€1,100 Main Event
Day 5 Completed
2025 PokerStars Open Namur
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
2025 PokerStars Open Namur
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€1,490,256
Entries
1,572
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
9
Players Left
1
Level 35
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Jean-Vincent Lehut of France has emerged as a well-deserved champion of the PokerStars Open Main Event Namur, defeating Slovakian Jozef Cibicek heads-up to conquer a 1,572 entry field and take the huge €238,000 first-place prize.
Lehut, a high-stakes online cash game specialist, obliterated his previous career-best tournament score of €30,200 after flying under the radar for most of the tournament, producing a dominant final table performance when it mattered most.
PokerStars Open Namur Main Event 2025 Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Vincent Lehut | France | €238,000 |
| 2 | Jozef Cibicek | Slovakia | €153,500 |
| 3 | Jason Barton | United Kingdom | €109,620 |
| 4 | Ferdinando D'Alessio | Belgium | €84,320 |
| 5 | Ramdhane Ben Maamar | France | €64,830 |
| 6 | Evert Rosseel | Belgium | €49,950 |
| 7 | Julien Breuil | France | €38,410 |
| 8 | Jort Hagedoorn | Netherlands | €29,580 |
| 9 | Alexandru Danes | France | €22,800 |
The key hand came when Lehut came off best in a three-way all-in scenario to knock out Evert Rosseel and severely damage Ramdhane Ben Maamar, taking the chip lead in the process.
From there, Lehut never looked back, leveraging his stack expertly to send Maamar and Jason Barton to the rail, and then disposing of Cibicek heads-up in two hands to secure his maiden live tournament title.
Winner's Reaction
"It feels incredible, I don't really know what to say. Tired, but very happy, it felt very smooth!"
On the three-way all-in hand, Lehut said "Definitely the key. I was certain the other player wouldn't have three-bet aces or kings in this scenario, and was happy to take the spot. I came to play to win, just to win. After this hand, I felt it was mine."
"It was actually a last minute decision to come here, I live in Luxembourg. I didn't even have a room sorted out for the whole time, I'm glad I did!"
On future poker plans, "No I don't think it will change too much, I'm a cash player, so it will help with that. I'll probably take some time to enjoy a holiday with my wife!"
Final Day Action
Start of day chip leader Cibicek started off where he ended the previous day, battling with Rosseel, with the Belgian getting off to a bad start with an erroneous hero-call.
Short-stack Alexandru Danes was the first player to exit the final table, when he called off in the big blind versus a button jam from Ferdinando D'Alessio, only to find he was dominated.
Fellow short-stack Jort Hagedoorn followed suit in eighth when he lost a flip against Lehut, which marked the start of the Frenchman's ascent to the top of the standings.
Julien Breuil couldn't get anything going either, and was also on the wrong end of a flip against Cibicek to exit in seventh.
Rosseel's stack had dwindled, and he was the cause of the key hand in the tournament when he raised leaving himself not much behind, Maamar three-bet, and Lehut cold four-bet jammed with a pocket pair. Lehut held to be propelled into the chip lead, Rosseel exited in sixth, and Maamar was severely damaged.
Cibicek had pulled off a bluff against Mamaar, and that may have been on Maamar's mind, along with the hand causing Rosseel's exit, when he bluffed off the river with king-high into Lehut's rivered straight to exit in fifth and consolidate Lehut's dominating position.
D'Alessio was next to go in fourth, and it was a brutal cooler, D'Alessio running ace-king into Barton's kings. D'Alessio hit the front on the flop, but Barton went runner-runner for the flush.
That set the stage for a deep-stacked battle between Lehut, Barton and Cibicek, which went on for around two hours before the logjam was broken. During this time Lehut continued to stack up chips, relentlessly leveraging his chip lead.
Barton would eventually fall in third to Lehut for a career-best score of €109,620 when he three-bet jammed from the big blind, but ran into a premium holding.
Lehut entered heads-up play with Cibicek holding a 2:1 lead over the Slovakian, and after catching Cibicek bluffing in the first hand, he flopped two pair against Cibicek's turned top pair to seal the title in the next hand.
That concludes PokerNews coverage of the PokerStars Open Main Event Namur, but be sure to join us at the next stop in Malaga from 16-22 June.
Level 35
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Jean-Vincent Lehut has emerged triumphant in the PokerStars Open Main Event Namur, defeating Jozef Cibicek heads-up after a dominant final table performance.
Lehut takes home the trophy and the €238,000 first-place prize.
Stay tuned for a recap of the day.
Level 35
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Jean-Vincent Lehut opened to 600,000 from the button, and Jozef Cibicek defended the big blind.
On the J♥7♥4♥ flop, Cibicek check-called in the face of a bet of 350,000 from Lehut.
The Q♠ hit on the turn, and Cibicek checked once more. Lehut fired out a bet of 500,000, and Cibicek check-raised to 2,125,000.
Lehut took some time to think before making the call.
The 6♠ river completed the board. Cibicek moved all in for 9,100,000 and Lehut went into the tank, with the title on the line.
After around 90 seconds, Lehut flicked in a calling chip.
Cibicek tabled K♥Q♦ for top pair queens, but it was no good versus Lehut's 7♦4♠ for two pair.
The players shook hands and Lehut celebrated a massive victory with a friend on the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,160,000
12,510,000
|
12,510,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level 35
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Jozef Cibicek raised to 600,000 from the button with 8♦6♦ and Jean-Vincent Lehut called in the big blind with Q♣9♦.
On the Q♥7♣2♣ flop, Lehut check-called versus a bet of 250,000 from Cibicek.
The 10♣ rolled off on the turn, and Lehut check-called versus a bet of 1,325,000 from Cibicek.
The A♣ river completed the board, giving Lehut the queen-high flush, and he checked once more.
Cibicek fired out a bet of 1,125,000, and Lehut elected to raise to 3,750,000, forcing a fold from Cibicek.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,650,000
3,300,000
|
3,300,000 |
|
|
12,475,000
3,300,000
|
3,300,000 |
|
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Level 35
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Heads-up play is underway, with Lehut holding a 2:1 advantage over Cibicek.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,350,000 | |
|
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15,775,000 | |
|
|
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Level: 35
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Level 34
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
The players have been sent on a 15-minute break before heads-up play begins.
Level 34
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Jean-Vincent Lehut opened to 550,000 from the button, and snap-called a three-bet jam from Jason Barton of 7,000,000 in the big blind.
Jason Barton: K♥5♥ 
Jean-Vincent Lehut: A♣Q♣
Barton was in trouble, and he bricked the Q♦7♣6♦6♥6♣ runout, Lehut taking the pot with a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,350,000
7,400,000
|
7,400,000 |
|
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15,775,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 34
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Jason Barton limped-jammed from the small blind for 6,475,000 with A♦J♥ versus a raise to 800,000 from Jean-Vincent Lehut with J♣10♣ in the big blind, who folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,950,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
|
|
7,525,000
2,350,000
|
2,350,000 |
