Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2016 Master Classics of Poker
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Master Classics of Poker
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,409,760
Entries
356
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Van Til Bubbles, Carrel Leads With Massive Stack
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Johan "busto_soon" van Til was the last to leave the 2016 Master Classics of Poker Main Event empty-handed after an exhilarating bubble. A total of 53 players remain, all guaranteed a min cash of €7,895 but all of them eying the €275,608 first place prize as well.
Charlie Carrel, who took runner-up spot in the €10,000 High Roller and third place in the €25,000 Super High Roller earlier this poker festival in the Dutch capital, leads the event with a wide margin. He has over 400,000 in chips more than his closest competitor; EPT Grand Final champion Jan Bendik sits in second place after Day 2 has ended.
| Player | Country | Chip Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Carrel | United Kingdom | 1,160,000 |
| 2 | Jan Bendik | Slovakia | 740,500 |
| 3 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 533,000 |
| 4 | Michiel Brosky | Netherlands | 424,500 |
| 5 | Artur Koren | Germany | 411,000 |
| 6 | Kimmo Kurko | Finland | 402,000 |
| 7 | Anton Wigg | Sweden | 375,000 |
| 8 | Jonathan Rozema | Netherlands | 370,500 |
| 9 | Kevin Killeen | Ireland | 353,000 |
| 10 | Michael Sassen | Netherlands | 339,500 |
Day 2 started with several new players signing up. With the latest reentries and new entries, the total field grew to 356, the second biggest MCOP Main Event in the 25-year history of one of the oldest tournaments on European soil.
It didn't take Holland Casino Amsterdam long to release the prize pool information. The €1,409,760 was to be divided over 53 players. While the total amount of entries had grown, the first-place prize dropped a little compared to last year's tournament as a higher percentage of players would end up cashing.
Players like Steve O'Dwyer, Fatima Moreira de Melo and Govert Metaal would have no reason to infuse themselves in a possible discussion about the payouts, as they departed long before the money stage of the tournament was reached.
MCOP High Roller champion Noah Boeken, who survived Day 1 with a Top 5-stack, joined his famous fellow poker players on the rail. He handed his chips over to Charlie Carrel, the man he had beat heads up for the High Roller title the evening before. Boeken wouldn't be the only one sliding his chips to Carrel. Sometimes they came gift wrapped, like when Jasper Meijer ran his ace-king into Carrel's kings, sometimes he had to really battle for them. But in the end, just about most of the hands and chips went to Carrel. He abused the bubble like no other, taking down the majority of the pots during the almost two-hour long hand for hand play.
As the bubble loomed, several players were short. This made for an interesting dynamic with players asking bystanders how much other players had, and a lot of folding by shorties and raising by big stacks. The players with their heads on the chopping block had their hands tied, while the more fortunate big stacks became more and more liberal in their hand selection it seemed.
Down to just 6,500, a little more than a single big blind, the absolute short stack Rens Pleijster took his time making his move. He wanted to see what the other tables were doing, but a floor person stepped in and told him he had to make his move rather sooner than later. Pleijster wasn't happy, telling the floor he didn't know what he was talking about with a very agitated voice. As he was prompted for action, he pushed all in.
The cutoff, button and Artur Koren in the small blind all called to put Pleijster at risk. Big blind Michiel Brosky had other things in mind, He took his time and eventually cut out a raise. All other players instantly folded.
Before the cards were even on their backs, Koren scolded his neighbor on his decision to raise. Koren, who seemed to imply something fishy was going on, was frowning, muttering and rolling his eyes as Brosky was about to reveal his hand.
Pleijster assured Koren he didn't even knew Brosky and table mate Foeke Deinum also took sides with Brosky it seemed.
Brosky, who was one of the bigger stacks at the table, though he hadn't abused the bubble up until that point as he had the dangerous big stack [Removed:172] on his immediate left, eventually showed 
. Rens Pleijster tabled 
.
The board ran out in favor of Pleijster and he quintupled as Koren, who was still enjoying his massage and had plenty of chips as well, just rolled his eyes one more time.
With Rens Pleijster no longer at immediate risk, Johan "busto_soon" van Til was the one with the shortest stack. Action folded to Jan Bendik on the button and the EPT Grand Final champion, who picked up a lot of pots on the bubble, raised to 11,000. The small blind folded and big blind Johan van Til moved in for 14,500. Bendik called instantly by tossing in some 1,000-chips. It took awhile before the cards were on their back. After a player on the other table doubled, it was time for Bendik and Van Til to show their cards.
Van Til showed king-queen, dominating the king-jack suited of Bendik. The flop was harmless but the jack on the turn was anything but a blank. Van Til got up, still straight faces, as a king completed the board, Van Til shook hands with Bendik and some cheering could be heard, mostly from the rail that had been watching and drinking for some time.
