€1,500 Progressive Bounty
Day 2 Started
€1,500 Progressive Bounty
Day 2 Started
One of the more unique tournaments at the 2018 Master Classics of Poker is the €1,500 Progressive Bounty. €500 out of the buy-in went on their heads and you win half of the bounty from the player if you send them to the rail. The tournament started with 181 players and they will continue with 17 players today. A winner will be crowned today and they will receive no less than €41,452 and that is without the bounties.
Daan van Hoogmoed will start the day as chip leader. Each player started with 20,000 and Van Hoogmoed managed to bag an impressive 571,500 at the end of the first day. Toan Nguyen (417,000) and Cem Degirmenci (389,000) are the closest followers of Van Hoogmoed. The biggest bounty in the room stands on Daniyar Aubakirov. His bounty is worth €4,170 at the moment. Frank de Wolf (223,000), Paul Berende (141,000), and Joris Ruijs (34,000) made Day 2 as well.
Levels will be 40 minutes long and they start in level 15\8: 2,500/5,000 with a big blind ante of 5,000. The average stack at the start of the day is a little over 2,000 which gives the players still plenty of room to play. At the end of the day, a new winner will be crowned at the Master Classics of Poker, taking home over €40,000.
Follow the action on PokerNews as we will provide updates from the start of Day 2 until the tournament is over.
Player | Country | Chip Count | Bounty | |
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1 | Daan van Hoogmoed | Netherlands | 571,500 | €2,890 |
2 | Toan Nguyen | Netherlands | 417,000 | €2,250 |
3 | Cem Degirmenci | Netherlands | 389,500 | €2,090 |
4 | Daniyar Aubakirov | Kazachstan | 383,500 | €4,170 |
5 | Eyal Eshkar | Israel | 247,500 | €500 |
6 | Frank de Wolf | Netherlands | 223,500 | €1,990 |
7 | Olvedo Heinze | Netherlands | 219,000 | €1,000 |
8 | Matias Knaapinen | Finland | 184,000 | €2,610 |
9 | Steven Tool | Poland | 171,500 | €2,170 |
10 | Benhalima Boubekeur | France | 169,000 | €2,740 |
11 | Paul Berende | Netherlands | 141,000 | €1,650 |
12 | Danny van Zijp | Netherlands | 110,000 | €3,160 |
13 | Totti Arosuo | Finland | 91,000 | €500 |
14 | Remy van der Nagel | Netherlands | 87,500 | €2,240 |
15 | Brian Kamphorst | Netherlands | 82,000 | €870 |
16 | Kimmo Kurko | Finland | 75,000 | €1,490 |
17 | Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | 34,000 | €2,360 |
Table 31 | Player | Chip Count | Bounty | Table 32 | Player | Chip Count | Bounty |
1 | Daniyar Aubakirov | 383,500 | €4,170 | 1 | Empty | ||
2 | Paul Berende | 141,000 | €1,650 | 2 | Benhalima Boubekeur | 169,000 | €2,740 |
3 | Totti Arosuo | 91,000 | €500 | 3 | Olvedo Heinze | 219,000 | €1,000 |
4 | Remy van der Nagel | 87,500 | €2,240 | 4 | Cem Degirmenci | 389,500 | €2,090 |
5 | Eyal Eshkar | 247,500 | €500 | 5 | Joris Ruijs | 34,000 | €2,360 |
6 | Frank de Wolf | 223,500 | €1,990 | 6 | Matias Knaapinen | 184,000 | €2,610 |
7 | Toan Nguyen | 417,000 | €2,250 | 7 | Brian Kamphorst | 82,000 | €870 |
8 | Kimmo Kurko | 75,000 | €1,490 | 8 | Steven Tool | 171,500 | €2,170 |
9 | Daan van Hoogmoed | 571,500 | €2,890 | 9 | Danny van Zijp | 110,000 | €3,160 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the €1,500 Progressive Bounty. It is expected that there will be loads of action because the bounties are getting bigger and bigger.
Joris Ruijs started the day as the short stack of the tournament and he just lost the remainder of his chips to Danny van Zijp.
Van Zijp raised to 11,500 and Ruijs moved all in from the small blind for a total of 24,000. Van Zijp called and they opened up.
Danny van Zijp:
Joris Ruijs:
The board ran out and Ruijs was sent to the rail. He had a bounty of €2,360 on his head and Van Zijp gets to collect half of it immediately.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Danny van Zijp | 135,000 | 25,000 |
Joris Ruijs | Busted |
Cem Degirmenci raised from the under-the-gun position to 10,500 and Boubekeur Benhalima called from the small blind. Big blind Olvedo Heinze called as well.
The flop fell and both blinds checked to Degirmenci who continued with a bet of 11,000. Benhalima called, but big blind Heinze threw away his cards.
The turn came down and Benhalima check-called a bet of 36,500 from Degirmenci.
The river completed the board and Benhalima checked again. Degirmenci decided to put the pressure on Benhalima and he pushed all in for effectively 140,000. Benhalima went into the tank but he folded after a couple of minutes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Cem Degirmenci | 430,000 | 40,500 |
Boubekeur Benhalima | 140,000 | -29,000 |
PokerNews was told that Toan Nguyen raised from middle position to 31,000 and Brian Kamphorst moved all in from the blinds. Nguyen called.
Toan Nguyen:
Brian Kamphorst:
The board ran out giving Kamphorst a Broadway straight, but Nguyen took the pot down with a flush. Kamphorst had a bounty of €870 on his head.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Toan Nguyen | 360,000 | 60,000 |
Brian Kamphorst | Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Danny van Zijp was involved in a pretty sizeable pot against Matias Knaapinen where Van Zijp had . Knaapinen was playing and Van Zijp needed to come from behind if he wanted to win Knaapinen his bounty.
The board fell and Van Zijp hit his nine, but that was not enough.
He doubled up in the next hand with against the of Cem Degirmenci after the board ran out clean for Van Zijp.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Cem Degirmenci | 400,000 | -30,000 |
Matias Knaapinen | 290,000 | 106,000 |
Danny van Zijp | 50,000 | -85,000 |