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 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.
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 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.
From the small blind a player raised to 1,500 and Danny op 't Hof moved all in from the big blind for 27,200 chips. The small blind tanked for a little bit before eventually making the call.
Op 't Hof:
Opponent:
The board ran out and while the flop did not look so good, the turn gave Op 't Hof a set to improve his chances of doubling up. The river did not give the small blind a straight or a flush and Op 't Hof doubled up.
Paul van Oort has been enjoying quite a successful day at the tables, as his stack currently hoovers around 95,000 chips.
The start of Van Oort's day wasn't as successful as he called a player down with ace-king who turned out to have a set, which came not too long after he was bluffed off a pair of jacks.
"A flush draw completed on the river and that was also an overcard," Van Oort admitted, as he was knocked down to 21,000 chips.
One big hand turned things around for Van Oort who explained the action as following. A player raised under the gun to 400 and three players called. A third player three-bet to 3,000, someone Van Oort considered to be a weaker player, and he decided to move all in for 21,000 holding pocket kings.
The action folded back to the three-bettor who called with two sevens. Van Oort's hand held up and after that he cruised his way to a 95,000-chip stack, the one he has right now.
and Mennes doubled up, as both players hit a set on the flop.
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.
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.
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.
and while the flop did not look so good, the turn gave Op 't Hof a set to improve his chances of doubling up. The river did not give the small blind a straight or a flush and Op 't Hof doubled up.
and on the turn, the 
, he check-called 6,600.
for a flopped set and he raked in another sizeable pot.