Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2019 Master Classics of Poker
€4,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Break
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
The players have been sent for the last 15-minute break of the day.
Sow Shot Down
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Gary Hasson limped in from the early position and Ranno Sootla raised to 3,000 in the cutoff. Action folded to Kalidou Sow in the big blind who shoved for around 10,000. Hasson quickly got out of the way while Sootla made the call.
Kalidou Sow: 
Ranno Sootla: 
The board ran out 
to not bring Sow any help as he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 66,000 |
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
27,000 | -23,000 |
|
Busted |
Selection of Chip Counts
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
184,000 | 94,000 |
|
112,000 | 95,500 |
|
110,000 | -7,000 |
|
107,000 | 77,000 |
|
102,500 | 21,500 |
|
63,000 | 3,700 |
|
60,000 | -5,000 |
|
60,000 | 13,000 |
|
52,000 | -35,000 |
|
52,000 | 21,800 |
|
47,000 | 7,500 |
|
34,000 | -18,000 |
|
32,000 | -6,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
27,000 | 21,000 |
|
22,000 | -21,000 |
|
9,000 | -20,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Sey Shoves on Yaroshevskyy
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
The board read 
with just over 33,000 in the middle.
Igor Yaroshevskyy had checked in the big blind and Hassan Sey decided to shove in the cutoff for 33,700. Yaroshevskyy dived deep into the tank but opted to fold in the end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000 | 25,000 |
|
67,000 | 25,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
44,000 | -5,000 |
|
35,000 | -6,000 |
Recent Chip Counts
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 59,000 |
|
86,000 | 56,000 |
|
74,000 | 44,000 |
|
68,000 | |
|
63,000 | -1,900 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
46,000 | 29,000 |
|
43,000 | |
|
30,200 | 200 |
|
|
30,000 | 15,500 |
|
27,000 | 2,000 |
|
27,000 | -9,000 |
|
25,000 | 7,000 |
More Faces in the Field
Photos courtesy of PokerCity.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Selection of Chip Counts
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
151,000 | 124,000 |
|
103,000 | 28,000 |
|
74,000 | 28,000 |
|
|
66,000 | 6,000 |
|
65,000 | 14,400 |
|
58,000 | -3,000 |
|
52,000 | 10,000 |
|
51,000 | 2,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
49,000 | 19,000 |
|
43,000 | -18,500 |
|
|
39,500 | 39,500 |
|
29,500 | -500 |
|
23,000 | -24,000 |
|
20,500 | -27,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Madsen Keeps on Winning
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Jakob Madsen was sporting a significantly bigger stack than earlier and mentioned that he won four hands in a row.
First, he had three-bet in two hands to pick up the pot. He then hit the nut flush against Antoine Vranken. He also doubled through Jim Saft with 
against Saft's 
suited. He then split a pot with Jorryt van Hoof when they both held .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 74,000 |
|
75,000 | 13,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
39,000 | 14,700 |
|
28,000 | -15,000 |
|
26,600 | 9,000 |
|
26,600 | 17,600 |
|
Busted |