Main Event
Day 1a Started
2015 Master Classics of Poker
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 Master Classics of Poker
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,152,360
Entries
291
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2015 Master Classics of Poker Main Event
Since 1992 the Master Classics of Poker is taking place and calling the Holland Casino in Amsterdam its home. The highly popular destination in the heart of Europe always welcomes players from near and far, many well known pros of the international circuit will be back at the tables for Day 2 of the €10,000 High Roller Event also, led by Timothy Adams.
For the first time ever, the €4,000 + €250 LIDO Main Event comes with two starting days and Day 1a gets underway in half an hour from now at 14:00 local time. The casino is once again hosting one-hand satellites for the fortune hunters and another 30 players won their entry to the Main Event in a Satellite yesterday evening including Joep van den Bijgaart, WSOPE Berlin bracelet winner Makarios Avramidis, Omer Cubukcu and Zeus-Jan Post, Marcel "The Flying Dutchman" Luske bubbled and received €2,820.
All participants receive 30,000 in chips and the four-day tournament provides a progressive structure with levels of 60 minutes on Day 1, 75 minutes for Day 2 and the level duration then increases to 90 minutes for Day 3 and the final on Friday. A single reentry available until the start of Day 2 on Wednesday. Defending champion is Ruben Visser, who emerged victorious in a 298-entry strong field in 2014 after defeating 2011 champion David Boyaciyan for a payday of €225,000.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide live updates on the way to crown another champion here in the Netherlands, so make sure to tune in regularly to find out what is happening.
Master Classics Main Event Winner Overview
| Year | Winner | Country | Entries | Buy-In | Total Prize Pool | First Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eng Angh | Netherlands | HFL 200 Seven Card Stud | HFL 18,600 | ||
| 1993 | Surinder Sunar | United Kingdom | 40 | HFL 2,000 | HFL 76,000 | HFL 41,800 |
| 1994 | G Hawass | Unknown | HFL 1000 | HFL 107,910 | HFL 56,050 | |
| 1995 | Belinda Blokker | Netherlands | 96 | HFL 1,000 | HFL 160,380 | HFL 84,909 |
| 1996 | Mike Magee | Ireland | 122 | HFI 1,000 | HFI 202,950 | HFI 80,360 |
| 1997 | Bjorn Janson | Germany | 90 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 450,000 | HFI 178,200 |
| 1998 | Asher Derei | United Kingdom | 125 | HFI 5,000 | HFI 618,750 | HFI 247,500 |
| 1999 | Ram Vaswani | United Kingdom | 135 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 668,250 | HFI 276,300 |
| 2000 | Steve Liu | United Kingdom | 159 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 795,000 | HFI 314,820 |
| 2001 | Graham Hiew | United Kingdom | 170 | HFI 5,000 | HFI 850,000 | HFI 336,600 |
| 2002 | Angelo Zuoping Yu | China | 198 | €3,000 | €630,000 | €168,000 |
| 2003 | Johan Storakers | Sweden | 205 | €3,000 | €651,000 | €243,540 |
| 2004 | Robert Mizrachi | USA | 188 | €5,000 | €980,000 | €372,240 |
| 2005 | Thomas Middelthon | Norway | 264 | €5,000 | €1,320,000 | €528,000 |
| 2006 | Ali Jalali | Germany | 347 | €5,000 | €1,735,000 | €700,000 |
| 2007 | Trond Eidsvig | Norway | 428 | €5,000 | €2,140,000 | €620,600 |
| 2008 | Jan Sorensen | Denmark | 335 | €6,000 | €2,010,000 | €623,100 |
| 2009 | Kristoffer Thorsson | Sweden | 342 | €6,000 | €2,052,000 | €636,120 |
| 2010 | Marcel Bjerkmann | Norway | 249 | €6,000 | €1,494,000 | €403,380 |
| 2011 | David Boyaciyan | Netherlands | 294 | €5,000 | €1,470,000 | €382,200 |
| 2012 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 212 | €5,000 | €1,060,000 | €286,200 |
| 2013 | Noah Boeken | Netherlands | 298 | €4,000 | €1,180,080 | €306,821 |
| 2014 | Ruben Visser | Netherlands | 298 | €4,000 | €1,180,080 | €306,821 |
| 2015 | TBA | TBA | €4000 | TBA | TBA |
Start Pushed Back Half an Hour
While the one-hand satellites are still going on and the High Roller Event is about to start into Day 2, it has just been announced that the seat draw for the Main Event will be taking place in half an hour from now at 14:30 local time.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Early Sightings
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
Table 25 Line-Up
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
More Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
Montury Arrives
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000 | 32,000 |
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29,500 | 29,500 |
De Meulder is Feeling It
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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.
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