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2016 Master Classics of Poker Amsterdam: Van Til Bubbles, Carrel Leads Massively
- Updated: November 24, 2016
Johan “busto_soon” van Til was the last to leave the 2016 Master Classics of Poker Main Event empty-handed after an exhilarating bubble. A total of 53 players remain, all guaranteed a min cash of €7,895 but all of them eyeing the €275,608 first-place prize as well.
Charlie Carrel, who took the runner-up spot in the €10,000 High Roller and third place in the €25,000 Super High Roller earlier this poker festival in the Dutch capital, leads the event with a wide margin. He has over 400,000 in chips more than his closest competitor; EPT Grand Final champion Jan Bendik sits in second place after Day 2.
Day 2 started with several new players signing up. With the latest reentries and new entries, the total field grew to 356, the second biggest MCOP Main Event in the 25-year history of one of the oldest tournaments on European soil.
It didn’t take Holland Casino Amsterdam long to release the prize pool information. The €1,409,760 was to be divided among 53 players. While the total amount of entries had grown, the first-place prize dropped a little compared to last year’s tournament as a higher percentage of players will end up cashing.
Players like Steve O’Dwyer, Fatima Moreira de Melo and Govert Metaal would have no reason to infuse themselves in a possible discussion about the payouts, as they departed long before the money stage of the tournament was reached.
MCOP High Roller champion Noah Boeken, who survived Day 1 with a top five-stack, joined his famous fellow poker players on the rail. He handed his chips over to Charlie Carrel, the man he had beat heads up for the high roller title the evening before.
Boeken wouldn’t be the only one sliding his chips to Carrel. Sometimes they came gift wrapped, like when Jasper Meijer ran his ace-king into Carrel’s kings; sometimes he had to really battle for them. But in the end, most of the hands and chips went to Carrel. He abused the bubble like no other, taking down …
