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

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

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

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

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

Smit Doubles

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Dennis Smith had defended his big blind against a raise and a call by Louis Salter to see a flop of {A-Spades}{K-Spades}{9-Spades}. The initial raiser looked up the Dutchman after the {6-Clubs} turn with {4-Spades}{5-Spades} only to see Smit return the {8-Spades}{10-Spades} for the better flush, giving the Dutchman an urgently needed double up.

Player Chips Progress
Dennis Smith
Dennis Smith
17,500
17,500
17,500

Tags: Dennis Smit

Zisimopoulos With Two Pair

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

On the river of a {10-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{A-Hearts} board, Georgios Zisimopoulos' bet of 1,000 was called by an opponent and the Greek showed {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for two pair. That was good enough to scoop the pot, though the Greek fell down to just under two times the starting stack recently and recovered some of the previous losses.

Player Chips Progress
Georgios Zisimopoulos gr
Georgios Zisimopoulos
57,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Georgios Zisimopoulos

Small Pot for Mortensen

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

On the heads-up flop of {2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}, Morten Mortensen made a bet of what looked like 600 chips and was called by Pascal Hartmann in the cutoff seat. The {K-Diamonds} on the turn was checked through and Mortensen then bet the {7-Clubs} river for 1,050 to receive a call by his opponent. The Dane flipped over {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and Hartmann tapped the table.

Player Chips Progress
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
34,500
4,500
4,500
Pascal Hartmann de
Pascal Hartmann
25,000
-5,000
-5,000

Tags: Morten MortensenPascal Hartmann

Wheeler Joins Competition

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jason Wheeler, who considers Amsterdam as his new home away from home, was eliminated in the High Roller Event and jumped straight into the action of the Main Event. The American expat has had excellent live results as of lately and it would be no surprise to see another deep run here.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jason Wheeler