We just saw Nico Kuan face a raise to 6,500 with 2,500 invested before the flop. After a while Kuan called and the flop brought out 
.
Kuan's opponent bet 6,000 and he made the call.
On the turn the 
hit and Kuan faced a bet of 25,000. The chip leader from the first levels folded leaving himself with 43,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Barrie Pietersz opened from early position to 1,200 and picked up just the big blind as a caller.
The big blind check-called a bet on 
, check-called another 3,900 on the 
turn, and check-called 6,500 on the 
river. Pietersz showed his 
first, prompting the big blind to table 
for the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Govert Metaal opened the hijack, Noah Boeken called from the cutoff, the player on the button called, and small blind Vincent Gabel folded. Big blind Senh Ung squeezed to 3,700 and all three of his opponents called.
The flop came 
and Ung bet out 7,800. Metaal and Boeken quickly released, but the player on the button made the call.
The 
hit the turn and Ung checked. The button bet out 12,000 and Ung made the call.
The 
completed the board and Ung checked. The button quickly checked behind and Ung showed 
. The button mucked, leaving the big pot to Ung.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,400
36,400
|
36,400 |
Play will resume in 15 minutes.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
The World Poker Tour has finally landed in Amsterdam, and we used the first day to check out the city with Royal Flush Girls Jeannie Duffy and Dalia Gutierrez.
Joep van den Bijgaart fell victim to a set over set situation against Dennis Smit. Van den Bijgaart had 
against 
on a board of 
, which made him drop down to just 6,000.
Not much later, Jacco Hester raised it up to 1,200 from the hijack, and the player in the cutoff made the call. Van den Bijgaart added the needed chips from the big blind and all three of them checked the 
flop and turn. The river made Van den Bijgaart shove all in for 4,875. Hester called, the other player folded.
Van den Bijgaart said "Straight!", but it proved not good enough as Hester showed 
for the rivered full house. Van den Bijgaart's flopped straight with the 
ended up in the muck, and he made his way to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
28,000 | |
|
Busted |
Jorn Walthaus wasn't so succesful on his first bullet, but he's doing much better on his second. He first doubled, and now knocked out another player.
WSOP runner up Felix Stephensen opened with a raise to 1,200 and action folded to the small blind who three-bet to 2,800. Jorn Walthaus in the big blind cold four-bet to 6,300 and Stephensen folded, the small blind called.
The flop came 
and the small blind checked. Walthaus bet 3,200 and the small blind shoved all in. Walthaus made the call.
Small blind: 
Jorn Walthaus: 
The 
on the turn and 
on the river were blanks, and Walthaus collected his neighbor's chips.
"Pascal told me you just play aces," table mate Raoul Refos laughed, "and I'm starting to believe him." Refos isn't doing too bad himself, he plays about 77,000 at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
79,200
19,200
|
19,200 |
|
77,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
A player raised to 1,000 and Jack Salter three-bet to 3,800 from the cutoff. The initial raiser called and the flop brought out 
.
Salter's opponent lead out for 6,000 and the British EPT Grand Final runner up moved all in. This put his opponent at risk for 20,000 total, and he made the call.
Salter:
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
, and Salter raked in this big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
83,000 |
