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Casino Namur: Strong DACH players at the PokerStars Open Namur

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June 1, 2026

The second flight of the €1,100 PokerStars Open Namur (€1,000,000 GTD) at the Circus Casino Resort Namur saw a slight increase in numbers and many DACH players making it to Day 2. However, leading the pack is still the French player Gael Djenkal.

Day 1B took place yesterday, May 31st, with 30,000 chips and 60-minute levels, completing ten levels again. A total of 208 entries were recorded, bringing the overall total to 364 entries and already surpassing a third of the million guarantee.68 players remained after the ten levels, with Dimitar Toshev claiming the Day 1B victory with 291,700 chips, placing him 3rd overall behind Gael Djenkal (310,100) and Manuel Schnur (303,500). No German-speaking players managed to make it to the very top yesterday, but many did survive the cut.The German-speaking players in Day 2:

Rank	Name	First Name	Country	Chip Count	Flight
2	SCHNUR	MANUEL	Germany	303,500	1A
7	SCHULER	FRANK	Germany	251,200	1A
13	KOVALENKO	VADIM	Germany	208,300	1A
15	VELDHOEN	HENRIK	Germany	188,000	1B
16	FAERBER	KONSTANTIN	Germany	187,000	1B
19	SCHAEFER	MARCEL	Germany	166,300	1A
29	CAMARDELLA	GIOVANNI	Germany	141,000	1B
30	WEIDMANN	DIRK	Germany	127,200	1A
31	ROSE	LUKAS	Germany	120,200	1A
43	MOHAMMADI GEORGANAKI	ALI	Luxembourg	99,000	1B
44	GERGA	ROLAND	Austria	98,500	1A
49	HEUSER	JONAS	Germany	91,300	1B
50	OTA	AKIKO	Luxembourg	88,800	1A
51	OEZDEMIR	YUEKSEL	Germany	86,400	1B
53	SCHOLZ	JULIAN	Germany	86,000	1A
55	GUDE	MATTHIAS	Germany	82,500	1B
59	EMDE	RAINER	Germany	76,800	1B
60	KESKIN	CAN	Germany	76,100	1A
61	WEBER	HELMA	Germany	75,800	1B
65	TRZCINSKI	LUKAS	Germany	72,700	1B
70	ULRICH	ALEXANDER	Germany	60,400	1A
76	ASHELM	ROBERT	Germany	52,800	1B
79	PETERS	JAN	Germany	50,300	1B
84	WAHL	ALEXANDER	Germany	42,800	1B
87	GONDROM	ANDREAS	Germany	40,500	1B
88	RADLER DE AQUINO FILHO	RINALDO	Germany	37,500	1A
89	TA	LUC	Germany	37,200	1B
97	GYUNDZHIEV	LYUBOMIR	Germany	30,400	1A
100	KANAAN	ALI	Germany	22,700	1B
106	SCHUHMACHER	SERGEJ	Germany	9,800	1A

Today marks not only Day 1C, but also the start of the €3,300 PS Open Super High Roller and the €330 NLH. Cash games are available as always starting from €2.5/€2.5 NLH or €5/5 PLO. Details about the complete (poker) offerings and the option to buy tickets can be found at circus-poker.com, where you can also find the live coverage; the password is “poker”.€ 1,100 PokerStars Open Prize Pool: € 1,000,000 GTD Entries:

Flight	1A	1B	1C	1D	1E	1F	1G	Total
Entries	156	208						364
Left	38	68						106

Chip Counts:

