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€1,100 Main Event
Day 4 Completed
2026 PokerStars Open Namur
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 4
Players Left 9 / 1,572
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Final Table
Level 30
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
The dust has settled on the penultimate day of action at Circus Casino Resort, with the 2026 PokerStars Open Namur Main Event moving towards a thrilling finale.
The 1,572-runner field has been reduced to its final nine, all of whom have locked up a €21,558 payday, and will be dreaming of banking the huge €220,800 first-place prize, as the destinations of the final portions of the €1,491,828 prize pool are set to be determined.
Leading the way into the final day is Austrian Henrik Veldhoen (9,315,000), holding a narrow lead over the Netherlands' Stan Van Dijk (8,440,000) and Nicolas Burtin of France (8,395,000). Veldhoen's stack primarily arose from a blind on blind battle with Burtin, where he doubled with a slightly superior ace, after he found a set against Manuel Schnur.
There is then a reasonable gap to the next set of challengers, led by final home hope Koen De Visscher (6,170,000), while Lulei Hu (1,165,000) and start of day chip leader Sebastien Guinand (2,660,000) bring up the rear.
Some of the finest the United Kingdom has to offer are also still in the running, in the form of David Docherty (4,145,000) and Andrew Hulme (4,000,000).
End of Day 4 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henrik Veldhoen | Austria | 9,315,000 | 116 |
| 2 | Stan Van Dijk | Netherlands | 8,440,000 | 106 |
| 3 | Nicolas Burtin | France | 8,395,000 | 105 |
| 4 | Koen De Visscher | Belgium | 6,170,000 | 77 |
| 5 | David Docherty | United Kingdom | 4,145,000 | 52 |
| 6 | Andrew Hulme | United Kingdom | 4,000,000 | 50 |
| 7 | Dario Quattrucci | Italy | 2,850,000 | 36 |
| 8 | Sebastien Guinand | France | 2,660,000 | 33 |
| 9 | Lulei Hu | Italy | 1,165,000 | 15 |
It is a final table stacked full of quality players, and it would take some time to list all of their poker achievements.
GRND on Tour ambassador Veldhoen has a shard trophy at home after victory in the 2022 EPT/UKIPT Mystery Bounty Cup, the biggest cash among his scores of over $205,000.
Van Dijk has had multiple six-figure scores online, and finished third in the PokerStars Eureka Poker Tour event in 2024. He also has a win in a PLO tournament here in Namur. His biggest live result is a second-place finish at the 2022 Battle of Malta for €140,000.
Burtin has career earnings of over $430,000, and has racked up a remarkable 23 cashes in 2026 alone, with plenty coming in Namur, while he also had a fourth-place finish at the 2019 Belgian Poker Challenge at the Circus Casino Resort.
Former Irish Open and GUKPT Luton Main Event champion Docherty and Hu both have career records exceeding $1,500,000, while Hulme's record is the most substantial, weighing in at over $4,500,000, including 15 wins and 12 runner-up finishes. His runner-up finish at EPT Barcelona in 2024 for €1,165,614 is his biggest score, and a big six-figure result also came in a Eureka High Roller at EPT Prague. (All statistics courtesy of The Hendon Mob).
Day 4 Recap
Only 30 players returned for the penultimate day, Guinand holding a substantial lead. Short-stack Yves Thalmann exited quickly, and Guinand stretched further into the distance after he came from behind to seal the fate of the last woman standing, Akiko Ota.
Hulme got moving when he coolered Ahmet Demituran, before Veldhoen busted Niklas Deitmer in 21st.
Guinand still held the lead at the second break, and had almost double that of his closest challenger, Schnur. Docherty was on the right end of a brutal aces versus kings cooler with Nicolai Striewe, and the final two tables were set when Conor O'Driscoll bluffed the river with missed combo draws but could not get past the top pair of Schnur.
Hu picked up a set to do some damage to Guinand, before Veldhoen brought Patrick Prijot's run to an end.
Striewe proceeded to jam the button into Hulme's big blind ace-king, and short-stacks Tobias Peters and Anuar El Bakkali then collided, sending Peters to the rail.
Burtin coolered fellow-big stack Schnur to take the lead in a kings versus ace-king scenario, and held the lead at dinner break.
Immediately on the return, Guinand took an aggro line in a three-bet pot from the big blind, and paid the price against Van Dijk. At the stream table, Veldhoen scored the double through Burtin, who recovered by overcoming Hu's set on the river.
