"All in and a call," we overheard coming from Table 19, and we rushed over to the scene.
The table showed and D. Campenhout was all in for his tournament life for 8,425 worth, and he got called by Paul Vergeer.
Vergeer:
Campenhout:
The river brought the , and a Vergeer laughed in disbelief. He had just lost a big pot by an unlucky river, and Campenhout raked in the pot. A little while later Vergeer busted out.
Erik van den Berg (left) and Erik "popie" van den Berg (right)
'Erik' is one of the more common names in The Netherlands, and 'Van den Berg' for a last name is not unheard of as well. Still, what are the odds of two poker players participating in the same tournament with exactly the same name? Both Erik van den Berg's are regular players and both participated in some of the biggest tournaments in the world.
So, this isn't the first time we're dealing with this "problem". Because the PokerNews system does not let two players with the same name be inserted into our back end, we'll address the one playing today as Erik "popie" van den Berg, his nickname online.
The other Erik van den Berg played yesterday and survived the day with 147,400.
Now, let's just make sure we don't mix him up with Eric van der Burg, Thierry van den Berg, Remco van den Berg or Martien van den Berg.
A few years ago, when poker was booming in the Netherlands, everyone followed the talkative persona of Thierry van den Berg with every move he made.
Van den Berg had lots of international success with two European Poker Tour final tables in Season 4, when he finished 5th in Baden and 8th in Dublin. On top of that van den Berg finished 81st in the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2007, and seventh in the 2009 Master Classics of Poker Main Event.
In recent years things have been rather quiet surrounding Van den Berg, and it's great to see him on the big stage here at WPT Amsterdam.
Nico Kuan opened for 250 from middle position and EPT Grand Final champion Pieter de Korver in the small blind made the call. The big blind came along for the ride as well and the three of them took a flop of .
De Korver and the big blind checked, initial raiser Kuan made a bet of 400. De Korver check-raised to 950 and the big blind folded, Kuan called.
De Korver bet another 1,300 on the turn and 3,000 on the river. Kuan called both streets, but he couldn't show a winner. De Korver tabled for flopped top two, a turned flush draw and the rivered nuts. Kuan showed and mucked.
We're already up to 105 players within the first 30 minutes of play, and that means quite a head start compared to yesterday. Re-entries are possible all throughout today, and until the start of day tomorrow.
Sorel Mizzi just walked into the poker room, taking his time to chat with the Royal Flush Girls before settling in his chair. Mizzi was quite happy coming in, coming right from his biggest online win ever. He won $354.960 in a big online tournament yesterday, so we assume he'll be in good spirit for at least the remainder of the week.
After a raise to 300 from early position it was Jolmer Meelis who three-bet to 950 from the small blind. The initial raiser called and the flop showed , on which the Dutchman bet 1,000.
Meelis got called and on the turn, when the popped up, he fired out 2,000. After a few seconds his opponent folded and Meelis raked in the pot.
Paul Newey is one of the players who gave it a try yesterday, but back today to give it another shot. Newey is seated in exactly the same seat as he was most of the day yesterday, what are the odds?
and D. Campenhout was all in for his tournament life for 8,425 worth, and he got called by Paul Vergeer.
, and a Vergeer laughed in disbelief. He had just lost a big pot by an unlucky river, and Campenhout raked in the pot. A little while later Vergeer busted out.
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turn and 3,000 on the 
river. Kuan called both streets, but he couldn't show a winner. De Korver tabled 
for flopped top two, a turned flush draw and the rivered nuts. Kuan showed 
and mucked.
, on which the Dutchman bet 1,000.
popped up, he fired out 2,000. After a few seconds his opponent folded and Meelis raked in the pot.
