The Penultimate Day of the Main Event Kicks Off at 1 P.M.
Day 3 of the Main Event at the 2018 WSOP International Circuit Holland Casino Rotterdam will start with 31 players left in the field at 1 p.m. The chip leader at the start of the penultimate day of the Main Event is Dutch poker player Sidney Steinmann. Steinmann ended Day 1b close to the top of the leaderboard and is now the overall chip leader in the tournament. He bagged a stack of 498,500 for Day 3 of the Main Event, but he is closely followed by Govert Metaal (470,000) and Jay Oosterbaan (450,000).
A total of 21 players will end up in the money. The 21st place finisher will take home €2,888 and the winner will go home with an impressive €67,766 and of course a piece of WSOP Circuit Jewellery. Plenty of players still have the chance to make a run for it. Brian Kamphorst (283,000), Tobias Peters (255,000), Day 1a chip leader Marco Rodrigues (209,000), High Roller runner-up Kevin Paque (132,000), and Sander van Wesemael (88,000) are all still in the tournament and are hopeful to take down the grand prize.
Valentin Vornicu, the current record holder with the most WSOP Circuit rings, was eliminated on the second day of the tournament and is not going to win his 13th ring in the Rotterdam Main Event.
The tournament will kick off at 1 p.m. local time and the plan is to either play eight one-hour levels or play down to a final table. PokerNews will be in Holland Casino Rotterdam to deliver written coverage of the Main Event for the entire duration of the tournament.
Seat draw
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| Table 20 | |
| 1 | Empty |
| 2 | Jacco van Hooren |
| 3 | Marco Rodrigues |
| 4 | Farid Chati |
| 5 | Sidney Steinmann |
| 6 | William Rankin |
| 7 | Oguzhan Yildiz |
| 8 | Valeriy Chupin |
| 9 | Jasper van Moorsel |
| Table 21 | |
| 1 | Empty |
| 2 | Wim Emo |
| 3 | Bart Beenen |
| 4 | Zeus Post |
| 5 | Marid Bozakraft |
| 6 | Sander van Wesemael |
| 7 | Jan Jansma |
| 8 | Henok Tekle Mariam |
| 9 | Bap de Haas |
| Table 27 | |
| 1 | Empty |
| 2 | Brian Kamphorst |
| 3 | Jer el Salsero |
| 4 | Stephane Cordeille |
| 5 | Alex van der Werf |
| 6 | Marco den Blanken |
| 7 | Roger Peetoom |
| 8 | Robert Auer |
| 9 | Empty |
| Table 31 | |
| 1 | Empty |
| 2 | Kevin Paque |
| 3 | Jay Oosterbaan |
| 4 | Emiel Broekhof |
| 5 | Govert Metaal |
| 6 | Tobias Peters |
| 7 | Yehonatan Behor |
| 8 | Cees-Jan Vermeulen |
| 9 | Marcel Schouten |
and Bozakraft check-called a 15,000 bet from Van Wesemael. The turn was the 
and Bozakraft check-called another bet of 15,000 from Van Wesemael. The 
river was added to the board and Bozakraft checked to Van Wesemael who bet a bit bigger this time. He put 42,000 in the middle and Bozakraft folded after three minutes. 
he also picked up the main pot against Tekle Mariam's 
.
and Peetoom continued with a bet of 70,000. Peters called the bet and Peetoom had less than half pot behind when the turn came down. 
which turned out to be the worst card for Peetoom. Peetom moved all in for his last 137,000 and Peters called with the speed of light. 
and Peters busts Peetoom with the flopped nut-flush against the turned top set of Peetoom. All the other players left in the tournament are now guaranteed to take home at least €2,888.
against Govert Metaal. Metaal had 
and the board ran out 
in favor of Metaal. 
and right behind him was Oghuzan Yildiz. Yildiz called all in for 1,000 points less than Post with 
board and Post was left with just one ante. 
. The dealer spread the 
of big blind Stephane Cordeille. 
, however, crushed Van der Werf his dream of becoming the Main Event champion and he left the featured table with his hands on his head. 
and Beenen check-called a bet of 30,000 from El Salsero. The turn was the 
