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MEC Poker Open Online starts this weekend!

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IThis weekend the time has finally come! The MEC Poker Online will start at bwin!

This weekend, the MEC Poker Open Online will finally start at bwin. Although the satellites for the MEC Poker Open Online have been up and running for several weeks, the tournament officially starts this weekend! We kick off this weekend with the $55 Main Event!

Main Event

– Saturday 17 October – Day 1A – 19:00 – Late registration 90 min – Single re entry                         – Sunday 18 October – Day 1B – 19:00 – Late registration 90 min – Single re entry                           – Monday 19 October – Day 2 – 19:00

Day  2 of the Main Event will be streamed live! 

bwin

This year’s MEC Poker Open Online will be held on bwin! We are very happy with the cooperation with bwin, which has allowed us to organize the MEC Poker Open. The tournament is already in the lobby of bwin. If you search the lobby for ‘MEC Poker Open’ you will see the tournaments of bwin. If you don’t have an account yet, simply create one using the button below!

Create your account here

Satellite

We have added two more satellites to the schedule for this weekend! Prior to day 1A and day 1B another satellite of $11 is scheduled at 17:00. This gives you an extra chance to get a spot in the Main Event! 

Private cashgame

In case you are out of the tournament or feel like opening a second table during the tournament? Then you can play our private cash games. Cash games will be hosted throughout the weekend at the MEC Poker Open. These cash games are only accessible to the community and are therefore a fun way to get in touch with your fellow community members! Would you like to join our private cashgames? Sign up now by clicking on the button below!

Sign up here for the private cashgame

Interview with reigning champion Domien Decononinck!

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In the approach of the upcoming main event we speak with reigning champion Domien Deconinck! Will he defend his title?

Hi Domien how are things going? How have you been lately experiencing the coronavirus and have you been playing poker lately?

It is going very well! The coronavirus makes everything difficult of course. Unfortunately there is no live poker in the casinos anymore, but because I normally play online it’s not a big problem for me. There are a lot of great tournaments online that I can play and I try to play the nicest ones on all the poker sites! Not too high stakes of course because it is still  a hobby for me! It has to stay fun! 

You are of course the reigning champion of the MEC Poker Open. Do you ever think back to your victory and how it went?

Yes, I talk about it with friends soemtimes. Coincidentally, I talked about it with some friends a few days ago. I played the first day online and was already sure of a €300 mincash. I had had a party the night before the final day and had a big hangover. I even doubted if I would go to Spa. I was already happy with €500 and in the end you win the tournament while with 5 men left I had 3 or 4 big blinds. Yes it was unbelievable but true! It may have been the highlight of my poker career, besides winning a Main Event package of PCA 10 in the Bahamas.

Have you been able to do anything special from the first prize?

I bought a super big Samsung TV. The biggest one there was! I also bought a new computer! The rest I just put on my savings account and of course I gave a small party for friends in the local cafe!

Are you going to defend your title and how do you estimate your chances?

Sure I am! I’m really looking forward to playing the MEC Poker Open! I already asked for time off for the live weekend so I can easily play. I have a lot of confidence in my game so I’m hopeful for a good result. We will see. I hope there will be a lot of participants, then it will be a great tournament!

MEC Poker Open Online registration open!

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MEC Poker Open Online

The MEC Poker Open Online Main Event and Highroller are in the lobby of Bwin! This means you can sign up as of today! Together with Bwin we’ve created a beautiful structure for the Main Event and the Highroller. The starting stack for both tournaments is 100k chips and the blind levels last 15 minutes. Both day 1A and day 1B of the Main Event and the Highroller start at 19:00 and end at 00:00. For both tournaments 15% of the participant’s field will be in the money. 

Fore more information click on the button below!

More information about the tournaments

Livestream

There will be a livestream from day 2 of the Main Event and the Highroller. The livestreams will be shown on the Twitch channel of Bwin and will be provided with professional commentary. 

Twitch channel Bwin

How can I participate?

