Kenny Hallaert

One of the most experienced professionals in the poker industry, Kenny Hallaert, stumbled upon poker by chance, and it became his life’s work. In the 2000s, Hallaert grinded online under the nickname SpaceyFCB, then switched to organizing live tournaments, starting to work at the Namur casino in Belgium. In 2025, he is part of the PokerStars team of professionals.

Main Information

Nickname: SpaceyFCB
Nationality: Belgium
Residence: Hansbeke, Belgium
Born: November 14, 1981
Age: 43 years

Last Biggest Results

2025 WSOP $10K Main Event — Final Table (will be updated)
2025 EPT Monte Carlo €2,200 PokerStars Open High Roller — 5th place, €108,080
2025 Irish Poker Open €5K High Roller— 1st place, $159,920

Kenny Hallaert’s Biography

After finishing school, Kenny Hallaert worked as an electrician. He discovered poker by chance in 2004: he wanted to place a bet on sports, saw a poker room advertisement banner, clicked on it, and registered. He started playing Pot-Limit Omaha right away because it had more action.

After discovering poker, he began studying the game through poker forums and read The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky, Winning Low Limit Hold’em by Lee Jones, and Super System by Doyle Brunson. For several months, he only studied theory and did not play.

In 2005, he made the key decision to start playing poker professionally. The main poker room at that time was Everest Poker. Hallaert played 4 tables of NL25 and NL50. Also in that year, Hallaert suffered an injury during a football match, so he spent a lot of time at home playing poker.

Only in 2007 did Hallaert begin playing tournaments. Almost immediately, he won a package to the 2008 WSOP Main Event worth $15K.

How Kenny Hallaert Became a Tournament Director

Alongside his active online grinding, Hallaert continued playing at Holland Casino. One day, he was offered a job at the Namur casino. His task was to promote poker and attract players who did not speak French.

At that time, Hallaert began organizing tournaments in Belgium. He was one of the first tournament organizers in Belgium, as back then everyone mainly played cash games. In one interview, Kenny Hallaert admitted that his work as a tournament director combined two things: his love for organization and his love for poker.

Kenny Hallaert Poker Career and WSOP Success

Alongside organizing tournaments, Kenny Hallaert began playing more and winning. In 2008, he won $108K in the Sunday Warm Up — this victory boosted his career. Since 2008, Hallaert has attended the WSOP every year. However, his first in-the-money (ITM) finish came only in 2010, and his first ITM in the Main Event was in 2012.

He reached his next goal — making a final table — in 2015 at the $565 The Colossus tournament. The event attracted 22,374 entries, and Hallaert finished 5th, earning $182,400.

His biggest success came in 2016, when Kenny Hallaert reached the final table of the $10K Main Event, finishing 6th and achieving the best cash of his career — $1,464,258.

Kenny Hallaert Fun Fact

He tracks all his results in an Excel spreadsheet from the very start of his career (with over 40,000 records).

Live Poker Achievements

Over $5.9M in live earnings
6th place in 2016 WSOP Main Event ($1,464,258)
Over 150 WSOP cashes

Online Poker Achievements

Plays under the nickname SpaceyFCB
PokerStars Team Pro Ambassador

Top Five Career Cashes Prizes

	Event	Place	Prize	Year
1	$10K WSOP Main Event	6	$1,464,258	2016
2	€111,111 High Roller for One Drop WSOP Europe	10	$343,923	2017
3	$10K WPT EveryOne for One Drop	9	$257,600	2023
4	$5K WSOP 6-handed	3	$238,855	2017
5	€5K EPT Main Event	6	$210,962	2011