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Casino Namur: Henrik Veldhoen falls to Koen De Visscher at the PokerStars Open

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June 8, 2026

It almost worked out for the Germans at the €1,100 PokerStars Open Namur in the Circus Casino Resort Namur where they were in contention for the trophy. Ultimately, it was Koen De Visscher celebrating victory while Henrik Veldhoen consoled himself with 2nd place.Henrik Veldhoen started the final day as the chip leader among the last nine of the 1,572 (752/820) entries.

The final day was set to be a very long one. Koen De Visscher caused the first seat open when he eliminated Lulei Hu with

against

. The flop was

, the chips went in the middle, turn

, river

, and there were still eight players left.Sebastian Guinand had to say goodbye with

against Dario Quattrucci’s

, while Nicolas Burtin also could not find luck with

against Henrik Veldhoen’s 3s.Koen De Visscher and Henrik Veldhoen battled for the chip lead, with Koen holding

in a three-way pot, where he had to give up chips to Dario Quattrucci with

, but he was able to win chips from Stan van Dijk with

on the board

.Dario Quattrucci later ran his nines into David Docherty’s aces and took 5th place. With four players left, Koen De Visscher easily maintained the lead. David Docherty was eliminated before the dinner break with

against Andrew Hulme’s 3s.The three-handed battle turned fierce and lengthy. Andrew Hulme took the lead, while Henrik Veldhoen fell far behind. However, the dynamic shifted again as Koen De Visscher took chips and the lead from Andrew Hulme. It generally turned into a duel between the two, while Henrik Veldhoen waited for his opportunity, doubling up short-stacked with

against Koen De Visscher’s

.In fact, Andrew Hulme went all-in with 7s against Koen De Visscher’s

, with the board showing

, resulting in Andrew Hulme taking 3rd place, while Henrik Veldhoen found himself short-stacked in a heads-up against Koen De Visscher.It didn’t take long before Henrik went all-in with

against

. The board showed

, and Koen De Visscher celebrated the trophy and €220,800, while Henrik Veldhoen was left with €138,500 as consolation.

The GRND community returns to Namur from June 28 to July 5 with the GRND on Tour #2, featuring a €250 Main Event with a guaranteed €250,000, along with plenty of side events and community action. Cash games start at the usual €2.5/€2.5 NLH or €5/5 PLO. Details regarding the complete (poker) offerings and the option to purchase tickets can be found at circus-poker.com, where you’ll also find the live coverage, and the password is “poker”.€1,100 PokerStars Open Entries: 1,572 (752/820) Prize Pool: €1,491,828Payouts:

