Who Will be Crowned Champion of the 2015 bwin.be WPT National Brussels?
The final day of the €1,100 + €100 bwin.be World Poker Tour National Brussels Main Event has come and the action will resume in one hour from now on, at 2 p.m. local time. After two starting days and Day 2, the 391-entry strong field has been reduced to its last 21 participants, who will battle at the tables of the Grand Casino Brussels Viage for the WPT National champion's title, winner trophy and first-place payout of €88,000.
Leading the contenders is Kyne Elmouloua with 1,094,000 in chips, followed by Day 1a chip leader Mike Gerry (952,000) and Julien Duveau (855,000). Jean Marie Vandeborne (561,000) and Heinrich Pauker (546,000) are right around average when level 23 kicks in at blinds 10,000-20,000 with a running ante of 3,000.
PMU Pro and French poker player of the year 2014 Erwann Pecheux (506,000) as well as Miroslav Alilovic (357,000) and Stephen Woodhead (275,000) are other notables still in it to win it.
There are three seven-handed tables at the restart and the action will be nine-handed for the official final table. The level duration is 60 minutes each, during heads-up stage this will however be reduced to 30 minutes as per WPT rules.
Furthermore, Day 2 of the €2,000 + €200 High Roller gets underway at 4 p.m. with 29 players out of 82 entries remaining. Late registration and single re-entry is possible until the cards are back in the air.
Main Event Day 3 blind structure:
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
| 24 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 4,000 |
| 25 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| 26 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
| 27 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 |
| 28 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 10,000 |
| 29 | 40,000 | 80,000 | 10,000 |
| 30 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 15,000 |
| 31 | 60,000 | 120,000 | 20,000 |
| 32 | 75,000 | 150,000 | 25,000 |
Make sure to tune back regularly and follow the updates of the PokerNews live reporting team to find out who becomes the newest WPT National champion in the capital of Belgium.
for the Frenchman and the 
for Gerry. The board ran out 
to give Gerry a flush and Alciato headed to the payout desk.
and Woodhead already left his chair, waving good bye. The meaningless 
turn and 
river completed the board and the Brit is the second player to be knocked out early on Day 3.
and Steinberg was looking for fives or kings with his 
flop left the Israeli drawing dead before the 
turn was an overkill, giving Nicolopoulos quads to add to the misery. The meaningless 
turn, Mike Gerry bet for what looked like 60,000 and Christian van der Haegen called to see the 
on the river.
. Alilovic's 
board. Dahmani wasn't too happy about the outcome but wished everyone good luck before heading to the payout desk.
, Mamouni check-raised all in and Djemai, who made a continuation bet of 90,000 and started the hand with around 400,000 chips, called off.
, as Ravier was drawing dead on the turn already. He receives €5,210 for his efforts and Alilovic joins the chip leaders.