Another Quick Exit for Metaal
One of the Dutch fan favorites, Govert Metaal, has just been eliminated from this event, and we caught up with him in the hallway.
"Yesterday I played the $1,500 and lasted two hands and now I'm out again," Metaal laughed after which he explained that he re-shoved 16 big blinds with 
and got called by 
. This is when his good friend Ton Kleijnen joined the conversation.
"So yesterday, when he busted after two hands, he managed to get the same cab the brought him to the Rio!" Kleijnen laughed as both players were joking around while headed for the exit.
Kleijnen cashed in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em tournament today in which he finished in 223rd for $2,992.
Metaal is a well known high roller, and cashed the PCA High Roller in back to back years. In 2011 he finished fifth for $240,470, and this year he added another $181,300 to his list of cashes when he finished sixth. Metaal's biggest victory came in the European Poker Tour Campione €10,000 side event when he beat Steve O'Dwyer heads up to pocket €110,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |