2014 Master Classics of Poker

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2014 Master Classics of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
€225,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,180,080
Entries
298
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Niels van Alphen Eliminated in 13th Place (€15,341)

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Niels van Alphen
Niels van Alphen

In the very first hand of the new level, Niels van Alphen was all in out of the big blind for 186,000 and initial raiser Andrew Chen immediately looked him up with {A-Hearts} {A-Spades} out of the small blind. The Dutchman had two outs with {3-Clubs} {3-Hearts}, but Chen made the nut flush on the board {J-Spades} {8-Spades} {K-Spades} {J-Hearts} {9-Spades} to send van Alphen to the rail in 13th place for €15,341.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
2,300,000
600,000
600,000
Niels van Alphen nl
Niels van Alphen
Busted

Tags: Andrew ChenNiels van Alphen

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Very Short Break

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

We're on a 5-minute break and then play half (45 minutes) of the next level before finishing for the night or the final 10 players. The casino has to be closed by 3am CET.

Rutter doesn't go Broke

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Stuart Rutter raised to 27,000 from early position and Robbie Hendriks called out of the big blind. Hendriks check-called a bet of 30,000 on the {9-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} flop and the {K-Spades} turn and {4-Diamonds} river were checked through. Rutter showed {7-Spades} {7-Diamonds} and Hendriks won the pot with {J-Hearts} {J-Spades}. The Brit won the blinds and antes the next hand with an all in from under the gun.

Niels van Alphen lost a pot on an ace-high board against chip leader Andrew Chen in the very last hand of the level and also dropped into the red zone.

Player Chips Progress
Robbie Hendriks nl
Robbie Hendriks
360,000
110,000
110,000
Stuart Rutter gb
Stuart Rutter
260,000
-40,000
-40,000
Niels van Alphen nl
Niels van Alphen
188,000
-287,000
-287,000

Tags: Robbie HendriksStuart Rutter

Aanquich Folds Twice

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

First Hrazem Aanquich raised to 26,000 on the button and then folded to the all in of Ruben Visser, who had him covered. Then he called a raise of Stuart Rutter to 27,000 and [Removed:17] asked for both their stack sizes before three-betting to 78,000. Rutter folded quickly, but Aanquich needed some time to release his cards into the muck.

Yan showed them {10-Diamonds} {10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Hrazem Aanquich nl
Hrazem Aanquich
210,000
-132,000
-132,000

Tags: Hzaram AanquichRuben VisserStuart Rutter

Hendriks Bluffed?

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Robbie Hendriks opened to 25,000 preflop and [Removed:17] called in the big blind.

Hendriks fired 30,000 but Yan check-raised to 75,000. Hendriks tanked for about a minute before opting to fold. Yan allowed the table to see one card and Ruben Visser turned over the {6-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
750,000
70,000
70,000
Robbie Hendriks nl
Robbie Hendriks
250,000
-154,000
-154,000

Tags: Robbie Hendriks

Chen Caught

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

In a blind-on-blind battle, Clyde Tjauw Foe fired a bet of 35,000 on a {4-Clubs}{J-Spades}{Q-Clubs} flop and Andrew Chen made the call. Foe checked the {A-Diamonds} turn and Chen bet 85,000 with Foe opting to call this time.

The river was the {9-Spades} and Foe checked once more, Chen carefully cut out a bet of 220,000 and put it in the middle. Foe took about two minutes but made the call and Chen was forced to show {4-}{3-}, Foe winning the pot with {A-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
1,700,000
-300,000
-300,000
Clyde Tjauw Foe nl
Clyde Tjauw Foe
1,150,000
346,000
346,000

Tags: Andrew ChenClyde Tjauw Foe

Chen Takes from Schemion

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Ole Schemion raised the button and then checked behind a flop of {7-Spades} {6-Spades} {8-Diamonds} against Clyde Tjauw Foe, who sat in the big blind. The German then bet 30,000 on the {10-Hearts} turn when the Dutchman checked to him and was called. There was no further action on the {3-Spades} river and Schemion won the pot with {10-Clubs} {8-Spades} versus {5-Hearts} {5-Diamonds}.

The profit was invested into another raise the very next hand and the three-way flop of {6-Spades} {7-Spades} {Q-Clubs} saw Andrew Chen bet 55,000 into a pot of 107,000. Schemion called in the cutoff and Steven van Zadelhoff folded on the button. The {2-Clubs} on the turn was checked through and Chen won the pot with a bet of 190,000 after the {5-Hearts} river.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
2,000,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
428,000
-87,000
-87,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Andrew ChenClyde Tjauw FoeOle SchemionSteven van Zadelhoff

Nevanlinna Doubles Through Visser

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Ruben Visser raised to 28,000 from the cutoff and then called the all in of Jussi Nevanlinna for 220,000 with {A-Spades} {9-Hearts}. The Finn turned over {3-Spades} {3-Diamonds} and won the flip on a board of {2-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}.

One hand later the Dutchman was the initial raiser from the cutoff and got called by Nevanlinna on the button and Hrazem Aanquich in the big blind. The {2-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} board was checked to Nevanlinna and he bet 28,000, Aanquich folded but Visser called. On the {J-Spades} turn, the Dutchman then folded to another bet of Nevanlinna for 70,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jussi Nevanlinna fi
Jussi Nevanlinna
560,000
370,000
370,000
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
340,000
-432,000
-432,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Hzaram AanquichJussi NevanlinnaRuben Visser

"How Weak is It?"

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

A few smaller pots were traded but no other major action took place on the secondary table. A hand that caused a few laughs saw Robbie Hendriks limping from early position and [Removed:17] checked in the big blind. The {A-Spades} {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {5-Spades} {Q-Clubs} board was checked down until the river and Hendriks then bet 25,000.

"It looks weak, but how weak?" Yan asked. He then folded and said "I almost called" before Hendriks turned over {A-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} for a flopped full house!

Tags: Robbie Hendriks