2015 Master Classics of Poker

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Three Notables less

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Matthew Miller busted soon after punting off most of the chips to Ludovic Geilich while Paul Berende and Kuljinder Sidhu have fallen lately. Richard Milne opted for the reentry and is back in with a fresh stack.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Milne gb
Richard Milne
30,000 30,000
Kuljinder Sidhu gb
Kuljinder Sidhu
Busted
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
Busted
Matthew Miller us
Matthew Miller
Busted

Tags: Ludovic GeilichMatthew MillerPaul BerendeRichard MilneKuljinder Sidhu

Watts from Hero to Zero

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Steve Watts
Steve Watts

Steve Watts raised to 1,100 at the end of the previous level and faced the three-bet of Martin Finger for 3,900 before clicking to 9,000. Finger called and check-called a bet of 9,000 on the {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop. An ace on the turn was checked through and the blank river saw Finger shove with the {8-Spades}{9-Spades}. Watts called with {A-Spades}{4-Spades} according to the German and lost most of his stack.

Soon after, Watts defended his big blind against a raise and the call of David Elyashar in the small blind. On the flop {9-}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts} he got it in with {8-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for the flush draw. Elyashar had flopped trips with {J-}{9-} and running sixes sent Watts out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
150,000 97,000
David Elyashar il
David Elyashar
100,000 100,000
Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
Busted

Tags: David ElyasharMartin FingerSteve Watts

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Players Are Vanishing

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Samy Kamal's massive stack is nowhere to be found anymore and Tobias Peters got moved over to his very seat. Steven van Zadelhoff just shrugged. "Many small hands, we know it was gonna happen."

And then Ludovic Geilich lost his stack within two hands. First an open-ended straight draw against the pocket queens of Paul Berende failed and then the Scot lost a flip with pocket eights against the {A-}{K-} of Wim Emo.

Player Chips Progress
Wim Emo nl
Wim Emo
70,000 70,000
Samy Kamal nl
Samy Kamal
Busted
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
Busted

Tags: Ludovic GeilichPaul BerendeSamy KamalSteven van ZadelhoffTobias PetersWim Emo

Munksgaard Busts Three in Crazy Hand

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Ben Wilinofsky
Ben Wilinofsky

One Dane has already won the Main Event of the Master Classics since 1992 and Per Munksgaard is on the way to become the second after just winning a four-way all in. The Dane held {K-Clubs}{K-Spades} and put three opponents at risk:

Richard Milne: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Ben Wilinofsky: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Third player: {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and the set of kings won the massive pot.

Player Chips Progress
Per Munksgaard dk
Per Munksgaard
120,000 120,000
Ben Wilinofsky ca
Ben Wilinofsky
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Richard Milne gb
Richard Milne
Busted

Tags: Ben WilinofskyPer MunksgaardRichard Milne

No Call for Salter

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

After a raise to 1,300 and a three-bet to 3,500 by the player from one seat over, the action folded around to Louis Salter. The Brit moved all in for 12,650 and all opponents folded. The same table also features Jussi Nevanlinna as well, who late registered and hasn't done much yet to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Jussi Nevanlinna fi
Jussi Nevanlinna
29,000 29,000
Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
18,000 18,000

Tags: Jussi NevanlinnaLouis Salter

Cubukcu Busts Hoefer and van Riet

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Omer Cubukcu opened to 2,000 and Pim van Riet moved all in for 12,000 from the button. The action reached Paul Hoefer in the big blind and he jammed for 48,500. Cubukcu had that covered but needed five minutes to make up his mind and call with pocket queens. Van Riet had jacks and the {A-}{K-} of Hoefer didn't connect with the board to see two players bust.

Player Chips Progress
Omer Cubukcu tr
Omer Cubukcu
120,000
Pim van Riet nl
Pim van Riet
Busted
Paul Hoefer de
Paul Hoefer
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Pim van RietPaul HoeferOmer Cubukcu

Yin on the Comeback

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

In the break, Cheng-Wei Yin was down to a mere 7,000 chips but has since increased that to 53,000 thanks to a double up and then a big flip versus Niels van Alphen. The Belgian opened to 1,150 from the button, van Alphen three-bet to 3,600 and Yin then four-bet to 12,000 before calling the shove with pocket nines. Van Alphen had ace-king and the Belgian successfully dodged a {Q-}{10-} on the flop to give his opponent even more outs.

Player Chips Progress
Niels van Alphen nl
Niels van Alphen
56,000 56,000
Cheng-Wei Yin be
Cheng-Wei Yin
53,000 40,000

Tags: Cheng-Wei YinNiels van Alphen

Miller's Creativity Fails

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

On the board {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{3-Hearts}{J-Clubs}, Matthew Miller was trying to represent a big hand and put Ludovic Geilich all in, but the latter called with the {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} for a full house and Miller's {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} left him short-stacked.

Steve O'Dwyer is putting a clear sign on the table with regards to the captain on board, bossing around with a massive stack.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
125,000 45,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
60,000 26,000
Matthew Miller us
Matthew Miller
10,000 -20,000

Tags: Ludovic GeilichMatthew MillerSteve O'Dwyer