€4,300 Main Event
Jour 3 a débuté
2019 Master Classics of Poker
€4,300 Main Event
Jours 3
Who Will Make the Money and Final Table in the MCOP Main Event?
Day 3 of the €4,300 Main Event of the Master Classics of Poker recommences at 1:30 p.m. local time at Holland Casino Amsterdam with 50 players out of 346 entries returning to the poker tables. The bubble is expected to start almost immediately as 47 players will be in the money for at least €8,632 but they will all have their sights set on the lion share of the €1,370,160 prize pool as the first-place prize doesn't only award the "bordje" (the Dutch word for plate) it comes with a hefty cheque worth €260,878.
Starting the day is Shyngis Satubayev from Kazakhstan with 1,074,000. He came into Day 2 with the overall chip lead after crushing Day 1a and exerted it well all day long to end up with a huge lead. His stack is worth 215 big blinds and he is followed by Ole Schemion with 145 big blinds. Schemion has won the event before in 2012 when the buy-in was €5,250 and attracted 212 entries. Schemion laid claim to €286,200 back then and will be looking forward to trying to become the first two-time champion.
Thirteen different countries are still represented in the final fifty players of which twenty are from the Netherlands. Pascal Vos, Gert Jan Albers, Rashed Zade, Dax Hagens, and Johan Rensink are in the Dutch top five but there are still many more familiar names left in the field.
Seven Fins are still left, Hassan Sey and Kimmo Kurko have already won a "bordje" this week in what has been a bit of a Finnish domination as they took six out of 13 bordjes that have already been awarded. Third in the countries list are the Germans with Schemion in the lead, followed by Christopher Frank, Claus Grether, Tom Kunze ,Bjorn Geissert, and Paul Hoefer.
Day 3 starts with Level 16 which features a small blind of 2,500, big blind of 5,000, and a big blind ante of 5,000. Ten levels of play have been scheduled but play is expected to end when the final table has been reached. A 15-minute break is planned after every two levels with a 60-minute dinner break after the fourth level of play.
Keep following the updates by the PokerNews live reporting team as the bubble is going to burst pretty soon after the day starts again. So if you want to know who will make the money and get onto the final table? This is the place to be!
Day 3 Structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | BB Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 60 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 17 | 60 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Break | 15 | |||
| 18 | 60 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 19 | 60 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Break | 60 | |||
| 20 | 60 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 21 | 60 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Break | 15 | |||
| 22 | 60 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 23 | 60 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Break | 15 | |||
| 24 | 60 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| 25 | 60 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 2 | Shyngis Satubayev | Kazakhstan | 1,074,000 | 215 |
| 30 | 3 | Matias Arosuo | Finland | 251,000 | 50 |
| 30 | 4 | Bart Lybaert | Belgium | 55,000 | 11 |
| 30 | 5 | Hassan Sey | Finland | 247,500 | 50 |
| 30 | 6 | Valtteri Autio | Finland | 126,000 | 25 |
| 30 | 7 | Jonathan Abdellatif | Belgium | 232,000 | 46 |
| 30 | 8 | Claus Grether | Germany | 201,000 | 40 |
| 30 | 9 | Michiel Van Elsacker | Belgium | 307,500 | 62 |
| 31 | 2 | Tommie Janssen | Netherlands | 105,000 | 21 |
| 31 | 3 | Rene Kuhlman | Netherlands | 105,000 | 21 |
| 31 | 4 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 315,500 | 63 |
| 31 | 5 | Jesse Liljegren | Finland | 445,000 | 89 |
| 31 | 6 | Stefan Leenen | Netherlands | 95,500 | 19 |
| 31 | 7 | Kevin Paqué | Netherlands | 107,000 | 21 |
| 31 | 8 | Rashed Zade | Netherlands | 325,000 | 65 |
| 31 | 9 | Johan Rensink | Netherlands | 300,000 | 60 |
| 32 | 2 | Firoz Mangroe | Netherlands | 162,000 | 32 |
| 32 | 3 | David Hu | Netherlands | 107,500 | 22 |
| 32 | 4 | Alexander Norden | Sweden | 203,000 | 41 |
| 32 | 5 | Gert Jan Albers | Netherlands | 371,500 | 74 |
| 32 | 6 | Kimmo Kurko | Finland | 149,500 | 30 |
| 32 | 7 | Paul Tedeschi | France | 88,000 | 18 |
| 32 | 8 | Pascal Vos | Netherlands | 407,000 | 81 |
| 32 | 9 | Tom Kunze | Germany | 134,000 | 27 |
| 33 | 2 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 225,000 | 45 |
