Ian Simpson raised from the cutoff and called the raise to 64,000 by Micael Emanuelsson from one seat over to see a flop of . Both players checked and Simpson then bet the turn for 60,000. Emanuelsson called and did so again on the river for 80,000.
Simpson turned over for top pair and that was good enough to scoop the pot.
One of the famed "Dogs Playing Poker" paintings sold for more than half of a million dollars, inspiring Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters to discuss what poker artefacts they would bid on. They also discuss Chris Moneymaker's Hall of Fame prospects before talking with Bellagio Director of Poker Operations Craig Lumpp about the upcoming WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic festival, his career in poker, and more.
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Niko Koop three-bet an open raise by Alexander Beeckx to 67,000 and Hans Sybrandi as well as Beeckx came along. The flop saw Beeckx bet 100,000 and both his opponents called before just Koop called another 200,000 on the turn.
The river killed the action and both players checked. Beeckx showed and Koop mucked, later revealed he had king-jack suited.
Gordon Plomp raised to 26,000 and called a three-bet by Niko Koop in the small blind for 78,000 to see a heads-up flop of . Both players checked and did so again on the turn. The river saw Koop bet 125,000 and Plomp snap-called with the , chopped the pot with the Russian's .
Laurens de Smet raised from early position and called the shove of Tom Dingenen for 97,000 in total with the . Dingenen was at risk with and doubled up thanks to a board of .
Antwerp is undoubtably the capital of the Diamond industry, and one of its members is poker enthusiast Vincent Gabel. Gabel is the managing director of Alpilex Diamond Mfg and member of The Antwerp Diamond Bourse, and we caught up with him in the city's famous 'Diamond District'.
Cornelis de Jong opened from the hijack and called a three-bet to 70,000 by Marco Herman to see a flop of . Both players checked and Herman then led for 53,000 out of the big blind when the appeared on the turn. De Jong moved all in and that shut down all further action.
On the turn, Mateusz Moolhuizen checked and called a 40,000-bet by Marco Herman before both players checked again the on the river. Moolhuizen was first to show after the button and flipped over , Herman had that beat with .
Ian Simpson raised to 26,000 from under the gun and Micael Emanuelsson three-bet shoved from one seat over. Simpson asked for a count and it was 258,000 in total, which the Brit denied as he mucked.
Just after that, the last hands of the day were drawn and Mateusz Moolhuizen picked a six.