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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.