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

O'Dwyer Flushes Berende

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 {8-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}. Berende's continuation bet of 8,000 is just called before the {10-Hearts} on the turn gets the stacks into the middle of the table.

Berende's mood immediately went southwards when he discovered his {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} being cracked by {7-Spades}{5-Spades} and the river was already meaningless.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
80,000
50,000
50,000
EPT 1X Winner
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
14,000
-36,000
-36,000

Tags: Paul BerendeSteve O'Dwyer

Two New Bullets

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 ca
Elliot Smith
30,000
7,000
7,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
30,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Ben Wilinofsky ca
Ben Wilinofsky
29,000
29,000
29,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Anton WiggBen WilinofskyElliot Smith

Consistency on the Table

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 nl
Samy Kamal
92,000
-18,000
-18,000
Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
56,000
15,000
15,000
Matthias de Meulder be
Matthias de Meulder
34,000
6,000
6,000
Jasper Meijer nl
Jasper Meijer
27,000
-18,000
-18,000
Pieter de Korver nl
Pieter de Korver
24,000
-15,500
-15,500
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Steven van ZadelhoffSamy KamalPieter De KorverMatthias De MeulderJasper Meijer

Teekens Takes Miller's Stack

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 {Q-}{4-}{5-} flop. Teekens doubled up on the {9-} 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 nl
Pascal Teekens
75,000
75,000
75,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
53,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Matthew Miller us
Matthew Miller
30,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Matthew MillerPascal TeekensTom Hall

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

Time to Rise and Shine

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Douglas Roberts
Douglas Roberts

"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 us
Douglas Roberts
80,000
Artur Koren at
Artur Koren
13,000

Tags: Artur KorenDouglas Roberts

Li Busts to Watts

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 {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} 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 gb
Steve Watts
110,000
15,000
15,000
Yuguang Li cn
Yuguang Li
Busted

Tags: Steve WattsYuguang Li

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
125,000
45,000
45,000
EPT 1X Winner
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
60,000
26,000
26,000
Matthew Miller us
Matthew Miller
10,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: Ludovic GeilichMatthew MillerSteve O'Dwyer