2019 Master Classics of Poker

€4,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 Master Classics of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Kevin Paqué
Winning Hand
k3
Prize
€260,878
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,300
Prize Pool
€1,370,160
Entries
346
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
72
Players Left
49

Sow Wins Big Pot with a Broadway

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Kalidou Sow
Kalidou Sow

There was 12,000 in the middle and the flop read {8-Hearts}{q-Spades}{6-Clubs}.

Kalidou Sow checked in the small blind and Henri Buhler did the same in the hijack. The player in the cutoff did the same.

The turn was the {j-Clubs}, Sow bet 4,100 which was called by both Buhler and the cutoff.

The river completed the board with the {10-Hearts}, Sow fired a bet of 11,200 over the line. Buhler folded but the other player made the call. Sow tabled {a-Spades}{k-Hearts} for the Broadway while the other players held {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for the lower straight.

Player Chips Progress
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
65,000 31,000
Henri Buhler de
Henri Buhler
21,000 -9,000

Tags: Henri BuhlerKalidou Sow

Recent Chip Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Paul Theobald de
Paul Theobald
48,000 18,000
Samu Rihela fi
Samu Rihela
47,000 -9,000
Kees Aerts nl
Kees Aerts
40,000 10,000
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
38,000 8,000
Hongbin Guo cn
Hongbin Guo
36,000 1,000
Bas de Laat nl
Bas de Laat
35,000 5,000
Thierry van den Berg nl
Thierry van den Berg
35,000 5,000
Luuk Gieles nl
Luuk Gieles
35,000 5,000
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
34,000 4,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
34,000 4,000
Henri Buhler de
Henri Buhler
30,000 30,000
Antoine Vranken nl
Antoine Vranken
WSOP 1X Winner
28,000 -2,000
Niklas Astedt se
Niklas Astedt
27,000 -3,000
Wim Emo nl
Wim Emo
26,000 -4,000
Bahadir Hatipoglu tr
Bahadir Hatipoglu
6,000 -26,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Guo Flops Eights

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Hongbin Guo raised to 500 from the cutoff at the end of the previous level and the player in the small blind three-bet to 2,100. The big blind folded and Guo called.

They both checked through the {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts} flop to the {2-Diamonds} on the turn. The small blind bet 3,000 and Guo called.

The river completed the board with the {3-Spades}, they both checked again. The small blind tabled {a-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for the rivered pair of treys but Guo held {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for the flopped pair of eights to claim the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Hongbin Guo cn
Hongbin Guo
35,000 5,000
Niklas Astedt se
Niklas Astedt
30,000 30,000

Tags: Hongbin Guo

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

Buhler and Astedt Bust

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Henri Buhler was seen leaving the tournament area and was kind enough to relay what had happened. Buhler held {a-}{k-} and ran into the {6-}{6-} of Samu Rihela on the {a-}{k-}{6-} flop. Buhler wasn't sure yet if he would reenter so that remains to be seen.

In the meantime, Niklas Astedt also walked away from his seat to go to the cashier for a reentry.

Player Chips Progress
Samu Rihela fi
Samu Rihela
56,000 56,000
Henri Buhler de
Henri Buhler
Busted
Niklas Astedt se
Niklas Astedt
Busted

Tags: Henri BuhlerNiklas AstedtSamu Rihela

Last Year's Numbers Surpassed

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

With the 52 entries showing on the tournament clock and the 257 entries on Day 1a, the total number of entries at the start of Level 3 amounts to 309 which easily surpasses the 293 entries which were collected in 2018. It also surpasses the 298 entries which were collected in 2013 and 2014 when the buy-in was €4,250.

In 2016, 356 entries were collected, will 2019 be the year that breaks that record?

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Hallaert Has Two Pair

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Tobias Peters raised to 300 from the early position and action folded to Kenny Hallaert in the cutoff who three-bet to 600. The button and the blinds folded and Peters made the call.

The flop came {2-Clubs}{4-Spades}{j-Diamonds}, Peters check-called the 800 continuation-bet of Hallaert.

The turn was the {k-Diamonds}, Peters checked again and this time Hallaert bet 3,200 which was called.

The river completed the board with the {4-Clubs}. Peters checked for the last time and Hallaert fired 6,500 over the line. Peters cut out calling chips, played around with them for a bit and then made the call. Hallaert tabled {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades} for two pair with the ace-kicker and that was enough for Peters to muck his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
37,000 7,000
Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
WSOP 1X Winner
22,000 -8,000

Tags: Kenny HallaertTobias Peters