David Boyaciyan, who won this event once and finished runner-up another time, has just been eliminated. According to one of our colleagues,he got it all in with pocket aces on a flop of . His opponent had a set of sevens and no ace popped up on the turn or river.
Louis Salter has been eliminated from the Master Classics of Poker Main Event. He raised all in for 6,325 over a 1,300 open. His opponent called with . Salter showed and departed after the board ran out .
On a flop of we saw both the small blind and big blind Jorryt van Hoof check. The small blind lead out 1,100 on the turn and Van Hoof, November Niner two years ago, raised to 2,600. The small blind called. The river saw the small blind bet out 3,500 and Van Hoof folded.
Despite losing that pot, he's still up for the day.
Just before the break, Kees van Brugge doubled through his neighbor Maxi Lehmanski.
Lehmanski opened from early position and Van Brugge called with . His neighbor over called and Cor Janssen on the button called as well.
All four of them checked on and an hit the turn. Lehmanski checked to Van Brugge and he bet 2,100. The first player folded, Janssen called and so did Lehmanski.
The river was a blank and Lehmanski lead for 1,500. Van Brugge shoved for 23,000 or so and Janssen folded. Lehmanski called with and soon parted ways with his chips as Van Brugge tabled his set.
It was four-handed for a while in the €25,000 Super High Roller, but it's all done now.
Jean-Noël Thorel bubbled the event, going out with against the of Frank Williams. The flop came making Thorel the heavy favorite, but the on the turn and on the river made Williams a full house and Thorel was the last player to leave empty-handed.
Down to three, Charlie Carrel would be next with his head on the chopping block. He first clashed with Schemion in a huge pot with jack-seven up against ace-ten. He would hand the remainder of his chips to Schemion not much later, getting it all in pre flop with up against . The board ran out and with that river king, Carrel bowed out in third place for €64,350.
Frank Williams, a cash game specialist, started out heads up with a chip disadvantage but they were still deep. Nonetheless, it wouldn't take long. Williams got it in with up against the of Schemion. The board ran out an uneventful and Williams left in second place, worth €96,525.
Ole Schemion has won the €25,000 Super High Roller and received a cheque worth €160,875. He'll play the Main Event on Tuesday.
Bart Spijkers leads the Main Event, and not by a small margin either. He holds 165,000, about twice as big a stack as anyone else we've seen so far.
Spijkers told us he cold called a three-bet to 4,000. Holding pocket tens, the flop came a beautiful . A blank fell on the turn and his opponent checked. Spijkers bet 14,000 and his opponent went deep into the tank.
"After about "10 minutes" in the tank, he shoved all in. I thought about 1 second and called" Bart Spijkers said with a big smile.
Spijkers needed to dodge two outs as his opponent tabled . The river was a blank and Spijkers doubled.