Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
2019 Master Classics of Poker
€4,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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?
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 
and ran into the 
of Samu Rihela on the 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Three More Players
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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 
flop to the 
on the turn. The small blind bet 3,000 and Guo called.
The river completed the board with the 
, they both checked again. The small blind tabled 
for the rivered pair of treys but Guo held 
for the flopped pair of eights to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Recent Chip Counts
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
47,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
36,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
6,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
Sow Wins Big Pot with a Broadway
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
There was 12,000 in the middle and the flop read 
.
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 , Sow bet 4,100 which was called by both Buhler and the cutoff.
The river completed the board with the 
, Sow fired a bet of 11,200 over the line. Buhler folded but the other player made the call. Sow tabled 
for the Broadway while the other players held 
for the lower straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Some More Chip Counts
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000 | |
|
37,000 | |
|
36,000 | |
|
34,500 | |
|
32,000 | |
|
32,000 | |
|
31,000 | |
|
31,000 | |
|
||
|
31,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
|
27,000 | |
|
|
24,000 | |
|
24,000 | |
|
|
||
|
23,000 | |
|
|
21,000 | |