€1,100 Main Event Day 4 | 2025 PokerStars Open Namur

06-07-2025 13:42 UTC+1

Nieuwenhuis Cracks Aces to Double Up

Maxime Taldir

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Alexandru Danes opened from the cutoff, and didn't wait to call when Luke Nieuwenhuis on the button jammed for 1 260 000.

Luke Nieuwenhuis: A♣J♣ All in
Alexandru Danes: A♠A♥

Nieuwenhuis started calling his friends to tell them that he was going to be eliminated, but after a flop of 6♣K♥4♣, he hit a lucky flush with the Q♣ turn to double up after the A♦ river. He immediately apologized to Danes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Nieuwenhuis	2,600,000 140,000	140,000
Alexandru Danes	1,805,000 670,000	670,000

Tags: Alexandru Danes Luke Nieuwenhuis

06-07-2025 13:56 UTC+1

Double-Up for Hanssen; Sey Left with Crumbs

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Richard Hayes

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Tim Hanssen opened to 100,000 from early position, and was met with a three-bet jam with the covering stack by Hassan Sey in the small blind. Hanssen quickly got the rest of his 795,000 stack into the middle.

Tim Hanssen: K♥K♠ All in
Hassan Sey: 7♦7♠

Hanssen had Sey crushed and there were no surprises on the 9♥4♣3♥K♦2♥ runout, Hanssen improving to a set on the turn.

Shortly after Evert Rosseel opened to 100,000 from the cutoff, and believed Hassan Sey had three-bet jammed for around 800,000 from the small blind. Rosseel said call and exposed K♦K♣, however Sey had left 50,000 behind.

On the A♥6♦3♣ flop, Sey check-folded versus Rosseel's bet of 75,000 saying he had only two outs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evert Rosseel	2,275,000 375,000	375,000
Tim Hanssen	1,400,000 550,000	550,000
Hassan Sey	50,000 2,825,000	2,825,000

Tags: Evert Rosseel Hassan Sey Tim Hanssen

06-07-2025 13:57 UTC+1

Stefan Kiwisch Eliminated in 19th Place (€8,430)

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Richard Hayes

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Stefan Kiwisch was getting up from the table, his K♣Q♥ being bested by Jason Barton's A♠9♠ after Barton rivered a flush on the king-queen high board, all the money going in on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Barton	5,200,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Stefan Kiwisch	Busted

Tags: Jason Barton Stefan Kiwisch

06-07-2025 14:02 UTC+1

Cibicek Bets Big

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Maxime Taldir

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The action was picked up on a board of 3♥9♥J♠8♣ with 700,000 in the pot. Jozef Cibicek in the hijack bet 175,000 and was called by Tim Hanssen in the big blind to find the 10♣ river.

Hanssen led out for 275,000, but Cibicek raised to 2,000,000. Hanssen immediately folded.

On the very next hand, Cibicek opened from under the gun, Evert Rosseel to his left three-bet to 275,000, Cibicek four-bet to 550,000 and Rosseel jammed, prompting Cibicek to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jozef Cibicek	7,600,000 215,000	215,000

Evert Rosseel	2,800,000 525,000	525,000
Tim Hanssen	850,000 550,000	550,000

Tags: Evert Rosseel Jozef Cibicek Tim Hanssen

06-07-2025 14:03 UTC+1

Dang Nguyen Eliminated in 18th Place (€8,430)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Dang Nguyen opened from the cutoff. Ferdinando D'Alessio in the small blind three-bet to 375,000, but Nguyen four-bet all-in for 1,300,000. D'Alessio made the call.

Dang Nguyen: 10♠10♣ All in
Ferdinando D'Alessio: 9♦9♠

Nguyen was on his way to double up on the flop of K♠2♥J♠, but after the Q♠ turn, D'Alessio hit a runner-runner straight with the 10♥ river to eliminate Nguyen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ferdinando D'Alessio	3,800,000 100,000	100,000
Dang Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Dang Nguyen Ferdinando D'Alessio

06-07-2025 14:05 UTC+1

Hassan Sey Eliminated in 17th Place (€10,110)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Hassan Sey in the hijack moved all-in for 50,000, a single big blind. Matthias Van Der Perre raised to 125,000 from the cutoff, and he was called by both players in the blinds.

The dealer fanned a flop of 4♥9♦2♦ where Jort Hagedoorn in the small blind jammed for a bit more than 500,000. He made Jozef Cibicek in the big blind and Hagedoorn fold.

Hassan Sey: A♦8♥ All in
Jort Hagedoorn: J♠J♦

Sey was dominated and later eliminated after the K♣3♣ was revealed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jort Hagedoorn	750,000 250,000	250,000
Hassan Sey	Busted

Tags: Hassan Sey Jort Hagedoorn Matthias Van der Perre

06-07-2025 14:12 UTC+1

Giovanni Ventura Eliminated in 16th Place (€10,110)

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Richard Hayes

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

A big pot of 1,000,000 had developed by the river on a board of J♠3♠2♠3♣2♥, in a hand between Giovanni Ventura in the cutoff and Ramdhane Ben Maamar in the big blind.

Ramdhane Ben Maamar check-called a jam of 406,000 from Ventura, who tabled K♠J♣ for two pair, jacks and threes. Maamar had the goods however, with 10♠7♠ for the flopped flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramdhane Ben Maamar	9,700,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Giovanni Ventura	Busted

Tags: Giovanni Ventura Ramdhane Ben Maamar

06-07-2025 14:21 UTC+1

Hakan Orduzu Eliminated in 15th Place (€12,130)

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Richard Hayes

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Luke Nieuwenhuis opened from early position to 100,000, and was faced with a three-bet to 275,000 by Ferdinando D'Alessio. Hakan Orduzu cold-called on the button, before Julien Breuil four-bet jammed from the small blind for around 2,500,000.

Everyone folded by Orduzu made the call for his 1,000,000 stack to put himself at risk.

Hakan Orduzu: 9♦9♥ All in
Julien Breuil: J♣J♦

Orduzu was crushed and there was no escape on the 8♠6♣2♥Q♦J♠ runout, Breuil rivering a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Breuil	4,100,000 3,075,000	3,075,000
Hakan Orduzu	Busted

Tags: Ferdinando D'Alessio Hakan Orduzu Julien Breuil Luke Nieuwenhuis

06-07-2025 14:26 UTC+1

Lehut Doubles Up with Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Jozef Cibicek opened from middle position, but Jean-Vincent Lehut in the cutoff three-bet to 260,000. Cibicek then decided to go all-in with the largest stack at the table. Lehut called, finding himself at risk for 2,085,000.

Jean-Vincent Lehut: A♠A♥ All in
Jozef Cibicek: 5♦5♣

Lehut found the perfect spot with aces and doubled up on a board of A♦2♠7♥5♠8♣ which gave a set to both players.