The biggest pot of the tournament just played out and on the turn Niels van Leeuwen was one card away from having half the chips in play with six players remaining. The river however saved Pim van Wieringen who found a way to chop this following hand to stay alive.
Van Wieringen raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and Van Leeuwen three-bet from the button to 210,000. The action folded back to Van Wieringen who opted to four-bet making it 465,000 total.
Van Leeuwen gave it some thought before moving all in and Van Wieringen seemed far from happy but eventually he made the call to put his tournament life at risk in a pot worth over 4.2 million chips.
Van Leeuwen:
Van Wieringen:
The board ran out and the straight on the board probably made Van Leeuwen's stomach turn. Van Wieringen seemed to be in shock as he pulled back the chips that almost belonged to Van Leeuwen.
Marcel Luske is not going anywhere just yet! While the Flying Dutchman had been short for quite some time he's back in contention now after tripling up through Joep van den Bijgaart and Danny op t Hof.
Luske moved all in before the flop for 195,000 chips and from his left it was Van den Bijgaart who made the call. Op t Hof re-shoved for around 700,000 chips and Van den Bijgaart folded.
Op t Hof:
Luske:
The board ran out and the ace on the flop kept Luske alive!
While you're following our live updates you can also tune into the stream and see if Marcel Luske will be able to pull of a comeback to win the first ever WPT in the Netherlands. The Flying Dutchman is facing very tough competition, as Niels van Leeuwen has a big chip lead.
Timo Hendricks raised to 65,000 in middle position and Ronald Keijzer three-bet from the button to 145,000 chips. The action folded back to Hendricks who moved all in for 850,000 and Keijzer made the call.
Keijzer:
Hendricks:
The board ran out and Hendricks was knocked out in 9th place to become the official World Poker Tour National Valkenburg final table bubble. The official final table will start shortly.
Pim van Wieringen raised to 49,000 from middle position after which Zeus Post moved all in from the small blind for 640,000. Van Wieringen made the call creating the following showdown.
Van Wieringen:
Post:
The board ran out and Post was left behind with very little chips. Right after losing that hand Post was all in for just a few chips against Marcel Luske.
Luske:
Post:
The board ran out and Post hit the rail in 10th place.
A huge hand just played out on the feature table as three players decided to shove all their chips into the middle. Rolf Weisshaupt moved all in under the gun for 318,000 followed by a shove from Thomas Brader for 802,000 from the cutoff and 595,000 by Joep van den Bijgaart from the button. Both blinds folded and the showdown went as following.
Weisshaupt:
Brader:
Van den Bijgaart:
The board ran out and Van den Bijgaart raked in one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far!
The action folded around to Niels van Leeuwen in the small blind and he moved all in to put pressure on Sandro Pitzanti in the big blind. Pitzanti quickly called all in for 582,000 chips and this huge showdown went as following.
Pitzanti:
Van Leeuwen:
The board ran out and a seven on the turn gave Van Leeuwen a winning pair and Pitzanti hit the rail in this pot that could've given him a big chance to make it into the top payouts of this event.
Today the cards will go in the air to crown the first ever World Poker Tour champion in Dutch soil and the godfather of the game in the Netherlands, Marcel Luske, is still in the hunt. While Luske's stack is not among the biggest, his experience definitely is, because the man with over $4.2 million in career earnings has seen it all.
The big favorite for the title today is Niels van Leeuwen who starts with a huge chip lead and more than twice as much as his nearest rival. Van Leeuwen comes into the final day with 2.5 million chips followed by Danny op t Hof with 1.3 million and Ronald Keijzer at 1.1 million.
One of the composed grinders on the international circuit, Pim van Wieringen, sits in fourth place and his experience with playing final tables will make him into Van Leeuwen's biggest competitor today. As we go down the chip counts we see Thomas Brader and Stieven Razab-Sekh who've all been in similar situations before.
On the shorter side there are still two players with considerable experience as Zeus Post is one of the two most successful Dutch brothers in poker, his brother Freerk busted on Day 1. Joep van den Bijgaart has both EPT and WSOP final tables under his belt and many wins and final tables on the Dutch circuit and that makes him one of the most dangerous players if he manages to get a hold of a bigger stack.
Make sure to tune in with us at 2:00 p.m. CET for the conclusion of this event as we play from 17 down to a winner!
and the straight on the board probably made Van Leeuwen's stomach turn. Van Wieringen seemed to be in shock as he pulled back the chips that almost belonged to Van Leeuwen.
and the ace on the flop kept Luske alive!
and Post hit the rail in 10th place.
and Van den Bijgaart raked in one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far!
and a seven on the turn gave Van Leeuwen a winning pair and Pitzanti hit the rail in this pot that could've given him a big chance to make it into the top payouts of this event.