Log in to your Bwin account and search for ‘mec’ at ‘Tourneys’. Here you can find the tournament lobby and sign up!  Don’t have an account yet? Click on the button below to read how to create one

Create your own account on Bwin

Cashgame

Are you out of the tournament? Don’t be sad! At the MEC Poker Open Online, we’re hosting additional cash games for the community. Click on the button below to learn more about the MEC Poker Open Community cash games

Join our private cashgame

MEC Poker Open Online schedule released!

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MEC Poker Open Online Schedule

As already known, this year’s MEC Poker Open will be played online at Bwin. In the previous news item, we asked the community which buy in category they prefer. Approximately 70% indicated that they would prefer a $55 Main Event and a $109 Highroller. The MEC Poker open has decided in cooperation with Bwin to create the following tournaments.

The Main Event will be a $55,- single Re entry with a guaranteed prize pool of $10.000,-. The Main Event is a two day tournament with two starting days and one day 2. The Main Event will take place in the weekend of 17-19 October.

The Highroller will be a $109,- single Re entry with a guaranteed prize pool of $10.000,-. Also this tournament has 2 starting days and one day 2. The Highroller will take place in the weekend of 24-26 October.

Both tournaments are played under your real name. So you know exactly who you’re up against!

More information about the tournaments

How can I participate?

Log in to your Bwin account and search for ‘mec’ at ‘Tourneys’. Here you can find the tournament lobby and sign up! When the tournaments are available in the Bwin lobby we will notify you. Don’t have an account yet? Click on the button below to read how to create one

Create your own account on Bwin

Cashgame

Are you out of the tournament? Don’t be sad! At the MEC Poker Open Online, we’re hosting additional cash games for the community. Click on the button below to learn more about the MEC Poker Open Community cash games

Join our private cashgame

MEC Poker Open not live but online on Bwin!

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MEC Poker Open not live due to Corona

Unfortunately, in consideration with Casino de Spa, the organization of the MEC Poker Open has decided that the fourth edition scheduled for October cannot take place. The reason for this is the corona measures that the casino has to comply with from the government. The maximum number of visitors that may enter the casino at the same time is so limited that it is not financially sustainable to organize the MEC Poker Open. In addition, we want the MEC Poker Open to remain an experience accessible to the entire community that has been established in recent years.

Online edition of the MEC Poker Open on Bwin

Aside from the fact that we’d all love to play poker live, we’re very pleased to be able to turn the MEC Poker Open into an online edition in October thanks to our main sponsor Bwin! The MEC Poker Open Online will be held from 15-18 October.

Behind the scenes, we’ve been working hard on an online tournament schedule, but we’d like to hear and measure the opinions of the Community before releasing a final schedule. We are considering two options:

  • A $55 Main Event with a $109 Highroller
  • A $109 Main Event with $215 Highroller

Do you have a preference? Please let us know by filling in the survey below. We will be drawing one Bwin poker table among the people who complete the survey!

The results of the survey, the winner of the Bwin poker table and the tournament schedule for the MEC Poker Open Online will be announced on Tuesday, September 8th.

What will happen to my ticket?

Already bought a ticket for the MEC Poker Open? Your ticket will automatically be converted into a valid ticket for the next MEC Poker Open. This is scheduled from April 15-18, 2021 at Casino de Spa. You will soon receive a personal e-mail about this procedure.

Did you win a Highroller ticket via satellite? Then there are two options available. You can have your ticket converted to the next edition of the MEC Poker Open (April 15-18, 2021) or you can exchange the value of your Highroller ticket for tickets to the MEC Poker Open Online (October 15-18). We won’t know how many tickets this will be and what their value will be until we know the online tournament schedule. You will soon receive a personal e-mail about this procedure so that you can indicate your preference.

Did you win a Main Event Package via satellite? Then there are two options available regarding your Main Event ticket. You can have your ticket converted to the next edition of the MEC Poker Open (April 15-18, 2021) or you can exchange the value of your Main Event ticket for tickets to the MEC Poker Open Online (October 15-18). We won’t know how many tickets this will be and what their value will be until we know the online tournament schedule. You hotelroom will be automatically converted to the next edition (15-18 April 2021). You will soon receive a personal e-mail about this procedure, so you can indicate your preference regarding the Main Event ticket.

