2017 Master Classics of Poker

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 Master Classics of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
€235,087
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,128,600
Entries
285
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Another Dutch Bracelet Winner Gone

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Marcel Vonk was short most of the day, and just lost his last chips to Martin Kabrhel. Rens Feenstra, Vonk's former neighbor, filled us in on the details.

From middle position, Kabrhel opened on Vonk's big blind. Vonk shoved for 30,000 total and Kabrhel called with {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}. Vonk had {A-}{J-} and saw his Czech opponent hit a pretty good flop: {K-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-}. The turn and river were blanks and mathematical physicist and bracelet winner Vonk made his departure.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
180,000
38,000
38,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Marcel Vonk nl
Marcel Vonk
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Marcel VonkMartin KabrhelRens Feenstra

Minten Loses to Dietrich

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Niek Minten opened for 9,000 under the gun plus one and Moritz Dietrich called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop of {6-Spades}{2-Clubs}{8-Spades} and the {7-Hearts} on the turn. The {J-Spades} completed the board and Dietrich checked again. Minten bet 16,500 and Dietrich check-raised to 60,000. Minten called but mucked upon being shown {A-Spades}{9-Spades} by Dietrich.

Player Chips Progress
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Moritz Dietrich
307,000
78,000
78,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Niek Minten nl
Niek Minten
36,000
-124,000
-124,000

Tags: Moritz DietrichNiek Minten

Minten Minted

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Niek Minten was seen on the rail with a beer in his hand. Down to just 36,000, he shoved from the cutoff holding {A-}{8-}. The big blind woke up with {A-}{10-} and wasn't folding. No help for Minten on the flop, turn, or river and the tournament was down to just 42 players.

Player Chips Progress
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Niek Minten
Busted

Tags: Niek Minten

Feenstra Loses Lots to Kabrhel, Cripples Ruijs on the Bubble

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Joris Ruijs (photo from a former event)
Joris Ruijs (photo from a former event)

Rens Feenstra lost a big portion of his stack to Martin Kabrhel when he tried to bluff the latter. Kabrhel called with a full house to leave Feenstra with just 151,000.

Not much later, Joris Ruijs opened under the gun for 9,000. Big blind Feenstra 3-bet to 35,000 and Ruijs shoved. Feenstra called.

Joris Ruijs: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}
Rens Feenstra: {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{3-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades} and Feenstra doubled. Ruijs has just over one big blind left with 40 players remaining and 39 in the money.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rens Feenstra nl
Rens Feenstra
308,000
-62,000
-62,000
Profile photo of Joris Ruijs nl
Joris Ruijs
6,000
-174,000
-174,000

Joris Ruijs Bubbles the 2017 MCOP Main Event

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Joris Ruijs
Joris Ruijs

Action folded to John Juanda on the button and he opened for 8,000. Small blind Rens Feenstra, who had won the majority of Ruijs' chips just a hand earlier, 3-bet to 31,000. Ruijs called all in and Juanda was quick to move in over the top. Feenstra laid it down instantly.

Joris Ruijs: {10-Clubs}{4-Spades}
John Juanda: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

The window card was the {4-Hearts} which had the rail and some other players rooting for tens and fours, to no avail. The {A-Hearts} on the turn diminished the number of outs Ruijs had, and the {6-Spades} on the river wasn't one of the ones he had left.

After Johan "busto_soon" van Til bubbled the Main Event last year, this time it was the unfortunate Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs to be the last one to return home empty-handed.

Player Chips Progress
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John Juanda
216,000
111,000
111,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joris Ruijs nl
Joris Ruijs
Busted

Tags: John JuandaJoris RuijsRens Feenstra

Three More Hands

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

And the day is done. We'll report back with end-of-day counts and a recap of today's action as soon as all the information is made available by the tournament organization.

