Action folded to Marius Gierse in the small blind and he limped in. Big blind Michiel Brummelhuis checked his option.
Gierse bet 6,000 on and 17,000 on the turn. Brummelhuis called both streets and saw his neighbor check on the river. Brummelhuis shoved all in and Gierse released his cards into the muck.
Play has halted for a couple minutes as the announcement of the €1,000 Final Table players will get underway. The way they do that here in Holland Casino Amsterdam, is a little different than other tournaments. They stop play everywhere and ask attention for the finalists while the speaker introduces them.
From middle position, Artur Koren opened for 14,000 and his neighbor Michiel Brosky three-bet to 41,000. Action folded back to Koren and he called.
Both checked on and the hit the turn. Koren check-called a bet of 32,000 before he checked again on the river. Brosky bet 76,000 and Koren didn't waste much time check-raising to 210,000.
From the hijack, Jan Bendik opened for 10,000. Small blind Anton Wigg and big blind Arne Coulier called. The blinds checked on and Bendik bet 20,000. Wigg called, Coulier folded.
The turn came the and both players checked. Wigg checked again on the river and Bendik said something about flushes and fullhouses we couldn't quite hear, before checking behind.
Wigg showed and Bendik open mucked his . The table was in awe as Wigg started stacking.
Hans Bosman was seen walking to the payout desk. He told us he had three-bet his neighbor Hakim Zoufri for the second time today, this time with . Zoufri called and check-called a hefty bet on . The turn was another and the last couple of chips from Bosman went in as well. Zoufri turned out to have and no queen on the river resulted in a walk to the exit for Bosman.
"Lekker dubbeltje" Michiel Brummelhuis said, pointing to his stack of 240,000. He told us he opened under the gun and one player called before another player squeezed. Brummelhuis shoved and the player who had three-bet called with . Brummelhuis had no trouble fading queens or other bad cards and scored a full double.
Mohammed El Mazouni was seen standing on the rail. He told us how things had gone downhill for him from the start.
He opened ace-queen twice and ace-king once, but didn't win any chips with it. A check fold here, a fold to a shove over his continuation bet there.
Not much later, the player under the gun shoved and El Mazouni called from the big blind with . His neighbor had and saw that hand hold up.
After that hand, El Mazouni was down to just 70,000 and shoved from the small blind with after action had folded to him. The big blind called with and won. El Mazouni flopped a nine but the river gave his neighbor a flush and that was it.
and 17,000 on the 
turn. Brummelhuis called both streets and saw his neighbor check on the 
river. Brummelhuis shoved all in and Gierse released his cards into the muck.
and the 
hit the turn. Koren check-called a bet of 32,000 before he checked again on the 
river. Brosky bet 76,000 and Koren didn't waste much time check-raising to 210,000.
and Bendik bet 20,000. Wigg called, Coulier folded.
and both players checked. Wigg checked again on the 
river and Bendik said something about flushes and fullhouses we couldn't quite hear, before checking behind.
and Bendik open mucked his 
. The table was in awe as Wigg started stacking.
. The turn was another 
under the gun and one player called before another player squeezed. Brummelhuis shoved and the player who had three-bet called with 
. His neighbor had 
after action had folded to him. The big blind called with 
and won. El Mazouni flopped a nine but the river gave his neighbor a flush and that was it.
