2018 Master Classics of Poker

€4,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 Master Classics of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
€240,183
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,300
Prize Pool
€1,164,240
Entries
293
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000

Lehmanski Leads Last 36 in MCOP Main Event

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Maxi Lehmanski
Maxi Lehmanski

Day 2 of the Master Classics of Poker Main Event in Amsterdam is in the books. 36 out of 293 entries will be coming back for the penultimate day of play, with German high rollers Max Lehmanski (696,000) and [Removed:172] (584,500) leading the charge, ahead of Finnish player Totti Arosuo (560,000). Defending champion Claas Segebrecht and Dutch Poker Hall of Famer Lex Veldhuis were among those to fall on Day 2.

The second day of the MCOP Main Event, highlight of the 11-day poker festival in Holland Casino Amsterdam, saw several new players enter. A total of 27 new entries on Day 2 made for a combined 293 entries into the Main Event, a small increase on last year's 285 entries. With that, the total prize pool was finalized at €1,164,235. 44 players would be going home with a cash, with a min-cash being €7,800. The winner, crowned on Friday, November 30, will be going home with €240,183.

Some entered while having already played and busted on Day 1, but new players entered as well. Ari Engel and David Peters were just some of the familiar names to enter. Both didn't make the dinner break, though.

The day started with a flurry of bust outs, as one might have expected. Matthias De Meulder, Pim and Luuk Gieles, Rens Feenstra, and Marcel Goldenbelt were just some of the local players to bust in the first level. Claas Segebrecht, the German high roller who won the MCOP last year, busted not much later. He got it in with nines against aces and didn't get a miracle card to stay alive.

Dutch Poker Hall of Famer Lex Veldhuis didn't have the greatest of days at the table. He first chopped in a crucial pot with ace-queen suited against ace-ten offsuit, despite flopping a flush draw. Not much later, he lost with ace-queen to Teun Mulder's ace-ten when the flop came ten-high.

Lex Veldhuis
Lex Veldhuis missed out on the money on Day 2.

On the flip side, Dutch TV host Alberto Stegeman had a great day, crushing the regulars with great hands and great bluffs. His first claim to fame came when he got three streets of value against Joris Ruijs. Stegeman had aces and barreled in the three-bet pot. Ruijs couldn't get away from his hand and mucked on the river.

A couple of levels later, Stegeman showed he didn't need a great hand to get a ton of chips. He four-bet ace-king against hyper-aggressive player Stefan Wolzak, and bet the flop and turn having missed. Wolzak called the flop but folded the turn. Stegeman finished the day with 557,000, which puts him in fourth place overall.

EPT13 Malta and Prague champions Aliaksei Boika (156,000) and Jasper Meijer van Putten (362,000) are also still in contention for the near quarter million up for grabs, as are former champs Hakim Zoufri (249,500) and Noah Boeken (105,000) who are looking for a repeat performance. Jan Eric Schwippert (290,000), Joris Ruijs (253,000), Steve O'Dwyer (195,000), and Michiel Brummelhuis (191,000) will also be back on Day 3.

Among those that min-cashed but failed to make it to Day 3 were Michal Mrakes, Jasper Wetemans, and Bryan Paris, who all received €7,800.

36 players remain going into Day 3 of the 4-day event. There are 30 minutes left in Level 16: 2,500-5,000, with a 5,000 button ante. Day 3 MCOP Live Updates can be found on the PokerNews Live Reporting pages. The plan is to play down to a final table of 9 on Day 3.

2018 MCOP Main Event Day 3 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
311Erkan AtmacaNetherlands136,500
 2Majid BozakraftNetherlands94,500
 3Goran MandicCroatia141,000
 4Totti ArosuoFinland560,000
 5Teun MulderNetherlands49,500
 6Noah BoekenNetherlands105,000
 7Henri PiironenFinland300,000
 8Giuliano BendinelliItaly171,000
 9Michiel BrummelhuisNetherlands191,000
     
321James KingIreland218,500
 2Sergio CastelluccioItaly98,000
 3Vlada StojanovicSerbia446,000
 4Algarra VidanaSpain94,000
 5Thierry van den BergNetherlands120,500
 6Hakim ZoufriNetherlands249,500
 7Steve O'DwyerIreland195,000
 8Joey VittaliNetherlands165,000
 9Max LehmanskiGermany696,000
     
331Roope TarmiFinland316,500
 2Majid BozakraftNetherlands94,500
 3Aliaksei BoikaBelarus156,000
 4Sebastiaan de JongeNetherlands308,500
 5Firoz MangroeNetherlands223,000
 6Danilo VelasevicSerbia251,000
 7Jan Eric SchwippertGermany290,000
 8Pascal BaumgartnerSwitserland133,500
 9David TangUnited Kingdom354,500
     
361Jasper Meijer van PuttenNetherlands362,000
 2Stefan WolzakNetherlands151,500
 3Joris RuijsNetherlands253,000
 4[Removed:172]Austria584,500
 5Sharon AkiravNetherlands101,000
 6Arto LoikkanenFinland154,500
 7Alberto StegemanNetherlands557,000
 8Simone StrookmanNetherlands209,000
 9David MargiIsrael172,000

Tags: Alberto StegemanAri EngelClaas SegebrechtDavid PetersJoris RuijsLex VeldhuisLuuk GielesMarcel GoldenbeltMatthias De MeulderRens FeenstraStefan Wolzak