Main Event Day 1b | 2015 Master Classics of Poker

11-17-2015 23:37 UTC+2

Li Busts to Watts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Shortly after returning from the break, Yuguang Li and Steve Watts went at it with the former moving all in on a nine-high flop. The shove was for well over pot size and Watts called with the only to get shown pocket kings. However, Li could not double up his last 8,000 chips as another nine appeared right away on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Watts	110,000	15,000
Yuguang Li	Busted

Tags: Steve Watts Yuguang Li

11-17-2015 23:30 UTC+2

Time to Rise and Shine

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

"You can just call me the apple farmer from Germany," Douglas Roberts joked in the break after reporting about three decent runouts in a row over on the feature table.

In the first hand he raised with pocket nines and flopped top set. The continuation bet was called and a second five on the turn gave him a full house. Only one opponent called the second barrel and did so again on a blank river, getting shown the full house.

The second hand was equally sweet with ace-king in the big blind and flat-calling a raise. On a king-high flop, Roberts check-called a continuation bet to do so again after an ace appeared on the turn. The second ace on the board gave him a full house and the bet of the American was not called, yet he still showed.

Last but not least, the lucky charm, jack-ten suited, found a jack on the flop and a ten on the turn. A possible flush on the river saw a bet of 6,100 by the opponent of Roberts and he called to receive a muck in return before showing his cards.

While Roberts' trend continues to rise and shine, Artur Koren's stack dwindled all the way down to just 13,000 at the very same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Douglas Roberts	80,000
Artur Koren	13,000

Tags: Artur Koren Douglas Roberts

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

11-17-2015 23:14 UTC+2

Time for a Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Let's have ourselves 15 minutes away from the tables.

Today's life lesson comes from Timothy Adams via Twitter:

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Playing the 4k€ reentry Masters Classic Main Event today. Things I've learnt; Dutch people are awesome, seem to have life figured out.November 17, 2015

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Tags: Timothy Adams

11-17-2015 23:08 UTC+2

Teekens Takes Miller's Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The wild ride of Matthew Miller will have to continue on another tournament table. According to Tom Hall, he three-bet with pocket tens against Pascal Teekens and continued on the flop. Teekens doubled up on the turn when Miller celebrated one of his typical all in moves with pocket tens, as Teekens had spiked a set of nines.

Soon after, the remainder of the stack went to the very same player with pocket nines, Teekens had this time picked up queens. Miller was spotted at the registration desk though to reenter immediately while Martin Finger got moved over to his former table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Teekens	75,000	75,000
Martin Finger	53,000	19,000
Matthew Miller	30,000	-15,000

Tags: Matthew Miller Pascal Teekens Tom Hall

11-17-2015 23:03 UTC+2

Consistency on the Table

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Only the player in seat one was sent to the rail twice thus far while Jasper Meijer, Matthias de Meulder, Steven van Zadelhoff, Pieter de Korver and Samy Kamal have been sitting in a row since the start. Their chip counts fluctuated and Kamal is still in charge of the table, however van Zadelhoff is catching up quickly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samy Kamal	92,000	-18,000
Steven van Zadelhoff	56,000	15,000
Matthias de Meulder	34,000	6,000
Jasper Meijer	27,000	-18,000
Pieter de Korver	24,000	-15,500

Tags: Steven van Zadelhoff Samy Kamal Pieter De Korver Matthias De Meulder Jasper Meijer

11-17-2015 22:55 UTC+2

Two New Bullets

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Elliot Smith and Anton Wigg both had to purchase a second bullet and the latter got a new seat on a table with Ben Wilinofsky. The Canadian had entered the competition just before the dinner break and has not made any big moves yet.

The screens show 127 out of 158 entries remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliot Smith	30,000	7,000
Anton Wigg	30,000
Ben Wilinofsky	29,000	29,000

Tags: Anton Wigg Ben Wilinofsky Elliot Smith

11-17-2015 22:50 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Flushes Berende

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

After a raise to 1,025 and the three-bet to 2,800 by Steve O'Dwyer, Paul Berende squeezed to 7,100 out of the blinds and just O'Dwyer called to see the flop of . Berende's continuation bet of 8,000 is just called before the on the turn gets the stacks into the middle of the table.

Berende's mood immediately went southwards when he discovered his being cracked by and the river was already meaningless.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	80,000	50,000
Paul Berende	14,000	-36,000

Tags: Paul Berende Steve O'Dwyer

11-17-2015 22:49 UTC+2

Remko Report Episode #20: Norman Chad Discusses the History of the WSOP on TV

donpeters

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

During the 2015 World Series of Poker, Norman Chad sat down with Remko Rinkema for an episode of the Remko Report to talk about the history of the WSOP on television, where the product is going, why he doesn't frequent Twitter, and much more.

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Tags: Remko RInkema Remko Report WSOP PokerNews Podcast Norman Chad

11-17-2015 22:45 UTC+2

Watts Rising

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Steve Watts busted Gleb Kovtunov and then tried the same against Yuguang Li while the stack of Matthew Miller once again plummeted.

Li bet the turn for 2,500 and Watts called before the fell on the river. "How much stack do you have," the Brit asked his opponent, who took the hands away from the chips. Watts then put him in by betting 40,000 and Li folded rather quickly.