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.
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.
Jozef Cibicek
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 from Lehut.
Lehut entered heads-up play with Cibicek holding a 2:1 lead over the Slovakian, and after catching Cibicek bluffing in the first hand of heads-up play, he flopped two pair against Cibicek’s turned top pair to seal the title in the next hand.
“We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Jean-Vincent Lehut on his incredible victory at the PokerStars Open Namur Main Event, taking home a stunning €238,000!
This achievement is not only a testament to Jean-Vincent’s exceptional skill, focus, and strategic brilliance at the table but also an inspiring milestone for the entire community. At IMSA, we deeply appreciate and celebrate excellence — and this triumph truly exemplifies it.
Bravo, Jean-Vincent! Your win shines as a beacon of dedication and mastery. Here’s to many more accomplishments ahead!”
-Says, Adv. Nandan Kumar Jha (President, International Mind Sports Association)