€4,300 Main Event
Day 1b Started
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
Day 1B of the 2018 Master Classics of Poker Awaits
In about two hours, Day 1B of the Master Classics of Poker gets underway with a fresh batch of players. Day 1A, held before the weekend on Friday, saw 75 entries with 31 players surviving the day.
For Day 1B, players are to survive nine levels if they want to make it through to Day 2. After busting, players can reenter once if they have an additional €4,300 in their pockets. Players are allowed to make one final reentry before the start of Day 2, for a total of five entries total maximum. Players start out with a stack of 30,000 and blinds of 100/100. This year, for the first time in the 27-year history of this event, the tournament is played with a big blind ante. Blinds increase every 60 minutes on the starting days.
MCOP Day 1 structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 3 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 4 | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 5 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 200 | 500 | 500 |
| 7 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 9 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
MCOP Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Entries | Buy-In | Total Prize Pool | First Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eng Angh | Netherlands | HFL 200 | HFL 18,600 | ||
| 1993 | Surinder Sunar | United Kingdom | 40 | HFL 2,000 | HFL 76,000 | HFL 41,800 |
| 1994 | G Hawass | Unknown | HFL 1000 | HFL 107,910 | HFL 56,050 | |
| 1995 | Belinda Blokker | Netherlands | 96 | HFL 1,000 | HFL 160,380 | HFL 84,909 |
| 1996 | Mike Magee | Ireland | 122 | HFI 1,000 | HFI 202,950 | HFI 80,360 |
| 1997 | Bjorn Janson | Germany | 90 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 450,000 | HFI 178,200 |
| 1998 | Asher Derei | United Kingdom | 125 | HFI 5,000 | HFI 618,750 | HFI 247,500 |
| 1999 | Ram Vaswani | United Kingdom | 135 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 668,250 | HFI 276,300 |
| 2000 | Steve Liu | United Kingdom | 159 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 795,000 | HFI 314,820 |
| 2001 | Graham Hiew | United Kingdom | 170 | HFI 5,000 | HFI 850,000 | HFI 336,600 |
| 2002 | Angelo Zuoping Yu | China | 198 | €3,000 | €630,000 | €168,000 |
| 2003 | Johan Storakers | Sweden | 205 | €3,000 | €651,000 | €243,540 |
| 2004 | Robert Mizrachi | USA | 188 | €5,000 | €980,000 | €372,240 |
| 2005 | Thomas Middelthon | Norway | 264 | €5,000 | €1,320,000 | €528,000 |
| 2006 | Ali Jalali | Germany | 347 | €5,000 | €1,735,000 | €700,000 |
| 2007 | Trond Eidsvig | Norway | 428 | €5,000 | €2,140,000 | €620,600 |
| 2008 | Jan Sorensen | Denmark | 335 | €6,000 | €2,010,000 | €623,100 |
| 2009 | Kristoffer Thorsson | Sweden | 342 | €6,000 | €2,052,000 | €636,120 |
| 2010 | Marcel Bjerkmann | Norway | 249 | €6,000 | €1,494,000 | €403,380 |
| 2011 | David Boyaciyan | Netherlands | 294 | €5,000 | €1,470,000 | €382,200 |
| 2012 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 212 | €5,000 | €1,060,000 | €286,200 |
| 2013 | Noah Boeken | Netherlands | 298 | €4,000 | €1,180,080 | €306,821 |
| 2014 | Ruben Visser | Netherlands | 298 | €4,000 | €1,180,080 | €306,821 |
| 2015 | Jussi Nevanlinna | Finland | 291 | €4,000 | €1,154,193 | €300,000 |
| 2016 | Hakim Zoufri | Netherlands | 356 | €4,000 | €1,409,760 | €275,608 |
| 2017 | Claas Segebrecht | Germany | 285 | €4,000 | €1,328,868 | €235,087 |
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Start Delayed
The start of today's Day 1B has been delayed with half an hour. Play is set to get underway at 2:30 p.m. local time.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Play Underway
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The tournament speaker has announced the Shuffle Up and Deal!' Play is underway with blinds of 100 and 100, no ante.
Some Early Entries
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Van de Venne Be Done With It
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
We got to the action with the turn already out: 
. André van de Venne, an avid player from the Netherlands who's been around the world playing poker, had all of his chips in the middle playing from the big blind. A player in middle position tanked for a fair bit before he folded. Robert Soogea, who won one of the side-events here at the MCOP earlier this week, instantly folded his 
from the small blind.
Van de Venne, eager to rake in the chips, showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000 | 2,000 |
An Honest Mistake
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Marijn van Puffelen opened the cutoff for 300 and his neighbor, Robert Soogea, tossed in two 500-chips, making it a race to 1,000. Apparently, Soogea had intended to just call, but now it was a raise and both blinds folded. Van Puffelen called.
Both Van Puffelen and Soogea checked the 
flop and turn. Van Puffelen reached for chips to bet the 
river but Soogea instantly folded his face up. Van Puffelen showed 
as a courtesy and started stacking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000 | 2,000 |
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28,000 | -2,000 |
Seats Keep Getting Filled
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
Van Putten Can't Beat Ace-Jack
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Dutch EPT winner Jasper Meijer van Putten opened from early position for 300. He picked up no fewer than five callers; a player in middle position, the cutoff, the small blind, and Bart Spijkers in the big blind all called.
The blinds checked to Meijer van Putten and he bet 700 on 
. The first player called, all other players folded.
The 
on the turn saw both players check and Meijer van Putten tapped the table once more when the 
completed the board. His opponent bet 1,000 and Meijer van Putten called. He was shown and he silently mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000 | -5,000 |