€500 Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2025 Winamax Poker Open Aix-les-Bains
€500 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 Winamax Poker Open Aix-les-Bains
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
€500
Prize Pool
€1,083,878
Entries
2,566
Level
52
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
18
Players Left
1
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Level 52
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 300,000 ante
Jeremy Cauchard has emerged victorious after the final day of the 2025 Winamax Poker Open Aix-les-Bains here at Casino Grand Cercle d'Aix-les-Bains, earning his second piece of Winamax silverware, after defeating Mirand Murseli in a hard-fought heads-up battle.
Cauchard takes the trophy and €135,000 first-place prize, while Murseli must settle for a runner-up finish and career-best score of €92,000.
Cauchard's biggest cash remains his victory in March 2024 in the Winamax Poker Tour Grand Finale for €170,000. The 38-year-old insurance broker can now add a second Winamax trophy to his mantlepiece.
2025 Winamax Poker Open Aix-les-Bains Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy Cauchard | France | €135,000 |
| 2 | Mirand Murseli | Switzerland | €92,000 |
| 3 | Nassim Rais | France | €68,000 |
| 4 | Amadou Gassama | France | €48,000 |
| 5 | Alexis Tremblay | Switzerland | €33,000 |
| 6 | Adrien Burgniard | France | €24,000 |
| 7 | Gus Hansen | Denmark | €16,899 |
Winner's Reaction
Cauchard was understandably overjoyed with his achievement, saying "I did it! I wanted to make people happy because everyone kept telling me,'you’re going to win the double'. I’m proud, I played better than the first time.
I can’t really believe it. The further it went, the more I wanted to pull off the feat. And on top of that, in such an incredible setting. It was a magnificent tournament."
Cauchard continued, “I kept telling myself, ‘Top 100 is good, then the semis, then the final’…I really shifted gears once we got three-handed, and on top of that I hit some hands. I made sure not to put myself in tough spots. It makes you want more."
"I wanted to bring poker back to the centre of my life. It's been my passion since I was 18, but I had kind of stepped away. A friend told me,'you know, a poker career is never really over', and that stuck with me, so I try to stay up to date. I can't quite believe I did it, I'll be back to win the next one!"
Day 3 Action
Cauchard was always among the middling stacks, but once he had navigated his way to three-handed he went through the gears and played for the win.
At the start of the day 18 players returned and there were immediate fireworks, as Benoit Pierrisnard busted in a flip to Murseli in the first hand. Alexis Tremblay started as the short-stack, and he came out of the traps hot, earning two quick double-ups. Tremblay would end up riding that momentum all the way to a fifth-place finish, eventually falling to Murseli.
The first of the Viel brothers, short-stack Julien Viel, was next to go after busting to Gus Hansen. The other, Eric Viel, then woke up with rockets to claim the scalp of Florian Chabert, but ultimately bust in eleventh. A fine achievement from the Viel family, both brothers making the final day of a 2,566-runner field.
After Steven Lamalle and Adrien Romeuf hit the rail, Nassim Rais then saw off short-stacked Florian Russo-Mangione in thirteenth.
After a break for the two-table redraw, Yacine Adamon quickly exited in twelfth, after failing to find a gutshot against Cauchard. Rais proceeded to go on a charge, waking up with cowboys to crack Viel's ace-king, and shortly after disposing of Nino Bellenger in tenth.
Murseli then went on a tear to set the final table, crushing Gadanho with a dominating ace-queen, and winning a 70/30 spot against start of day chip leader Tristan Vernay very shortly thereafter.
Murseli came into the final seven with the chip lead, just ahead of Rais, while Cauchard was in the middle of the pack with Hansen, and Amadou Gassama brought up the rear.
The Danish poker legend was first to bust in a brutal cooler against Murseli. Gassama significantly damaged Adrien Burgniard when he rivered a flush, and Burginard would depart in the next hand to Cauchard.
Murseli gathered tangible momentum again after the dinner break, quickly eliminating Tremblay, and severely denting Gassama with a better two pair. Rais finished off Gassama to set up a three-handed fight between Cauchard, Murseli and Rais.
The contest went on for three hours, the players battling hard and trading pots and chips, none prepared to budge an inch or lose patience in their pursuit of the trophy.