Guinand ended El Bakkali's run in 11th to recover some of his stack, but then lost successive pots to De Visscher. Veldhoen had the last word when he busted Francois Depasse with rockets to set the final table and close play for the day.
The remaining payouts up for grabs are below.
2026 PokerStars Open Namur Main Event Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | €220,800 |
| 2 | €138,500 |
| 3 | €100,300 |
| 4 | €78,000 |
| 5 | €60,000 |
| 6 | €46,000 |
| 7 | €36,000 |
| 8 | €28,000 |
| 9 | €21,558 |
The players will return to 23 minutes left at blind level 40,000/80,000, with a 80,000 big blind ante at noon on June 7, with 90-minute levels in play.
The final table seating draw is below.
2026 PokerStars Open Namur Main Event Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stan Van Dijk | Netherlands | 8,440,000 | 105 |
| 2 | Lulei Hu | Italy | 1,165,000 | 14 |
| 3 | Nicolas Burtin | France | 8,395,000 | 104 |
| 4 | David Docherty | United Kingdom | 4,145,000 | 51 |
| 5 | Henrik Veldhoen | Austria | 9,315,000 | 116 |
| 6 | Sebastien Guinand | France | 2,660,000 | 33 |
| 7 | Andrew Hulme | United Kingdom | 4,000,000 | 50 |
| 8 | Koen De Visscher | Belgium | 6,170,000 | 77 |
| 9 | Dario Quattrucci | Italy | 2,850,000 | 35 |
The action will be live streamed on PokerStars France's social media channels on a 25-minute delay, and a link will be available here.
Our coverage will also be delayed to sync with the stream, so be sure to join us at 12.25 local time as we see who can land the 2026 PokerStars Open Namur Main Event trophy, and huge first-place prize.
Level 30
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Level 30
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
With the elimination of Francois Depasse, the tournament is now at the final table, and play in Day 4 has concluded.
The final table will get underway live at noon on June 7, and the action will be live-streamed on a 25-minute delay. Our coverage will therefore begin at 12.25.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for updated chip counts, and a recap of the day's action.
Level 30
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Henrik Veldhoen opened to 175,000 from the button, and Francois Depasse three-bet jammed from the small blind for 1,285,000.
Veldhoen snap-called.
Francois Depasse: K♣10♥ 
Henrik Veldhoen: A♥A♦
Depasse had run into the goods, and there was no unlikely escape, on the 9♠5♣4♣10♦3♠ runout.
Level 30
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
With 1,700,000 in the middle on a board of 5♥5♦2♦4♠, Koen De Visscher under the gun check-called in the face of a bet of 900,000 from Sebastien Guinand on the button.
The J♣ river was checked through, and Guinand mucked when De Visscher tabled 9♣9♥.
Level 30
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Stan Van Dijk opened to 160,000 under the gun, and called a three-bet to 520,000 from Koen De Visscher in the next seat.
On the Q♠9♠5♠ flop, Van Dijk check-called a bet of 310,000 from De Visscher.
The same pattern followed on the 3♥ turn, this time in respect of a bet of 920,000 from De Visscher.
The A♦ river was checked through, and De Visscher mucked when Van Dijk tabled A♣K♠.
Level 30
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Sebastien Guinand opened to 160,000 from middle position, and Koen De Visscher produced a three-bet to 600,000 from the big blind.
On the A♥7♦6♥ flop, De Visscher fired out a bet of 200,000. Guinand raised to 650,000, and De Visscher called.
There was no further action as the 9♥ turn and K♣ turn were checked through, and Guinand mucked when his opponent tabled A♦2♠ for a pair of aces.
Level 30
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Koen De Visscher opened to 160,000 from middle position, and was met with a three-bet jam to 1,160,000 from Anuar El Bakkali.
Sebastien Guinand was in the big blind, and he cold-called in the big blind, while De Visscher got out of the way.
Anuar El Bakkali: A♦Q♥
Sebastien Guinand: 8♥8♣
It was off to the races, and the 7♣6♦4♦ flop was pretty good for Guinand, giving him a straight draw.
He binked it on the 5♦ turn, but it gave El Bakkali outs to the flush.
However the Q♠ river was a relative brick, and El Bakkali tapped the table and wished his opponents good luck as he departed.
Level 30
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
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