Main Event Day 1a | 2017 Master Classics of Poker

Main Event

Day 1a Completed

11-18-2017 03:26 UTC+2

Schemion Still in the Race to Become First 2-Time MCOP Champion

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Day 1a of the Master Classics of Poker attracted a field of 96 players to Amsterdam. Some of the biggest players locally visited Holland Casino, as did a small legion of internationally renowned players. After nine 60-minute levels of play, 54 players bagged chips. They'll return on November 21st, as the Main Event goes on a small hiatus before Day 1b gets underway on Tuesday.

Dutchman Daan Mulders, who recorded 2 nice cashes in Barcelona this year, finished up top. He built his 30,000 starting stack into an empire of chips worth 159,000. Mulders skyrocketed to the top of the leaderboard early on after calling November Niner Jorryt van Hoof down with king-nine for a flopped two-pair. Van Hoof was bluffing the river, knowing his aces weren't good anymore. Mulders wasn't folding and was up to almost 100,000 before half the field had even taken their seats. Mulders dropped down all the way back to starting stack after losing with full house over full house. Mulders wasn't so sure he would survive, he said, but it turned out his worries were unjustified. In a short period of time, he took a tablemate's complete stack winning aces against ace-king and ace-queen against king-queen.

Day 1a was full of extraordinary hands, with Sander van Wesemael suffering the most cruel one. He got it in with a backdoored ace-high flush on an unpaired board, only to find out his opponent Marc MacDonnell had made runner runner straight-flush. Van Wesemael bounced back though, bagging 71,800, while MacDonnell would finish the day with just 9,200 in chips.

Ole Schemion, arguably the biggest name to enter the event on Day 1a, had an excellent day at the tables. He doesn't play as frequently as he used to, but the MCOP in Amsterdam probably isn't a tournament Schemion plans on missing anytime soon. Schemion won the Main Event here back in 2012 (€286,200) and won the Super High Roller here last year (€160,875). While his aces got cracked by five-deuce at one point today, he ended the day with a solid 96,100.

Other big stacks to finish the day are Marijn van Puffelen (144,400), Wim Anne Wesselink (102,500), Orpen Kisacikoglu (95,800) and Jan Eric Schwippert (90,900).

Play in the Main Event resumes at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 21st. For the first time this year, a turbo Day 1c is scheduled for 10 p.m. that day. Players have the option to reenter once per flight, and once more before the start-of-play on Day 2. So even those who have busted, like Govert Metaal, Claas Segebrecht, and November Niner Michiel Brummelhuis, still have plenty of options to try and become the next MCOP champion.

On Saturday, the €25,500 Super High Roller starts. PokerNews.com will be on the ground to cover that event from start to finish, so keep your eyes out for updates from that event this weekend.

11-18-2017 02:50 UTC+2

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daan Mulders	159,100	39,100
Marijn van Puffelen	144,400	114,400
Niklas Hambizer	114,000
Wim Anne Wesselink	102,500	32,500
Ole Schemion	96,100	1,100
Orpen Kisacikoglu	95,900	65,900
Jan Eric Schwippert	90,900	7,900
Wim Emo	90,300	60,300
Timo Kamphues	88,000
Alberto Stegeman	87,200	-10,800
Valeriy Chupin	79,200
M Siljander	75,100
Michael O'Sullivan	74,700
Markus Lures	72,000
Sander van Wesemael	71,800	51,800
Jussi Mattila	68,400
Jans Arends	64,000	-31,000
S Leenen	59,800
Mark Roovers	58,000	7,000
Tomas Jozonis	55,000
Jean-Philippe Schoonbrood	50,900	-18,100
Vincent Caliz	50,700
Maxi Lehmanski	48,500	15,500
A el Haddad	47,100
Antoine Vranken	46,200	29,200

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11-18-2017 02:35 UTC+2

Just a Few More Hands

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

And the day is done. We'll be back with you shortly, writing up assorted end-of-day chip counts and a recap of today's play.

11-18-2017 02:23 UTC+2

Metaal Eliminated

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

As we entered the tournament room, we ran into Govert Metaal who was busy getting out. Metaal told us he was short for some time and he had shoved a couple of times before running into a real hand. Metaal was down to 10 big blinds when he made a move against countryman Fatih Aydin with . Aydin had and hit an ace on the flop to end it all for Metaal.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fatih Aydin	53,000	53,000
Govert Metaal	Busted

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11-18-2017 02:11 UTC+2

Arends Bests Segebrecht

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Claas Segebrecht got up from the table and made his departure, reason enough for us to check with Jans Arends what had happened.

"It was against me!" Arends said with a smile as he started elaborating on the hand.

From middle position, Arends opened to 1,800. Segebrecht 3-bet his small blind to 6,800 and Arends called.

Segebrecht bet 3,900 on (with a club flush draw) and Arends called.

The two then checked the on the turn before the completed the board. Segebrecht shoved for around 15,000 and Arends called with . Segebrecht had and had to leave the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jans Arends	95,000	25,000
Claas Segebrecht	Busted

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11-18-2017 01:55 UTC+2

Mulders Swings Back Up

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Daan Mulders was one of the early leaders of this tournament but lost a massive pot to drop down all the way back to starting stack. Before the dinner break, he said "I don't think we're gonna make it," with a touted face - followed by a smile.

But, as it turned out, he was wrong. He was very wrong. In fact, Mulders is now back in the winner circle owning a stack likely to be one of the bigger ones in the room.

Right before the last break, he doubled through a player with against . Right after the break, he took the rest of that player's stack as well as they got it in with and . Mulders' hand proved best at the river still and he stacked chips worth 120,000 while his opponent departed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daan Mulders	120,000	90,000

11-18-2017 01:46 UTC+2

Schwippert Eliminates a Foe

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

We missed the pre-flop action but saw Antoine Vranken (big blind) check on . A player in middle position bet 5,500 and Jan Eric Schwippert (button) called. Vranken folded.

The on the turn saw the player shove for 22,400. Schwippert called with and turned out to be up against . The on the river was a blank and Schwippert eliminated his opponent.