2019 Master Classics of Poker

After nine quick levels of twenty minutes, Day 1b of the €4,300 Main Event has come to an end here at the Master Classics of Poker in Holland Casino Amsterdam. The turbo edition of the starting flight attracted 72 entries to bring the total number of entries up to 330 with the Day 1a entries. Out of all those entries, 101 made it through Day 1a and another 49 players bagged up on Day 1b. But as registration is still open until the start of Day 2 at 7 p.m. local time, this number can only grow.

The Day 1b chip lead goes to Ireland’s James King with 164,000 in chips. He is followed by Mustafa Biz, Jonathan Abdellatif, Jussi Mattila, and Thierry van den Berg.

2019 MCOP Main Event - Top 5 Chip Counts After Day 1b

Not everyone managed to find a bag today, players like Vojtech Ruzicka, Niklas Astedt, Antoine Vranken, David Boyaciyan, Henri Buhler, and Kees van Brugge for example all fired a bullet or two today and missed. But they can still reenter until Day 2 resumes in a few hours.

When Day 2 resumes at 7 p.m., they will continue with Level 10 which features a small blind of 600, big blind of 1,200, and a big blind ante of 1,200. The seat draw for Day 2 will be posted if and when it had been received from the organization. The PokerNews live reporting team will be back in a few hours to bring you all the latest Day 2 news so make sure to come back.

Play has ended with 49 remaining players showing on the tournament clock.

The full chip counts and a brief recap of Day 1b are to follow.

Ryan Riess shoved from under the gun for 21,800 and Markus Durnegger did the same in the small blind for more. The blind snap-folded.

Ryan Riess:
Markus Durnegger:

The board ran out for Riess to hold with the higher kicker to double up with just before bagging up for Day 2.

The tournament clock has been paused with three minutes left in the last level of the day. Two more hands need to be played before they can bag and tag and their chips for Day 2 later today.

Mustafa Biz raised to 2,100 from the middle position and was called by the player in the late position. The player in the cutoff shoved for 13,700 and action folded back to Biz. Biz decided to four-bet and the player in the late position quickly got out of their way.

Cutoff:
Mustafa Biz:

The board ran out for Biz to hit two pair on the flop and hold to eliminate his opponent.

Thierry van den Berg raised from under the gun and Vojtech Ruzicka three-bet in the middle position. Roope Tarmi four-bet shoved for 10,300 from the button. The blinds folded and the chips of Van den Berg en Ruzicka also all went in.

Roope Tarmi:
Vojtech Ruzicka:
Thierry van den Berg:

The board ran out for Tarmi to hit the river to stay alive and triple up while Ruzicka and Van den Berg both took back the remainder of their stacks.