Bubble
The 31 remaining players are now on the bubble. Hand-for-hand is in play.
The 31 remaining players are now on the bubble. Hand-for-hand is in play.
Marco Rodrigues was down to less than ten big blinds and shoved with . Agshin Ahmadli looked him up with and Rodrigues was at risk.
Rodrigues flopped the he needed and the turn was safe as well. However, the river brought the Ahmadli needed, and Rodrigues was out in 32nd.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Agshin Ahmadli | 300,000 | 44,000 |
Marco Rodrigues
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Busted |
Teun Kooij open-shoved 102,000 on the button. Thijs Heckler folded in the small blind but Raoul Refos instantly called in the big blind with a total stack of 102,500.
Teun Kooij:
Raoul Refos:
Despite picking up a few extra outs along the way, the rundown favored Refos. After making sure Refos had 500 in chips more, Kooij made his way to the exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Raoul Refos | 210,000 | 53,000 |
Teunis Kooij | Busted |
Short stack Paul Gresel doubled up his stack, courtesy of Egi Adriaans. It took Gresel some help, as he was drawing slim with against Adriaans' .
The board ran out and Gresel spiked his ten to double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Egi Adriaans | 190,000 | -50,000 |
Paul Gresel | 125,000 | 68,000 |
Martijn Dee doubled up in the early stages, then shoved over a raise from James Gilbert to move up to 120,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Martijn Dee | 120,000 | 67,500 |
The short stack at the start of the day was Tom Vogelsang, who started with less than 20 big blinds. After picking up the blinds and antes with a shove, Vogelsang doubled from the blinds with on a board containing a six, against ace-high.
Up to 16 big blinds, Vogelsang got it in with against the of Wladimir Stepanian. Stepanian improved to knock out Vogelsang in 34th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Wladimir Stepanian | 190,000 | 90,000 |
Tom Vogelsang | Busted |
In one of the first hands of the day, Tobias Peters opened to 12,500 in middle position, Egi Adriaans three-bet to 29,000 on the button, Peters four-bet shoved 95,000, and Adriaans called.
Tobias Peters:
Egi Adriaans:
Adriaans all but sealed in on the flop, taking a gigantic lead in the hand. The on the turn left Peters drawing dead, rendering the river moot. Peters will be one of the five players to miss out on a money finish.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Egi Adriaans | 240,000 | 105,000 |
Tobias Peters
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Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
At the start of Day 3 of the inaugural €1,650 WSOPC Rotterdam Main Event, 35 out of 273 players are still in the hunt to capture the first ever Main Event WSOP Circuit ring in Holland. It's the penultimate day of one of the biggest tournaments in Holland, and a massive first place prize of €94,394 awaits the last player standing on Saturday, September 2nd.
Before that prize will be awarded, the money has to be reached first. 5 out of 35 will be going home empty-handed after more than two full days of playing, promising tense action right off the bat. Jakob Miegel holds pole position and boasts a stack of 680,000.
The German is followed by Britain's Lawrence Bayley (582,000) and Eric Sfez from France (484,500), who round out the international top three. The first Dutchman, Teun Mulder, is found in fourth place (439,000), and as expected the majority of remaining players sport the home nation's red, white, and blue.
Familiar names are aplenty in Holland Casino Rotterdam, with Govert Metaal (253,000), Bart Lybaert (195,000), Kees van Brugge (176,000), Olympic Gold medalist Fatima Moreira de Melo (106,500), Tobias Peters (95,500), and James Gilbert (71,000) all still in contention.
At 2 p.m. local time, cards will be in the air for the penultimate day of this four-day event. Blinds will start at 2,500 / 5,000 with a running ante of 500 and levels will be 60 minutes throughout the tournament. Play today is scheduled until the final table has been reached, at which point chips will be bagged and tagged for the final day on Saturday, September 2nd. Tune into PokerNews regularly to capture all of the excitement from the penultimate day as we enter the late stages.
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