Donnie Peters and Remko Rinkema stayed late after the completion of the EPT Grand Final to recap the festival and all of the big stories from it.
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Louis Salter, Jack Salter's little brother, won a side event here in Amsterdam during the Master Classics of Poker last November for €46,919. He must have had good memories of this casino, but he isn't of to a great start so far here today.
Just now the cutoff opened and Salter three-bet to 1,200 from the small blind. Big blind Jonas ten Cates cold four-bet to 2,700 and just Salter made the call.
The flop came 
and Salter check-called a bet of again 2,700. Salter checked again on the 
turn and Ten Cate checked behind this time. The 
hit the river and Salter checked for the third time in a row. Ten Cate bet 5,250 and Salter called.
Ten Cate showed 
for the rivered top-pair, Salter mucked. "Nice to run like this" Ten Cate smiled to his table mates Jolmer Meelis and Pascal Vos.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
74,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
18,225
-11,775
|
-11,775 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 50
Kent Lundmark just raised to 400 and Thierry van den Berg called from the button. Robert-Jan Hoogendoorn three-bet to 1,375 and Lundmark made the call. Van den Berg gave up and two players saw a 
flop.
Hoogendoorn bet 1,600 on the flop and Lundmark called, after which the turn brought the 
.
Hoogendoorn bet 2,350 on the turn and the former EPT Barcelona winner called again. The river completed the board with the 
and this time Hoogendoorn checked.
Lundmark bet 8,800 and Hoogendoorn quickly called. Lundmark showed 
for two pair and Hoogendoorn threw his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
22,000 |
Nico Kuan opened to 425 from middle position and action folded to Yann Dion on the button. The Canadian three-bet to 1,300 and both blinds folded. Kuan wasn't scared so easily, and called.
The flop came 
and Kuan check-called a bet of 1,700. Kuan check-called another 3,800 on the 
turn. The 
completed the board and Kuan checked. Dion hesitated for a moment, before checking behind.
Kuan showed the 
, Dion mucked.
"Nico, what are you doing?" table mate Bastian Hagenbeuk asked his neighbor with a big smile. Kuan explained his thought process while in the mean time stacking his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000
27,675
|
27,675 |
|
11,500
-18,500
|
-18,500 |
Erik "popie" van den Berg opened to 550 and Atanas Kavrakov made the call. One more player called before Dutchman Dylan Gessel squeezed to 2,000 from the button. Both blinds and Van den Berg folded, but Kavrakov had bigger plans. The Bulgarian four-bet to 5,000, and called Gessel's shove after the other player folded.
Gessel was the proud owner of 
while Kavrakov had to settle for 
. An ace on the flop spoiled Gessel's party, and he made his way to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
Busted |
We just heard about a great hand that was won by Rachid Choukri, and Joep van den Bijgaart was kind enough to share the details with us.
Van den Bijgaart explained how a player raised and got six callers, after which the flop brought 
with two clubs. All players checked and the turn was a 
.
On the turn the player on the button bet 2,000, another player called and Salvatore Bonavena raised to 5,000.
The bettor moved all in, the caller moved all in and Bonavena folded his set of sevens face up. Rachid Choukri was the player in the lead holding 
for a straight and his hand held up on the river against .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
The following players might just be here already for some time, but we just noticed them just now. They're on our radar from now on:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
29,500 | |
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
23,300 |
We saw 
on the table when EPT winner Salvatore Bonavena had his opponent all in for his tournament life in a small pot.
Bonavena:
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
, and the Italian player hit a flush to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Joep van den Bijgaart has just been knocked out again, and he immediately re-entered a fourth time. Van den Bijgaart busted twice yesterday, and he's currently the only player in for his fourth bullet.
Van den Bijgaart explained how there was a raise to 400 and the button called, after which the small blind called as well, and he did so from the big blind with 
off suit.
The flop brought out 
and both blinds checked to the initial raiser who bet 1,200 and one player called after which Van den Bijgaart raised it up to 3,500. Only the initial raiser called and the turn was another .
Both players checked this time around and the river was a . Van den Bijgaart moved all in for 6,000 chips and his opponent called after quite some time holding . Van den Bijgaart busted and re-entered, and he's now seated at a different table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