| 33 | 3 | Michael O'Sullivan | Ierland | 77,000 | 15 |
| 33 | 4 | Dax Hagens | Netherlands | 314,000 | 63 |
| 33 | 5 | Johan Verhagen | Netherlands | 126,000 | 25 |
| 33 | 6 | Olvedo Heinze | Netherlands | 115,000 | 23 |
| 33 | 7 | Mathijs Jonkers | Netherlands | 103,000 | 21 |
| 33 | 8 | Paraskevas Tsokaridis | Greece | 177,000 | 35 |
| 33 | 9 | Paul Hoefer | Germany | 85,500 | 17 |
| 34 | 1 | Jan Bednar | Czech Republic | 177,500 | 36 |
| 34 | 2 | Marcel Vonk | Netherlands | 69,500 | 14 |
| 34 | 3 | Orhan Ates | Turkey | 269,000 | 54 |
| 34 | 4 | Ville Mattila | Russia | 84,000 | 17 |
| 34 | 5 | Gary Hasson | Belgium | 180,000 | 36 |
| 34 | 6 | Daniyar Aubakirov | Kazachstan | 252,500 | 51 |
| 34 | 7 | Björn Geissert | Germany | 89,000 | 18 |
| 34 | 8 | Sonny Franco | France | 31,000 | 6 |
| 34 | 9 | Bas de Laat | Netherlands | 129,000 | 26 |
| 37 | 1 | Samu Rihela | Finland | 80,000 | 16 |
| 37 | 2 | James King | Ireland | 174,000 | 35 |
| 37 | 3 | Sebastiaan de Jonge | Netherlands | 135,500 | 27 |
| 37 | 4 | Raoul Refos | Netherlands | 175,000 | 35 |
| 37 | 5 | Kees Aerts | Netherlands | 197,000 | 39 |
| 37 | 6 | Joonas Helin | Finland | 149,500 | 30 |
| 37 | 7 | Frederico Silva | Portugal | 253,000 | 51 |
| 37 | 8 | Floyd Rosner | Netherlands | 127,000 | 25 |
| 37 | 9 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 722,500 | 145 |
Niveau: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Lybaert Out Before the Bubble
Niveau 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Bart Lybaert shoved from the cutoff for 42,500 and was called by Hassan Sey on the button while the blinds folded.
Bart Lybaert: 
Hassan Sey: 
The board ran out 
for Sey to turn the wheel to eliminate Lybaert.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000 | 62,500 |
|
Eliminé |
Franco's Elimination Gets the Tournament to the Bubble
Niveau 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Sonny Franco shoved from under the gun for 31,000 and was called by Jan Bednar in the middle position. Orhan Ates three-bet to 63,000 in the hijack. Action folded back to Bedar who shoved for 187,000. Ates called.
Sonny Franco: 
Jan Bednar:
Orhan Ates: 
The board ran out 
for Franco to flop a flush draw to stay alive but brick the turn and river. Bednar held with the higher pocket pair to eliminate Franco and double through Ates.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
417,500 | 240,000 |
|
70,000 | -199,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Kuhlman Doubles Through Zade
Niveau 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
The board read 
with 77,000 in the middle already.
Rashed Zade bet 37,000 from the small blind and Rene Kuhlman was sitting in the tank in the middle position. After a while, Kuhlman decided to shove. Zade asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Kuhlman had 156,000 behind. Zade cut out calling chips, took some more time, and then made the call.
Kuhlman tabled 
for the flopped straight and Zade mucked his cards immediately.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
389,000 | 284,000 |
|
140,000 | -185,000 |
Hand-for-Hand Started
Niveau 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
With 48 players left in the tournament and 47 getting paid, hand-for-hand play has now started.
Small Pot for Hoefer
Niveau 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Paul Hoefer raised to 11,000 from the middle position and Dax Hagens also tried to raise to 11,000 from the button as he didn't see Hoefer's raise. He called and so did Olvedo Heinze in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Heinze check-folded to the 15,000 continuation-bet of Hoefer which Hagens did call.
They then both checked through the on the turn and the on the river for Hoefer to claim the pot with 
. Hagens showed he held 
for the flopped pair of eights.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000 | -39,000 |
|
147,500 | 62,000 |
|
130,000 | 15,000 |
Ates Doubles on the Bubble
Niveau 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jan Bednar raised to 13,000 from the middle position and Orhan Ates shoved in the hijack for 56,500. Daniyar Aubakirov decided to four-bet shove for more. Bednar asked for a count but opted to fold before the stack was counted so the cards could go on their backs.
Orhan Ates:
Daniyar Aubakirov:
The board ran out 
for Ates to hold with the higher kicker to double up with.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
166,000 | -86,500 |
|
|
136,000 | 66,000 |