Have you booked a hotel room with us? We will cancel it for you free of charge. We will contact everyone who has booked his/her hotel room through the organization next week.

Online satellites currently canceled

The online satellites that are organized every Sunday at Bwin have been cancelled for the time being. When the tournament schedule for the MEC Poker Open Online is known, it may be possible to look into organizing a number of more satellites for this tournament.

You can still play every Sunday on our private cash game tables at Bwin! For more information click on the button below.

Join our private cashgame

Can the MEC Poker Open take place in October?

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There is a lot of uncertainty because of the corona virus. Likewise, many participants will wonder if the MEC Poker Open will continue in October. The organization of the MEC Poker Open and Casino de Spa are discussing possible scenarios. This is the current state of affairs.

The answer is for the time being, yes!

We watch the rest of the world play the first poker tournaments again in casinos. Not quite as we are used to, but with the necessary health measures. Since it’s still 3.5 months to go until the date the MEC Poker Open is scheduled, a lot can change. Both positive and negative.

For now, we’re assuming the positive scenario, which means that the MEC Poker Open in October will continue as planned. If health measures need to be taken (such as hand gel, mouth caps or plexiglass) in order for it to go through, we will first look at the organizational options for taking care of them. Then we will research and consider whether the measures do not affect the fun of the participants too much in a negative way.

What if it has to be cancelled anyway?

If the measures to deal with the corona virus persist for a longer period of time, it may be decided at some point that the MEC Poker Open cannot continue at Casino de Spa anyway. In that case it will be ensured that all participants who have purchased a ticket or qualified via one of the satellites at Bwin will be compensated appropriately.

One form of compensation could be that purchased tickets are moved to the next edition. The first edition for 2021 is already planned with Casino de Spa! Thanks to our main sponsor Bwin, we also have the opportunity to organize the MEC Poker Open online.

Should the situation change to such an extent that the organization decides to cancel the event in October or host it online, all players who have already purchased a ticket will receive an email about this. You can also check our website, Facebook and Instagram for the latest news.

Can't wait to play poker again?

All poker players look forward to the moment when they will be able to play live again. Until then, we can have fun online. That’s why our main sponsor Bwin now offers private cash game tables especially for the MEC Poker Open Community! You can still qualify for the MEC Poker Open online as well. Click on any of the buttons below to see how you can join the action.

Online qualifiers
Play at our private cashgame

Online Community Tournament

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We’re very disappointed that there won’t be a MEC Poker Open in April. That’s why we’re organizing a MEC Poker Open Online Community Tournament especially for all community members! The tournament’s buy-in is $22 and will be played on Sunday, April 19 at Bwin.

Where can I play the Online Community Tournament? 

First make sure you have an account on Bwin and you have downloaded it.

Click here to open an account on Bwin

Once you have an account you can log in on Bwin and find the satellite in the cliënt. 

Go to:  Poker >> Tourneys >> Select in all the filters “all”

Then fill in “MEC” in the search feature. The Online Community Tournament will pop up.

You can find all tournament information about the Online Community Tournament by clicking on the button below!

I want to play!

Online Satellite schedule MEC Poker Open released!

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This year, the MEC Poker Open once again offers participants the opportunity to qualify online for the €175 Main Event and the €440 Highroller. In cooperation with main sponsor Bwin, a wonderful schedule of online qualification tournaments has been set up. From April 26th there will be a satellite every Sunday until the MEC Poker Open starts in October!

NEW: Win a Main Event Package!

New this year are the satellites where you can win a ‘Main Event Package’ ($630). Such a package consists of one €175,- Main Event ticket and 3 nights (Thursday to Sunday) in Silva Hotel Spa-Balmoral for 2 persons. This stay includes breakfast and free access to the hotel’s swimming pool and spa. So you can bring a friend who also wants to play the MEC Poker Open, but you can also bring your partner, so he or she can enjoy the spa while you are playing poker!

