2015 Master Classics of Poker

Main Event
Day: 3
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

De Korver jams Versus van Brugge

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

After a raise, the action reached Pieter de Korver and he three-bet on the cutoff over on the feature table. One seat over, Kees van Brugge then squeezed to 110,000 and the initial raiser folded. De Korver moved all in for 465,000 in total and van Brugge had a tough decision to make.

Ultimately he started smiling at his opponent and then elected to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Pieter de Korver nl
Pieter de Korver
633,000
136,000
136,000
EPT 1X Winner
Kees van Brugge nl
Kees van Brugge
509,000
-229,000
-229,000

Tags: Kees van BruggePieter De Korver

Per Munksgaard Eliminated in 15th Place (€12,676)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Per Munksgaard
Per Munksgaard

Georgios Zisimopoulos raised to 27,000 from the hijack and Per Munksgaard moved all in for 185,000 from the button. Jussi Nevanlinna moved all in over the top to isolate successfully and Zisimopoulos quickly moved out of the way.

Nevanlinna: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Munksgaard: {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}

The Dane had two live cards but the board ran out {6-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} instead to award the pot to Nevanlinna with ace-high.

Player Chips Progress
Jussi Nevanlinna fi
Jussi Nevanlinna
710,000
230,000
230,000
Per Munksgaard dk
Per Munksgaard
Busted

Tags: Georgios ZisimopoulosJussi NevanlinnaPer Munksgaard

Slow-Played Aces by Paris

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Jussi Nevanlinna opened to 27,000 from under the gun and Bryan Paris called out of the big blind as one of the shorter stacks. On the flop {9-Spades}{A-Spades}{5-Clubs}, Paris check-called a bet of 25,000 and then check-raised all in for 95,000 on the {8-Diamonds} turn.

Nevanlinna was priced in to call with {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and found himself drawing dead to win the pot, Paris had slow-played the {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts} to perfection. A meaningless {Q-Hearts} appeared on the river and was just a formality.

Player Chips Progress
Jussi Nevanlinna fi
Jussi Nevanlinna
480,000
-130,000
-130,000
Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
300,000
110,000
110,000
Natural8

Tags: Bryan ParisJussi Nevanlinna

Niels van Alphen Eliminated in 16th Place (€12,676)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Niels van Alphen
Niels van Alphen

Niels van Alphen was all in and at risk for 233,000 over on the feature table and chip leader Donald Rae called his three-bet shove without much hesitation.

Van Alphen: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Rae: {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}

The flop came {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and that left van Alphen in desperate shape, depending on running cards in order to avoid elimination. The {10-Clubs} on the turn was a great card, but it was not meant to be. With the {J-Spades} filling up the board on the river, Rae made quads jacks to bust van Alphen in 16th place and increase his chip lead over the rest of the table.

Player Chips Progress
Donald Rae gb
Donald Rae
1,703,000
436,000
436,000
Niels van Alphen nl
Niels van Alphen
Busted

Tags: Donald RaeNiels van Alphen

Zisimipoulos Dominates

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Michiel Brummelhuis raised to 28,000 from under the gun and Georgios Zisimopoulos min-clicked to 56,000 to get a call by the Dutchman. Both players checked the flop {2-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and the {Q-Hearts} turn before Zisimopoulos' bet of 58,000 on zhr {4-Hearts} river won the pot without showdown.

One hand later, Zisimopoulos raised to 26,000 and Brummelhuis defended, then quickly folded to a continuation bet on the {Q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} flop.

Player Chips Progress
Georgios Zisimopoulos gr
Georgios Zisimopoulos
1,070,000
220,000
220,000
Michiel Brummelhuis nl
Michiel Brummelhuis
140,000
-214,000
-214,000

Tags: Georgios ZisimopoulosMichiel Brummelhuis

Lots of Pressure by Rae

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Donald Rae is doing exactly what a chip leader in the spotlight of a feature table should do: Apply pressure on the opponents.

Rae had raised from early position and found resistance in the person of Pieter de Korver in the cutoff. On the flop {K-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}. Rae bet 41,000 and de Korver reraised to 101,000. The Brit wasted little time before squeezing to 268,000 and de Korver quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Donald Rae gb
Donald Rae
1,267,000
227,000
227,000
Pieter de Korver nl
Pieter de Korver
497,000
-123,000
-123,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Donald RaePieter De Korver

Tobias Peters Eliminated in 17th Place (€10,371)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Tobias Peters
Tobias Peters

Over on the feature table, Tobias Peters moved all in for 185,000 from the button and Kees van Brugge called out of the big blind.

Peters: {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
van Brugge: {A-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

The flop {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{5-Hearts} gave Peters a lot more outs while van Brugge didn't want to hit any of his hole cards, as that would have given the opponent a straight. Both the {5-Spades} turn and the {2-Spades} river blanked and Peters was sent to the rail in 17th place.

Player Chips Progress
Kees van Brugge nl
Kees van Brugge
738,000
165,000
165,000
Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Kees van BruggeTobias Peters

Timothy Adams Eliminated in 18th Place (€10,371)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Timothy Adams
Timothy Adams

Over on the feature table, Timothy Adams moved all in for 12 big blinds with the {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and Pieter de Korver looked him up with {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. On a board of {J-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{K-Spades}{7-Spades}{3-Diamonds}, the Canadian found no help and joined the rail as first player after the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Pieter de Korver nl
Pieter de Korver
620,000
158,000
158,000
EPT 1X Winner
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Timothy AdamsPieter De Korver

Paris Drops some More

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Joep van den Bijgaart raised to 27,000 from the button and Bryan Paris defended his big blind. The American check-called a bet of 20,000 on the {9-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} flop before check-folding to a second barrel worth 48,000 on the {A-Hearts} turn.

Player Chips Progress
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
700,000
70,000
70,000
Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
190,000
-50,000
-50,000
Natural8

Tags: Bryan ParisJoep van den Bijgaart