Main Event
Day 3 Started
2016 Master Classics of Poker
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Master Classics of Poker
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,409,760
Entries
356
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Chip Counts Day 3
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,160,000 | |
|
740,500 | |
|
533,000 | |
|
424,500 | |
|
411,000 | |
|
402,000 | |
|
375,000 | |
|
370,500 | |
|
353,000 | |
|
339,500 | |
|
280,000 | 280,000 |
|
275,000 | |
|
248,000 | |
|
237,000 | |
|
231,000 | |
|
224,500 | |
|
218,000 | |
|
212,000 | |
|
208,000 | |
|
|
207,000 | |
|
194,000 | |
|
189,500 | |
|
180,000 | |
|
|
158,000 | |
|
154,000 |
The March to the MCOP Final Table Begins - Carrel Sits Comfortably
Day 3 of the 2016 Master Classics of Poker Main Event is upon us. The remaining 53 players are all in the money after a two-hour long bubble late last night. Johan van Til was the last to go home empty-handed, the remaining players are guaranteed to bank a minimum of €7,895.
He entered five tournaments at the 2016 Master Classics of Poker and cashes in all five of them. Charlie Carrel, after having already cashed in the €1,250 and €1,500 events and both the €10,000 High Roller and €25,000 Super High Roller, leads the Main Event with a massive stack, over 400,000 more than his closest competitor; Jan Bendik who sits in second place.
Another player that always seems to do well at the Master Classics of Poker, is Jussi Nevanlinna. He finished runner-up in 2011 for €227,850, fifth for €71,985 in 2014, and outright won the event for €300,000 last year. He's a medium stack coming into Day 3, he still can go back to back!
Play resumes at 2pm local time (in about 2 hours) and the plan is to play down to a final table of nine players today. Level 17, while already almost fully played last night, will be restarted so blinds will be 2,500/5,000 (500-ante) again when play starts.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT | 1 | Henk Post | 113,000 |
| FT | 2 | David Boyaciyan | 212,000 |
| FT | 3 | Michiel Brosky | 424,500 |
| FT | 4 | Samuli Sipila | 180,000 |
| FT | 5 | Kevin Killeen | 353,000 |
| FT | 6 | Przemyslaw Piotrowski | 72,500 |
| FT | 8 | Benjamin Pollak | 55,000 |
| FT | 9 | Kimmo Kurko | 402,000 |
| FT | 10 | Marc van der Loo | 158,000 |
| 21 | 2 | Simon Lofberg | 207,000 |
| 21 | 3 | Rashed Zade | 69,500 |
| 21 | 4 | Fabio Sperling | 189,500 |
| 21 | 5 | Juha Helppi | 533,000 |
| 21 | 6 | Ronald Keijzer | 52,500 |
| 21 | 7 | Michael Sassen | 339,500 |
| 21 | 8 | Rembert Net | 154,000 |
| 21 | 9 | Marius Gierse | 66,000 |
| 21 | 10 | Stieven Razab-Sekh | 146,000 |
| 22 | 1 | Hissou Sirzat | 91,000 |
| 22 | 2 | Anton Wigg | 375,000 |
| 22 | 4 | Arne Coulier | 208,000 |
| 22 | 5 | Sander van Polanen | 99,500 |
| 22 | 6 | Jonathan Rozema | 370,500 |
| 22 | 7 | Mohammed El Mazouni | 218,000 |
| 22 | 8 | Jan Bendik | 740,500 |
| 22 | 9 | Foeke Deinum | 85,500 |
| 22 | 10 | Teto Haddad | 106,500 |
| 23 | 1 | Koen Breed | 65,500 |
| 23 | 2 | Jussi Nevanlinna | 105,000 |
| 23 | 3 | G. Garfield | 275,000 |
| 23 | 4 | Bart Spijkers | 139,500 |
| 23 | 5 | Michiel Brummelhuis | 96,000 |
| 23 | 6 | Bryan van Rijsbergen | 33,500 |
| 23 | 7 | Jakub Michalak | 224,500 |
| 23 | 8 | Orpen Kisocikoglu | 49,500 |
| 23 | 9 | Ivan Arbatskiv | 248,000 |
| 24 | 1 | Charlie Carrel | 1,160,000 |
| 24 | 3 | Dennis Berglin | 231,000 |
| 24 | 4 | [Removed:172] | 136,500 |
| 24 | 5 | Jans Arends | 194,000 |
| 24 | 6 | Stefan Fabian | 61,000 |
| 24 | 7 | Jesper Onrust | 47,500 |
| 24 | 8 | Dennis Bijen | 100,500 |
| 24 | 9 | Rens Pleijster | 31,000 |
| 24 | 10 | Thijs Dirkzwager | 71,000 |
| 25 | 1 | Artur Koren | 411,000 |
| 25 | 3 | Usman Siddigue | 90,500 |
| 25 | 4 | Goran Mandic | 237,000 |
| 25 | 5 | Ben Heath | 69,500 |
| 25 | 6 | Hakim Zoufri | 280,000 |
| 25 | 7 | Hans Bosman | 85,500 |
| 25 | 8 | Ad Schaap | 96,500 |
| 25 | 10 | Sergio Cabrera | 55,500 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Koren Knocks Out Siddigue
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Artur Koren (hijack) and Usman Siddigue (cutoff) got their chips in the middle before the flop. Koren with the 
was racing against the 
of Siddigue. The board ran out 
and just like that, in one of the first hands of the day, the tournament was over for Siddigue.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000 | 99,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Onrust Eliminated
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Rens Pleijster started out as the shortest stack in the room, but after three hands, he had Jesper Onrust slightly covered. Onrust came walking to the rail, and he told us how he had just gotten knocked out.
Pleijster shoved with 
and Jesper Onrust called with 
. The river was anything but good for Onrust as it gave Pleijster broadway. Down and out for Onrust, Pleijster up to 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000 | 69,000 |
|
Busted |
Ronald Keijzer Eliminated
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Artur Koren has knocked out another opponent, again his neighbor. Koren min raised the button and Ronald Keijzer shoved from the small blind for 12 big blinds. Koren called with 
and Keijzer failed to improve his 
off suit. Koren up to 580,000, end of the road for Keijzer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
580,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |
Down Two More
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
From the hijack, Rens Pleijster shoved his last 85,500 to the middle. The small blind asked for a count before reshoving. The big blind folded.
Pleijster needed some help as he was going to battle holding 
, up against the 
of the small blind. The board ran out 
.
Over on another table, action folded to small blind Bryan van Rijsbergen and he pushed for his last 13 or so big blinds with 
suited. The big blind called with 
and flopped a five to leave Van Rijsbergen drawing slim. Blanks on the turn and river resulted in another Dutch player on the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Mohammed El Mazouni Eliminated
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
"Lekker Dubbeltje" - Nice Little Double for Brummelhuis
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
"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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 144,000 |