Main Event Day 2 | 2015 World Poker Tour Amsterdam

05-13-2015 20:52 UTC+2

"popie" Still Going Strong

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

On top of the 151 players that made it through after both starting days, a total of 17 players entered the event this morning, many after having already busted once or twice on one or both of the starting days. Erik "popie" van den Berg (we use "popie" as we still have two Erik van den Berg's in the field) was one of them that started out with 30,000 (30 big blinds) this morning.

Most of those 17 players now find their names in the list of busted out players, almost none of them really got anything going today. Except for Erik "popie" van den Berg that is, he's doing really well for himself.

He plays around 230,000 in chips at the moment after busting a 28,000 stack not too long ago. The short stack had and Van den Berg found which didn't get in any trouble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik "popie" van den Berg	230,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Erik "popie" van den Berg

05-13-2015 20:39 UTC+2

Tot Ziens! (Good Bye!)

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Hudson	Busted
Eliott Smith	Busted
Pieter de Korver	Busted
Carlos Solader	Busted
Tobias Strassfeld	Busted
Andy Seth	Busted
Jonathan Mccann	Busted

05-13-2015 20:37 UTC+2

Not Again!

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Danny van Zijp got his chips in the middle with and was up against Farid Yachou's . "Not again!" Van Zijp said with a smile, as this apparently wasn't his first time allin against kings/Yachou.

"Now it has to fall" Van Zijp said, projecting his hope of an eight. It wasn't meant to be, the board ran out and Van Zijp wished the table good luck and made his exit.

"If he just called, I would've won a huge pot" O'Dwyer said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Farid Yachou	160,000 122,000	122,000

Danny van Zijp	Busted

Tags: Farid Yachou Steve O'Dwyer Danny van Zijp

05-13-2015 20:32 UTC+2

Van Riet Takes One From Loosli

Happy_Freaked

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Pim van Riet raised to 5,200 and Sylvain Loosli called from his immediate left. The other players folded and the flop came down on which Van Riet bet 5,200 and Loosli called.

The turn brought the and this time both players checked. On the river brought the and quickly Van Riet bet 15,100. Loosli gave up and Van Riet raked in this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pim van Riet	125,000 -21,000	-21,000
Sylvain Loosli	92,000 -18,000	-18,000

Tags: Pim van Riet Sylvain Loosli

05-13-2015 20:27 UTC+2

Huge Double Up for O'Dwyer

Happy_Freaked

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Jason Wheeler raised to 4,400 and Danny van Zijp called from the small blind after which Steve O'Dwyer three-bet from the big blind to 14,500. Wheeler folded and Van Zijp made the call, after which the flop brought out .

Van Zijp checked to O'Dwyer who bet 13,000 and the Dutchman check-raised to 28,000.

"All in," O'Dwyer announced after that, and Van Zijp tanked for a long time before making the call for an additional 41,600.

Van Zijp:
O'Dwyer:

The board ran out , and O'Dwyer raked this massive pot to boost his stack way up there. Van Zijp was left behind with little chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	175,000 86,000	86,000
Danny van Zijp	30,000 -56,000	-56,000

Tags: Danny van Zijp Jason Wheeler Steve O'Dwyer

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

05-13-2015 19:11 UTC+2

Dinner Time!

Happy_Freaked

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Play will resume in one hour.

05-13-2015 19:11 UTC+2

Chip Counts Table 23

Happy_Freaked

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Monty Albadawi	215,000 25,300	25,300
Raoul Refos	190,000 -40,000	-40,000
Guy Goossens	175,000 60,000	60,000
Rumen Nanev	148,000 21,000	21,000
Duvnjak Zdravko	95,000 48,600	48,600
Atanas Kavrakov	82,000 -1,400	-1,400
Omer Cabaccu	76,000 -10,300	-10,300
Govert Metaal	70,000 10,000	10,000
Jan Jansma	40,000 -24,100	-24,100
William Lando	40,000 40,000	40,000

05-13-2015 19:09 UTC+2

Chip Counts Table 12

Happy_Freaked

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorel Mizzi	230,000 88,800	88,800
Wouter van der Peijl	157,000 39,000	39,000
Jin Saft	150,000 46,700	46,700
Pim van Riet	146,000 35,100	35,100
Sylvain Loosli	110,000 32,000	32,000
Joosef	67,000 38,000	38,000
Anthony Zinno	62,000 14,300	14,300

Arie Kliper	52,000 28,700	28,700
Ramin Hajiyev	27,000 27,000	27,000

05-13-2015 18:58 UTC+2

All Hail King Van den Bijgaart

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Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We almost didn't see Joep van den Bijgaart as he was hiding behind two tall towers of 5,000 chips, the highest denomination in play. With that looked like well over 300,000, we asked Van den Bijgaart what had helped him to reach that stack. Van den Bijgaart told us about three hands.

1) Erik van den Berg opened and Van den Bijgaart made the call. The player on the button and the player in the big blind both called as well and the flop came . Both the big blind and initial raiser Van den Berg checked, and Van den Bijgaart checked as well. The player on the button bet 6,800 and just Van den Bijgaart called. Van den Bijgaart check called another 16,800 on the turn and 39,000 on the river. His opponent mucked and Van den Bijgaart won a big pot without having to show his hand.

2) Van den Bijgaart opened with and won a small pot against one opponent with the board running out against .

3) Van den Bijgaart opened under the gun with and his neighbor on his left made the call. The cutoff over called and the three of them saw a flop of rainbow. Both Van den Bijgaart and his neighbor checked, the cutoff bet 9,000. Van den Bijgaart called, his neighbor folded. Both players checked the on the turn and the completed the board. Van den Bijgaart bet out 18,000 and he got called. Van den Bijgaart showed his and his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joep van den Bijgaart	344,000 129,000	129,000

Tags: Joep van den Bijgaart