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Casino Namur: The PokerStars Open Namur 2026 has begun

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May 31, 2026

Yesterday, on May 30th, the €1,100 PokerStars Open Namur (€1,000,000 GTD) began at Circus Casino Resort Namur. Manuel Schnur, Frank Schuler, and Vadim Kovalenko made it into the top 10.

30,000 chips and 60-minute levels were the starting conditions in the first of seven flights. 156 entries provided a solid start, with 38 players remaining after ten levels. The lead went to French player Gael Djenkal with 310,100 chips, followed by Manuel Schnur as the best German in 2nd place with 303,500. Frank Schuler (5th/251,200) and Vadim Kovalenko (8th/208,300) are also well positioned for Day 2.Overall, the German-speaking players got off to a good start:

Rank	Name	First Name	Country	Chip Count
2	SCHNUR	MANUEL	Germany	303,500
5	SCHULER	FRANK	Germany	251,200
8	KOVALENKO	VADIM	Germany	208,300
10	SCHAEFER	MARCEL	Germany	166,300
16	WEIDMANN	DIRK	Germany	127,200
17	ROSE	LUKAS	Germany	120,200
20	GERGA	ROLAND	Austria	98,500
22	OTA	AKIKO	Luxembourg	88,800
23	SCHOLZ	JULIAN	Germany	86,000
25	KESKIN	CAN	Germany	76,100
27	ULRICH	ALEXANDER	Germany	60,400
33	RADLER DE AQUINO FILHO	RINALDO	Germany	37,500
36	GYUNDZHIEV	LYUBOMIR	Germany	30,400
38	SCHUHMACHER	SERGEJ	Germany	9,800

They won’t continue until Thursday; today the Main Event will resume with Day 1B under the same conditions. For some variety, there’s the €330 PLO Championship (30k/40′) along with satellites for the Main Event and the Super High Roller. Cash games start as usual at €2.5/€2.5 NLH or €5/5 PLO. Details about the complete poker offering and the option to purchase 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							156
Left	38							38

Chip Counts:

Rank	Name	First Name	Country	Chip Count
1	Djenkal	Gael	France	310,100
2	SCHNUR	MANUEL	Germany	303,500
3	EL BAKKALI	ANUAR	Netherlands	266,100
4	DEMIRTURAN	AHMET	France	253,200
5	SCHULER	FRANK	Germany	251,200
6	Berche	Jeremy	France	247,000
7	TSANG	WUAI	France	210,000
8	KOVALENKO	VADIM	Germany	208,300
9	VRANKEN	ANTOINE	Netherlands	203,000
10	SCHAEFER	MARCEL	Germany	166,300
11	SCHNEPF	GAETAN	France	163,800
12	YING	HSIAO	Belgium	157,200
13	OLUREBI	DAVID	Belgium	155,000
14	VAN DER PERRE	MATTHIAS	Belgium	153,000
15	HO	KA	Belgium	146,000
16	WEIDMANN	DIRK	Germany	127,200
17	ROSE	LUKAS	Germany	120,200
18	JAKOVLJEVIC	DEJAN	Netherlands	113,000
19	VAN EFFEREN	WOUTER	Netherlands	111,600
20	GERGA	ROLAND	Austria	98,500
21	RAJI	NAGIB	France	93,500
22	OTA	AKIKO	Luxembourg	88,800
23	SCHOLZ	JULIAN	Germany	86,000
24	ERKAMPS	THEOPHILUS	Netherlands	80,700
25	KESKIN	CAN	Germany	76,100
26	MEYFROOT	EDDY	Belgium	72,200
27	ULRICH	ALEXANDER	Germany	60,400
28	EFIMENCO	ANDREI	Romania	53,700
29	WISNIEC	LAURENT	Belgium	50,600
30	AKHIAT	RACHID	Netherlands	46,800
31	AGOSTINESE	MARCO	Belgium	46,500
32	RODZKO	MAXIME	France	42,000
33	RADLER DE AQUINO FILHO	RINALDO	Germany	37,500
34	ROBLAIN	CEDRIC	Belgium	35,100
35	MENNANE	MOHAMED	France	34,200
36	GYUNDZHIEV	LYUBOMIR	Germany	30,400
37	LECOMTE	CEDRIC	France	28,200
38	SCHUHMACHER	SERGEJ	Germany	9,800