Main Event
Day 3 Started
Main Event
Day 3 Started
Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|---|
4 | 1 | Julien Duveau | 855,000 |
4 | 2 | Omar Dahmani | 426,000 |
4 | 4 | Yehoram Houri | 535,000 |
4 | 5 | Florian Ravier | 494,000 |
4 | 6 | Miroslav Alilovic | 357,000 |
4 | 8 | Stephen Woodhead | 275,000 |
4 | 9 | Jean Marie Vandeborne | 561,000 |
5 | 2 | Mathieu Alciato | 239,000 |
5 | 3 | Kamel Djemai | 506,000 |
5 | 4 | Mike Gerry | 952,000 |
5 | 5 | Eugenio Landi | 190,000 |
5 | 6 | Christian van der Haegen | 540,000 |
5 | 7 | Julien Brulet | 479,000 |
5 | 9 | Kyne Elmouloua | 1,094,000 |
6 | 1 | Simon Steinberg | 400,000 |
6 | 2 | Mohamed Mamouni | 821,000 |
6 | 3 | Jozsef Szabo | 782,000 |
6 | 4 | Nicolas Nicolopoulos | 516,000 |
6 | 6 | Nico Lombaerts | 694,000 |
6 | 7 | Erwann Pecheux | 506,000 |
6 | 9 | Heinrich Pauker | 546,000 |
The final day of the €1,100 + €100 bwin.be World Poker Tour National Brussels Main Event has come and the action will resume in one hour from now on, at 2 p.m. local time. After two starting days and Day 2, the 391-entry strong field has been reduced to its last 21 participants, who will battle at the tables of the Grand Casino Brussels Viage for the WPT National champion's title, winner trophy and first-place payout of €88,000.
Leading the contenders is Kyne Elmouloua with 1,094,000 in chips, followed by Day 1a chip leader Mike Gerry (952,000) and Julien Duveau (855,000). Jean Marie Vandeborne (561,000) and Heinrich Pauker (546,000) are right around average when level 23 kicks in at blinds 10,000-20,000 with a running ante of 3,000.
PMU Pro and French poker player of the year 2014 Erwann Pecheux (506,000) as well as Miroslav Alilovic (357,000) and Stephen Woodhead (275,000) are other notables still in it to win it.
There are three seven-handed tables at the restart and the action will be nine-handed for the official final table. The level duration is 60 minutes each, during heads-up stage this will however be reduced to 30 minutes as per WPT rules.
Furthermore, Day 2 of the €2,000 + €200 High Roller gets underway at 4 p.m. with 29 players out of 82 entries remaining. Late registration and single re-entry is possible until the cards are back in the air.
Main Event Day 3 blind structure:
Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
---|---|---|---|
23 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
24 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 4,000 |
25 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 5,000 |
26 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 |
27 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 |
28 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 10,000 |
29 | 40,000 | 80,000 | 10,000 |
30 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 15,000 |
31 | 60,000 | 120,000 | 20,000 |
32 | 75,000 | 150,000 | 25,000 |
Make sure to tune back regularly and follow the updates of the PokerNews live reporting team to find out who becomes the newest WPT National champion in the capital of Belgium.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Eugenio Landi open-shoved but didn't get any call.
Simon Steinberg then saw a flop of and bet 100,000 only to fold to a shove of Heinrich Pauker.
The action folded to Mathieu Alciato on the button and he moved all in only to see Mike Gerry snap-call out of the big blinds. It was the for the Frenchman and the for Gerry. The board ran out to give Gerry a flush and Alciato headed to the payout desk.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Gerry |
1,200,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
Mathieu Alciato | Busted |
Miroslav Alilovic raised to 43,000 and called the three-bet of Jean Marie Vandeborne, who had just arrived late, making it 102,000 to go. On the flop, Alilovic check-raised all in and Vandeborne bet-folded after making a continuation bet of 100,000. It was 191,000 more to call.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Miroslav Alilovic |
570,000
213,000
|
213,000 |
Jean Marie Vandeborne |
350,000
-211,000
|
-211,000 |
Eugenio Landi was all in for 275,000 chips with and Mike Gerry looked him up with the . However, the big stack was not able to knock out the Italian on a board of .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Gerry |
1,000,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Eugenio Landi |
550,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
Stephen Woodhead open-shoved his short stack and Julien Duveai just flat-called in late position, no other player was willing to call though.
Woodhead:
Duveau:
It was all over after a flop of and Woodhead already left his chair, waving good bye. The meaningless turn and river completed the board and the Brit is the second player to be knocked out early on Day 3.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Julien Duveau |
1,100,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
Stephen Woodhead | Busted |
After a four-way flop of , the action was checked to Eugenio Landi and he bet 50,000. Christian van der Haegen and Julien Brulet called whereas Kyne Elmouloua folded. On the turn and the river all three players checked and Brulet was first to show, mucking his cards. Landi showed the and van der Haegen had an equally strong hand in to chop the pot.