Main Event
Day 4 Started
Main Event
Day 4 Started
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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1 | Clyde Tjauw Foe | Netherlands | 904,000 |
2 | Donald Rae | United Kingdom | 2,265,000 |
3 | [Removed:172] | Germany | 371,000 |
4 | Joep van den Bijgaart | Netherlands | 617,000 |
5 | Jussi Nevanlinna | Finland | 1,388,000 |
6 | Kees van Brugge | Netherlands | 1,003,000 |
7 | Johnny Hansen | Denmark | 393,000 |
8 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | Greece | 1,611,000 |
9 | Makarios Avramidis | Greece | 222,000 |
The eagerly-awaited final table of the €4,250 LIDO Main Event of the 2015 Master Classics of Poker gets underway in one hour from now at 15:00 local time and poker enthusiasts can look forward to an interesting line-up as well as the unique walk in with a personalized song and light show in the Holland Casino in Amsterdam.
Donald Rae was leading the remaining hopefuls of the 291-entry strong field into the money at the end of Day 2 and he also bagged up the most chips on Day 3 when the field was whittled down to its last nine participants. The Brit, mainly an online cash game player with just one entry in the Hendon Mob, claimed 25% of the chips in play thus far with 2,265,000. He is followed by Georgios Zisimopoulos (1,611,000) and Jussi Nevanlinna (1,388,000) with the latter knowing exactly what it means to be in the spotlight at the MCOP after finishing 4th last year and 2nd to David Boyaciyan in 2011.
Kees van Brugge is 4th in chips with 1,003,000 and also already made MCOP history after winning the initial €1,500 Side Event in 2014. Clyde Tjauw Foe (904,000) is trying to improve his result of last year after coming 4th for a payday of €83,786. The final table line-up is completed by Dutch poker pro Joep van den Bijgaart (617,000), World Series of Poker Circuit Rozvadov 3rd place finisher Johnny Hansen (393,000), [Removed:172] (371,000) and Makarios Avramidis (222,000).
Kramer has been enjoying a stellar year at the poker tables already after finishing 18th in the WSOP Main Event and 5th in it's European pendant in Berlin one month ago. The Spielbank Berlin also brought moments of glory for Avramidis, who took down the €2,200 No Limit Hold'em - Six Max #1 and claimed the first-ever golden bracelet for his home country Greece. Avramidis also finished 8th in this very event in 2011 as well.
There are 47:06 minutes left in Level 23 at blinds of 10,000/20,000 and a running ante of 3,000. A live stream with hole cards and Dutch commentary on a security delay of half an hour will be available, and all the finalists have €23,047 locked up for their efforts. Make sure to tune into the PokerNews live reporting to find out who is crowned champion and takes home the €300,000 first-place payout.
The player walk in is about to start over on the feature table and should take approximately 15 minutes. A feature video with highlights should be available later tonight as well.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Jussi Nevanlinna opened to 45,000 with the and Makarios Avramidis flat-called on the button with , as did Donald Rae in the big blind without his cards showing. The flop came and the action was checked to Avramidis. The Greek moved all in for 174,000 and won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Makarios Avramidis
|
346,000 | 124,000 |
Jussi Nevanlinna raised to 45,000 from under the gun and Johnny Hansen flat-called with the before the action reached [Removed:172] in the small blind. The German moved all in for 332,000 and Nevanlinna asked for a count before asking Hansen for his stack size as well, then called. Hansen quickly folded.
Nevanlinna:
Kramer:
The board ran out and the first player was sent to the rail on the feature table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jussi Nevanlinna | 1,768,000 | 380,000 |
[Removed:172] | Busted |
Georgios Zisimopoulos raised to 45,000 with the and the action reached Clyde Tjauw Foe, who three-bet to 135,000 out of the hijack with . All opponents including the Greek folded and the pot went to Tjauw Foe.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Clyde Tjauw Foe | 981,000 | 77,000 |
Makarios Avramidis shoved with the and Donald Rae folded . Joep van den Bijgaart had a decision to make with on the button and folded as well, the pot was shipped to Avramidis.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Makarios Avramidis
|
388,000 | 42,000 |
Jussi Nevanlinna raised with the and Johnny Hansen gave it some thought before mucking the . The Dane has dropped to the last spot of the chip counts after calling a raise once.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jussi Nevanlinna | 1,800,000 | 32,000 |
Johnny Hansen | 316,000 | -77,000 |