"You just missed it," Joep van den Bijgaart said about a hand between Alberto Stegeman and Bart Lybaert. With "permission" of the 2 involved, Van den Bijgaart shared what had happened.
Stegeman opened under the gun and got called by his neighbor Lybaert and two more players.
Post flop, though, it would be just Stegeman and Lybaert. Stegeman fired 3 bullets: betting 3,500 on with 2 clubs, 6,500 on a turn, and 10,500 on a river.
Lybaert called his neighbor down with but turned out to be dominated from the start as Stegeman turned over and he raked in the chips.
Arne Coulier, 2-time Belgian poker champion, opened from early position. Big blind Ole Schemion called and checked on . Coulier bet 1,550 and Schemion check-raised to 5,000. Coulier called.
The on the turn saw both players check and the completed the board. After Schemion checked, Coulier overbet 14,950 into 13,500. Schemion folded after some contemplation.
We missed the pre-flop action but saw Antoine Vranken (big blind) check on . A player in middle position bet 5,500 and Jan Eric Schwippert (button) called. Vranken folded.
The on the turn saw the player shove for 22,400. Schwippert called with and turned out to be up against . The on the river was a blank and Schwippert eliminated his opponent.
Daan Mulders was one of the early leaders of this tournament but lost a massive pot to drop down all the way back to starting stack. Before the dinner break, he said "I don't think we're gonna make it," with a touted face - followed by a smile.
But, as it turned out, he was wrong. He was very wrong. In fact, Mulders is now back in the winner circle owning a stack likely to be one of the bigger ones in the room.
Right before the last break, he doubled through a player with against . Right after the break, he took the rest of that player's stack as well as they got it in with and . Mulders' hand proved best at the river still and he stacked chips worth 120,000 while his opponent departed.
Claas Segebrecht got up from the table and made his departure, reason enough for us to check with Jans Arends what had happened.
"It was against me!" Arends said with a smile as he started elaborating on the hand.
From middle position, Arends opened to 1,800. Segebrecht 3-bet his small blind to 6,800 and Arends called.
Segebrecht bet 3,900 on (with a club flush draw) and Arends called.
The two then checked the on the turn before the completed the board. Segebrecht shoved for around 15,000 and Arends called with . Segebrecht had and had to leave the tournament area.
As we entered the tournament room, we ran into Govert Metaal who was busy getting out. Metaal told us he was short for some time and he had shoved a couple of times before running into a real hand. Metaal was down to 10 big blinds when he made a move against countryman Fatih Aydin with . Aydin had and hit an ace on the flop to end it all for Metaal.
with 2 clubs, 6,500 on a 
. Coulier bet 1,550 and Schemion check-raised to 5,000. Coulier called.
on the turn saw both players check and the 
completed the board. After Schemion checked, Coulier overbet 14,950 into 13,500. Schemion folded after some contemplation.
. A player in middle position bet 5,500 and Jan Eric Schwippert (button) called. Vranken folded.
on the turn saw the player shove for 22,400. Schwippert called with 
and turned out to be up against 
. The 
on the river was a blank and Schwippert eliminated his opponent.
and 
(with a club flush draw) and Arends called.
on the turn before the 
. Segebrecht had 
and hit an ace on the flop to end it all for Metaal.
