Main Event Day 1b | 2017 Master Classics of Poker

11-21-2017 16:56 UTC+2

Boeken Suffering

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Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Noah Boeken, who won this event back in 2013 for €306,821 and won the €10,000 High Roller last year for €217,069, doesn't have the greatest of starts. He's down to just half of what he started with: 15,000.

Just now, we saw him check-call a river bet of 3,000 on . His opponent showed and Boeken only nodded, showing his foe ace-jack was good.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Boeken	15,000	-15,000

Tags: Noah Boeken

11-21-2017 16:34 UTC+2

Up to 96 Players Now

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Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Yaroshevskyy	30,000
Moritz Dietrich	30,000	30,000
Pim Kuipers	30,000
Michiel Brummelhuis	30,000	30,000
Albert Hoekendijk	30,000
Raoul Refos	30,000	30,000
Morten Mortensen	30,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

11-21-2017 16:21 UTC+2

Feenstra Lets Go

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Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Lars Bonding opened to 300 under the gun and Pim Kuipers called from middle position. Next to act, Rens Feenstra squeezed to 1,400 from the hijack. The player on the button called, the blinds, Bonding and Kuipers all folded.

Feenstra, who finished runner-up to Jack Salter in the €1,500 last night, checked on . His opponent bet 1,600 and Feenstra called.

On the turn, Feenstra check-called a bet of 2,600. Another low card completed the board, and Feenstra checked as soon as he saw the appear. The button causally bet 6,700 and Feenstra let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rens Feenstra	25,000	-5,000

Tags: Rens Feenstra

11-21-2017 16:02 UTC+2

More Entrants

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Player	Chips	Progress
Rasmus Agerskov	30,000
Rene Kuhlman	30,000
Ad Schaap	30,000
Henok Tekle Mariam	30,000
Farid Yachou	30,000

11-21-2017 15:59 UTC+2

Quads for Bijen

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Dennis Bijen was seen checking from first position on a board of . His opponent, Kees Alblas in middle position, bet 2,175 and Bijen called.

The river came the and Bijen checked. Alblas checked behind and Bijen instantly admitted he had a really good hand, showing .

"You have some guts there," Alblas said in Dutch.

"Yeah, those were some really tough calls," Bijen replied with a big smile and laugh.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Bijen	31,000	1,000
Kees Alblas	28,000	-2,000

Tags: Kees Alblas Dennis Bijen

11-21-2017 15:45 UTC+2

Some Early Photos

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11-21-2017 15:35 UTC+2

More Players Entering

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Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	30,000	30,000
Lars Bonding	30,000
Byron Kaverman	30,000
Shander de Vries	30,000	30,000
Raul van Boxtel	30,000
Mourad Tounnouti	30,000

11-21-2017 15:24 UTC+2

The Dutch Are Out in Force

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Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

The Master Classics of Poker is the most important tournament of the year for a lot of Dutch poker players, and they're out in force today. Here's are some of the players having signed up early.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jasper Wetemans	30,000	30,000
Jorn Walthaus	30,000	30,000
Niek Minten	30,000	30,000
Roger Peetoom	30,000	30,000
Govert Metaal	30,000	30,000
Jonathan Rozema	30,000	30,000
Marcel Vonk	30,000	30,000
Kimmo Kurko	30,000	30,000
Tobias Peters	30,000	30,000
Thierry van den Berg	30,000	30,000
Noah Boeken	30,000	30,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo	30,000	30,000
Floris van der Ven	30,000	30,000
Dennis Bijen	30,000	30,000
Kees Alblas	30,000	30,000
Hakim Zoufri	30,000	30,000
Sylvain Naets	30,000	30,000
Rens Feenstra	30,000	30,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0