€4,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 Master Classics of Poker

11-28-2019 22:42 UTC+2

Latest Selection of Eliminations

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Dimitrios Farmkoulis was seen walking out of the tournament area while Tom Kunze was stacking up a bunch more chips to add to his stack.

Here are some of the other players who have busted in the meantime.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Kunze	237,000	157,000
Omar Eljach	Busted
Jelle Moene	Busted
Dimitrios Farmkoulis	Busted
Rachid Choukri	Busted
Jasper Meijer van Putten	Busted
Francisco Marti	Busted
Jussi Mattila	Busted
Javier Zarco	Busted
Fatima Moreira De Melo	Busted
Frank List	Busted
Ottomar Ladva	Busted
Tonny van Eck	Busted
Kenny Hallaert	Busted
Pieter Aerts	Busted
Morten Pedersen	Busted

11-28-2019 22:36 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Frank	325,000	269,700
James King	260,000	96,000
Tommie Janssen	190,000	29,000
Jesse Liljegren	120,000	-62,000
Markku Koplimaa	108,000	31,300
Jonathan Abdellatif	101,000	25,800
Johan Rensink	100,000	-15,400
Daan Mulders	96,000	27,300
David Hu	90,000	-15,000
Ivan Sergeyev	77,000	33,800
Jim Saft	75,000	28,700
Johan Storakers	68,000	-3,900
Stefan Leenen	60,000	5,800
Jasper Wetemans	57,000	31,200
Danny van Zijp	44,000	-9,000
Abdelhakim Zoufri	31,000	-19,000

Some Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Teun Mulder	200,000	60,000
Pascal Vos	155,000	20,000
Steve O'Dwyer	125,000	84,800
Bart Lybaert	115,000	36,000
Kees Aerts	111,000	57,400
Joris Ruijs	110,000	46,600
Henri Buhler	100,000	26,000
Marcel Vonk	89,000	61,700
Jorryt van Hoof	82,000	-5,000
Bas de Laat	70,000	7,000
Micha Hoedemaker	57,000	-7,000
Thierry van den Berg	55,000	-17,100
Abdelhakim Zoufri	50,000	-1,600
[Removed:172]	22,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

11-28-2019 22:11 UTC+2

Break

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The players have been sent for the first 15-minute break.

11-28-2019 21:59 UTC+2

More Eliminations

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Bart Lybaert opened to 3,400 from the middle position and was called by the small blind. Hossein Ensan shoved in the big blind for around 12,000 and was called by both Lybaert and the small blind. Lybaert bet on the flop to get the other player to fold. Lybaert held while Ensan had . The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river.

On the feature table, Ryan Riess raised and Alexander Norden three-bet to 15,700. Majid Bozakraft four-bet shoved for 48,000. Riess folded but Norden called.

Majid Bozakraft:
Alexander Norden:

The board ran out for Norden to hold with the rockets to send Bozakraft to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Norden	162,000	93,100
Bart Lybaert	79,000	-64,000
Micha Hoedemaker	64,000	37,000
Hossein Ensan	Busted
Majid Bozakraft	Busted
Kalidou Sow	Busted
Tobias Peters	Busted

Tags: Alexander Norden Bart Lybaert Hossein Ensan Majid Bozakraft Ryan Riess

11-28-2019 21:49 UTC+2

Stegeman, The Defending Champion Failed to Defend His Title

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The player in the middle position opened and Alberto Stegeman shoved in the big blind for around 19 big blinds with . He was called by the opponent who held and got no help.

"You can't win every year," Stegeman commented after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alberto Stegeman	Busted

Tags: Alberto Stegeman

11-28-2019 21:45 UTC+2

Prize Pool Details Confirmed

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The prize pool details have been announced, the 2019 edition of the Main Event of the Master Classics of Poker attracted 346 entries in total to create a prize pool of €1,370,160. Of those 346 entries, 47 players will be in the money for at least €8,632. The winner will walk away with the title, the bordje, and a whopping €260,878.

This is what they are all playing for:

Place	Prize (EUR)	Prize (USD)
1	€ 260,878	$287,146
2	€ 174,421	$191,983
3	€ 124,548	$137,089
4	€ 95,911	$105,568
5	€ 73,441	$80,836
6	€ 56,177	$61,833
7	€ 43,023	$47,355
8	€ 33,021	$36,346
9-11	€ 25,485	$28,051
12-15	€ 19,867	$21,867
16-20	€ 15,757	$17,344
21-27	€ 12,605	$13,874
28-35	€ 10,276	$11,311
36-47	€ 8,632	$9,501

11-28-2019 21:30 UTC+2

Sey Flops Quads to Bust Munksgaard

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Pet Munksgaard shoved from the middle position for 22,000 and Hassan Sey did the same on the button but for more. Dimitrios Farmkoulis asked for a count in the big blind and the dealer confirmed Sey had over 76,000. Farmkoulis contemplated for a bit and then folded.

Per Munksgaard:
Hassan Sey:

The flop came for Munksgaard to be drawing dead immediately as Sey hit quads.

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river as a formality as Munksgaard was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Sey	103,000	70,800
Dimitrios Farmkoulis	65,000	10,100
Per Munksgaard	Busted

Tags: Per Munksgaard Hassan Sey

11-28-2019 21:25 UTC+2

Some Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Danilo Velasevic	140,000	6,000
Rene Kuhlman	101,000	4,700
Rens Feenstra	91,000	-37,500
Jorryt van Hoof	87,000	-6,600
Jussi Mattila	80,000	7,700
Tom Kunze	80,000	-27,400
Roger Peetoom	72,000	27,400
Kenny Hallaert	64,500	15,000
Raoul Refos	50,000	2,700
Niklas Astedt	48,000	18,000
Kimmo Kurko	43,000	-19,500
Fatima Moreira De Melo	26,300	-7,300
Juha Helppi	Busted
David Yan	Busted