Welcome back to the glorious Holland Casino here in Amsterdam for the second day of this four-day tournament. 158 players remain from the initial 298 that entered and they are led by the 2012 MCOP Champion Ole Schemion who has 281,100 - nearly 100,000 more than second-placed Jan Sjavik. The total number of unique entries so far is 227 with 71 re-entries.
Today, the tournament will play out the last 30 minutes of level 9 before switching to a 75-minute clock for the rest but we're still waiting to find out how many levels will be played today. Also, registration is open until the tournament starts at 2pm so 298 probably will not be the final number.
Check in from 2pm CET for all the action as the Master Classics of Poker continues!
Stuart Rutter opened to 1,800 from early position before Jorryt van Hoof made it 4,100 in middle position, Rutter made the call. The flop was [TJh2c] and Rutter checked, van Hoof studied the board for a moment and then opted to check back.
On the 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.
Van Hoof showed but Rutter turned over for a full house to win a big pot.
Joining the action on the 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 river and Koren moved all in for over 30,000 still, Aanquich snap-called with . Koren only had for jack-high and was sent to the rail.
Marvin Rettenmaier raised to 2,600 preflop and was called by Aviv Meiri and the big blind. The flop came down and everyone checked. The turn was the and again the action was checked to Rettenmaier who bet 5,200. Meiri check-raised to 16,500 and the big blind folded.
Rettenmaier tanked for a minute before making the call with just over 30,000 remaining. Meiri made an 11,800 bet on the river and Rettenmaier moved all in for 30,900 in total - Meiri made the call.
Rettenmaier:
Meiri:
The German moved up to 100,000 while Meiri was left with just 25,000.
Chino Rheem checked a flop of 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.
Rheem:
Boyaciyan:
The river changed nothing and Boyaciyan doubled up to over 200,000. Rheem dropped to 60,000.
Within the spur of the last five minutes, Paul Valkenburg, Robbie Bakker and Jasper Wetemans hit the rail. Wetemans three-bet shoved for 32,000 after a raise of the player in the cutoff and Niels van Alphen reshoved behind him with . Wetemans had pocket nines and the window card was an ace.
Robbie Bakker raised from the button with a stack of 45,000 and Govert Metaal in the big blind was rather short. Andrew Chen was one seat over in the small blind and moved all in with the by far superior stack. Bakker called all in with because he didn't give Chen a strong hand due to the all in. The Canadian had and hit a king on the turn.
Last but not least, Paul Valkenburg was involved in a preflop battle with Noah Boeken and was all in for what looked like 60,000 in chips still with pocket tens. Boeken called with and the 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.
Ole Schemion limped in middle position before Sorel Mizzi raised to 5,200 in the seat next to him. On the other side of Mizzi, the next player to act made it 10,800 to play. It was folded back to Mizzi who made the call to see a flop.
Mizzi checked and his opponent bet 7,600, Mizzi made the call to the see on the turn where he led out for 14,900 and his opponent called to see the on the river.
Mizzi moved all in for his last 35,000 and his opponent quickly called. The Canadian showed for the flopped straight but he got shown - a full house on the river for his assassin.
Well, Stuart Rutter is not going to be too popular with Dutch poker fans tonight.
Fatima Moreira de Melo opened to 5,000 preflop and it was called by Rutter and Richard Milne Sr, Jorryt van Hoof then three-bet to 17,500 behind him. de Melo tanked for a couple of minutes and then moved all in. Rutter moved in behind her, Milne folded and van Hoof snap-called.
de Melo:
Rutter:
van Hoof:
van Hoof looked in great shape to win a huge pot but the board came and somehow Rutter spiked a queen on the end to win everything. He had both Dutch players covered and moves back up to a quarter of a million in chips.
Keith Hawkins moved all in for 36,800 from middle position and Michiel Brummelhuis called from one seat over. The action folded to Mohamed Almani in the small blind and he moved all in for just over 200,000 chips. Clyde Tjauw Foe in the big blind had both players at risk covered and was all in as well to create a massive pot. Brummelhuis folded and the three players turned over their cards:
Hawkins:
Almani:
Tjauw Foe:
Brummelhuis would have made a flush as the board ran out , eliminating both Hawkins and Almani just shy of the money.
While Aviv Meiri was getting knocked out on one table and Joeri van der Sman took a beat from [Removed:17], there was still one more hand being played when hand-for-hand was announced.
Jason Wheeler was on the button with a 47,800 bet out in front of him while Jussi Nevanlinna, a former MCOP runner-up in the big blind, had a 22,800 bet before him. The Finn announced all in and the action was put back onto Wheeler. The American was just about to call off his stack when he looked at the clock - there were still 39 players left (NB this was before the exits of Meiri and van der Sman). Wheeler began to count his stack and thought for several minutes as the number of players remaining went down from 39 to 37. A crowd gathered around with several short stacks looking on expectantly.
Finally Wheeler said, "Ok I call."
Wheeler:
Nevanlinna:
The board came to make a full house for the Finnish player. There was a countdown, Wheeler had about 180,000 in total but Nevanlinna had roughly 210,000. The American was out, everyone else was in the money and play immediately finished for the day.
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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.
but Rutter turned over 
for a full house to win a big pot.
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 
river and Koren moved all in for over 30,000 still, Aanquich snap-called with 
. Koren only had 
for jack-high and was sent to the rail.
and again the action was checked to Rettenmaier who bet 5,200. Meiri check-raised to 16,500 and the big blind folded.
river and Rettenmaier moved all in for 30,900 in total - Meiri made the call.
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.
river changed nothing and Boyaciyan doubled up to over 200,000. Rheem dropped to 60,000.
. 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.
flop.
on the turn where he led out for 14,900 and his opponent called to see the 
- a full house on the river for his assassin.
