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2016 Master Classics of Poker Amsterdam: Zoufri and Sperling Heads Up for the Title
- Updated: November 26, 2016
The final table of the 2016 Master Classics of Poker Main Event in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam, saw nine players take their seats to battle for the €275,608-first place prize. The final table, that started extremely deep after a relatively short Day 3, was meant to play down to a winner. In the end, that didn’t come to be as two players remained when the government-owned casino had to close at 3 am.
While Juha Helppi started out as the chipleader and Charlie Carrel headlined the event after making two final tables earlier this festival, they didn’t get close to the title and busted well before the final hand was played. After a, hopefully, good night rest, Hakim Zoufri (photo) and Fabio Sperling return to the casino on Saturday for the heads up part of the event.
Juha Helppi, Hakim Zoufri, Samuli Sipila, Ivan Arbatsky and Stefan Fabian
What was supposed to be the final day of the 2016 MCOP Main Event started out with nine players still in contention for the first place prize and the MCOP plate, the coveted trophy unique to Holland’s biggest annual poker tournament.
The first bust out would reshape the final table and be of influence on its outcome in a tremendous way. A cooler between Charlie Carrel with the ace-king and Fabio Sperling holding pocket queens, resulted in Carrel departing first while Sperling got rid of a very dangerous neighbor and a much bigger stack.
Short stack Rashed Zade was next to go as he reshoved ace-king into Ivan Arbatsky who had raised and then called with pocket sixes. The coin flip was won by the man from Kazakhstan while the hometown player departed in eight place.
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