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
302Anthonius KoukourasGreece87.00017
303Lars BondingDenmark605.000121
304Bart FergiatakisNetherlands205.50041
305Fatih AydinNetherlands239.00048
306Samuel GrigorianArgentina243.00049
307Bap de HaasNetherlands94.00019
308Michael VerhaafNetherlands165.50033
309Tomas JozonisLithuania62.50013
      
312Maxi LehmanskiGermany122.50025
313Rens FeenstraNetherlands259.50052
314Mathias SiljanderFinland140.00028
315Michael O'SullivanIreland62.00012
316Ville HaaristoFinland132.00026
317Oussama al MobaressNetherlands256.50051
318Igor YaroshevskyyUkraine647.000129
      
322Foeke DeinumNetherlands466.50093
323Jean-Philippe SchoonbroodNetherlands196.00039
324Moritz DietrichGermany339.00068
325Olav GenemansNetherlands206.50041
326Claas SegebrechtGermany213.50043
327Johan VerhagenNetherlands108.00022
328Wim EmoNetherlands56.50011
329Timo KamphuesGermany78.00016
      
332Goran MandicCrotatia123.00025
333Ben HeathUnited Kingdom65.50013
334Nariman YaghmaiIran272.50055
335Marijn van PuffelenNetherlands567.000113
336Markus KuhnenGermany148.00030
337Bart LybaertBelgium219.00044
338Dennis LavrijsenNetherlands89.50018
339Noah BoekenNetherlands235.00047
      
362Christopher FrankGermany215.50043
363Kai LehtoFinland425.50085
364Tom VogelsangNetherlands108.50022
365Vincent CalisNetherlands28.0006
366Michiel BroskyNetherlands222.50045
367Martin KabrhelCzech Republic391.50078
368John JuandaIndonesia235.00047
369Alberto StegemanNetherlands263.50053
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
647,000
500,300
500,300
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Lars Bonding dk
Lars Bonding
605,000
285,000
285,000
Profile photo of Marijn van Puffelen nl
Marijn van Puffelen
567,000
147,000
147,000
Profile photo of Foeke Deinum nl
Foeke Deinum
466,500
131,500
131,500
Profile photo of Kai Lehto fi
Kai Lehto
425,500
379,900
379,900
Profile photo of Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
391,500
211,500
211,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
339,000
32,000
32,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
272,500
272,500
272,500
Profile photo of Alberto Stegeman nl
Alberto Stegeman
263,500
113,500
113,500
Profile photo of Rens Feenstra nl
Rens Feenstra
259,500
-48,500
-48,500
Profile photo of Oussama al Mobaress nl
Oussama al Mobaress
256,500
256,500
256,500
Profile photo of Samuel Grigorian nl
Samuel Grigorian
243,000
141,000
141,000
Profile photo of Fatih Aydin nl
Fatih Aydin
239,000
194,800
194,800
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
235,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
235,000
102,000
102,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michiel Brosky nl
Michiel Brosky
222,500
32,500
32,500
Profile photo of Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
219,000
159,000
159,000
Profile photo of Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
215,500
148,100
148,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Claas Segebrecht de
Claas Segebrecht
213,500
53,500
53,500
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Olav Genemans nl
Olav Genemans
206,500
169,200
169,200
Profile photo of Bart Fergiatakis nl
Bart Fergiatakis
205,500
95,500
95,500
Profile photo of Jean-Philippe Schoonbrood nl
Jean-Philippe Schoonbrood
196,000
36,000
36,000
Profile photo of Michael Verhaaf nl
Michael Verhaaf
165,500
114,500
114,500
Profile photo of Markus Kuhnen de
Markus Kuhnen
148,000
148,000
148,000
Profile photo of Mathias Siljander fi
Mathias Siljander
140,000
140,000
140,000

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Igor Yaroshevskyy Leads Master Classics of Poker Amsterdam Main Event

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Igor Yaroshevskyy
Igor Yaroshevskyy

Day 2 of the Master Classics of Poker Amsterdam was the day to play down to the money. After 7 levels of play, that goal was reached. Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs bubbled the prestigious event in the Dutch capital, Igor Yaroshevskyy leads.

