Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
2018 Master Classics of Poker
€4,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Master Classics of Poker
Buy-in
€4,300
Prize Pool
€1,164,240
Entries
293
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
120 Entries
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
The tournament clock indicates a total of 120 entries have been made on Day 1B so far. 115 players are in their seats right now, meaning five have busted so far today.
Early Christmas Present for Kuhlman
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
After a raise (500), a three-bet (1,700), and a shove (7,000), Rene Kuhlman looked down on 
and called. The blinds and other raisers all folded, and Kuhlman soon found out he was up against 
.
The board ran out an uneventful 
and Kuhlman's neighbor exited the tournament area. Kuhlman now up to around 40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
So Far, So Good For Boyaciyan
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
David Boyaciyan, winner of this event back in 2011 for € 382,200 ($527,391) and runner-up to Ruben Visser in 2014 (€178,000/$220,791), was involved in a pot with the board reading 
. The small blind checked, and Boyaciyan's button bet of 2,200 was called soon enough.
The 
river saw the small blind check again. Boyaciyan bet 4,400 and the small blind called. Boyaciyan tabled 
for the rivered two-pair and the small blind mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
"I Can Not Show This"
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
As we arrived, a pot was brewing between Luuk Gieles (small blind) and the cutoff. After the hand, Gieles told us what had happened.
The cutoff opened for 500 and Gieles had called, as did André van de Venne in the big blind. The flop of 
and the 
turn were checked through before Gieles bet out 1,200 on the river. Van de Venne folded his big blind but the initial raiser raised to 5,200. Gieles got over the top of that, making it 16,200.
The cutoff tanked for a fair bit before he eventually folded, saying "You show, I show."
"I can not show this hand," Gieles replied while mucking his hand face down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Break
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Dinner break for the players. Play resumes in 60 minutes.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Gieles Versus O'Dwyer
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
When we got to the table, the turn was already out with the board reading 
. The three-handed action checked through.
The completed the board and the big blind checked. Gieles, in middle position, bet 3,000 and Steve O'Dwyer in the hijack raised to 8,000. The big blind got out of the way and Gieles went into the tank. Several minutes past with Gieles contemplating calling or folding.
Farid Chati, O'Dwyer's neighbor, started to mess around a bit, playing with O'Dwyer's signature cap. Gieles eventually folded.
O'Dwyer gave Gieles the option to pick and see one pf his cards. Gieles picked the left one and revealed it to be the .
"I folded a crazy hand," Gieles said, before continuing with a smile in Dutch saying to his neighbor Moreira de Melo that that would be the last time he would fold such a hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
|
29,000 | |
Brummelhuis Busted Van Hoof
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
Michiel Brummelhuis was playing around with a small tower of 5,000-chips, which prompted us to ask him in between hands how he had gotten a hold of all of those. Brummelhuis told us how he busted fellow former November Niner Jorryt van Hoof in the first level of the day.
Brummelhuis opened 
for 300 and found a caller in Robert Soogea. Jorryt van Hoof squeezed to 1,800 and both Brummelhuis and Soogea called.
The 
flop and 
turn were checked by all three players. The 
on the river made for a rainbow board with a straight readily available to all. Action checked to Van Hoof who bet 6,000. Brummelhuis shoved for about starting stack and Van Hoof called with 
. Brummelhuis showed the nuts and busted Van Hoof, catapulting himself to the position of chip leader.
When we arrived just now, the player under the gun opened for 600. His neighbor called and so did Michiel Brummelhuis (middle position) and Kees Alblas (big blind). The flop of 
saw Alblas check. The initial raiser continued for 1,100 and under the gun plus one folded, Brummelhuis and Alblas both called.
Alblas checked blind before the 
turn and was followed by checks from the initial raiser and Brummelhuis. All three of them checked the on the river and Alblas showed 
with a big smile on his face. His two opponents both mucked.
"Why didn't you bluff?" Alblas asked Brummelhuis in Dutch with a big laugh. "What's wrong with you?" Alblas continued with a big grin on his face.
"I thought it was ok like this," Brummelhuis replied with a smile just as big.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Assorted Chip Counts
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
32,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
30,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
22,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
15,000
-16,500
|
-16,500 |