Belgian poker tournament
The Belgian Poker Challenge (BPC ) is a tournament sponsored by PokerStars with the winner becoming the Belgian Poker Champion.
History
The Belgian Poker Challenge originated in 2013, when the tournament was held at Casino Middelkerke . The first BPC Main Event had a buy-in of €800, and 381 participants. It was won by Team Pro PokerStars Matthias de Meulder after 7 tournaments, earning €53,459.[ 1]
Throughout the following years, the series was held alternately between Casino de Spa and Circus Casino Resort Namur .[ 1] [ 2]
The 2024 edition of BPC was held in May 2024 at Circo Casino Resort Namur , with a €1,100 buy-in and €1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.[ 3]
Results
Date
Event / City
Players
Prize Pool
Winner
Prize
Results
20248-20 May
BPC NAMUR 2024 €1,100 €1,000,000 GuaranteedNamur , Namur , Wallonia 1,259
€1,266,388
[ 4] €200,000
[1]
202311-21 May
BPC NAMUR 2023 €1,100 €1,000,000 GuaranteedNamur , Namur , Wallonia 1,332
€1,266,388
[ 2] €206,000
[2]
202227 May-6 June
BPC NAMUR 2022 €1,100 €500,000 GuaranteedNamur , Namur , Wallonia 785
€752,813
[ 5] €122,762
[3]
20219-19 December
BPC NAMUR 2021 €1,100 Circus Casino Resort Namur , Namur , Wallonia CANCELED due Covid-19 restrictions[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
202025 November
BPC NAMUR 2020 €1,100 Circus Casino Resort Namur , Namur , Wallonia CANCELED due Covid-19 restrictions
201929 November
BPC NAMUR 2019 €1,100 €500,000 GuaranteedNamur , Namur , Wallonia 743
€708,822
[ 9] €115,000
[4]
201823 November
BPC NAMUR 2018 €1,100 €500,000 GuaranteedNamur , Namur , Wallonia 686
€657,874
[ 10] €126,252
[5]
201829 May-3 June
BPC SPA €800 Casino de Spa , Liège , Wallonia 686
€151,373
[ 11] €24,555
[6]
201724 November
BPC NAMUR 2017 €1,100 €600,000 GuaranteedNamur , Namur , Wallonia 645
€619,200
[ 12] €84,728
[7]
201716-21 May
BPC SPA €800 Casino de Spa , Liège , Wallonia 208
€147,000
[ 13] €31,000
[8]
201625 November
BPC NAMUR 2016 €1,100 Circus Casino Resort Namur , Namur , Wallonia 600
€576,000
[ 14] €90,602
[9]
201631 May-5 June
BPC SPA €800 Casino de Spa , Liège , Wallonia 234
€165,153
[ 15] €29,069
[10]
201527 November
BPC NAMUR 2015 €1,100 Circus Casino Resort Namur , Namur , Wallonia 680
€652,800
[ 16] €101,075
[11]
20156-10 May
BPC SPA €800 Casino de Spa , Liège , Wallonia 289
€202,242
[ 17] €37,346
[12]
201428 November
BPC NAMUR 2014 €1,100 Circus Casino Resort Namur , Namur , Wallonia 683
€654,309
[ 18] €113,820
[13]
20143-7 September
BPC SPA €800 Casino de Spa , Liège , Wallonia 260
€181,948
[ 19] €45,026
[14]
201322 November
BPC NAMUR 2013 €1,500 Circus Casino Resort Namur , Namur , Wallonia 470
€608,180
[ 20] €97,304
[15]
20139-15 September
BPC SPA €800 Casino de Spa , Liège , Wallonia 369
€258,654
[ 21] €42,595
[16] [17]
20138-14 April
BPC MIDDELKERKE €800 Casino Middelkerke , West Flanders , Flanders 381
€267,015
[ 22] €53,459
[18]
References
^ a b Pokeren - "Belgian Poker Challenge" (in Dutch). pokeren.nl. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .^ a b Poker Listings - Schroen, Melvin (March 29, 2023). "Omar Lakhdari Wins Belgian Poker Challenge 2023 Main Event in Namur" . pokerlistings.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023 . ^ The Hendom Mob - Belgian Poker Challenge 2024 Results ^ PokerNews France - Jaudon, Gaelle (May 20, 2024). "Rayane Mokhtar Benounnane Sacré Champion du Belgian Poker Challenge 2024" (in French). fr.pokernews.com. Retrieved May 20, 2024 . ^ PokerNews France - "Le Français Samy Barka remporte le Belgian Poker Challenge (122.762€)" (in French). fr.pokernews.com. June 6, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .^ Cards Chat - Smyth, Daniel (November 30, 2021). "Belgian Poker Challenge Cancelled, Fresh COVID Restrictions Sweep Across Europe" . cardschat.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023 . ^ Poker Strategy - Carter, Barry (December 1, 2021). "The Belgian Poker Challenge is postponed" . pokerstrategy.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023 . ^ APN News - "New Covid-19 Restrictions Lead to the Postponement of Belgian Poker Challenge" . apnnews.com. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .^ PokerNews France - "BPC Namur: Deal à 3 et la gagne pour Nicolas Ribeiro (115.000€)" (in French). fr.pokernews.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .^ Club Poker - "BELGIAN POKER CHALLENGE : LE MAIN EVENT POUR MARCIN PUCZYLOWSKI" (in French). clubpoker.net. December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .^ Poker City - Salet, Pieter (June 4, 2018). "BPC Spa: Ahmed Ibrahimi wint Main Event, Ryanne en 'Sikkes side events!" (in Dutch). pokercity.nl. Retrieved December 23, 2023 . ^ Poker City - van Winden, Milko (December 3, 2017). "BPC Namur: Julien Baldassarré te sterk voor Berende en Lybaert" (in Dutch). pokercity.nl. Retrieved December 23, 2023 . ^ Live Poker - "TOURNOI BELGIAN POKER CHALLENGE - 800 € MAIN EVENT" (in French). livepoker.fr. May 22, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .^ PokerNews France - Sustrac, Matthieu (December 5, 2016). "Belgian Poker Championship : Vlad Darie s'impose à Namur, le High Roller pour Kalidou Sow" (in French). fr.pokernews.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023 . ^ The Hendom Mob - "€ 730 + 70 No Limit Hold'em Main Event 4 Results" . thehendonmob.com. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .^ The Rounder - "Arne Coulier remporte le BPC Namur Main Event back to back !! (€90.075 + €11.000)" (in French). the-rounder.net. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .^ The Rounder - "Marius POSPIECH sort victorieux du heads-up final et est notre champion du BPC Spa MAIN EVENT" (in French). the-rounder.net. May 10, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .^ PokerNews France - "Arne Coulier champion Belgian Poker Challenge Namur 2014 (113.820€)" (in French). fr.pokernews.com. December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .^ Poker City - Salet, Pieter (September 8, 2014). "Cheng-Wei Yin wint BPC Main Event" (in Dutch). pokercity.nl. Retrieved December 23, 2023 . ^ HLN Belgium - "Laurens De Smet wint officieus BK poker" (in Flemish). hln.be. December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .^ HLN Belgium - "Julien Lannoy wint eerste grote titel op Belgian Poker Challenge in Spa" (in Flemish). hln.be. September 17, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .'^ 7Sur7 - "Le vainqueur du Belgian Poker Challenge est Matthias de Meulder" (in French). 7sur7.be. April 17, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2023 .
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