Douglas Roberts defended his big blind against a raise by Kees van Brugge and check-called a continuation bet worth 5,300 on the flop . On the turn, Roberts moved all in for 42,100 and van Brugge eventually mucked. "Good bet," he said to his opponent.
A massive pot of 100,000 chips had emerged until the river of a board and Ari Engel fired 50,000. His opponent called and then mucked when he was shown for top set to see the American jump into a prime position for a deep run here in Amsterdam.
Jason Wheeler, who often expresses the love for his second home Amsterdam, has been eliminated from the Main Event. He just walked past the media desk and confirmed a few brief details. Wheeler flat-called a three-bet by David Boyaciyan to find top pair on the flop with .
The American got it in and Boyaciyan looked him up with pocket aces to claim the stack of his opponent two blanks later.
There will be a dinner break after the end of level 13, once the first four levels of Day 2 are completed. By then, the field will most likely play nine-handed as just over 100 participants remain.
A short-stacked Marcel Goldenbelt put his last hopes on the and was called by initial raiser Wim Emo. The latter had and immediately connected with the flop . Both the turn and river bricked and that was it for Goldenbelt.
Floor staff just announced that the top 36 spots get paid at least €5,762 whereas the winner walks home with a payday of €299,614. The full payouts will be available within the next 15 minutes.
Grelb Tremzin was eliminated by Nico Kuan after having spiked top pair on a jack-high flop with queen-jack. Both players checked through an ace on the turn and Kuan then put his opponent in for 30,000 on the river. Tremzin called with second pair and was shown for aces and tens to hit the rail.
In the break, Kuljinder Sidhu was rushing to get back to his seat in time because he was on a short stack of only 30,000 chips. That had just been doubled up though in a flip with versus . The Brit immediately flopped two pair on the board and then ordered a fresh massage on top.
On the board , Makarios Avramidis check-called two streets before checking the river again to Chin Sin Chang. The latter made it 13,500 to go and was called to showing . Avramidis took down the pot with and Chang tried to bluff his table neighbor to the right in the very next hand again.
This time it was two barrels on the flop and turn before a blank river was checked. Chang showed for a pair of nothing and his opponent turned over .
Other notables on the table include Chris Dowling and Steve O'Dwyer.