David Boyaciyan limped for 300 and Floris van der Ven limped as well, after which Pim van Riet called. A fourth player got involved and raised to 2,600 and the player to his left called. The action folded back to Van der Ven who four-bet to 6,100 and the three-bettor called.
The flop brought out and Van der Ven picked up the pot with a bet of 6,500.
Wladimir Ste and Stieven Razab-Sekh got their chips in the middle before the flop. Razab-Sekh had Ste easily covered but was short himself. Ste had just about 5,000 and was in trouble holding , Razab-Sekh tabled .
The flop came , not doing much for anyone. After the hit the turn, Ste was down to just two outs. The dealer slowly burned the top card and rolled over... the on the river! Razab-Sekh didn't show any emotion and just handed over the chips, Ste couldn't suppress a small smile.
We are up to 179 entries today, and that means the World Poker Tour Amsterdam Main Event has a total of 309 entries as of right now. Late registration and re-entries are still possible until the start of Day 2, so this number will grow some more.
We missed all the action and just got the show down part of the hand. Tjauw Foe and his opponent got their chips in on a board of . Upon seeing both players putting their stacks at risk, one player at the table wondered out loud if maybe both players had for the nuts. It turned out neither of 'em had that.
Tjauw Foe was the owner of , and he was up against . Tjauw Foe was in need of a king, but none would show up. The dealer showed the river painfully slow, but the result was the same in the end: Tjauw Foe hit the rail as the couldn't safe him.
Wouter van der Peijl raised to 725 under the gun and he picked up three callers; Jonas ten Cate in middle position, Pascal Vos in the cutoff and the player on the button.
The flop came and both Van der Peijl and Ten Cate checked. Vos opted to bet 1,600 and the button and Van der Peijl folded, Ten Cate made the call.
The fell on the turn and Ten Cate bet out 2,800. Vos thought about it for a bit before calling.
The same action was seen on the river . Ten Cate bet out 4,200 and after some tanking, Vos made the call. Ten Cate showed for a turned two pair and Vos mucked.
Back in 2010 Jakob Carlsson notched up the biggest tournament result of his career when he finished runner up in the EPT San Remo Main Event. Carlsson took home €750,000 for his effort, but it was Liv Boeree who etched her name into poker history by taking this event down.
Just now we spotted Carlsson in this event, and he's seated at a table with Paul Newey.
Erik "popie" van den Berg told us about a hand that had crippled him before the break. In that hand he open raised with and picked up four callers, including Muskan Sethi in position and the two blinds. On a flop of with two clubs, Van den Berg made a continuation bet of 1,300. Sethi raised it up to 5,300 from a 13,000 stack, something she had done earlier with top pairs and flush draws, according to Van den Berg. The other players folded, and Van den Berg pushed all in. Sethi made the call with pocket sevens and won the hand.
Not much later we saw her double once more in a similar spot. on a flop of her neighbor bet out 5,100. Sethi shoved all in for 23,450 and her opponent called with . Sethi had a set again, this time she tabled . The on the turn and the on the river were blanks and Sethi started stacking.