After Day 1A and 1B both played their nine levels, the total entries for the Master Classics of Poker 2018 Main Event sits at 266. Of those 266, just 106 players made their way to Day 2.
Both numbers might still grow, as registration for the event remains open till the start of play today. Players that busted earlier also still have the option to register. Players buying in now receive 30,000 in chips, 25 big blinds.
Play gets back underway at 2 pm local time with blinds of 600 and 1,200, and a big blind ante of 1,200.
Leading the field is 2013 November Niner Michiel Brummelhuis. After topping the 200,000-mark in the last level of the day, he eventually bagged 193,100.
Position
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Michiel Brummelhuis
Netherlands
193,100
161
2
Stefan Wolzak
Netherlands
188,400
157
3
Ivane Khazaradze
Greece
177,000
148
4
Sebastiaan de Jonge
Netherlands
176,400
147
5
Joey Vittali
Netherlands
170,800
142
The schedule for the day is not set in stone just yet, we'll have to wait for the tournament start to hear from the organization what the exact plan is. Here's a breakdown of the blinds:
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Big Blind Ante
10
600
1,200
1,200
11
800
1,600
1,600
12
1,000
2,000
2,000
13
1,000
2,500
2,500
14
1,500
3,000
3,000
15
2,000
4,000
4,000
16
2,500
5,000
5,000
17
3,000
6,000
6,000
18
4,000
8,000
8,000
19
5,000
10,000
10,000
The total prize pool and distribution will be made available soon after play gets underway. A seat draw for Day 2 is not currently available; we'll publish it as soon as we receive it from Holland Casino.
Action folded to Matthias De Meulder on the button and he shoved all in for 20,500. His neighbor, small blind James King, called. The big blind folded.
Matthias De Meulder:
James King:
The flop of brought De Meulder some outs and the on the turn was about as good a card as they could come outside of a trey or five. The river, though, was the which left De Meulder empty-handed.
As De Meulder got up from the table and made his way to the exit, his friend Steven van Zadelhoff on one of the other tables asked him sarcastically if he was going on a short break.
De Meulder, as always with a smile, said he was going for a short walk.
"Rather short and powerful instead of a slow death," De Meulder said.
Feenstra was seen on the rail and told us what had happened.
Thierry van den Berg opened under the gun plus two for 2,600. Action folded to Rens Feenstra in the big blind who three-bet to 9,200. Van den Berg answered the challenge with a four-bet all in for 49,400. Feenstra called.
Thierry van den Berg:
Rens Feenstra:
The board ran out and Feenstra was left with 2,000 or so.
The next hand, Van den Berg opened and Feenstra called all in from the small blind with . Big blind Noah Boeken came along as well but gave up to a bet from Van den Berg on . Van den Berg showed and Feenstra failed to catch a seven on the river.
Sebastiaan de Jonge opened the button for 3,200 and small blind Jasper Meijer van Putten three-bet to 15,000. The big blind folded, De Jonge called.
Meijer van Putten bet 9,000 on and De Jonge called. The on the turn saw both players check before the completed the board. Meijer van Putten thought about it for a bit, counted his stack, and moved all in for about 85,000. De Jonge checked his cards one more time before tossing them in the muck.
Joris Ruijs opened from middle position to 6,500 and the action folded to Alberto Stegeman in the big blind. The latter three-bet to 18,500 and Ruijs called in position.
Stegeman fired three streets. He bet 25,000 on the flop, 42,000 on the turn, and 62,500 on the river.
Ruijs called all streets but had to muck as he couldn't beat Stegeman's .
Another fan-favorite has fallen; Steven van Zadelhoff can kiss his MCOP Main Event dreams goodbye.
Down to 13 big blinds, he pushed from the cutoff with . Unfortunately for the "Poker Viking," the big blind woke up with queens and wasn't willing to fold.
The board brought no solace to Van Zadelhoff and he made his way to the exit. He's going to jump into the qualifier for the €10,000 High Roller that's running.
Stefan Wolzak was the one to open, making it 10,000 from early position. Small blind Steve O'Dwyer and the player in the big blind both called.
