The Master Classics of Poker in Holland Casino Amsterdam is back! Today, the €4,250 MCOP Main Event featuring two opening days, is set to start at 2 p.m. local time. Day 1b of the event is set for Tuesday, November 22nd. Surviving players will compete for three more days from Nov. 23 to Nov. 25 until a winner is crowned.
Last year, Finland's Jussi Nevanlinnaoutlasted a 291-entry field to win the exclusive winner's plate, Skullcandy headphones and a first-place payout of €300,000.
Two years prior to Nevanlinna's win, the title was kept on home soil. Dutch poker pro Ruben Visseremerged victorious against 2011 MCOP Main Event champion David Boyaciyan to win the top prize of €225,000 as part of a three-way final table deal in 2014. In 2013, Dutch poker player Noah Boekenclaimed the €306,821 top prize in that year's Main Event.
We'll keep you up to date the entire day on all the latest developments in the Main Event and, every now and then, we'll take a look at the €25,000 Super High Roller that started yesterday. The biggest buy-in event ever on Dutch soil attracted a field of 12 players with registration open till start of play today.
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Louis Salter was first to act and raised to 450. In the cutoff, Arne Coulier called. Salter fired 650 on and Coulier called. Salter checked the on the turn and Coulier bet 1,150. Salter thought about it for a bit before he called.
The on the river saw Salter check again. Coulier bet 2,675 and Salter called after some consideration.
"Kings" Coulier said confident before showing . Salter mucked.
Brummelhuis and Salter talked a bit after the hand, with Coulier saying he was pretty confident he wanted a call on the river. "A raise would've been nasty, though."
We missed it, but one of our colleasgues told us the details of the first bust out of the day.
Noah Boeken, who won this event back in 2013, raised to 400 and Hans Bosman called in position. From the cutoff, Floris van der Ven, a well known Dutch poker pro specialized in cash games, squeezed to 1,500. Boeken was the only caller, Bosman folded.
Boeken check-called a bet of 1,200 on before the hit the turn. Boeken checked again and Van der Ven bet 4,000. Boeken moved all in, putting Van der Ven to the test for his 16,000 stack. Van der Ven called.
Floris van der Ven:
Noah Boeken:
The river did nothing for Van der Ven and he was the first to hit the rail here in Amsterdam. He still has the option to buy back in today, or take some rest and try again on Day 1b.
From early position, Sander van Wesemael, who won two of the 10 tournaments last year and won the opening event this year as well, opened for 900. His neighbor Jasper Meijer called and big blind Jack Salter called as well.
The flop came and was checked through. The hit the turn and Salter checked again. Van Wesemael bet 1,300 and Meijer folded, Salter called.
With the completing the board, Salter checked. Van Wesemael bet 3,000 and Salter called.
Van Wesemael showed and Salter, naturally, mucked.
Kees Alblas, known as Kees Bussum amongst his peers, sat down just now. Known as an action player, he got straight into it calling a 1,050 raise. Steven van Zadelhoff squeezed to 5,000 and the initial raiser shoved all in, stating "Time to gamble!"
Alblas got out of the way but Van Zadelhoff called with . The initial raiser showed and they were off to the races.
The board ran out and Van Zadelhoff parted ways with his 35,000-stack.
Van Zadelhoff is going to play online tonight, he'll be back on Tuesday for Day 1b to give it another try.
Bart Spijkers leads the Main Event, and not by a small margin either. He holds 165,000, about twice as big a stack as anyone else we've seen so far.
Spijkers told us he cold called a three-bet to 4,000. Holding pocket tens, the flop came a beautiful . A blank fell on the turn and his opponent checked. Spijkers bet 14,000 and his opponent went deep into the tank.
"After about "10 minutes" in the tank, he shoved all in. I thought about 1 second and called" Bart Spijkers said with a big smile.
Spijkers needed to dodge two outs as his opponent tabled . The river was a blank and Spijkers doubled.
It was four-handed for a while in the €25,000 Super High Roller, but it's all done now.
Jean-Noël Thorel bubbled the event, going out with against the of Frank Williams. The flop came making Thorel the heavy favorite, but the on the turn and on the river made Williams a full house and Thorel was the last player to leave empty-handed.
Down to three, Charlie Carrel would be next with his head on the chopping block. He first clashed with Schemion in a huge pot with jack-seven up against ace-ten. He would hand the remainder of his chips to Schemion not much later, getting it all in pre flop with up against . The board ran out and with that river king, Carrel bowed out in third place for €64,350.
Frank Williams, a cash game specialist, started out heads up with a chip disadvantage but they were still deep. Nonetheless, it wouldn't take long. Williams got it in with up against the of Schemion. The board ran out an uneventful and Williams left in second place, worth €96,525.
Ole Schemion has won the €25,000 Super High Roller and received a cheque worth €160,875. He'll play the Main Event on Tuesday.
Louis Salter has been eliminated from the Master Classics of Poker Main Event. He raised all in for 6,325 over a 1,300 open. His opponent called with . Salter showed and departed after the board ran out .
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on the turn and Coulier bet 1,150. Salter thought about it for a bit before he called.
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hit the turn. Boeken checked again and Van der Ven bet 4,000. Boeken moved all in, putting Van der Ven to the test for his 16,000 stack. Van der Ven called.
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and Van Zadelhoff parted ways with his 35,000-stack. 
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