€4,300 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2018 Master Classics of Poker
€4,300 Main Event
Day: 2
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
Lehmanski Leads Last 36 in MCOP Main Event
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
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.
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
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | Erkan Atmaca | Netherlands | 136,500 |
| 2 | Majid Bozakraft | Netherlands | 94,500 | |
| 3 | Goran Mandic | Croatia | 141,000 | |
| 4 | Totti Arosuo | Finland | 560,000 | |
| 5 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | 49,500 | |
| 6 | Noah Boeken | Netherlands | 105,000 | |
| 7 | Henri Piironen | Finland | 300,000 | |
| 8 | Giuliano Bendinelli | Italy | 171,000 | |
| 9 | Michiel Brummelhuis | Netherlands | 191,000 | |
| 32 | 1 | James King | Ireland | 218,500 |
| 2 | Sergio Castelluccio | Italy | 98,000 | |
| 3 | Vlada Stojanovic | Serbia | 446,000 | |
| 4 | Algarra Vidana | Spain | 94,000 | |
| 5 | Thierry van den Berg | Netherlands | 120,500 | |
| 6 | Hakim Zoufri | Netherlands | 249,500 | |
| 7 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 195,000 | |
| 8 | Joey Vittali | Netherlands | 165,000 | |
| 9 | Max Lehmanski | Germany | 696,000 | |
| 33 | 1 | Roope Tarmi | Finland | 316,500 |
| 2 | Majid Bozakraft | Netherlands | 94,500 | |
| 3 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 156,000 | |
| 4 | Sebastiaan de Jonge | Netherlands | 308,500 | |
| 5 | Firoz Mangroe | Netherlands | 223,000 | |
| 6 | Danilo Velasevic | Serbia | 251,000 | |
| 7 | Jan Eric Schwippert | Germany | 290,000 | |
| 8 | Pascal Baumgartner | Switserland | 133,500 | |
| 9 | David Tang | United Kingdom | 354,500 | |
| 36 | 1 | Jasper Meijer van Putten | Netherlands | 362,000 |
| 2 | Stefan Wolzak | Netherlands | 151,500 | |
| 3 | Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | 253,000 | |
| 4 | [Removed:172] | Austria | 584,500 | |
| 5 | Sharon Akirav | Netherlands | 101,000 | |
| 6 | Arto Loikkanen | Finland | 154,500 | |
| 7 | Alberto Stegeman | Netherlands | 557,000 | |
| 8 | Simone Strookman | Netherlands | 209,000 | |
| 9 | David Margi | Israel | 172,000 |
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
696,000 | 543,500 |
![[Removed:172]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
584,500 | 124,500 |
|
560,000 | 481,300 |
|
557,000 | 13,000 |
|
446,000 | 305,700 |
|
362,000 | 362,000 |
|
354,500 | |
|
316,500 | 56,500 |
|
308,500 | 163,500 |
|
300,000 | 300,000 |
|
290,000 | 290,000 |
|
253,000 | 170,000 |
|
251,000 | 136,400 |
|
249,500 | 91,800 |
|
223,000 | 103,000 |
|
218,500 | -66,500 |
|
|
209,000 | 178,900 |
|
195,000 | -90,000 |
|
191,000 | 61,000 |
|
172,000 | 39,900 |
|
171,000 | 123,400 |
|
165,000 | -5,800 |
|
156,000 | 156,000 |
|
154,500 | 77,100 |
|
151,500 | -88,500 |
Done for the Day
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
With 36 players remaining, the Main Event is done for the day. The sealbags are out. Tomorrow, on Day 3 of the event, they play down to a final table. We'll be back with you shortly with chip counts and an end-of-day recap.
Jasper Wetemans Eliminated
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
According to Michiel Brummelhuis, Wetemans just busted. Severely shortstacked, Jasper Wetemans in the big blind called a buton raise with 
. The flop of 
with one heart went check-check. The 
on the turn saw Wetemans check-call all-in for 30,000. With his flush draw, he still needed to improve as the button had 
. The river was a blank and Wetemans hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Stegeman's Massive Bets Work
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Alberto Stegeman made it 12,000 to go from the hijack and his neighbor Stefan Wolzak three-bet to 36,000. This forced out everyone but Stegeman who made it 100,000 even. Wolzak thought about it for a bit before he called.
The flop of 
saw Stegeman bet 80,000. Wolzak cut off 20,000 from his 5,000-tower and called.
The 
hit the turn and Stegeman bet 100,000 with 84,000 behind. Wolzak checked his cards once more, and eventually folded. Stegeman showed 
and raked in the massive pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
544,000 | 84,000 |
|
|
240,000 | -120,000 |
No Goodbye Yet for Castelluccio
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Sergio Castelluccio shoved for his last 12,000 under the gun. The cutoff called with 
but that hand proved no good against Castelluccio's 
. The board ran out 
and Castelluccio doubled his small stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | 16,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Break
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
A 15-minute break for the players.
Bryan Paris Eliminated
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Bryan Paris was down to 29,500 on the feature table and shoved all in from middle position. The player in the small blind looked him up with 
. Paris had and didn't improve as the board ran out 
. Paris' turned gutshot remained a gutshot, the American collects a min cash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |