Tim Hanssen opened to 100,000 under the gun, and Alexander Ovechkin defended the big blind.
On the 9♣6♠5♦ flop, Ovechkin check-jammed to 590,000 over a bet of 80,000 from Hanssen, who quickly folded after asking for a count.
Jort Hagedoorn was all-in for 370,000 and at risk versus Tamas Seres.
Jort Hagedoorn: Q♥Q♦ 
Tamas Seres: A♦J♠
Hagedoorn was in great shape versus a single overcard and his opponent bricked the Q♠9♣2♠5♦J♥ runout.
Around 500,000 was in the middle on a completed board of A♥Q♦10♥9♠3♦, in a hand between Evert Rosseel in the cutoff and Djamal Boutaleb in the big blind.
Boutaleb check-called a bet of 180,000, and was shown the bad news when Rosseel tabled A♦10♦ for two pair, beating Boutaleb's K♥Q♠.
On a flop of K♦10♠2♣, with around 250,000 in the middle, Tobias Peters check-called from the small blind versus a bet of 75,000 from Ferdinando D'Alessio in the hijack.
On the 5♦ turn, Peters check-folded versus a bet of 325,000 from D'Alessio.
Marco Walgreen was all-in for 1,200,000 and at risk versus Ferdinando D'Alessio.
Marco Walgreen: A♣K♥
Ferdinando D'Alessio: A♥J♣
Walgreen was in a dominating position, but D'Alessio hit top pair across the J♠10♠4♥6♦9♦ runout.
Around 300,000 was in the middle on a board of 9♦8♥8♦2♥, in a hand between Marco Walgreen and Mathieu Gallois.
Walgreen fired out a bet of 160,000, and Gallois responded with a raise to 375,000. Walgreen three-bet jammed for 360,000 total, and Gallois snap-folded.
In the next hand. Rudolf Van Mol jammed from the cutoff with pocket nines, and was looked up by Gallois with ace-queen. Gallois rivered a queen to send Van Mol to the exits.
Philippe Ktorza jammed for 475,000 and was looked up by chip leader Ramdhane Ben Maamar.
Philippe Ktorza: K♣J♠
Ramdhane Ben Maamar: A♣J♣
Ktorza was crushed and Maamar hit two pair across the A♠J♥7♦5♥5♠ runout.
Cards are in the air here in Day 4 of the PokerStars Open Main Event Namur, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of a crucial day of poker for these players.
30-second time banks are now in play.
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | Julien Breuil | 1,025,000 |
| 15 | 2 | Alexander Ovechkin | 585,000 |
| 15 | 3 | Tim Hanssen | 1,230,000 |
| 15 | 4 | Alexandru Danes | 2,050,000 |
| 15 | 5 | Jason Barton | 4,095,000 |
| 15 | 6 | Luke Nieuwenhuis | 2,460,000 |
| 15 | 7 | Giovanni Ventura | 500,000 |
| 15 | 8 | Hakan Orduzu | 2,305,000 |
| 16 | 1 | Jozef Cibicek | 3,270,000 |
| 16 | 2 | Saman Ziarati | 1,625,000 |
| 16 | 3 | Philippe Ktorza | 475,000 |
| 16 | 4 | Hassan Sey | 3,245,000 |
| 16 | 5 | Erwin Vu Duc | 2,000,000 |
| 16 | 6 | Ramdhane Ben Maamar | 5,460,000 |
| 16 | 7 | Empty | |
| 16 | 8 | Dang Nguyen | 880,000 |
| 17 | 1 | Empty | |
| 17 | 2 | Ferdinando D'Alessio | 1,550,000 |
| 17 | 3 | Marco Walgreen | 745,000 |
| 17 | 4 | Stefan Kiwisch | 1,610,000 |
| 17 | 5 | Tobias Peters | 1,745,000 |
| 17 | 6 | Rudolf van Mol | 420,000 |
| 17 | 7 | Mathieu Gallois | 1,960,000 |
| 17 | 8 | Fabri Cardenia | 855,000 |
| 18 | 1 | Matthias Van der Perre | 850,000 |
| 18 | 2 | Djamal Boutaleb | 1,450,000 |
| 18 | 3 | Jort Hagedoorn | 450,000 |
| 18 | 4 | Krzysztof Grubka | 740,000 |
| 18 | 5 | Tamas Seres | 905,000 |
| 18 | 6 | Evert Rosseel | 1,535,000 |
| 18 | 7 | Jean Lehut | 1,640,000 |
| 18 | 8 | Empty |
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