The day started with the elimination of Dutch Fatima Moreira de Melo. The sponsored pro started out the shortest but got it in good with ace-queen against ace-ten. Her opponent made a straight and after just 2 hands, she could return back home.

Sander van Wesemael, the Dutch record-holder if it comes to MCOP events won, followed her to the rail not much later. His jacks fell to countryman Niek Minten's ace-king and that was it for the Dutch grinder.

The news at the start of the day would be dominated by bust outs. Orpen Kisacikoglu (straight versus flush), Joep van den Bijgaart (pair versus flush draw that got there), and Jorryt van Hoof (top pair and top kicker versus a flush draw) all busted before the money was even in sight.

Same could be said about Ole Schemion who lost with kings to aces and aces in a big all in. Another big all in, again involving aces and kings, was between Govert Metaal and Jean-Philippe Schoonboord. Metal limped with aces under the gun and Schoonbrood over limped with kings plus one. The 2 got it in before the flop anyway as another player raised and a 3-bet followed. A king on the flop did Metaal in, setting him back considerably, he busted not much later.

It would take to well after midnight for the bubble to burst. Rens Feenstra lost a lot of chips trying to bluff Martin Kabrhel of a full house, but he won a lot of it back the next hand crippling Joris Ruijs with kings against ace-king.

Ruijs was down to a single big blind after that and he lost it the next hand to John Juanda. Juanda had kings and Ruijs, despite hitting a four on the flop, did not make a comeback.

With just 39 players remaining, the day was done and the bags came out. Play resumes on Thursday with the goal of reaching the final table. All of the remaining players are guaranteed €8,577. For the champion, a first-place prize of €235,087 is set aside. Check back tomorrow for continued coverage of the 2017 Master Classics of Poker Main Event, live from Holland Casino Amsterdam.

Day 3 Seat Draw 2017 Master Classics of Poker Main Event

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
302Anthonius KoukourasGreece87.00017
303Lars BondingDenmark605.000121
304Bart FergiatakisNetherlands205.50041
305Fatih AydinNetherlands239.00048
306Samuel GrigorianArgentina243.00049
307Bap de HaasNetherlands94.00019
308Michael VerhaafNetherlands165.50033
309Tomas JozonisLithuania62.50013
      
312Maxi LehmanskiGermany122.50025
313Rens FeenstraNetherlands259.50052
314Mathias SiljanderFinland140.00028
315Michael O'SullivanIreland62.00012
316Ville HaaristoFinland132.00026
317Oussama al MobaressNetherlands256.50051
318Igor YaroshevskyyUkraine647.000129
      
322Foeke DeinumNetherlands466.50093
323Jean-Philippe SchoonbroodNetherlands196.00039
324Moritz DietrichGermany339.00068
325Olav GenemansNetherlands206.50041
326Claas SegebrechtGermany213.50043
327Johan VerhagenNetherlands108.00022
328Wim EmoNetherlands56.50011
329Timo KamphuesGermany78.00016
      
332Goran MandicCrotatia123.00025
333Ben HeathUnited Kingdom65.50013
334Nariman YaghmaiIran272.50055
335Marijn van PuffelenNetherlands567.000113
336Markus KuhnenGermany148.00030
337Bart LybaertBelgium219.00044
338Dennis LavrijsenNetherlands89.50018
339Noah BoekenNetherlands235.00047
      
362Christopher FrankGermany215.50043
363Kai LehtoFinland425.50085
364Tom VogelsangNetherlands108.50022
365Vincent CalisNetherlands28.0006
366Michiel BroskyNetherlands222.50045
367Martin KabrhelCzech Republic391.50078
368John JuandaIndonesia235.00047
369Alberto StegemanNetherlands263.50053