In addition to the Main Event Package satellites, there are also satellites where you can only win a Main Even ticket or a Highroller ticket! The buy in of every satellite event is $16.50. You can find the complete satellite schedule at the bottom of this article!

Online Community Tournament.

We’re very disappointed that there won’t be a MEC Poker Open in April. That’s why we’re organizing a MEC Poker Open Online Community Tournament especially for all community members! The tournament’s buy-in is $22 and will be played on Sunday, April 19 at Bwin. When the tournament is online and registration is open, we will let you know in the MEC Poker Open Community on Facebook. Not a member yet? Click below and join the community for free!

Join the community for free!

Day 1 Online on Sunday 4 October.

Also this year you can qualify at home for Day 2 of the Main Event. The online starting day of the MEC Poker Open will take place at Bwin on Sunday 4 October at 8pm. Day 1 Online is the same as a live starting day at the casino. The buy-in is $200 and you play 14 levels. If you still have chips at the end of level 14, you are through to Day 2. The stack you have left will be waiting for you on the 18th of October in the Poker Room of Casino de Spa, where you will continue to compete for the Main Event title!

Check out the full schedule!

How can I participate?

Log in to your Bwin account and search for ‘mec’ at ‘Tourneys’. Here you can find the tournament lobby and sign up! The tournaments are expected to be available on Bwin next week. Don’t have an account yet? Click on the button below to read how to create one!

Create your own Bwin account here!

Frequently Asked Questions.

What if I win a satellite, but I already bought a ticket? What if I win a Highroller ticket, but I also play Day 2 of the Main Event? Visit the frequently asked questions page here, where we provide answers to these kinds of questions.

Full schedule MEC Poker Open October 2020

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We proudly announce the full schedule of the MEC Poker Open October 2020. From 15 to 18 October you are able to play several fun poker events at Casino de Spa. Since we broke several records last edition we decided to add more starting days to the Main Event and also add extra Side Events spread over the weekend! You can buy all your tickets online on March 2 at 8pm!

Main Event gets more starting days

The €175,- Main Event gets two more starting days! The Main Event kicks off with an online starting day on Bwin (Day 1 Online). The first live starting day at Casino de Spa starts at 5pm on Thursday October 15 (1A). On friday you can play Day 1B at 2pm just as last year but this time there are only 90 seats available. The other 135 seats are added to one extra regular starting day on the same day starting at 7pm (1C). On Saturday there will be two more chances. At 1pm you can play Day 1D (180 seats) and in the evening we have our first Turbo starting day (1E) at 9pm with another 135 seats available!

Every starting day you can re-enter the tournament as much as you need untill Level 5. Countless opportunities for you to make it to Day 2! Also different from last year is that there will be an exciting bubble fase on Sunday, because the best 15% of the field is in the money instead of the previous ‘make day 2 and you’re in the money’ rule.

Winner of the MEC Poker Open Main Event October 2019: Domien Deconinck

Online qualifiers and Day 1 Online

Long before the start of the MEC Poker Open you will be able to qualify yourself online for the Main Event on Bwin. All satellite information and the schedule will be announced on April 6. The date for Day 1 Online will also be announced on April 6.

Highroller with online satellites

Just as last time there is a €440,- No Limit Hold em Highroller! The Highroller will start Sunday at 2.30pm and you can register untill Level 9. You can also qualify yourself online for the Highroller on Bwin. New this time are the €50,- One Hand Satellites. These start half an hour before the Highroller. For every 9 players registered there will be one seat in the Highroller!

New Side Events with online registration

The previous editions we noticed that all players enjoyed the side events so much that we added a few more, so you can play poker all weekend long! On Thursday we have a brand new €90,- Short Deck Hold’em event at 8pm. On Saturday you get your chance to become the first winner of our €90,- Pot Limit Omaha  or, later that day, the new €70,- Knock Out! The popular side events from last year (€75,- Secret Bounty, €75,- P.K.O. and the €60,- Freeze out) are also on the schedule.

Also new this year is that you can buy your tickets for the side events online! Almost all side events reached their maximum capacity last time so make sure you buy your ticket in time.

