Simon Deadman just put his neighbor Abdelhakim Zoufri at risk in a pre flop all in. It was a coinflip situation between the of Zoufri and of Deadman.
The flop came , giving Deadman a gutshot. The on the turn gave him some outs to counterfeit Zoufri's hand, but the on the river gave the Dutchman a full house and resulted in Deadman saying goodbye to 14,500 of his chips.
Doug Lee has been around for many, many years and with almost two-million dollars in live tournament earnings he's made his mark. The guys over on WorldPokerTour.com were surprised to see Lee in Amsterdam for the WPT, and he explained how he got here and also took his chance to dispute some prior claims made about his persona.
Davidi Kitai was seen posing for a photo with some fans near the exit, and it turned out Anthony Zinno was the one responsible for his departure. Zinno told us the details of what had happened.
Zinno opened the button for 5,000 and small blind Kitai shoved all in for 20,500. Big blind Manuel Bevand made the call, Zinno called.
Both Bevand and Zinno checked on with two spades, and the hit the turn. Bevand checked, and folded to Zinno's 22,000 bet.
Zinno showed and beat Kitai's after a the river brought a blank.
Originally the tournament organization thought about playing 9 levels, but they have since changed that to 8 levels of play for the day. The 75-minute dinner break will be after level 15, (level 6 of the day). Tonight at 11pm, the WPT Players Party kicks off at the Jimmy Woo here in Amsterdam.
The prize pool of the 2016 World Poker Tour Amsterdam Main Event has been announced. The €911,880 prize pool will be divided amongst the top 36, with the min cash netting players €6,200. Making the final table guarantees you €20,153. The champion will walk away with the €200,000 first place prize, along a ticket for the World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions worth $15,400.
Position
Prize
Position
Prize
1
€200,000*
10 - 12
€14,680
2
€143,300
13 - 15
€12,050
3
€90,460
16 - 18
€10,300
4
€67,300
19 - 21
€9,000
5
€50,518
22 - 24
€8,025
6
€40,396
25 - 27
€7,110
7
€33,558
28 - 36
€6,200
8
€26,900
9
€20,153
* Plus Tournament of Champions ticket worth $15,400