Who Will be Crowned Champion of the 2015 bwin.be WPT National Brussels?
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 |
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