive. It ended well," concluded Ronny before posing with his trophy.

See you at 6pm on Monday for the regular tournaments at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur... next festival with the PokerStars Open at the end of May. Online satellites are taking place to play for the "Belgian Championship" at a lower cost!




Classics 2025 final prize money (€198,390 left in the prizepool)
Champion - Ronny Bowmans (Bel) €56,000 CPS Main Event ticket €2,200
Runner Up - Alireza Kal (Bel) €39,000 CPS Main Event ticket €2,200
3rd - Jos Ten Have €27,500 CPS Main Event ticket €2,200
4th - Harrie Snijders (NL) €22,000 CPS Main Event ticket €2,200
5th - Rens Buijs (Bel) €17,000
6th - Fabio d'Annolfo (Bel) €13,100
7th - Dieter Verlinden (Bel) €10,085
8th - Maurice Runsveld (NL) €7,750
9th - Sofien Djaballah (Fr) €5,955