The second day of the €4,000 + €250 Main Event of the Masters Classics of Poker saw the field of 298 entries reduced to only 36 players and Jason Wheeler was eliminated in 37th place to become the last player to leave empty handed. All remaining contenders for the title in the Holland Casino in Amsterdam have €5,901 guaranteed for their efforts and Clyde Tjauw Foe is leading the chip counts with 658,800 closely followed by [Removed:17] with 640,700.
The last three Main Event champions all made it in the money with 2011 winner David Boyaciyan in third place (582,600), Ole Schemion in sixth place (425,800) and aforementioned Boeken in 12th place (279,100). Other big stacks include Andrew Chen (434,200), 2011 runner-up Jussi Nevanlinna (402,200) and Dennis Lavrijssen (384,100).
Marvin Rettenmaier, Andrea Dato, Aaron Lim and Steven van Zadelhoff are among the shorter stacks when the action resumes in level 16 at blinds 2,000-4,000 / ante 500. As of Day 3 and also on tomorrow's final day, the levels last 90 minutes and play continues until the final table of the last 10 has been determined. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide all the action from the tables as of 14:00 local time.
Amir Mofazzarian raised with and called the all in of Marvin Rettenmaier for 25,000 to see the fellow German turn over . Rettenmaier was in great shape to double up his short stack for the second time today, but the dealer had other plans. The Kh] flop was great for Rettenmaier, but the turn and the river completed a back door straight for Mofazzarian.
Andrea Dato limped for 6,000 from the cutoff and called the raise of Ruben Visser on the button for 16,000 to see the heads-up flop of . The Italian check-called 15,000 and repeated the same for 38,000 after the turn. The river completed the board and Dato checked, Visser bet 71,000.
The Italian gave it a lot of thought before check-raising all in for 260,000 and Visser snap-called, tabling for the nut flush. Dato was gutted as he held for the second nut flush and hit the rail in 27th place. "Brutal" was the only word he said before heading to the payout desk.
Jack Salter was just knocked out on the feature table. He pushed for his last ten big blinds with but Clyde Tjauw Foe called him with . A blank board later and the Englishman got his marching orders.
Juha Helppi opened to 12,000 preflop and Richard Milne called. Stuart Rutter then three-bet to 39,000 from the big blind and Helppi tanked for a minute or two before calling with just 70,000 back. Milne thought briefly but folded.
The flop came and Rutter began to dwell before setting Helppi all in. The Finn deliberated, wondering if Rutter had ace-king but finally he made the call.
In a battle of the blinds, Richard Milne raised to 15,000 out of the small blind and Ruben Visser called one seat over out of the big blind. Milne bet the flop for 18,000 and called the raise of Visser to 46,000. On the turn, Milne check-raised all in for 180,000 and Visser snap-called after leading 55,000.
Visser:
Milne:
The Brit was gracious in defeat and already shook hands with his opponent, a smile on the face. No card in the deck could help him anymore and the meaningless on the river was just a formality. The Main Event run of Milne has come to an end in 19th place for €10,621 and the remaining players now get balanced on the last two tables.
[Removed:17] raised to 21,000 on the button and Andrew Chen called out of the big blind to see the flop. Both players checked and Yan called a bet of Chen for 28,000 on the turn. The Canadian then overbet the river and claimed the pot without showdown.
One hand later Jussi Nevanlinna raised to 18,000 and Ruben Visser three-bet to 52,000 on the button. Chen four-bet to 134,000 in the small blind and the Finn folded. Visser five-bet to 253,000 and Chen moved all in after more than a minute of consideration. Snap call by Visser!
Chen:
Visser:
The best two starting hands in Texas Hold'em clashed and a pot of 1.8 million in chips was created. Chen doubled up with the board running out and now has a commanding lead.
On a flop of Michiel Brummelhuis saw his 19,000 bet check-raised to 40,000 by Jussi Nevanlinna. The Dutch former November Niner thought to himself for a minute before moving all in and Nevanlinna sighed and made the call.
Nevanlinna:
Brummelhuis:
Brummelhuis needed an ace, ten or running cards to stay in the game but the turn and river were effectively blanks and the Finn added more chips to his stack.
David Boyaciyan opened to 18,000 preflop and it was passed around to Marcel Verheul who shoved all in for about 180,000. Boyaciyan tanked for several minutes before finally making the call.
Boyaciyan:
Verheul:
The board came and Boyaciyan's pair of jacks stayed good.
On the feature table, Wim Emo was all in for 97,000 in chips with on a five-way flop of and start-of-the-day chip leader Clyde Tjauw Foe looked him up with .
It was not without sweat with the gutshot and flush draw for the short stack, but the [ turn and the river were two blanks to send Emo to the rail in 16th place for €€12,981.
and called the all in of Marvin Rettenmaier for 25,000 to see the fellow German turn over 
. Rettenmaier was in great shape to double up his short stack for the second time today, but the dealer had other plans. The 
Kh] flop was great for Rettenmaier, but the 
turn and the 
river completed a back door straight for Mofazzarian.
. The Italian check-called 15,000 and repeated the same for 38,000 after the 
turn. The 
river completed the board and Dato checked, Visser bet 71,000.
for the nut flush. Dato was gutted as he held 
for the second nut flush and hit the rail in 27th place. "Brutal" was the only word he said before heading to the payout desk.
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but Clyde Tjauw Foe called him with 
and Rutter began to dwell before setting Helppi all in. The Finn deliberated, wondering if Rutter had ace-king but finally he made the call.
and 
flop for 18,000 and called the raise of Visser to 46,000. On the 
flop. Both players checked and Yan called a bet of Chen for 28,000 on the 
river and claimed the pot without showdown.
Michiel Brummelhuis saw his 19,000 bet check-raised to 40,000 by Jussi Nevanlinna. The Dutch former November Niner thought to himself for a minute before moving all in and Nevanlinna sighed and made the call.
river were effectively blanks and the Finn added more chips to his stack.
