Main Event Day 2 | 2019 Lex Live London

10-05-2019 13:41 UTC

Van der Veen Eliminates Mackenzie With a Straight Flush

Milko van Winden

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

It folded to Jasper van der Veen in the small blind and he pushed all in with James Mackenzie of OP-Poker in the big blind with about 150,000. Mackenzie said ''Gamble time!'' before he called for his tournament life.

James Mackenzie:
Jasper van der Veen:

The board ran out to give Van der Veen a straight flush to eliminate the PokerStars Ambassador from the tournament right before the money was reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jasper van der Veen	720,000 246,000	246,000
James Mackenzie	Busted

Tags: James Mackenzie Jasper van der Veen

10-05-2019 13:36 UTC

Closing in on the Money

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Milko van Winden

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The tournament is closing in on the money. They already lost about 60 players and they are 10 eliminations away from all cashing at least £320.

The winner will take home the top prize of over £31,000.

10-05-2019 13:32 UTC

Van Veen Takes From Mercuur

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Milko van Winden

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Kevin van Veen is chipping up and he is one of the bigger stacks in the room. He was kind enough to elaborate on how he got all those chips.

''It was 2,500/5,000 and Vos Mercuur opened from early position to 13,000. I called in the big blind and the board was rainbow with one spade on it. I checked and he bet 16,000. I raised to 55,000 and he called. The turn was the and I bet 80,000. He called again and the river was the . I jammed for effectively 180,000 and he folded. I just showed the .''

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin van Veen	750,000
Vos Mercuur	180,000

Tags: Kevin van Veen

10-05-2019 13:26 UTC

Assorted Chip Counts

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Milko van Winden

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jasper van der Veen	474,000 328,500	328,500
Einius Kazlauskas	365,500 153,500	153,500
Rocco Blank	250,000 50,000	50,000
Brandon Trong Nguyen	240,000 131,000	131,000
Peter Glasbergen	230,000 15,000	15,000
James Mackenzie	224,000 53,500	53,500

Omar Al Kaisy	190,000 137,500	137,500
Stefan Griesbeck	146,000 97,000	97,000
Daiva Byrne	101,000 31,500	31,500
Erwin Wiechers	90,500 83,000	83,000
Nadia Wanzi	90,000 60,000	60,000
Daniel Moes	80,000 120,500	120,500

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

10-05-2019 13:18 UTC

Reardon Folds to Aloi

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Milko van Winden

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Damiano 'DAMMO_23' Aloi from Adelaide, Australia, raised to 13,000 from middle position and it folded to Jeffrey Reardon in the big blind. He called to see the flop being dealt.

Reardon checked and Aloi didn't even have his 16,500 bet in the middle when Reardon let go of his hand.

Aloi showed and Reardon said ''You had me beat'' before the two laughed it off and Aloi stacked his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damiano Aloi	200,000
Jeffrey Reardon	150,000

Tags: Damiano Aloi Jeffrey Reardon

10-05-2019 13:11 UTC

Perks Doubled Up

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Milko van Winden

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Mohammed Zahour raised from the under-the-gun position to 16,000 and he was jammed on by Michael Perks from the small blind. The all-in bet was for 143,000 and Zahour called after a while.

Michael Perks:
Mohammed Zahour:

The board ran out and Perks won the pot by fading a king on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Perks	290,000
Mohammed Zahour	115,000

Tags: Michael Perks Mohammed Zahour

10-05-2019 13:03 UTC

Jordan Eliminated

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Milko van Winden

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dale Jordan doubled up early and he had a great start of the tournament but it is all over.

''I jammed ace-jack on an ace-high flop and I was called by jack-ten of hearts. There was only one heart on the flop but both the turn and river were a heart.''

Jordan was eliminated before the money was reached. There are 137 players remaining and another 30 players will go home empty-handed before the last 107 have locked up £320.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dale Jordan	Busted

Tags: Dale Jordan

10-05-2019 12:56 UTC

'TheBenMartin98' Eliminated

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Milko van Winden

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ben 'TheBenMartin98' Martin was just eliminated from the tournament after being on a short stack since the start of the day. He was down to just nine big blinds in the small blind and he wanted to isolate on a smaller shove. The player in the big blind called with pocket jacks and Martin his ace-jack was in bad shape. The smallest stack in the hand had pocket sixes.

There was no help for Martin and he was eliminated from the tournament before the money was reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Martin	Busted

Tags: Ben Martin

10-05-2019 12:49 UTC

Qualifier Blank Doubled Up

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Milko van Winden

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Rocco Blank is a personal friend of Lex Veldhuis and he's from Vlissingen as well. Blank wanted to share his 24-month sub on Twitch on the day a qualifier was running on PokerStars and Veldhuis told Blank on stream he had to play it.

Blank fired three bullets, but he eventually played on the final table with two packages to be given away. Veldhuis was railing the final table on stream and he admitted it was tough to root for his buddy, while also having community members at the satellite final table. Blank ended up winning a package and here he is in London.

He made Day 2 of the Main Event with a stack of 131,500 but he is already up to 300,000 after flopping two pair. Blank saw the flop holding from the button and when he shoved all in he was called by .

The turn gave Blank a sweat, but the river was safe for him as he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rocco Blank	300,000 168,500	168,500

Tags: Lex Veldhuis Rocco Blank