And then there was nine! The Unibet Belgian Poker Championship €550 Main Event has reached its unofficial final table with just nine souls in contention of winning the title and the €41,980 first-place prize!
Over three starting flights, the Main Event clocked up an impressive 419 entries and created a 209,500 prize pool
After over 12 hours of exhilarating poker action today at the Casino Blankenberge, Glenn Laureys rose to the summit and bagged the overnight chip lead on 4,370,000.
Leandro Gaone follows behind with 3,735,000, and Dutchman Dennis Kleinleugemors completes the top three stacks on 2,955,000.
Bart Vandeweghe (2,695,000), Justin Herboldt (2,170,000), William ‘HensiePensie’ Hens (pictured below) (1,750,000), Bart Van Dijk (1,525,000), Kamel Djemai (1,000,000), and Benjamin Truyens (850,000) complete the line-up.
Each player already has a minimum €4,030 locked up, but it will be the spot in the winner’s photo that they will have their sights set on when the action resumes at 1 pm on Sunday, September 1.
Day 2 Action
When Day 2 kicked-off 171 players returned intending to reach the 55 money spot places.
Among those to exit in the early stages was Unibet ambassador Charlotte Van Brabander followed by the shock elimination of Day 1b chip leader Farukh Tach just two hours into the action.
As the numbers dropped at a rapid pace, the play became increasingly important as the money bubble approached. Ultimately it was to be Matthijs Baudewijn who missed out on cash in his pocket in 56th place after his nut flush draw on the flop never came to fruition. Baudewijn did, however, walk away with a champagne gift from Unibet for his efforts as the players congratulated themselves on cashing.
Belgium all-time money list #2 Pierre Neuville, Davy Huyst, Dehlia De Jong, Michael Altena, Miguel Coussement, Michael Gobbe, and Lars Meysman were all able to collect prizes for their efforts this weekend before the final elimination of the day saw Yves Terrier depart in 11th place for €3,500 after running ace-nine into ace-king.
It was another fun-filled day in Blankenberge for many, with Unibet’s famous #QueenRules event also again on showcase.
Join us back here from 1 pm tomorrow for all the final table action as a champion is crowned!
Main Event Day 2 Payouts:
10 YVES TERRIER € 3,500
11 LARS MEYSMAN € 3,500
12 JEAN-PIERRE OPDEBEECK € 3,050
13 THOMAS VAN € 3,050
14 MICHAEL GOBBE € 2,650
15 TSERING PHURBU € 2,650
16 GILL DE SMEDT € 2,370
17 GEERT REMYSEN € 2,370
18 WALID BELMESSAOUD € 2,110
19 FRANCIS VANDENDRIESSCHE € 2,110
20 ISMAEL BOUJAHMA € 2,110
21 MIGUEL COUSSEMENT € 1,890
22 TOM HERMANS € 1,890
23 GILLES MAGNY € 1,890
24 JAN KUSTERS € 1,680
25 STEFAAN WISSE € 1,680
26 KURT DOBBELAERE € 1,680
27 KEVIN DOBBELAERE € 1,680
28 VITAL JORIS € 1,500
29 PHITCHATHORN GOSSELIN € 1,500
30 GILLES AUGUSTUS € 1,500
31 MICHAEL ALTENA € 1,500
32 MATTHIAS PINSON € 1,340
33 DEHLIA DE JONG € 1,340
34 ROB WALKERS € 1,340
35 GEERT SLUYS € 1,340
36 KEVIN DE LOOF € 1,340
37 PETER DUPONT € 1,340
38 ROEL MATTAN € 1,340
39 PHILIPPE BRACQ € 1,340
40 DARYL AGCAOILI € 1,200
41 BRAM SEGERS € 1,200
42 DIMITRI HUYBRECHTS € 1,200
43 SONER GUZEL € 1,200
44 ANN-ROOS CALLENS € 1,200
45 GERRIT BLANCKAERT € 1,200
46 DAVY HUYST € 1,200
47 PIERRE NEUVILLE € 1,200
48 EMMANUEL VAN DER HAEGEN € 1,070
49 TIMO JANSSEN € 1,070
50 KEVIN POSSEMIERS € 1,070
51 JOHNNY BOEDT € 1,070
52 AHMED IBRAHIM € 1,070
53 GEERT DE WITTE € 1,070
54 JORIS LEMMENS € 1,070
55 JORDI CORBIJN € 1,070
Reporting by Aaron McBride