Place	Name	Country	Winnings
1	Koen De Visscher	Belgium	€220,800
2	Henrik Veldhoen	Germany	€138,500
3	Andrew Hulme	United Kingdom	€100,300
4	David Docherty	United Kingdom	€78,000
5	Dario Quattrucci	Italy	€60,000
6	Stan Van Dijk	Netherlands	€46,000
7	Nicolas Burtin	France	€36,000
8	Sebastien Guinand	France	€28,000
9	Lulei Hu	Italy	€21,558
10	Francois Depasse	Belgium	€16,520
11	Anuar El Bakkall	Netherlands	€16,520
12	Manuel Schnur	Germany	€13,900
13	Tobias Peters	Netherlands	€13,900
14	Nicolai Striewe	Germany	€11,700
15	Sefar Akcay	Belgium	€11,700
16	Patrick Prijot	Belgium	€9,930
17	Conor O’Driscoll	Ireland	€9,930
18	Luca Delfino	Italy	€8,430
19	Donato Sparavilla	Italy	€8,430
20	Mathieu Gomez	France	€8,430
21	Niklas Deitmer	Germany	€7,200
22	Alexandru Danes	France	€7,200
23	Rosario Agosta	Belgium	€7,200
24	Akiko Ota	Japan	€6,200
25	Ahmet Demirturan	France	€6,200
26	Kadir Karadag	Germany	€6,200
27	Wuai Cheng Tsang	France	€6,200
28	Gijsbert Van Doesburg	Netherlands	€5,400
29	Sandro Gangi	Belgium	€5,400
30	Yves Thalmann	Switzerland	€5,400
31	Roan Van Der Auwera	Belgium	€5,400
32	Rob Hendrikx	Netherlands	€4,600
33	Mathias Moutaoukil	Morocco	€4,600
34	Luke Nieuwenhuis	Netherlands	€4,600
35	Jonathan Church	United Kingdom	€4,600
36	Gaetan Schnepf	France	€4,600
37	Tolga Savran	Netherlands	€4,600
38	Florian Roth	Germany	€4,600
39	Rachid Boussakraou	France	€4,600
40	Raimondo Marcello	Italy	€4,110
41	Christopher Martinez	France	€4,110
42	Luca Bernardi	Italy	€4,110
43	Antonio Pereira	France	€4,110
44	Fokke Beukers	Netherlands	€4,110
45	Presiyan Tsvetanov	Bulgaria	€4,110
46	Geert Smet	Belgium	€4,110
47	Lyubomir Gyundzhiev	Bulgaria	€4,110
48	Isaac Kawa	Belgium	€4,110
49	Christophe Monnin	France	€4,110
50	Wouter Van Efferen	Netherlands	€4,110
51	Theodoor Woolschot	Netherlands	€4,110
52	Konstantin Farber	Germany	€4,110
53	Branko Vodjevic	Germany	€4,110
54	Luke Porter	United Kingdom	€4,110
55	Julian Bartholmes	Germany	€4,110
56	Charly Geurinckx	Belgium	€3,720
57	Idir Haiche	France	€3,720
58	Gary Hasson	Belgium	€3,720
59	Taran Parmar	Canada	€3,720
60	Diederick Straat	Netherlands	€3,720
61	Tom Dingenen	Belgium	€3,720
62	Lorenzo Furia	Belgium	€3,720
63	Cemil Guzel	Turkey	€3,720
64	Hamid Bashardoust	Netherlands	€3,720
65	Kai Munster	Germany	€3,720
66	Andoni Martinez Llaguno	Spain	€3,720
67	Rohan Oberoi	Sweden	€3,720
68	Helmut Phung	Germany	€3,720
69	Morgan Poisson	France	€3,720
70	Pasquale Amato	France	€3,720
71	Peter Craw	United Kingdom	€3,720
72	Yueksel Oezdemir	Germany	€3,350
73	Giorgio Calligaris	Italy	€3,350
74	Malik Hebidi	France	€3,350
75	Franck Vassard	France	€3,350
76	Marijus Dirgela	Lithuania	€3,350
77	Nico Rohde	Germany	€3,350
78	Mathieu Gallois	France	€3,350
79	Marcus Keimer	Germany	€3,350
80	Mohamed Zazri	Germany	€3,350
81	Francesco Serra	Italy	€3,350
82	Xiaohua Yang	Netherlands	€3,350
83	Jens Van Der Auwera	Belgium	€3,350
84	Michael Dick	Germany	€3,350
85	Theodore Archontidis	Belgium	€3,350
86	Matthias Van Der Perre	Belgium	€3,350
87	Adrien Deters	Belgium	€3,350
88	Kerim Ipek	Netherlands	€3,350
89	Chan Beckschebe	Netherlands	€3,350
90	Hakim Chniyat	France	€3,350
91	Selim Boumlil	France	€3,350
92	Franck Bitan	France	€3,350
93	Gabriele Zappavigna	Italy	€3,350
94	Rick Krekel	Netherlands	€3,350
95	Mohammad Ghaffari	Iran	€3,350
96	Mehidi Sahli	Belgium	€3,000
97	Trevor Hill	United Kingdom	€3,000
98	Wladimir Stepanian	Netherlands	€3,000
99	Gael Djenkal	France	€3,000
100	Pierre Tilmant	Belgium	€3,000
101	Thongbotho Boekel	Netherlands	€3,000
102	Vazha Kometiani	Georgia	€3,000
103	Manig Loeser	Germany	€3,000
104	Matthieu Van De Zande	Belgium	€3,000
105	Stefano Puccilli	Italy	€3,000
106	Jonathan Dartevelle	Belgium	€3,000
107	Friedrich Raez	Switzerland	€3,000
108	Corne Scheel	Netherlands	€3,000
109	Baris Topuz	Turkey	€3,000
110	Eric Lescot	Belgium	€3,000
111	Samir Hadj-Nacer	France	€3,000
112	Sam Heerkens	Netherlands	€3,000
