"I was up to around 110,000 for a bit," Yori Epskamp just told us before adding that he's currently sitting on around 82,000 chips.
In one important hand a player limped in the cutoff, the button called, as did the small blind and Epskamp checked in the big blind holding . The flop brought out and all four players checked.
On the turn the hit and the small blind lead for 1,300, Epskamp called and the initial limper raised it up to 3,500. The small blind called and Epskamp decided to raise it up to 11,000. The player in the cutoff moved all in for 20,000 total and Epskamp called after the small blind had folded.
Epskamp held the nuts and his opponent was drawing dead holding .
As it's rather quiet in the tournament area we've decided to take our dinner break. The tournament has two dinner breaks that follow each other up, so we will be right back with more action. In about an hour the two fields will combine and continue to play seven more levels.
Mateusz Moolhuizen briefly touched eclipsed the 50,000-chip mark but he just dropped down to 45,000 after losing a pot.
The board read when the player in the small blind checked to the big blind who bet 2,725 and Moolhuizen called. A player in position folded and the small blind called as well.
On the river the popped up and the small blind checked, the big blind bet 3,300 and Moolhuizen tanked for a bit before calling. The small blind folded and the big blind announced he had made a straight tabling . Moolhuizen mucked.
Mateusz Moolhuizen told us a hand during which he managed to win a lot of chips. A player in middle position limped after which another raised to 1,100 and Moolhuizen called from the small blind holding pocket eights. The big blind and the limper called as well creating four-way action on the flop.
The flop came down and all four players checked. The turn was the , and also the second club, on which the action was checked to the initial raiser once more. This time this player bet 3,200 and two players called.
On the river a popped up and Moolhuizen lead out for 8,000, only to get called by the initial raiser. The former Unibet Open winner showed a set and raked in the pot.
There's a short five minute break as a part of the tournament starts their 60-minute dinner break. The majority however will continue to play and that means that our dinner break will be in one hour, when the other part of the tournament goes on dinner.
Paul Berende was just put in tough spot on the river when his set of queens didn't look too good anymore. Berende started the hand with a raise to 900 and two players made the call.
The flop brought out and Berende bet 1,600, after which one opponent made the call. On the turn the hit and Berende's opponent check-called 2,900. The river was the and all of sudden Berende's opponent lead out for 3,500.
Berende tanked for quite a while but eventually he made a reluctant call. Berende was shown and his still turned out to be vicarious on this scary looking board.
"I'm not sure what I would've done if he bet very big," Berende laughed.
After Marcel Luske was knocked out on the feature table it was Zeus Post who got moved upstairs, away from Oanh Bui's left. Just now we noticed that David Janssen was knocked out from this table as well, and his seat was taken by Stieven Razab-Sekh.
Bui's still sitting pretty on around 30,000 chips.
. The flop brought out 
and all four players checked.
hit and the small blind lead for 1,300, Epskamp called and the initial limper raised it up to 3,500. The small blind called and Epskamp decided to raise it up to 11,000. The player in the cutoff moved all in for 20,000 total and Epskamp called after the small blind had folded.
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and Traa raked in the chips of his opponent.
popped up and the small blind checked, the big blind bet 3,300 and Moolhuizen tanked for a bit before calling. The small blind folded and the big blind announced he had made a straight tabling 
. Moolhuizen mucked.
and all four players checked. The turn was the 
, and also the second club, on which the action was checked to the initial raiser once more. This time this player bet 3,200 and two players called.
hit and Berende's opponent check-called 2,900. The river was the 
and his 
still turned out to be vicarious on this scary looking board.