And just like that, Day 2 of the Main Event was done. While only 15 minutes were left in the level, the tournament organization announced the level would start over at the beginning of Day 3.
On Day 3, the plan is to play down from 53 to a final table of 9. PokerNews.com will again be on the floor to see who goes even deeper, and who'll just look back on the 2016 MCOP Main Event as that one year they had a shot but came up short. Action resumes at 2pm local time with blinds at 2,500/5,000 (500-ante).
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
740,500
440,500
|
440,500 |
|
||
|
533,000
473,000
|
473,000 |
|
||
|
424,500
204,500
|
204,500 |
|
411,000
332,200
|
332,200 |
|
402,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|
375,000
283,500
|
283,500 |
|
||
|
370,500
170,500
|
170,500 |
|
353,000
287,500
|
287,500 |
|
339,500
59,500
|
59,500 |
|
280,000
-340,000
|
-340,000 |
|
275,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
248,000
104,800
|
104,800 |
|
237,000
174,600
|
174,600 |
|
231,000
157,600
|
157,600 |
|
224,500
183,700
|
183,700 |
|
218,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
212,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
208,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
207,000
207,000
|
207,000 |
|
194,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
||
|
189,500
179,500
|
179,500 |
|
180,000
-180,000
|
-180,000 |
|
|
158,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
154,000
-91,000
|
-91,000 |
Johan "busto_soon" van Til Bubbles the 2016 Master Classics of Poker Main Event
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
With Rens Pleijster no longer at immediate risk, Johan van Til was the one the shortest.
Action folded to Jan Bendik on the button and the EPT Grand Final champion, who picked up a lot of pots on the bubble, raised to 11,000. The small blind folded and big blind Johan van Til moved in for 14,500. Bendik called instantly by tossing in some 1,000-chips.
It took awhile before the cards were on their back. After a player on the other table doubled, it was time for Bendik and Van Til to show their cards.
Jan Bendik: 
Johan van Til: 
The flop was a harmless 
. The 
on the turn, however, was anything but a blank and Van Til got up, still straight faces.
As the 
completed the board, Van Til shook hands with Bendik and some cheering could be heard, mostly from the rail that had been watching and drinking for some time.
The remaining 53 players are guaranteed a min cash, Johan van Til the last player to leave the tournament empty-handed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Rens Pleijster Quintuples, Courtesy of Michiel Brosky
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Down to just 6,500, a little more than a single big blind, Rens Pleijster took his time making his move under the gun plus one. He wanted to see what the other tables were doing, but a floor person stepped in and told him he had to make his move. Pleijster wasn't happy, telling the floor he didn't know what he was doing with a very agitated voice. As he was prompted for action, he pushed all in.
The cutoff, button and Artur Koren in the small blind all called to put Pleijster at risk. Big blind Michiel Brosky took his time and eventually cut out a raise, though we're not sure how much he made it exactly as the other players all instantly folded.
Before the cards were even on their backs, Artur Koren scolded his neighbor on his decision to raise. Koren, who seemed to imply something fishy was going on, was frowning, muttering and rolling his eyes as Brosky was about to turn his hand over.
Brosky, who was one of the bigger stacks at the table, though he wasn't abusing the bubble upuntill that point as he had the dangerous big stack [Removed:172] on his immediate left, eventually showed . Rens Pleijster tabled .
Pleijster assured Koren he didn't even knew Brosky and table mate Foeke Deinum also took sides with Brosky it seemed.
The board ran out 
and Pleijster quantupled. Koren, who was still enjoying his massage and had plenty of chips as well, just rolled his eyes one more time.
Extreme Short Stack
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Rens Pleijster is the shortest stack in the room, with just 3 or so big blinds. Five hands before the money, he lost 
to 
and he's been extremely short ever since.
One table over, Johan "busto_soon" van Til is also short, as are some others. It's exhilarating to watch, but the short stacks might not share those feelings.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Spijkers Doubles On the Bubble
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Bart Spijkers doubled Goran Mandic not too long ago when he miss clicked pre-flop and ended up trying to bluff Mandic off pocket aces. That failed and Spijkers was down to 65,000.
Just now, action folded to him in the cutoff and he pushed all in. The big blind tanked for quite some time before he called.
Spijkers was in the lead holding as the big blind tabled 
.
The board brought 
and Spijkers doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Be Careful
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
There are a couple of shorties in the field, so everyone watched what they were doing. With play hand for hand, there was no stalling, but play wasn't quick either. Every player is anxious of going out as the bubble, so pots don't grow too big right now.
Bubble
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Artur Koren faced off against an opponent in a pre flop all-in situation. The short stack, who had 60,000, was all in holding 
. Koren had and flopped better on 
. TYhe on the turn and on the river didn't help the shorty and Koren collected the chips.
A table was broken and with 54 players remaining, the tournament is now officially on the bubble.