2015 Master Classics of Poker

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 Master Classics of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€300,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,152,360
Entries
291
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Not a Good Table for Flushes

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Matthias de Meulder had made a bad experience with a flush not long ago and Surinder Sunar just did the same. The 1993 Master Classics champion check-called two streets before checking again the {8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{8-Clubs} river against Joep van den Bijgaart. The latter then bet 7,800 into a pot of 12,600 and Sunar eventually called.

Van den Bijgaart flipped over his {8-Spades}{9-Spades} and Sunar mucked the inferior {4-Hearts}{6-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
41,000
Surinder Sunar gb
Surinder Sunar
11,000
-19,000
-19,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Joep van den BijgaartSurinder SunarMatthias De Meulder

Ensan Mucks to a Pair of Tens

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

On the three-way flop of {7-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}, Clyde Tjauw Foe bet 1,175 and Hossein Ensan squeezed to 6,000 from the button, ensuring the fold of the other player in the hand. Tjauw Foe however called and then check-called the {5-Spades} turn for 2,900. Both players checked the {6-Spades} on the river and Tjauw Foe was first to show after the button to reveal {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} as winning hand.

Player Chips Progress
Clyde Tjauw Foe nl
Clyde Tjauw Foe
47,000
17,000
17,000
Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
34,500
4,500
4,500
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Clyde Tjauw FoeHossein Ensan

Piotrowski Busts Sunar

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Przemyslaw Piotrowski was the initial raiser and picked up one customer in Surinder Sunar from two seats over. A continuation bet of the Pole on the flop {2-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{8-Spades} flop was called before Sunar then jammed the {10-Hearts} turn to a second barrel of Piotrowski. The Pole snap-called with {10-Spades}{10-Clubs} for a turned set of tens and Sunar was drawing dead with the {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}, making the {4-Clubs} river a formality.

Player Chips Progress
Przemyslaw Piotrowski pl
Przemyslaw Piotrowski
65,000
14,000
14,000
Surinder Sunar gb
Surinder Sunar
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Przemyslaw PiotrowskiSurinder Sunar

Bakker Leading

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Defending champion Ruben Visser had lost with kings to aces and then recovered the losses to get back to his previous stack. "Just make it 25,500," the Dutchman joked.

Piet Bakker is doing much better on the previous table of Dominic van Embden, currently leading the field with almost three times the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Piet Bakker nl
Piet Bakker
80,000
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
25,500
-500
-500
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ruben VisserDominic van EmbdenPiet Bakker

Stuer Busts Vonk and van Leeuwen

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Niels van Leeuwen
Niels van Leeuwen

The seat of Marcel Vonk was empty and he had just purchased the second bullet shortly before the end of level four. Rens Feenstra confirmed that it was Julian Stuer who had received the chips and the German was also involved into a hand with Niels van Leeuwen as well.

Until the {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} river, a pot of around 8,000 chips emerged and Stuer pushed all in. Van Leeuwen had around 16,600 chips behind and eventually called for his tournament life only to muck immediately when Stuer showed him the {6-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for a flopped straight.

The bustout of Vonk was a copy of the situation according to Stuer, who jammed the river of a queen-high board for effectively 15,000 into a pot of 6,000. Vonk called with pocket aces only to see the German turn over {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
94,000
94,000
94,000
Niels van Leeuwen nl
Niels van Leeuwen
Busted
Marcel Vonk nl
Marcel Vonk
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Julian StuerMarcel VonkNiels van LeeuwenRens Feenstra

Second Bullet for Finger

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

"Second bullet, I busted over there," Martin Finger grinned after being seated next to Joep van den Bijgaart. Both played the last hand of the level but nothing special came out of it before they headed into the dinner break.

Players have the option to purchase one reentry per day, making for a total of five bullets if required. One on each starting day and then another before the start of Day 2 on Wednesday. This certainly explains why some of the pros take a very aggressive approach early into the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
30,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Joep van den BijgaartMartin Finger

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Vonk Back In

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

As previously mentioned, Marcel Vonk reentered and has taken the former seat of Martin Finger to rejoin the action on the one outer table.

Below are some further assorted counts.

Player Chips Progress
Clyde Tjauw Foe nl
Clyde Tjauw Foe
48,000
1,000
1,000
Farid Chati nl
Farid Chati
35,000
5,000
5,000
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
32,500
-2,000
-2,000
Marcel Vonk nl
Marcel Vonk
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
27,000
-7,500
-7,500
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Gleb Kovtunov ua
Gleb Kovtunov
19,000
-2,300
-2,300
Jasper Meijer nl
Jasper Meijer
14,500
-15,500
-15,500

Tags: Marcel VonkMartin Finger