2015 World Poker Tour Amsterdam

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 World Poker Tour Amsterdam

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
€215,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€992,310
Entries
341
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
15,000

Show One, Show None

Level 5 : 150/300, 50 ante
Johan Verhagen
Johan Verhagen

We just caught the action in a big pot, which started with a raise from Johan Verhagen to 900 under the gun. The player on his left called and David Boyacyian three-bet to 3,100. The player in the big blind four-bet to 8,300 and both Verhagen and Boyaciyan made the call.

The flop brought out {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and the big blind bet 9,500 after which Verhagen raised it up to 20,000. Boyaciyan folded and the big blind tanked for several minutes before folding.

Before tossing his cards into the muck Verhagen looked at them, lifting them up high enough so that the player on his right could easily see them. The player, the man who just folded, eagerly peeked at the cards, before Verhagen tossed them into the muck with a smile.

"Show one, show all," Boyaciyan said.

"I didn't show. I can't help it that he looked at my cards," Verhagen laughed.

"Hahahaha, what a trick," the other player said, as he clearly wasn't that affected by the loss of his chips.

Verhagen ended up not showing his cards, and he now sits on 75,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Johan Verhagen nl
Johan Verhagen
75,000
27,000
27,000
David Boyaciyan nl
David Boyaciyan
15,000
-13,000
-13,000

Tags: David BoyaciyanJohan Verhagen

Abernathy Does it With Seven-Deuce

Level 5 : 150/300, 50 ante
Samantha Abernathy
Samantha Abernathy

"She's been crushing all of us," Floris van der Ven told us with a wry smile, while looking over at Samantha Abernathy, as his stack totals just 13,000.

Abernathy, sunken away in deep though while listening to some music, pulled out one of her earbuds and tilted her head up in a enquiring motion.

"He said that you're crushing us," Thomas Brader laughed, answering Abernathy's silent question.

"With seven-deuce," Abernathy added with a smile, and Van der Ven explained to us what happened.

Van der Ven went on to say that he raised holding ace-queen from the cutoff, and both the button and big blind, Abernathy, called. The flop came down {J-}{2-}{9-} and all three players checked.

On the turn another {9-} hit and Abernathy lead out for 1,200, and only Van der Ven called. The river was a blank and both players checked, after which Abernathy raked in the pot showing {7-}{2-}.

"It's not a big pot, but still," Van der Ven added, as he's facing an uphill battle with a small stack. Abernathy meanwhile is the chip leader of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Samantha Abernathy us
Samantha Abernathy
110,000
13,000
13,000
Floris van der Ven nl
Floris van der Ven
13,000
-5,000
-5,000

Tags: Floris van der VenSamantha Abernathy

Re-Entry!

Level 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

We spotted Noah Boeken walking to the cage, ready to buy back in again. Boeken told us he called someone down with {K-}{Q-} on a board of {K-}{J-}{7-}{7-}{3-}. Unfortunately for the Master Classics of Poker and EPT winner, his opponent had {J-}{7-} for a full house.

Ride beside Boeken were Michael Mizrachi, Jorn Walthaus and Joep van den Bijgaart. The first two busted earlier today and just re entered, Van den Bijgaart is giving it his first try.

Player Chips Progress
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
30,000
Jorn Walthaus nl
Jorn Walthaus
30,000
30,000
30,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
30,000
30,000
30,000
$25K Fantasy
WPT 2X Winner
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
30,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Joep van den BijgaartJorn WalthausMichael MizrachiNoah Boeken

Tjauw Foe Back in Action Thanks to Queen-High

Level 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

Tobias Peters opened the hand with a raise and three players called, one of them being Clyde Tjauw Foe.

The flop came {2-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{K-Spades} and initial raiser Peters bet out 1,500. A player in middle position called, and Tjauw Foe raised it up to 3,500. Another player and Peters folded, the third player made the call.

That player, who already battled with Tjauw Foe in the High Roller, check called another bet of 6,000 on the {7-Clubs} turn.

The river came the {A-Spades} and Tjauw Foe's opponent checked. Tjauw Foe checked behind and was shown {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for a missed flush draw. Tjauw Foe showed {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and took it down with his queen-high.

Player Chips Progress
Clyde Tjauw Foe nl
Clyde Tjauw Foe
30,000
16,000
16,000

Tags: Clyde Tjauw FoeTobias Peters

Marcel Vonk Eliminated

Level 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

Marcel Vonk, easily the second most famous Dutch poker player named Marcel, was eliminated just before the break. Those following the MyStack tab in the live reporting already knew that of course.

Vonk got eliminated in a hand where he raised holding {A-}{A-}, where he picked up no less than 5 callers.

The flop came {2-}{3-}{J-} with two hearts, and a player from Denmark bet out. Raoul Refos tanked for some time before calling, Vonk did the same and the other players folded.

The Dane made another bet on the {4-Clubs} turn and again Refos tanked, and called. Vonk over called.

The river was a blank and the Dane pushed all in for the size of the pot. Refos folded, but Vonk made the call.

His opponent indeed had the missed flush draw Vonk put him on, but he was holding {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a turned straight and beat Vonk. The Dutch bracelet winner plans on giving it another shot tomorrow on Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Marcel Vonk nl
Marcel Vonk
Busted

Tags: Marcel VonkRaoul RefosMarcel Luske

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

Mizrachi Eliminated and Zinno's Stack Cut Down as De Vries Hits Miracle Card

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Michael Mizrachi and Anthony Zinno
Michael Mizrachi and Anthony Zinno

One of our colleagues from the World Poker Tour blog hasted back to the media room, and told us of a big hand he had just witnessed. Michael Mizrachi, Anthony Zinno, and Hessel de Vries got their chips in before the flop with the following holdings:

Hessel de Vries: {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Anthony Zinno: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}
Michael Mizrachi: {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}, changing just about everything. De Vries went from top dog to trailing, Zinno found the ace he was looking for, and Mizrachi had a gutshot to keep his hopes up.

The {8-Hearts} hit the turn, not doing anything for anyone.

The {K-Spades} on the river was anything but a blank though, helping De Vries win the hand. “Wow! A one outer! Sick.” said De Vries. The dealer checked all three stacks, and it turned out Mizrachi was eliminated, de Vries had doubled to 40,000, and Zinno was cut down to 18,000.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
18,000
-18,000
-18,000
$25K Fantasy
WPT 3X Winner
StakeKings
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: Anthony ZinnoMichael Mizrachi