Start ticketsale

The ticketsale for all events will open on March 2 from 8pm. If you buy your ticket online on March 2 you are competing for a very nice Bwin pokercase! You can buy your tickets online untill the end of October 14. If there are any tickets left you can buy them the whole MEC Poker Open weekend in Casino de Spa at the register.

Register and win a Bwin pokercase

Our sponsor Bwin provided us with some nice give aways, like this very nice Pokercase (see image below). You can win this beauty by doing one of these two things:

Register for the Main Event and win this very nice Bwin Pokercase!

RECAP: Day 2 (Final day!)

Yesterday was the final day of the MEC Poker Open Main Event. 97 of the total 588 players made it to the money and battled on Day 2 for the title and the big trophy!

Day 2 had a livestream were you could follow the action from home. The livestream team of Pokercity BE made sure the tournament was broadcasted very professionaly. You can watch the livestream from yesterday here.

The first pay jumps

The first player who cashed in the MEC Poker Open Main Event was 🇧🇪  Valentin Jeukens. The min cash was €260,-. All the small stacks tried to dubble up at the beginning. Therefore there were a lot of bust outs. Other players with a min cash were 🇳🇱 Emile Cox, 🇧🇪 Bruno Englebert and 🇳🇱 Alex Bor. The first pay jump was after Cenk Oguz busted (72nd). After that 🇳🇱 Pascal Kuijper busted for €346. just as 🇫🇷 Giovanni Dupont and 🇧🇪 Maarten Verhaegen. The last pay jump before the break paid €442. Just before the break we lost 🇧🇪 Jorden Verbraeken, 🇳🇱 Marianne Stomp and runner up from last edition 🇧🇪 Tim Verheyen.

Break 1
42/588 players
Average: 350.000

🇵🇱 Mariusz Maicher – 966.000
🇧🇪 Kris Leppens – 910.000
🇳🇱 Jimmy Deun – 858.000
🇳🇱 Nicky Molmans – 827.000
🇳🇱 Melvin Olierook – 703.000

After the first break there were 42 players left.

Break 2
22/588 players

🇳🇱 Adriaan Quist – 1.255.000
🇧🇪 Wesley Peinen – 1.105.000
🇳🇱 Johannes Maas – 1.080.000
🇳🇱 Stijn Hoogendoorn – 1.050.000

Dinnerbreak
12/588 players

After the dinnerbreak we had 12 players left. Not much later after the start 🇳🇱 Stijn Hoogendoorn (12th), 🇧🇪 Luc Simons (11th) and 🇧🇪 Wesley Peinen (10th) finished their deep run in the MEC Poker Open Main Event and they all cashed €1.055.

Final table

Almost the first hand of the final table it was 🇳🇱  Joris Dirks who busted first (9th – €1.315). Not long after that 🇩🇪 Zoltan Kon came in 8th place (€1.670) and 🇵🇱 Mariusz Maicher ended 7th for €2.120. Not very much later was it 🇳🇱  Adriaan Quist who finished his tournament with a €2.814 cash (6th).

After a short break of 10 minutes the last 5 players went back to the table to battle for the first prize. After some play 🇳🇱 Johannes Maas was the one who finished 5th (€3.765).

Three way deal

When Nicky busted the last three players asked for ICM. After a little discussion they shook hands on a three way deal! But all three wanted to win the title so they started playing again for the trophy!

🇳🇱 Wouter de Graaf – €12.099
🇧🇪 Domien Deconinck – €10.364
🇧🇪 Patrick Jowa – €10.000

We got a winner! Domien Deconinck!

🇳🇱 Wouter de Graaf ended in third place and 🇧🇪 Patrick Jowa finished in second! So the winner of the MEC Poker Open Main Event October 2019 is 🇧🇪 Domien Deconinck! You can check out all results here!

€440,- Highroller

We had 32 entries in the MEC Poker Open Highroller.
The winner was Stan van Dijk!

€75,- Secret Bounty

The Secret Bounty had 126 entries. The same event last October was won by Vincent Calis who now ended heads up again! Unfortunate for him it was Alexander van der Swaluw who won the tournament this time!

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