Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 50
2015 World Poker Tour Amsterdam
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 World Poker Tour Amsterdam
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€992,310
Entries
341
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
15,000
Ten Cate Bests Salter
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
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 |
PokerNews Podcast Episode #281: EPT Grand Final Recap
Level 4
: 100/200, 50 ante
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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De Korver is a Non Believer
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Pieter de Korver just raised to 350 and Bastian Hagenbeuk three-bet in position to 1,000. De Korver made the call and the flop brought out 
on which De Korver check-raised Hagenbeuk's bet of 1,400 to 3,100.
Hagenbeuk made the call and on the turn the 
hit, on which De Korver bet 4,000.
Once again Hagenbeuk made the call and he was faced with a bet of 4,150 on the river. De Korver's opponent raised it up to 16,000 and de former EPT Grand Final winner went into the tank for a long time.
Eventually De Korver called and showed 
. This was good enough, and De Korver added, "I just didn't believe him," with a big smile. De Korver now has a big stack while Hagenbeuk was left behind with 7,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
7,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
"Come On, I always Have It Here"
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Jonas ten Cate opened from middle position and small blind Pascal Vos added the needed chips to see a flop. Vos check called a bet of 550, and both of them checked the 
on the turn.
Vos checked again on the 
river and Ten Cate bet 1,025.
Vos tanked for a bit and smiled. Ten Cate couldn't keep his composure and smiled as well. The two of them obviously had played together before, making Ten Cate blurt out "Come on, I always have it here!" This made Vos suspicious and the Dutchman called, only to muck upon seeing Ten Cate's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
17,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
Ensan Showes a King
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Muskan Sethi limped in and Dylan Gessel called after which Erik "Popie" van den Berg and Hosein Ensan stayed in the pot as well from the blind.
The flop brought out 
and Van den Berg lead out for 400. Ensan quickly raised it up to 900 and both Sathi and Gessel folded quickly. Van den Berg folded as well and Ensan showed the 
as he raked in the pot.
Ensan has had a lot of live tournament success recently, as he finished third in the EPT Barcelona Main Event for €652,667 and sixth in the Malta Main Event for €153,700.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 | |
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
9,000 | |
|
||
More Photos From Amsterdam
"Kicker Trouble"
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Action folded to MCOP side event winner Kees van Brugge in the cutoff and the Dutchman made it 350. Rumen Nanev on the button folded but the small blind called. Antoine Vranken in the big blind had two 100 chips out for his big blind and remarked "Only 150 more?" before calling. "Yeah, its not much" smiled Van Brugge.
The small blind and big blind checked to Van Brugge on 
. A continuation bet of 550 followed, the small blind called and so did Vranken in the big blind. "You too?" Van Brugge smiled as Vranken tossed in the necessary chips to call.
All three of them checked the 
turn and the 
hit the river. The small blind checked and big blind Vranken bet 2,000. Van Brugge made the call, and so did the small blind.
"Kicker trouble" Vranken said before showing 
. Van Brugge smiled and showed 
; "Yeah kicker trouble". The small blind open mucked his 
and Van Brugge with the straight was pushed the pot.
"Maximum river" table mate Clyde Tjauw Foe said with a smile, and Van Brugge indeed wasn't complaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
38,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Berger's Opponent Doesn't Take the Bait
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Seth Berger raised before the flop to 400 and the player on the button three-bet to 1,000. Berger made the call and the flop brought out 
on which Berger check-called 2,000.
On the turn the 
hit and both players checked.
The river brought the and Berger checked again. When Berger's opponent checked behind he sighed and tabled for the turned nut flush.
The other player showed 
and his pair ended up in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 25