113	Andreas Schindler	Germany	€3,000
114	Adrian Verhee	France	€3,000
115	Bogdan Petrascu	Romania	€3,000
116	Anton Deglinne	Belgium	€3,000
117	Matthias Gude	Germany	€3,000
118	Pascal Peraldi	France	€3,000
119	Lionel Hamelryck	Belgium	€3,000
120	Giuseppe Gambino	Belgium	€2,700
121	Jaaefar Bettioui	Belgium	€2,700
122	Christophe Bernard	France	€2,700
123	Heiko Hinkelmann	Germany	€2,700
124	Christoph Dufhaus	Germany	€2,700
125	Costica Nanu	Romania	€2,700
126	Matthieu Rigolot	France	€2,700
127	Sammy Berrehail	France	€2,700
128	Frank Schuler	Germany	€2,700
129	Sarah Cheval	Belgium	€2,700
130	Matthieu Ferron	France	€2,700
131	Gerard Carbo	Spain	€2,700
132	Francois Kaltenbach	France	€2,700
133	Rachid Oufaska	Netherlands	€2,700
134	Giovanni Camardella	Germany	€2,700
135	Orhan Sen	Germany	€2,700
136	Athanasios Kostouros	Greece	€2,700
137	Ivelin Kolev	Bulgaria	€2,700
138	Nicolas Bardoux	France	€2,700
139	Christophe Pommier	France	€2,700
140	Soner Guzel	Belgium	€2,700
141	Francois Frejdles	Belgium	€2,700
142	Andreas Van Deyck	Belgium	€2,700
143	Erik Van Hulst	Netherlands	€2,700
144	Luc Thong Ta	Germany	€2,450
145	Aram Ali	Germany	€2,450
146	Joni Rantamaki	Finland	€2,450
147	Pieterjan Nonneman	Belgium	€2,450
148	Chun Chang	Netherlands	€2,450
149	Vincent Gabel	Belgium	€2,450
150	Michal Kil	Luxembourg	€2,450
151	Antonio Lancellota	Belgium	€2,450
152	David Opdebeeck	Belgium	€2,450
153	Moritz Pape	Germany	€2,450
154	Thomas Atkins	United Kingdom	€2,450
155	David Segun Olurebi	Belgium	€2,450
156	Mathias Henin	Belgium	€2,450
157	Zakaria Ei Khattal	Netherlands	€2,450
158	Yehor Solomka	Ukraine	€2,450
159	Mathieu Linder	France	€2,450
160	Marco Silva Valente	Luxembourg	€2,450
161	Dustin Van Weerdenburg	Netherlands	€2,450
162	Benoit Huet	France	€2,450
163	Gilles Gauyacq	France	€2,450
164	Giuliano Vinciguerra	Switzerland	€2,450
165	Christophe Colantoni	France	€2,450
166	Adam Church	United Kingdom	€2,450
167	Yazdan Afshang	Germany	€2,450
168	Johann Berger	France	€2,450
169	Erik Risberg	Sweden	€2,450
170	David Hu	Netherlands	€2,450
171	Jack Bedros Edjourian	United Kingdom	€2,450
172	Bram Berkvens	Netherlands	€2,450
173	Bart Maes	Belgium	€2,450
174	Andrii Gorshkov	Ukraine	€2,450
175	Yves Seghers	Belgium	€2,450
176	Jhonn Lienard	Belgium	€2,450
177	Omur Pehlivan	Germany	€2,450
178	Marc Tusch	Germany	€2,450
179	Onno Van Lier	Netherlands	€2,450
180	Lukas Van Eeden	Netherlands	€2,450
181	Michelangelo Longo	Italy	€2,450
182	Paul Covaciu	Romania	€2,450
183	Gerard Miquel Vilardell	Spain	€2,450
184	Isabelle Simard	Canada	€2,200
185	Ruediger Weber	Germany	€2,200
186	Jimmy Vancutsem	Belgium	€2,200
187	Daniel Pirlot	Belgium	€2,200
188	Mourad Tounnouti	Netherlands	€2,200
189	Wellington Lessa Guedes	France	€2,200
190	Martin Tsvetanov	Bulgaria	€2,200
191	Ka Git Ho	Belgium	€2,200
192	Herve Gouzil	France	€2,200
193	Kevin Hox	Belgium	€2,200
194	Carlos Da Costa Dias	Portugal	€2,200
195	Felix Schlott	Germany	€2,200
196	Artem Arakelian	Georgia	€2,200
197	Dimitar Toshev	Bulgaria	€2,200
198	Kande Dembele	France	€2,200
199	Stefan Swartenbroeck	Belgium	€2,200
200	Jonas Heuser	Germany	€2,200
201	Mathieu Collin	Belgium	€2,200
202	Sergey Padaryan	Germany	€2,200
203	Felix Schneiders	Germany	€2,200
204	Julien Brecard	France	€2,200
205	Govert Metaal	Netherlands	€2,200
206	Farukh Tach	Netherlands	€2,200
207	Billel Mansouri	France	€2,200
208	Nicolas Antouard	France	€2,200
209	Jan Peters	Germany	€2,200
210	George Demetriou	United Kingdom	€2,200
211	Roderick MacNeil	United Kingdom	€2,200
212	Igor Gonzales Hernaez	Spain	€2,200
213	Laurent Weber	France	€2,200
214	Rogelio Hidalgo	Belgium	€2,200
215	Louis Gabriel	Belgium	€2,200
216	Samuel Bovy	Belgium	€2,200
217	Cedric Schumacher	Belgium	€2,200
218	Vadim Kovalenko	Germany	€2,200
219	Nagib Raji	France	€2,200
220	Silviu Baltateanu	Romania	€2,200
221	Fabri Cardenia	France	€2,200
222	Mehdi Rebai	Morocco	€2,200
223	Christian Stantchev	Poland	€2,200