Jean-Vincent Lehut of France has emerged as a well-deserved champion of the PokerStars Open Principal Occasion Namur, defeating Slovakian Jozef Cibicek heads-up to overcome a 1,572 entry subject and take the large €238,000 first-place prize.
Lehut, a high-stakes on-line money recreation specialist, obliterated his earlier career-best match rating of €30,200 after flying underneath the radar for many of the match, producing a dominant last desk efficiency when it mattered most.
PokerStars Open Namur Principal Occasion 2025 Closing Desk Outcomes
The important thing hand got here when Lehut got here off greatest in a three-way all-in state of affairs to knock out Evert Rosseel and severely harm Ramdhane Ben Maamar, taking the chip lead within the course of.
From there, Lehut by no means regarded again, leveraging his stack expertly to ship Maamar and Jason Barton to the rail, after which disposing of Cibicek heads-up in two fingers.
Winner’s Response
“It feels unbelievable, I do not actually know what to say. Drained, however very glad, it felt very clean!”
On the three-way all-in hand, Lehut stated, “Undoubtedly the important thing. I used to be sure the opposite participant would not have three-bet aces or kings on this state of affairs, and was glad to take the spot. I got here to play to win, simply to win. After this hand, I felt it was mine.”
“It was really a last-minute resolution to return right here, I stay in Luxembourg. I did not also have a room sorted out for the entire time, I am glad I did!”
On future poker plans, “No I do not suppose it is going to change an excessive amount of, I am a money participant, so it is going to assist with that. I am going to in all probability take a while to get pleasure from a vacation with my spouse!”
Closing Day Motion
Begin of day chip chief Cibicek began off the place he ended the day before today, battling with Rosseel, with the Belgian getting off to a foul begin with an inaccurate hero-call.
Quick-stack Alexandru Danes was the primary participant to exit the ultimate desk, when he referred to as off within the large blind versus a button jam from Ferdinando D’Alessio, solely to seek out he was dominated.
Fellow short-stack Jort Hagedoorn adopted go well with in eighth when he misplaced a flip towards Lehut, which marked the beginning of the Frenchman’s ascent to the highest of the standings.
Julien Breuil could not get something going both, and was additionally on the unsuitable finish of a flip towards Cibicek to exit in seventh.
Rosseel’s stack had dwindled, and he was the reason for the important thing hand within the match when he raised, leaving himself not a lot behind, Maamar three-bet, and Lehut chilly four-bet jammed with a pocket pair. Lehut held to be propelled into the chip lead, Rosseel exited in sixth, and Maamar was severely broken.
Cibicek had pulled off a bluff towards Mamaar, and that will have been on Maamar’s thoughts, together with the hand inflicting 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 place.
D’Alessio was subsequent to go in fourth, and it was a brutal cooler, D’Alessio operating ace-king into Barton’s kings. D’Alessio hit the entrance on the flop, however 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 round two hours earlier than the logjam was damaged. Throughout this time, Lehut continued to stack up chips, relentlessly leveraging his chip lead.
Barton would ultimately fall in third to Lehut for a career-best rating of €109,620 when he three-bet jammed from the massive blind however ran right into a premium holding from Lehut.
Lehut entered heads-up play with Cibicek holding a 2:1 lead over the Slovakian, and after catching Cibicek bluffing within the first hand of heads-up play, he flopped two pair towards Cibicek’s turned high pair to seal the title within the subsequent hand.
That concludes PokerNews protection of the PokerStars Open Principal Occasion Namur, however make sure to be a part of us on the subsequent cease in Malaga from 16-22 June.