Rank	Name	First Name	Country	Chip Count	Flight
1	Djenkal	Gael	France	310,100	1A
2	SCHNUR	MANUEL	Germany	303,500	1A
3	TOSHEV	DIMITAR	Bulgaria	291,700	1B
4	EL BAKKALI	ANUAR	Netherlands	266,100	1A
5	DEMIRTURAN	AHMET	France	253,200	1A
6	OUFASKA	RACHID	Netherlands	252,000	1B
7	SCHULER	FRANK	Germany	251,200	1A
8	Berche	Jeremy	France	247,000	1A
9	VAN DER AUWERA	JENS	Belgium	234,400	1B
10	CHEVAL	SARAH	Belgium	223,200	1B
11	MIHALACHE	CONSTANTIN	Romania	211,500	1B
12	TSANG	WUAI	France	210,000	1A
13	KOVALENKO	VADIM	Germany	208,300	1A
14	VRANKEN	ANTOINE	Netherlands	203,000	1A
15	VELDHOEN	HENRIK	Germany	188,000	1B
16	FAERBER	KONSTANTIN	Germany	187,000	1B
17	SEGHERS	YVES	Belgium	177,500	1B
18	FURIA	LORENZO	Belgium	167,900	1B
19	SCHAEFER	MARCEL	Germany	166,300	1A
20	SCHNEPF	GAETAN	France	163,800	1A
21	YING	HSIAO	Belgium	157,200	1A
22	OLUREBI	DAVID	Belgium	155,000	1A
23	VAN DER PERRE	MATTHIAS	Belgium	153,000	1A
24	ARCHONTIDIS	THEODORE	Belgium	151,300	1B
25	HO	KA	Belgium	146,000	1A
26	DELFINO	LUCA	Italy	145,300	1B
27	FEDORCA	GHEORGHE	Romania	144,700	1B
28	MOUTAOUKIL	MATHIAS	Morocco	144,100	1B
29	CAMARDELLA	GIOVANNI	Germany	141,000	1B
30	WEIDMANN	DIRK	Germany	127,200	1A
31	ROSE	LUKAS	Germany	120,200	1A
32	GONZALEZ HERNAEZ	IGOR	Spain	118,800	1B
33	MAC DONALD	BJOIRN	Netherlands	113,800	1B
34	JAKOVLJEVIC	DEJAN	Netherlands	113,000	1A
35	GLONTI	NUGZAR	Georgia	112,000	1B
36	VAN EFFEREN	WOUTER	Netherlands	111,600	1A
37	SITRUK	XAVIER	France	110,600	1B
38	DANES	ALEXANDRU	France	110,300	1B
39	SAS	GUSTI	Romania	108,500	1B
40	HAICHE	IDIR	France	105,600	1B
41	SAHLI	MEHIDI	Belgium	102,100	1B
42	SCHEEL	CORNE	Netherlands	100,600	1B
43	MOHAMMADI GEORGANAKI	ALI	Luxembourg	99,000	1B
44	GERGA	ROLAND	Austria	98,500	1A
45	RAJI	NAGIB	France	93,500	1A
46	BONELLI	RICCARDO	Italy	93,000	1B
47	BITAN	FRANCK	France	92,000	1B
48	SAVRAN	TOLGA	Netherlands	91,500	1B
49	HEUSER	JONAS	Germany	91,300	1B
50	OTA	AKIKO	Luxembourg	88,800	1A
51	OEZDEMIR	YUEKSEL	Germany	86,400	1B
52	VANDENDRIESSCHE	FRANCIS	Belgium	86,300	1B
53	SCHOLZ	JULIAN	Germany	86,000	1A
54	MAMALEPOT	CLAUDE	Gabon	83,700	1B
55	GUDE	MATTHIAS	Germany	82,500	1B
56	TANEMURA	KAZUYUKI	Japan	82,000	1B
57	ERKAMPS	THEOPHILUS	Netherlands	80,700	1A
58	LINDER	MATHIEU	France	78,900	1B
59	EMDE	RAINER	Germany	76,800	1B
60	KESKIN	CAN	Germany	76,100	1A
61	WEBER	HELMA	Germany	75,800	1B
62	POLO RIVA	SAM	Belgium	75,500	1B
63	OJAVEER	OSKAR	Estonia	73,200	1B
64	ALILOVIC	MIROSLAV	France	73,000	1B
65	TRZCINSKI	LUKAS	Germany	72,700	1B
66	MEYFROOT	EDDY	Belgium	72,200	1A
67	SECK	TOM	France	66,200	1B
68	MARTIN	SEBASTIEN	Belgium	65,000	1B
69	SWARTENBROECK	STEFAN	Belgium	60,500	1B
70	ULRICH	ALEXANDER	Germany	60,400	1A
71	SPARAVILLA	DONATO	Italy	60,000	1B
72	VAN DER AUWERA	ROAN	Belgium	56,800	1B
73	LECOMTE	ARNAUD	France	55,000	1B
74	GABEL	VINCENT	Belgium	54,700	1B
75	EFIMENCO	ANDREI	Romania	53,700	1A
76	ASHELM	ROBERT	Germany	52,800	1B
77	ROGGI	GIANLUCA	Italy	51,100	1B
78	WISNIEC	LAURENT	Belgium	50,600	1A
79	PETERS	JAN	Germany	50,300	1B
80	SIMARD	ISABELLE	Canada	49,000	1B
81	POISSON	MORGAN	France	47,000	1B
82	AKHIAT	RACHID	Netherlands	46,800	1A
83	AGOSTINESE	MARCO	Belgium	46,500	1A
84	WAHL	ALEXANDER	Germany	42,800	1B
85	RODZKO	MAXIME	France	42,000	1A
86	MEYERS	DOMINIQUE	Belgium	41,000	1B
87	GONDROM	ANDREAS	Germany	40,500	1B
88	RADLER DE AQUINO FILHO	RINALDO	Germany	37,500	1A
89	TA	LUC	Germany	37,200	1B
90	FERRARI	MANUEL		36,200	1B
91	BOVY	SAMUEL	Belgium	35,400	1B
92	ROBLAIN	CEDRIC	Belgium	35,100	1A
93	NOVALET	SEBASTIEN	Belgium	35,000	1B
94	MENNANE	MOHAMED	France	34,200	1A
95	DEMBELE	KANDE	France	31,700	1B
96	BLINISHTA	DASHAMIR	Albania	31,500	1B
97	GYUNDZHIEV	LYUBOMIR	Germany	30,400	1A
98	LECOMTE	CEDRIC	France	28,200	1A
99	ANKERSMIT	BRAM	Belgium	23,300	1B
100	KANAAN	ALI	Germany	22,700	1B
101	NANU	COSTICA	Romania	21,100	1B
102	GAMBINO	GIUSEPPE	Belgium	20,000	1B
103	AL GHOUCH	BADRE	Netherlands	17,000	1B
104	HAVAVKA	MICHAL	Slovakia	16,800	1B
105	HAMELRYCK	LIONEL	Belgium	10,100	1B
106	SCHUHMACHER	SERGEJ	Germany	9,800	1A