Yesterday the first day of Master Classics of Poker was played in Amsterdam, Holland. 249 hopeful and excited poker players paid the buy-in of €5,000 and entered the tournament. When the day came to end 177 players had chips left. The average stack is about 50,000 and these are the top 10 players:
1) Eduard Bhaggoe, 144 500
2) Guy Bachar, 137 800
3) Laurence Houghton, 133 175
4) Barny Boatman, 130 475
5) Ben De'Laney, 129 900
6) Pascal van Doorn, 126 850
7) Viktor Wessman, 120 350
8) Joe Ebanks, 116 875
9) Ismael Moske, 115 375
10) Thijmen Stocker, 107 600
Day 2 will kick off at 14:00 CET. The first prize is €382,200. In total, 36 players will receive a share from the prize pool (about €1,2 million).
Good start, but i see everyone is still a bit tight, in a starting field of 249, only 70 went out for the second day.
