Day 2 of the 2014 Master Classics of Poker Ends in the Money
A total of 158 players returned to the tables of the Holland Casino in Amsterdam on Wednesday for Day 2 of the 2014 Master Classics of Poker €4,250 Main Event. Registration was still open until the first card was dealt at 14:00 CET, which allowed six late entries and 11 reentries to take advantage of the option and boost the overall attendance to 298 entries.
This equaled the number of runners of the year prior and even more remarkable is the fact that all Main Event champions of the past three years made it into the money. Ole Schemion was leading the field at the start of the day, and the 2012 winner made it through to Day 3, as did David Boyaciyan (2011), and defending champion Noah Boeken.
Among the early eliminations were such familiar names as Marcel Luske, Bryn Kenney, Steve O'Dwyer, Artur Koren, Davidi Kitai, Sorel Mizzi, and Paul Valkenburg. Jorryt van Hoof had a rough day on the felt and busted in a massive three-way pot with the 
against Stuart Rutter's 
when the Brit spiked the 
on the river to bust the November Niner and eliminate Fatima Moreira de Melo as well — the latter holding the 
.
Action continued fast and furious with the field being reduced from 43 to 36 in the span of less than 20 minutes to reach the money. Clyde Tjauw Foe woke up with the 
in the big blind after the all-in shove of Keith Hawkins with the 
, a call from Michiel Brummelhuis and another all-in shove from Mohamed Almani with the 
. Brummelhuis folded the 
and would have made a flush, but the kings held up and Tjauw Foe bagged 658,800 to claim the overnight chip lead.
Michael Telker just missed out on the money as did Aviv Meiri and Joeri van der Sman, both of whom were eliminated while Jason Wheeler had a decision for his tournament life on the bubble. Wheeler, an American, ended up calling for his stack of 180,000 in chips with the 
and Jussi Nevanlinna, who finished runner-up to Boyaciyan in 2011, had him covered and the better starting hand with the 
. The board ran out 
, and Wheeler was out. All remaining players were guaranteed at least €5,901 for their efforts and a shot to go further on Day 3. That's when play will continue with levels of 90 minutes and the first blinds at 2,000/4,000 with an ante of 500.
The big stacks for the penultimate day include [Removed:17] (640,700), 2011 champion Boyaciyan (582,600), Jimmy Pan (435,900), Andrew Chen (434,200), Day 1 chip leader and 2012 champion Schemion (425,800), and Amir Mozaffarian (355,700). Play will resume at 14:00 CET and will continue until the final table of the last nine players remain, the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be there to cover all crucial hands.
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, eliminating both Hawkins and Almani just shy of the money.
. Wetemans had pocket nines and the window card was an ace.
because he didn't give Chen a strong hand due to the all in. The Canadian had 
and hit a king on the turn.
board ran out safely for the defending champion. "You don't have to go broke there. I'll take it," Boeken said after the hand.
across to David Boyaciyan and the winner of the MCOP in 2011 bet 6,700. Rheem check-raised to 25,000 and Boyaciyan tanked for a minute before making the call. The turn was the 
and Rheem moved all in, Boyaciyan quickly called off his stack.
and again the action was checked to Rettenmaier who bet 5,200. Meiri check-raised to 16,500 and the big blind folded.
flop, Artur Koren called a check-raise of Hzaram Aanquich to 11,400 and then called the bet of 21,300 on the 
turn. The Dutchman checked the 
for jack-high and was sent to the rail.
turn Rutter led out for 6,200 and van Hoof made the call. The river was the 
and Rutter bet 14,700 this time, van Hoof tanked and made it 47,700, Rutter thought for about 10 seconds and then called.