De Meulder Takes Chip Lead into the Final Table!

After almost twelve levels of play, the all-Belgian Final Table has been determined for the Unibet Poker Belgian Championship Main Event. Christophe De Meulder will be taking the chip lead into the final day tomorrow, Sunday, September 2, with 4,245,000 in chips.

De Meulder actually won the €220 Deepstack for €6,585 here in Blankenberge during the 2016 edition of this event and will be looking to improve on his only Unibet cash by winning the Main Event tomorrow.  Trailing De Meulder in second place is Samir Akhoullou with 4,025,000 in chips. Akhoullou has never cashed in a Unibet event and will want to make his first a memorable one immediately.

Closing the podium is Jonas Van Baelen with 3,455,000. The Belgian has actually got no recorded live tournament cashes in Belgium so he is on the right track to make his first Belgian flag a good one.

Peter Dupont (1,040,000) and Fabrice Halleux (760,000) are two players who qualified online via Unibet and were automatically entered into a free last longer. The winner of this last longer will walk away with a €2,000 Unibet Open package tomorrow.

The final table players have been asked to come back tomorrow at 12:45 PM local time for the final table photos and their walk on and introduction to the rail. Play will commence in Level 24 with 13 minutes left on the clock which features a small blind of 25,000, big blind of 50,000 and big blind ante of 50,000. Blind level durations are scheduled to increase to 60 minutes each and a break is planned between every two levels.

Make sure to come back at 1 PM local time, Sunday, September 2, to see who will be crowned the winner of the 2018 UPBC Main Event!

Final Table Seat Draw:

Seat Player Country Chip Count Big Blinds
1 Tom Hermans Belgium 1,955,000 39
2 Christophe De Meulder Belgium 4,245,000 85
3 Dominique Potenza Belgium 1,700,000 34
4 Werner Schroons Belgium 1,405,000 28
5 Fabrice Halleux Belgium 760,000 15
6 Koen Lauwereys Belgium 3,435,000 69
7 Samir Akhoullou Belgium 4,025,000 81
8 Peter Dupont Belgium 1,040,000 21
9 Jonas Van Baelen Belgium 3,455,000 69

Payouts:

Place Player Prize
1  €            42,020
2  €            26,270
3  €            18,120
4  €            13,420
5  €            10,320
6  €              7,940
7  €              6,350
8  €              5,080
9  €              4,070
10 Yves De Jongh  €              3,530
11 Wesley Peinen  €              3,530
12 Giuseppe Vassallo  €              3,070
13 Naim Khirat  €              3,070
14 Jelle Janssen  €              2,670
15 Tom De Boom  €              2,670
16 Yves Terrier  €              2,390
17 Timur Caglan  €              2,390
18 Jeroen Brouwers  €              2,130
19 Ellen Van Der Sijpt  €              2,130
20 Jeroen van Belzen  €              2,130
21 Kris Leppens  €              1,900
22 Elsje Vansteenkiste  €              1,900
23 Francis Vandendriessche  €              1,900
24 Jorden Verbraecken  €              1,700
25 Gerret Van Lancker  €              1,700
26 Daniel De Bondt  €              1,700
27 Vincent Londez  €              1,700
28 Bart Verbanck  €              1,520
29 Vincent Gabel  €              1,520
30 Eric Donkers  €              1,520
31 Nicolas Leger  €              1,520
32 Frederick Petit  €              1,350
33 Danny de Vos  €              1,350
34 Bono De Backer  €              1,350
35 Nick Mertens  €              1,350
36 Tom Dingenen  €              1,350
37 Jan Dickers  €              1,350
38 Stephane Allard  €              1,350
39 Kevin Vanfroyenhoven  €              1,350
40 Geraldine Steylemans  €              1,210
41 Carlo Gosselin  €              1,210
42 David Lappin  €              1,210
43 Yves Keppens  €              1,210
44 Akkaya Zekeriya  €              1,210
45 Daniele Nestola  €              1,210
46 Olivier Lattrez  €              1,210
47 Cliff Maertens  €              1,210
48 Ann-Roos Callens  €              1,080
49 Hendrik van der Kooi  €              1,080
50 Jan Kusters  €              1,080
51 Patrick Van Loy  €              1,080
52 Olivier Gerard  €              1,080
53 Chiel van Marwijk  €              1,080
54 Pieter Cools  €              1,080
55 Tim Stevens  €              1,080
56 Sebastien Magerat  €              1,000
57 Koenraad Luyks  €              1,000
58 Steve Van Boxstael  €              1,000
59 Pritchathorn Gosselin  €              1,000
60 Vincent Verdickt  €              1,000
61 Jan Adriaanse  €              1,000
62 Alexis Longhe  €              1,000
63 Johan Swyngedouw  €              1,000