Jean-Vincent Lehut of France has emerged as a well-deserved champion of the PokerStars Open Main Event Namur, defeating Slovakian Jozef Cibicek heads-up to conquer a 1,572 entry field and take the huge €238,000 first-place prize.
Lehut, a high-stakes online cash game specialist, obliterated his previous career-best tournament score of €30,200 after flying under the radar for most of the tournament, producing a dominant final table performance when it mattered most.
2025 PokerStars Open Namur Main Event Final Table Results
Levon Grigoryan opened to 3,500 from the button, and received a call from Levon Grigoryan on the button.
On the 8♦4♠2♥ flop, Grigoryan continued with a bet of 4,000, which failed to shake off Grigoryan.
The 10♣ hit on the turn, and the same pattern followed, this time in respect of a bet of 8,000 from Grigoryan.
The 3♣ completed the board, and Grigoryan triple-barreled with a bet of 15,000. Kovalenko quickly called, and his J♦10♣ was good versus Grigoryan's A♠K♠.
The PokerStars Open once again returns to the Circus Casino Resort in the picturesque city of Namur, Belgium, where we start our coverage of the action on Day 2 of the €1,000,000 guaranteed €1,100 Main Event.
After seven starting flights obtained a monstrous total of 1,399 entrants, 424 players have qualified for Day 2, kicking off today, June 4, at noon local time.
With late registration open still until the start of Level 13, those figures, and the current prize pool of €1,330,950, are sure to swell further.
Xiaohua Yang of China leads the way on 374,000 after topping the Day 1f standings, and he is closely followed by Gary Hasson of Belgium (367,600) and Gael Djenkal of France (310,100), the Day 1d and Day 1a chip leaders respectively.
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Xiaohua Yang
China
374,000
311
2
Gary Hasson
Belgium
367,600
305
3
Gael Djenkal
France
310,100
258
4
Manuel Schnur
Germany
303,500
252
5
Dimitar Toshev
Bulgaria
291,700
243
6
Omur Pehlivan
Germany
281,000
234
7
Sebastien Guinand
France
277,400
231
8
Francois Depasse
Belgium
266,600
222
9
Pieterjan Nonneman
Belgium
266,200
221
10
Anuar El Bakkall
Netherlands
266,100
221
There are plenty of big names in the mix, including David Docherty (221,000), Conor O'Driscoll (144,100), fresh off two wins at EPT Monte Carlo, two-time bracelet winner Tobias Peters (221,000) and EPT winner Manig Loeser (45,300).
PokerStars ambassador Felix Schneiders (108,600), Gerard Carbo (79,600) and Kalidou Sow (77,000) are among those who will be hoping to move up the leaderboard today.
Jean-Vincent Lehut of France is the defending champion, after he defeated Jozef Cibicek of Slovakia heads-up in the 2025 edition, banking €238,000 in the process.
Jean-Vincent Lehut
Lehut has found a bag of 172,800 for Day 2, and is attempting to secure a historic consecutive title. Third-place finisher Jason Barton (211,000) is also hoping for another deep run in Namur.
PokerStars Open Namur Main Event 2025 Final Table Results
Rank
Player
Country
Prize (EUR)
1
Jean-Vincent Lehut
France
€238,000
2
Jozef Cibicek
Slovakia
€153,500
3
Jason Barton
United Kingdom
€109,620
4
Ferdinando D'Alessio
Belgium
€84,320
5
Ramdhane Ben Maamar
France
€64,830
6
Evert Rosseel
Belgium
€49,950
7
Julien Breuil
France
€38,410
8
Jort Hagedoorn
Netherlands
€29,580
9
Alexandru Danes
France
€22,800
Play in Day 2 will restart at noon with blinds of 600/1,200, with a 1,200 big blind ante, and 60-minute levels in play at the start of the day. Players entering in Day 2 will receive a 30,000 starting stack. The final prize pool and payouts will be confirmed after the close of late registration, after which 75-minute levels come into play.
Days 3-5 take place at noon on June 5-7 respectively, and Days 4 and 5 feature 90-minute levels.
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