Pascal van Doorn was down to his last 25,000 or so and had the opportunity to squeeze all in with 
. He got called by a player holding 
and a spiked. Done and dusted for Van Doorn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Foeke Deinum was off to a good start yesterday but saw his stack dwindle the rest of the day. Today has been good so far, though, as he's up to over 120,000 after a big pot just now.
After a 3,500 open and a call from the cutoff, Deinum squeezed to 12,700 from the button. Both blinds and initial raiser folded, the cutoff called.
The cutoff check-called a bet of 12,200 on 
before they both checked the 
on the turn. The 
hit the river and the cutoff checked again. Deinum moved all in and, after some time in the tank, the cutoff folded. We couldn't see for how much the shove was or how much the cutoff had behind at the time, but the effective bet was big - so much was clear.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
94,700
|
94,700 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Back in 15 minutes.
Shander de Vries was missing from the table he started at, so we asked former table mate Jasper Wetemans if he knew what had happened.
Playing in the first level, the player in seat 1 had opened for 2,000. De Vries, sitting next to him, three-bet to 5,500 and the action folded to the big blind. The big blind cold four-bet to 10,000 and the initial raiser folded. De Vries called.
The flop came 
with two diamonds and the big blind bet 10,000. De Vries shoved all in and the big blind called with 
for the flush draw. De Vries had 
for the lower flush draw. The on the turn just about sealed the deal, the 
on the river was a blank.
Wetemans himself is up for the day, he plays just over 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
102,000
52,700
|
52,700 |
|
Busted |
Under the gun, Kees van Brugge opened for 3,000. Action folded to the big blind and he called. The big blind lead out for 1,200 on 
and Van Brugge called.
The big blind bet another 1,500 on the 
turn and again, Van Brugge called.
With the 
completing the board, the big blind bet a hefty 12,000.
Van Brugge went into the tank, and said "I let you get there huh?"
"I have a really strong hand," Van Brugge said, "but I can't beat a flush."
"I don't have a flush" answered his neighbor.
Van Brugge thought about it some more before he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000
22,400
|
22,400 |
Tonny Krijn was seen standing up from his table, sending messages from his phone. We've asked him what had happened and he told us about a "leipe" hand; a nice pot he had just won.
The player in seat 1 opened for 2,500 and holding 
, Krijn three-bet to 7,000. Krijn's opponent called and both checked on 
with a single spade. The hit the turn and a bet of 7,000 followed. Krijn called and the 
completed the board. Krijn's opponent moved all-in and, having started the hand with 30,000 total, Krijn called after some tanking.
Krijn's turned out to be good, his opponent had nothing but to show for.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
26,700
|
26,700 |
Alberto Stegeman has been eliminated from the tournament. He was seen standing close to the bar, awaiting the €1,000 freeze out that starts in a couple of minutes. He told us what had happened.
He lost half his stack early on in a battle of the blinds where his aces were cracked by the big blind's 
who flopped a full house.
He shoved the remainder of his stack, about 20 big blinds, with pocket tens. It ended up a three-way all in versus aces and kings and Stegeman failed to spike a ten to stay alive. Exit for Stegeman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Holland Casino has just announced the prize pool information. A total of 356 players made for a prize pool of €1,409,760. €275,608 of that (19.55%) is reserved for the winner. That's a little less than last year when Jussi Nevanlinna walked away with €300,000, but more players are getting paid this year.
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | €275,608 |
| 2 | €184,820 |
| 3 | €128,147 |
| 4 | €92,057 |
| 5 | €68,514 |
| 6 | €52,584 |
| 7 | €41,447 |
| 8 | €33,411 |
| 9 | €27,349 |
| 10 - 11 | €22,838 |
| 12 - 13 | €19,173 |
| 14 - 17 | €16,212 |
| 18 - 23 | €13,675 |
| 24 - 27 | €11,419 |
With 354 entries, the 2016 Master Classics of Poker Main Event is almost the biggest in it's long and rich history. Only 2007 was bigger looking at the amount of player; Trond Eidsvig from Norway beat 428 players to win the event for €620,600.
Here's to put things in perspective:
| Year | Winner | Country | Entries | Buy-In | Total Prize Pool | First Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eng Angh | Netherlands | ?? | HFL 200 | ?? | HFL 18,600 |
| 1993 | Surinder Sunar | United Kingdom | 40 | HFL 2,000 | HFL 76,000 | HFL 41,800 |
| 1994 | G Hawass | ?? | ?? | HFL 1000 | HFL 107,910 | HFL 56,050 |
| 1995 | Belinda Blokker | Netherlands | 96 | HFL 1,000 | HFL 160,380 | HFL 84,909 |
| 1996 | Mike Magee | Ireland | 122 | HFI 1,000 | HFI 202,950 | HFI 80,360 |
| 1997 | Bjorn Janson | Germany | 90 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 450,000 | HFI 178,200 |
| 1998 | Asher Derei | United Kingdom | 125 | HFI 5,000 | HFI 618,750 | HFI 247,500 |
| 1999 | Ram Vaswani | United Kingdom | 135 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 668,250 | HFI 276,300 |
| 2000 | Steve Liu | United Kingdom | 159 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 795,000 | HFI 314,820 |
| 2001 | Graham Hiew | United Kingdom | 170 | HFI 5,000 | HFI 850,000 | HFI 336,600 |
| 2002 | Angelo Zuoping Yu | China | 198 | €3,000 | €630,000 | €168,000 |
| 2003 | Johan Storakers | Sweden | 205 | €3,000 | €651,000 | €243,540 |
| 2004 | Robert Mizrachi | USA | 188 | €5,000 | €980,000 | €372,240 |
| 2005 | Thomas Middelthon | Norway | 264 | €5,000 | €1,320,000 | €528,000 |
| 2006 | Ali Jalali | Germany | 347 | €5,000 | €1,735,000 | €700,000 |
| 2007 | Trond Eidsvig | Norway | 428 | €5,000 | €2,140,000 | €620,600 |
| 2008 | Jan Sorensen | Denmark | 335 | €6,000 | €2,010,000 | €623,100 |
| 2009 | Kristoffer Thorsson | Sweden | 342 | €6,000 | €2,052,000 | €636,120 |
| 2010 | Marcel Bjerkmann | Norway | 249 | €6,000 | €1,494,000 | €403,380 |
| 2011 | David Boyaciyan | Netherlands | 294 | €5,000 | €1,470,000 | €382,200 |
| 2012 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 212 | €5,000 | €1,060,000 | €286,200 |
| 2013 | Noah Boeken | Netherlands | 298 | €4,000 | €1,180,080 | €306,821 |
| 2014 | Ruben Visser | Netherlands | 298 | €4,000 | €1,180,080 | €306,821 |
| 2015 | Jussi Nevanlinna | Finland | 291 | €4000 | €1,154,193 | €300,000 |
| 2016 | TBA | 354 | €4,000 | €1,409,760 | €275,608 |