The blinds checked to Wolzak who continued for 12,000 on . O'Dwyer called, the big blind folded.
O'Dwyer check-called another 27,000 on the turn and checked for the third time on the river. Wolzak, who faced O'Dwyer heads up in the €25,500 Super High Roller earlier this MCOP, shoved all in. O'Dwyer snap called with his for his remaining 86,500. Wolzak showed and parted ways with his invested chips.
Alberto Stegeman made it 12,000 to go from the hijack and his neighbor Stefan Wolzak three-bet to 36,000. This forced out everyone but Stegeman who made it 100,000 even. Wolzak thought about it for a bit before he called.
The flop of saw Stegeman bet 80,000. Wolzak cut off 20,000 from his 5,000-tower and called.
The hit the turn and Stegeman bet 100,000 with 84,000 behind. Wolzak checked his cards once more, and eventually folded. Stegeman showed and raked in the massive pot.
Day 2 of the Master Classics of Poker Main Event in Amsterdam is in the books. 36 out of 293 entries will be coming back for the penultimate day of play, with German high rollers Max Lehmanski (696,000) and [Removed:172] (584,500) leading the charge, ahead of Finnish player Totti Arosuo (560,000). Defending champion Claas Segebrecht and Dutch Poker Hall of Famer Lex Veldhuis were among those to fall on Day 2.
The second day of the MCOP Main Event, highlight of the 11-day poker festival in Holland Casino Amsterdam, saw several new players enter. A total of 27 new entries on Day 2 made for a combined 293 entries into the Main Event, a small increase on last year's 285 entries. With that, the total prize pool was finalized at €1,164,235. 44 players would be going home with a cash, with a min-cash being €7,800. The winner, crowned on Friday, November 30, will be going home with €240,183.
Some entered while having already played and busted on Day 1, but new players entered as well. Ari Engel and David Peters were just some of the familiar names to enter. Both didn't make the dinner break, though.
The day started with a flurry of bust outs, as one might have expected. Matthias De Meulder, Pim and Luuk Gieles, Rens Feenstra, and Marcel Goldenbelt were just some of the local players to bust in the first level. Claas Segebrecht, the German high roller who won the MCOP last year, busted not much later. He got it in with nines against aces and didn't get a miracle card to stay alive.
Dutch Poker Hall of Famer Lex Veldhuis didn't have the greatest of days at the table. He first chopped in a crucial pot with ace-queen suited against ace-ten offsuit, despite flopping a flush draw. Not much later, he lost with ace-queen to Teun Mulder's ace-ten when the flop came ten-high.
On the flip side, Dutch TV host Alberto Stegeman had a great day, crushing the regulars with great hands and great bluffs. His first claim to fame came when he got three streets of value against Joris Ruijs. Stegeman had aces and barreled in the three-bet pot. Ruijs couldn't get away from his hand and mucked on the river.
A couple of levels later, Stegeman showed he didn't need a great hand to get a ton of chips. He four-bet ace-king against hyper-aggressive player Stefan Wolzak, and bet the flop and turn having missed. Wolzak called the flop but folded the turn. Stegeman finished the day with 557,000, which puts him in fourth place overall.
EPT13 Malta and Prague champions Aliaksei Boika (156,000) and Jasper Meijer van Putten (362,000) are also still in contention for the near quarter million up for grabs, as are former champs Hakim Zoufri (249,500) and Noah Boeken (105,000) who are looking for a repeat performance. Jan Eric Schwippert (290,000), Joris Ruijs (253,000), Steve O'Dwyer (195,000), and Michiel Brummelhuis (191,000) will also be back on Day 3.
Among those that min-cashed but failed to make it to Day 3 were Michal Mrakes, Jasper Wetemans, and Bryan Paris, who all received €7,800.
36 players remain going into Day 3 of the 4-day event. There are 30 minutes left in Level 16: 2,500-5,000, with a 5,000 button ante. Day 3 MCOP Live Updates can be found on the PokerNews Live Reporting pages. The plan is to play down to a final table of 9 on Day 3.