€1,500 reentry champion Dominic van Embden has taken a seat and immediately ordered a massage. Georgios Zisimopoulos opted to take some chips early on and was just involved in a battle of the blinds. On the turn , the player in the small blind checked and then called the Greek's bet of 700.
Same repeated itself on the river, though this time Zisimopoulos had fired 1,800 already. The opponent called and then mucked when he was shown the for a straight draw that turned into a flush instead.
The screens now already show 73 entrants for the first of two starting days and among those to take their seats were Nico Kuan and Wouter Beltz. Kuan had cashed in the Main Event last year after coming 28th and already won a small pot according to the colleagues at PokerCity to boost his stack slightly.
It started rather innocent with a raise to 300 by Glib Koctunov and the three-bet of Vlado Banicevic from one seat over, making it 750. On the flop both players checked and Kovtunov then bet the turn for 1,000. Banicevic called and the river completed the board.
Kovtunov bet 3,500, Banicevic squeezed to 8,700 and then eventually called the reraise by Kovtunov for 15,200. The latter showed for the nut straight and scooped the big pot early on.
Noah Boeken has taken a seat next to David Boyaciyan on table 25 with plenty of notables on it.
Over on table 22, Richard Milne and Mortensen Mortensen are sitting next to each other. Both had final-tabled the €1,500 reentry tournament yesterday where the Dane finished third, Milne took 6th and Georgios Zisimopoulos is also in albeit on another table.
Matthias de Meulder cashed in the €1,500 reentry tournament yesterday and finished 13th, but the Belgian also admitted that he never got close to win anything in Amsterdam before. That won't stop him from trying though.
EPT Malta champion Jean Montury just arrived at his table when a five-way flop of saw a bet of the player on the button for 1,050. All opponents including Nikolaus Teichert mucked and then Montury opened to 300 one hand later. The player from one seat over as well as the blinds called to see a flop of .
Montury continued for 700 and just the player in the big blind called before the duo checked the on the turn. On the river, Montury called a bet worth 500 and flashed for a ten-high flush, his opponent had been bluffing with the .
2011 Main Event champion David Boyaciyan, 1993 winner Surinder Sunar, Farid Chati, Clyde Tjauw Foe and Jasper Meijer van Putten have taken their seats and the screens have been updated to show 68 players right now.
Quite a few familiar faces are seated together over on table 25. Daniel Dvoress just had a deep run at the EPT Malta Main Event, coming 7th for a payday of € 91,550. Dennis Smit was 21st back in March at the very same venue for a payday of € 27,200 and Louis Salter won the € 800 + 80 No Limit Hold'em - Bounty event during the 2014 Master Classics of Poker for € 46,919.
And then there is Govert Metaal, who needs little introduction as one of the most well known Dutch regulars in Main and High Roller tournaments.
The below players have already taken their seats right at the start of level one. Ramazan Ramazan had won the entry to the Main Event in yesterday's Satellite.
, the player in the small blind checked and then called the Greek's bet of 700.
river, though this time Zisimopoulos had fired 1,800 already. The opponent called and then mucked when he was shown the 
for a straight draw that turned into a flush instead.
flop both players checked and Kovtunov then bet the 
turn for 1,000. Banicevic called and the 
river completed the board.
for the nut straight and scooped the big pot early on.
saw a bet of the player on the button for 1,050. All opponents including Nikolaus Teichert mucked and then Montury opened to 300 one hand later. The player from one seat over as well as the blinds called to see a flop of 
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on the turn. On the 
river, Montury called a bet worth 500 and flashed 
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