Something had to give, and momentum shifted to Cauchard when he doubled via Murseli, both players holding top pair when the money went in. That pot sent Cauchard into the chip lead, and he then found a great fold against Murseli.
Murseli won a flip against Rais to leave him with crumbs, and Cauchard put Rais to the sword in third for a career-best score.
The stage was set for the heads-up showdown, with Cauchard holding a reasonable lead over Murseli. It wouldn't be long before stacks ended up in the middle, and it was Murseli who secured the crucial double-up to prolong the contest after he got it in good and held.
The pot put Murseli in the lead, and the players battled for another 40 minutes before the crucial hands unfolded. First, Murseli turned two pair, but Cauchard rivered a flush to bring the stacks back to even.
Cauchard then dodged Murseli's flopped flush draw with top two pair to give him a significant lead, and he finished the job shortly thereafter with king-high against queen-high.
That concludes PokerNews coverage of the record-breaking 2025 Winamax Poker Open Aix-les-Bains, but be sure to check out our coverage of tournaments worldwide.
Level 52
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 300,000 ante
Mirand Murseli was all-in for 14,600,000 and at risk against Jeremy Cauchard .
Mirand Murseli: Q♥4♣ 
Jeremy Cauchard: K♠7♣
With the trophy on the line, Murseli needed help, and although the turn was sweaty for Cauchard, Murseli ultimately bricked the J♠9♣2♦10♠2♠ runout to send Cauchard the title.
Cauchard and Murseli warmly shook hands, and a friend from the rail ran up to the stage to embrace Cauchard, as he celebrated his victory with gusto.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for a recap of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
142,700,000
37,000,000
|
37,000,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 52
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 300,000 ante
Mirand Murseli raised to 8,000,000 from the button and Jeremy Cauchard defended in the big blind.
On the Q♣9♠6♠ flop, Cauchard fired out a bet of 4,500,000, Murseli jammed for 66,700,00, and Cauchard called off for his 44,100,000 total stack.
Jeremy Cauchard: Q♥9♣
Mirand Murseli: A♠J♠
It was two pair versus the flush draw, and if Murseli could hit the title was his.
The K♥ turn was a brick to the flush, but gave Murseli outs to the gutshot, but he bricked the 4♥ river, sending a crucial double-up to Cauchard.
This could be the key hand in the tournament, and Cauchard is now in a dominating position.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,700,000
45,100,000
|
45,100,000 |
|
|
22,600,000
45,100,000
|
45,100,000 |
Level 52
: Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 300,000 ante
Mirand Murseli limped the button with Q♠6♥ and Jeremy Cauchard checked his option with 3♣2♣.
The K♠J♣6♣ flop was checked to the Q♥ turn, giving Murseli two pair, where Cauchard check-raised to 9,000,000 versus a bet of 4,500,000 from Murseli, who called.
The 7♣ river completed the board, giving Cauchard the flush. He fired out a bet of 6,500,000, and Murseli quickly called to see the bad news.
The stacks are almost back to even, and its anyone's game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,700,000
23,000,000
|
23,000,000 |
|
|
60,600,000
23,000,000
|
23,000,000 |
Level 52
: 1,500,000/3,000,000, 300,000 ante
Jeremy Cauchard and Mirand Murseli have traded blows over a number of hands, pots going to each of them, neither able to land a killer punch.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,700,000 | |
|
|
37,600,000 |
Level: 52
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 300,000
Level 51
: 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Mirand Murseli has taken a reasonable number of pots in a row with sustained aggression, and has built up a bit of a lead over Jeremy Cauchard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,700,000
5,900,000
|
5,900,000 |
|
|
37,600,000
5,900,000
|
5,900,000 |
Level 51
: 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Mirand Murseli was all-in for 41,800,000, and at risk against Jeremy Cauchard.
Mirand Murseli: A♥10♥
Jeremy Cauchard: A♦7♦
With the title on the line, Murseli was in great shape, and he had Cauchard drawing dead by the turn on the K♣8♦2♠10♣7♣ runout, a roar of support from his rail going up from the watching crowd when the river hit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,800,000
35,600,000
|
35,600,000 |
|
|
43,500,000
35,600,000
|
35,600,000 |
Level 51
: 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
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