2015 Master Classics of Poker

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 Master Classics of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€300,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,152,360
Entries
291
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

A Day to Forget for de Meulder

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Przemyslaw Piotrowski opened to 700 and Nico Kuan called in the small blind. Matthias de Meulder squeezed all in for 4,200 in the big blind and Piotrowski quickly got out of the way. According to the colleagues of PokerCity, the two Dutchmen exchanged some table talk and Kuan then called with the {9-Spades}{10-Spades}.

De Meulder had received the call he wanted, holding {A-Hearts}{J-Spades}, but the board ran out {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Diamonds} to send the Belgian to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Nico Kuan nl
Nico Kuan
57,500 25,500
Matthias de Meulder be
Matthias de Meulder
Busted

Tags: Matthias De MeulderNico KuanPrzemyslaw Piotrowski

Almost Up to 100 Entries

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

The screens have been updated once again and make for 95 entries in total. This includes several players on their second bullet and the three digits in terms of participation may very well reached over the course of the next few hours still.

Hall and Helppi in

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Juha Helppi and Tom Hall entered after dinner and took seats right next to each other on the table of Julian Stuer and Rens Feenstra. The player in under the gun raised to 600 and Hall three-bet to 1,650 to get called by the initial raiser. Halls first continuation bet on the {7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} flop, but the 3,600 on the {8-Clubs} turn did the trick to enforce a fold from the player in under the gun.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Hall gb
Tom Hall
34,000 34,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
30,000 30,000

Tags: Juha HelppiJulian StuerRens FeenstraTom Hall

Dvoress Busts van Hoof

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Jorryt van Hoof
Jorryt van Hoof

After a raise and three callers, Jorryt van Hoof squezed all in for 14,900 out of the big blind. Only Daniel Dvoress looked him up and they turned over their cards:

Dvoress: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
van Hoof: {10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

The board ran out {A-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} and the Dutchman will surely reenter either today or tomorrow.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
WSOP 2X Winner
56,000 26,000
Jorryt van Hoof nl
Jorryt van Hoof
Busted

Tags: Daniel DvoressJorryt van Hoof

Vonk Back In

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

As previously mentioned, Marcel Vonk reentered and has taken the former seat of Martin Finger to rejoin the action on the one outer table.

Below are some further assorted counts.

Player Chips Progress
Clyde Tjauw Foe nl
Clyde Tjauw Foe
48,000 1,000
Farid Chati nl
Farid Chati
35,000 5,000
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
32,500 -2,000
Marcel Vonk nl
Marcel Vonk
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000 30,000
Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
27,000 -7,500
Gleb Kovtunov ua
Gleb Kovtunov
19,000 -2,300
Jasper Meijer nl
Jasper Meijer
14,500 -15,500

Tags: Marcel VonkMartin Finger

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Second Bullet for Finger

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

"Second bullet, I busted over there," Martin Finger grinned after being seated next to Joep van den Bijgaart. Both played the last hand of the level but nothing special came out of it before they headed into the dinner break.

Players have the option to purchase one reentry per day, making for a total of five bullets if required. One on each starting day and then another before the start of Day 2 on Wednesday. This certainly explains why some of the pros take a very aggressive approach early into the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
30,000 2,000

Tags: Joep van den BijgaartMartin Finger

Stuer Busts Vonk and van Leeuwen

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Niels van Leeuwen
Niels van Leeuwen

The seat of Marcel Vonk was empty and he had just purchased the second bullet shortly before the end of level four. Rens Feenstra confirmed that it was Julian Stuer who had received the chips and the German was also involved into a hand with Niels van Leeuwen as well.

Until the {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} river, a pot of around 8,000 chips emerged and Stuer pushed all in. Van Leeuwen had around 16,600 chips behind and eventually called for his tournament life only to muck immediately when Stuer showed him the {6-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for a flopped straight.

The bustout of Vonk was a copy of the situation according to Stuer, who jammed the river of a queen-high board for effectively 15,000 into a pot of 6,000. Vonk called with pocket aces only to see the German turn over {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
94,000 94,000
Niels van Leeuwen nl
Niels van Leeuwen
Busted
Marcel Vonk nl
Marcel Vonk
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Julian StuerMarcel VonkNiels van LeeuwenRens Feenstra