Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2015 Master Classics of Poker
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
First Break of the Day
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
The first two levels are done and dusted. Tobias Peters must have doubled at least one more time and has already reached more than 50% of the starting stack again.
All players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
||
Hansen Wins Last Hand of the Level
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
On the three-way flop 
, Johnny Hansen check-raised from 1,050 to 3,000 and just the player on the button called to see the 
on the turn. Hansen led for 3,500 and his opponent called. Both then checked down the 
river and Hansen's 
for two pair won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
Five New Faces
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Martin Finger and Raoul Refos busted on Day 1a and reentered while the other familiar faces below are on their first bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
Peters Doubles Short Stack
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
On the heads up flop of 
, Tobias Peters got the remainder of his short stack in with the 
for top pair and a gutshot. He got called by an opponent with 
for two pair, but the 
came to the rescue on the turn. A blank river locked up the hand for Peters and he sat back down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,500
-23,500
|
-23,500 |
|
|
||
Good Start for Vranken and Milne
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Richard Milne doubled up early on. After a raise to 400, he called and two more players did so as well to see a flop of 
. The initial raiser bet 1,100 and Milne raised to 2,800, which only the preflop aggressor called. On the 
turn, the opponent of Milne check-raised from 4,500 to 10,000 and called all in with pocket jacks only to run straight into top set.
The river paired the board and Milne won the hand with a full house to get double stack.
Antoine Vranken in two seats over also increased his stack as well. He raised with pocket threes from the button and both players in the blinds called. On a flop of 
, the spot was perfect and the player in the small blind even found two pair on the 
turn with ace-queen to leave three streets of value.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
||
Van Hoof Rivers Set
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Arriving on the river of a board 
, the player in seat one checked and Jorryt van Hoof tossed in a white T-10,000 chip. He confirmed to the dealer that his bet was 8,400 and then the opponent called to get shown 
for a set on the very last community card.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Miller On Triple Stack
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Matthew Miller won the € 1,350 + 150 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Big Stack Single reentry event here in the Holland Casino in May 2015 and just increased his stack to almost three times the initial 30,000. He had busted one player already and then got involved into a hand with Jani Sointila and a third player.
On the 
flop, the action was checked to Sointila on the button and he bet 1,500 to get called by the player in the small blind and Miller in the cutoff. The came on the turn and Sointila now bet 2,200. Again the small blind called and Miller shoved for his massive stack. Sointila called and the small blind was shell-shock about the action, folded his cards.
Miller: 
Sointula: 
The 
river gave the American a straight and he bumped up the stack further.
One hand later, Steve Watts raised to 600 and got two callers. Miller squeezed to 2,600 and then folded to Watt's four-bet of 10,725.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
Busted |
Engel on the Up
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
On the four-way flop of 
, Ari Engel and Ole Schemion as well as two other players all invested 1,600 in chips to see the 
appear on the turn. The action was folded to Engel and he picked up the pot with a bet of 5,000, confirming a decent stack without showdowns.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
Two Seat Open
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Nikolaus Teichert was the first casualty, but another player followed soon after, making for two seat open early into level two out of a field of 127 entrants.