Main Event Day 1b | 2019 Lex Live Namur

03-29-2019 03:13 UTC+2

Soufiane Gherbi Chip Leads Day 1B; 'Zeeth' Through to Day 2

Milko van Winden

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Day 1B of the 2019 Lex Live Namur Main Event is in the books. Soufiane Gherbi ended the day as chip leader bagging 514,000. That makes Gherbi not only Day 1B chip leader but also the overall chip leader of the event so far. Other big stacks that made it through to Day 2 include Randee Clybouw (420,000), Damase Verlinde (365,000), and Marc Hansens (326,000). Morten 'Zeeth' Ottosen also made it through to Day 2 after busting right before the end of Day 1A.

A total of 275 players entered Day 1B and 30 players entered Day 1B turbo. The total number of entrants in the €225 Main Event in Namur, Belgium is already at 485. The guarantee of the event stands at €100,000 and will easily be broken tomorrow on Day 1C and Day 1C turbo. A lot of people from Lex Veldhuis' community arrived today and entered the tournament.

Tjenno 'TjennoE' Eskes (79,500), Morten 'Zeeth' Ottosen (58,500), Markus 'l4zy_pigeon' Borel (42,000), and Ger 'eyesolater' Kamerling (25,500) all made Day 2 of the tournament. 'Zeeth' was very happy to finally have made Day 2 after he busted out of the tournament on Day 1A right before they started bagging. ''I'm really happy I made Day 2 and I'm especially happy that I have a bigger stack than 'Croaks' and about three times as much as Lex!''

Others were less fortunate and didn't make Day 2. Simon 'mzzlaar' Steenstra was playing around the starting stack of 50,000 for the entire day but he busted out in a coin flip after late registration had closed already. Steenstra told PokerNews he will definitely play Day 1C of the Main Event in the hopes of making Day 2 of an already very successful Main Event.

The atmosphere in the casino is amazing and the casual vibe of the event allows for a lot of freedom. Veldhuis, Benjamin Spragg and a lot of community members started a €25 sit and go before the start of Day 1B. Community member 'Zjoeri' won the event for €162.

Day 1C will start at 6 p.m. local time and there will be a turbo 1C at 10 p.m. local time. PokerNews will be on site to report the tournament from start to finish.

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Soufiane Gherbi

03-28-2019 23:29 UTC+2

Twitch Superstar 'Zeeth' Doubles

Milko van Winden

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

H1Z1 powerhouse Morten 'Zeeth' Ottosen just doubled up his stack. He saw Dylan Noël open the action with a under-the-gun raise to 2,500 and the Danish esporter pushed his last 20,100 to the middle.

'Zeeth' was teasing his opponent about mucking his cards because he said he already knew he was going to fold. Noël didn't though when he flicked in a single chip to call.

Morten 'Zeeth' Ottosen:
Dylan Noël:

The board ran out and Ottosen secured a much needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Morten Ottosen	45,000	16,000

Tags: Dylan Noël Morten Ottosen

03-28-2019 20:45 UTC+2

Van Veldhoven to the Rail

Milko van Winden

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Janneke van Veldhoven is one of the first players who is eliminated from Day 1B of the €225 Main Event. She already lost a big chunk of her stack and she lost the remainder of it with pocket kings.

''I got my last 20,000 in really good with pocket kings against jack-deuce and that's it. A deuce on the flop and a deuce on the river.''

Van Veldhoven said she was going to fire another bullet in a bit but she's going to take some time off first.

Player	Chips	Progress
Janneke van Veldhoven	Busted

Tags: Janneke van Veldhoven

03-28-2019 18:03 UTC+2

Day 1B Starts at 6 P.M. and Day 1B Turbo at 10 P.M.

Milko van Winden

Day 1A and Day 1A turbo are in the books and players are getting ready for Day 1B of the €225 Main Event at the 2019 Lex Live Namur in Grand Casino de Namur. Day 1A and the turbo version got an impressive 180 entries yesterday and today will probably be even bigger. At the end of the day, it was Frenchman Moise Alloun on top of the leaderboard with a stack of 490,000. Lex Veldhuis, 'Croaks', and Benjamin 'Spraggy' Spragg all made it through to Day 2 of the tournament, but none of them ended the day with more than they started with.

They will play the same twelve 30-minute levels as they did yesterday and all players will start with 50,000 in chips. The registration and reentry period will be open for the first eight levels of the tournament.

''I'm really happy with the turnout. I was happy when there were 80 players registered in the event so 168 on Day 1A is amazing. I expect Day 1B and 1C to be even bigger. If we cross the 800 player mark I would be extremely happy but everything above the 500 is amazing.'' said Veldhuis to PokerNews. He also said that he was expecting about 300 entries to made on Day 1B.

At 10 p.m. local time there will be a turbo version with 15-minute levels. Yesterday's turbo flight attracted 12 players but that number is expected to be much bigger today.

PokerNews will be on the tournament floor to bring live coverage throughout the event.

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Croaks Lex Veldhuis Moise Alloun