€3,500 High Roller
Day 1 Started
€3,500 High Roller
Day 1 Started
The 2018 WSOP International Circuit event in Holland Casino Rotterdam is well underway with already several winners crowned. The €3,500 High Roller will start at 3 p.m. local time. Last years High Roller attracted 65 players and Hakim Zoufri ended up with the ring and €69,888.
It is expected to see quite the turnout today with most of the Dutch top players entering the field. There are 200 seats available for the two-day tournament and they will play 40-minute levels for the entire duration of the tournament. Players will sit down with a stack of 50,000 and the first level of the day is 50/100 without an ante. The tournament is played with a running ante and the ante will be in play for the first time in level 4, 100/200, with a 25 ante. Day 1 of the tournament will end after 12 levels of play.
Registration for the tournament is open until the start of Day 2 so players have the option to register with 50,000 in blind level 13: 1,000/2,000, ante 300. PokerNews will provide updates from start to finish.
The speaker just announced that the tournament will start at 3:30 p.m. local time, 30 minutes later than the original start time.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
The "shuffle up and deal" has been announced and the cards are in the air. There are 10 players in the tournament right now but they expect the number to grow with registration open until the start of Day 2 tomorrow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Zhong Chen | 50,000 | |
Luuk Gieles | 50,000 | |
Firoz Mangroe | 50,000 | |
Alex van der Werf | 50,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cees-Jan Vermeulen
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Kevin Paque |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Bryan van Rijsbergen |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
George Rensen
|
50,000 | |
Mark Radoja |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
The players start with a stack of 50,000 with the big blind only being 100 in the first level of the day. There is plenty of room for play and Tobias Peters has nothing to worry about after losing a small pot to Alex van der Werf.
It folded around to Peters on the button who raised to 300. Van der Werf defended his big blind and the two saw an flop appear. Van der Werf check-called a bet of 400 from Peters to see the and both players checked.
The river completed the board and the pot went Van der Werf's way after he showed .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex van der Werf |
54,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Tobias Peters | 46,000 | |
|
George Rensen just took down a three-bet pot after calling 1,250 from the big blind.
The flop came down and Rensen check-called a continuation bet of 2,050. The turn was the and Rensen opted for the lead this time. He threw in a single 1,000 chip and his opponent called.
He bet 2,000 on the river and his opponent folded to award Rensen with the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
George Rensen
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0