The flop showed when we saw Jasper van den Hoek lead out for 2,800 and one opponent called. On the turn the popped up and Van den Hoek continued with a bet of 5,000, which was quickly called by his opponent.
The hit on the river and very quickly Van den Hoek bet another 7,000. This time his opponent folded and Van den Hoek raked in a nice pot.
The tournament announcers just brought to the attention of everyone that the Main Event is up to 398 players with 40 minutes of late registration left. If you are in the neighborhood that not only means that you can still participate in this World Poker Tour National event, it also means that you could help bump the total amount of entries up to over 400.
The action folded around to Marcel den Braber in the small blind and he announced a raise to 5,000. Ears perked up, as that's quite a big raise in the current vel, but we soon found out that this was enough to put his opponent all in.
After about five seconds the big blind called and the showdown went as following.
Den Braber:
Opponent:
The flop brought and the players at the table started calling for the seven of spades on the turn to make things more interesting. The turn however was the to give Den Braber a flush draw.
The river then was the and Patrick Renkers laughed, "You should've put it on the turn," as the big blind wished his former opponent 'Good luck' before leaving the tournament area.
Germ Sikma raised before the flop after which Marco Mennes moved all in for right around 20 big blinds, and the action folded back to the initial raiser. Sikma called showing a pair of sevens and Mennes was in good shape with .
The board ran out and Mennes doubled up, as both players hit a set on the flop.
The board read when we saw Zeus Post put in a bet of 6,600, which was called by his opponent. Post quickly showed and his straight was strong enough to take this pot down.
Post's among the chip leaders and sitting on around 100,000 chips right now.
Germ Sikma raised to 1,350 and the player to his immediate left called after which the action quickly folded to Alwin Plens. Plens three-bet to 3,250 and Sikma was the only one interested in making the call.
The flop brought out and Plens continued with a bet of 5,200, Sikma called. On the turn the hit and both quickly checked immediately.
The river brought the and Plens bet another 7,200, but this time Sikman wasn't interested. He folded and Plens raked in the pot.