Joep van den Bijgaart fell victim to a set over set situation against Dennis Smit. Van den Bijgaart had against on a board of , which made him drop down to just 6,000.
Not much later, Jacco Hester raised it up to 1,200 from the hijack, and the player in the cutoff made the call. Van den Bijgaart added the needed chips from the big blind and all three of them checked the flop and turn. The river made Van den Bijgaart shove all in for 4,875. Hester called, the other player folded.
Van den Bijgaart said "Straight!", but it proved not good enough as Hester showed for the rivered full house. Van den Bijgaart's flopped straight with the ended up in the muck, and he made his way to the exit.
The World Poker Tour has finally landed in Amsterdam, and we used the first day to check out the city with Royal Flush Girls Jeannie Duffy and Dalia Gutierrez.
Govert Metaal opened the hijack, Noah Boeken called from the cutoff, the player on the button called, and small blind Vincent Gabel folded. Big blind Senh Ung squeezed to 3,700 and all three of his opponents called.
The flop came and Ung bet out 7,800. Metaal and Boeken quickly released, but the player on the button made the call.
The hit the turn and Ung checked. The button bet out 12,000 and Ung made the call.
The completed the board and Ung checked. The button quickly checked behind and Ung showed . The button mucked, leaving the big pot to Ung.
Barrie Pietersz opened from early position to 1,200 and picked up just the big blind as a caller.
The big blind check-called a bet on , check-called another 3,900 on the turn, and check-called 6,500 on the river. Pietersz showed his first, prompting the big blind to table for the winner.
After a raise to 1,100 from early position and a call from Ludovic Geilich on the button and Rashed Zade in the small blind, Johan Verhagen squeezed to 5,400 from the big blind.
The initial raiser folded, but Ludovic Geilich made the call. Small blind Zade tanked for a bit, showed a big smile, and asked the dealer to hit him while calling.
The flop came and Zade checked. Verhagen bet out 7,000 and Geilich folded. Zade now collected all of his chips, made one big tower of 'em, and shoved them forward. Verhagen almost instantly called.
"You have a pair?" Zade asked. Verhagen nodded and Zade smiled "Then you're in front."
Johan Verhagen:
Rashed Zade:
The turn came the and the river the , which sent Zade packing. He wished the table good luck, and made his way to the exit. Verhagen has around 100,000 in chips now.
"Let's see if I can bust in 30 minutes," Bryn Kenney joked as he walked past the media desk.
The next break is scheduled in about 30 minutes, as Kenney just entered the tournament. The High Roller winner, Jason Wheeler, has also entered the tournament, and with that the tournament got a little tougher.
Dominik Nitsche's stack had dwindled a bit, but just now one of our colleagues informed us of the German's double up.
Nitsche had woken up with pocket aces and raised to 900, after which he was three-bet. Nitsche got his chips into the pot and ran into pocket kings. Nitsche's hand held up and he's now back to around the starting stack.
against 
on a board of 
, which made him drop down to just 6,000.
flop and 
for the rivered full house. Van den Bijgaart's flopped straight with the 
ended up in the muck, and he made his way to the exit.
and Ung bet out 7,800. Metaal and Boeken quickly released, but the player on the button made the call.
completed the board and Ung checked. The button quickly checked behind and Ung showed 
turn, and check-called 6,500 on the 
first, prompting the big blind to table 
hit and Kuan faced a bet of 25,000. The chip leader from the first levels folded leaving himself with 43,000 chips.
and Zade checked. Verhagen bet out 7,000 and Geilich folded. Zade now collected all of his chips, made one big tower of 'em, and shoved them forward. Verhagen almost instantly called.
and the river the 
