238.000 and glory for Jean-Vincent Lehut

Five hours and 20 minutes of poker were enough for Jean-Vincent Lehut to win the PokerStars Open Naur 2025 at €1,100 per entry. The event attracted 1,572 entrants and it took the Frenchman 5 days of competition to settle his last 8 opponents on Sunday at the Circus Casino Resort in Namur.

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"Incredible" is a word that Jean-Vincent Lehut will be repeating several times after his €238,000 victory at the PSO Namur 2025. "In truth, it's not my biggest poker win," says the champion, a high-limit cash-game specialist who drove three hours a day for five days to triumph in Wallonia. "I wanted to touch the cards", he said a few minutes later.

A former croupier at the Aviation Club de France and father of a 4-year-old boy, Jen-Vincent went straight through the tournament. He wasn't afraid to make the right call at the bubble to position himself and then took advantage of his depth to unroll. "Incredibly, I played perfectly in this final, but it was fluid," he explained, before adding that he hadn't "played the landings, the ICM... all for the win, the plan was to play without pressure".

And it was JVL who put the pressure on. "Straight on," he sums up, before adding another layer. "I'm happy, too happy, it's going to make me move faster even if it doesn't change my life" says the man who dominated a field of 1,572 entrants to take the biggest share of a massive €1,493,400 prizepool, the biggest in Belgian poker history .

"I played very well but it was ultra fluid, it was smooth," continued the champion. "I'm happy to bring the trophy back to my son. To each his own, I think cash players have more skills but then to be honest the leveier effect, the ICM I don't master and taking risks served me well," he adds more volubly.

The state of mind, playing free, a perfect cocktail when you're holding the cards. "I was very serene. (Cibicek) was very aggressive but I was serene (at the start of the head's up)," added the winner, who has the advantage of "having played for months longer" than the first prize during his playing career.

"I don't know what to tell you (when asked if tournaments are simple). It's possible (that the fact of not making a mountain has given me an advantage), the fact that it doesn't affect me (financially) I wasn't wondering about a possible payjump," he confirms before talking about the future.

"Every day I wondered what the hell I was doing here, it's been a long time, really. I'm so happy, but don't get me started on a Main in Vegas. I haven't thought about it, I've left my wife and son for a few days, I don't know where but we're going on holiday", finished the champion. Enjoy your break and see you soon in Namur!