Casino Namur: Franck Bitan takes over at the PokerStars Open Cup

Two of the four flights in the €400 PokerStars Open Cup (€200,000 GTD) at the PokerStars Open Namur 2026 in the Circus Casino Resort Namur have been played, with a total of 261 entries recorded. The Frenchman Franck Bitan has taken the lead; today the last two flights are happening.Yesterday, on May 28, a number of players arrived, and the GRND on Tour team led by Felix “xflixx” Schneiders is back in Namur. Day 1B was played again with 30,000 chips and 30-minute levels, and with 153 entries, this round was indeed larger than Day 1A.36 players made it through the 14 levels unscathed; Franck Bitan from France managed to pull ahead with 384,000 chips and takes the clear lead. Miroslav Blagojevic (190k) and Julian Scholz (171k) are well positioned for Day 2.Today at 2 PM is Day 1C, and at 8 PM there’s the Turbo Flight 1D with 20-minute levels. All remaining players will start together tomorrow at Day 2. Tomorrow also marks the start of the €1,100 PokerStars Open Main Event (€1,000,000 GTD/30k/60′). Cash games will run as always from €2.5/€2.5 NLH or €5/€5 PLO. You can find details about the complete (poker) offerings and the option to buy tickets at circus-poker.com, where you will also find the live coverage; the password is “poker”.€400 PokerStars Open Cup Prize Pool: €200,000 GTD Entries:

Flight	1A	1B	1C	1D	Total
Entries	108	153			261
Left	23	36			59

Chip Counts:

Rank	Name	First Name	Country	Chip Count	Flight
1	BITAN	FRANCK	France	384,000	1B
2	NEIVA DE SOUSA	MANUEL	Portugal	281,000	1B
3	LARSSON	KRISTIAN	Norway	264,000	1B
4	Djenkal	Gael	France	253,000	1A
5	DEJAEGER	JONAS	Belgium	253,000	1A
6	WRIGHTING	AARON	Netherlands	226,000	1A
7	BOGDANOV	SERGEI	Russia	224,000	1B
8	LATURA	JANOS	Hungary	208,000	1B
9	HOPCHET	GUILLAUME	Belgium	198,000	1B
10	GUADAGNINO	CLAUDIO	Belgium	191,000	1A
11	D ALESSIO	FERDINANDO	Belgium	190,000	1A
12	ALESSI	SALVATORE	Belgium	190,000	1A
13	SNIJDERS	HARRIE	Netherlands	190,000	1A
14	BLAGOJEVIC	MIROSLAV	Germany	190,000	1B
15	EVERAERTS	KRISTOF	Belgium	181,000	1A
16	PALADAN	JULIEN	France	175,000	1B
17	FARRUGGIO	GIUSEPPE	Belgium	173,000	1B
18	SCHOLZ	JULIAN	Germany	171,000	1B
19	MOUTAOUKIL	MATHIAS	Morocco	161,000	1B
20	ACAR	DAXWAZ	Germany	160,000	1A
21	SEKTANI	KHALID	Belgium	154,000	1B
22	MADDENS	LOIC	Belgium	149,000	1A
23	Yoannn 13	Yoannn 13	Luxembourg	145,000	1A
24	BALTHAZAR	JEROME	Belgium	140,000	1A
25	BERNARD	CHRISTOPHE	Belgium	138,000	1B
26	NIEUWENHUIS	PEL	Netherlands	132,000	1A
27	VAN HEUGTEN	BARTJAN	Belgium	132,000	1B
28	DEBAILLE	ARNAUD	Belgium	130,000	1B
29	SECK	TOM	France	129,000	1B
30	Mateusz	Mateusz	Belgium	128,000	1A
31	ROCCHETTI	LORENZO	Belgium	128,000	1B
32	VAN LIER	ONNO	Netherlands	126,000	1A
33	ANONYME	ANONYME	Belgium	121,000	1B
34	GUINAND	SEBASTIEN	France	110,000	1A
35	BITTO	TONY	France	105,000	1B
36	VENTURA	GIOVANNI	Italy	104,000	1B
37	DEBAUVE	JOERI	Belgium	102,000	1A
38	CHENOUFI	ABDELKRIM	France	102,000	1B
39	ANONYME	ANONYME	Belgium	96,000	1B
40	ZIARATI	SAMAN	Italy	93,000	1A
41	SAHIBZADA	MORTAZA	United Kingdom	89,000	1B
42	ANDRZEJCZAK	KAROL	Poland	87,000	1B
43	ANONYME	ANONYME	Netherlands	86,000	1B
44	ROSERO RAMIREZ	DANIEL	Belgium	84,000	1A
45	MUHIRE	OLIVIER	Belgium	84,000	1B
46	OPDEBEECK	DAVID	Belgium	76,000	1B
47	NICKMANS	SIMON	Belgium	74,000	1B
48	RANTAMAEKI	JONI	Finland	62,000	1A
49	ANONYME	ANONYME	France	58,000	1B
50	HAUCK	OLIVER	Germany	54,000	1B
51	GILLE	FRANCOIS	France	48,000	1B
52	TRIEPELS	TOM	Netherlands	47,000	1A
53	PETERS	JAN	Germany	45,000	1A
54	GENTIL	PIERRE	France	45,000	1B
55	MICHIELSEN	XANDER	Belgium	43,000	1B
56	LY	CHENDA	France	42,000	1A
57	ANONYME	ANONYME	Belgium	42,000	1B
58	STIERLI	PATRICK	Switzerland	39,000	1B

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