Fresh on the heels of the crowning of a new world champion from Europe comes one of the continent’s most prestigious poker tournaments of the year, the Master Classics of Poker in the Netherlands. Today marks the first day of the Lido Poker €6,000 no-limit hold’em main event. The tournament began at 3 p.m. CET today, and the event is capped at 300 entrants. Slated to appear in the event are one of Holland’s best-known players, Noah Boeken, as well as Michael Tureniec (€500 limit hold’em), and Surinder Sunar (€1,000 pot-limit Omaha) who both won preliminary events.
Full Schedule and Results for Preliminary Events
Here is a schedule for the event that is hosted at the Holland Casino in Amsterdam:
Note: The championship event is a Card Player Player of the Year event.
Tuesday, Nov. 11: Day 1 (all tournament days begin at 3 p.m. CET)
Wednesday, Nov. 12: Day 2
Thursday, Nov. 13: Day 3
Friday, Nov. 14: Final table
This will be the 17th edition of one of the longest-running high-stakes poker tournaments in Europe, and a champion should be crowned in the afternoon on Friday, Pacific time. Here is a look at last year’s results for the championship event:
2007 Master Classics of Poker
Number of entries: 428
Buy-in: $7,225
Total prize pool: $3,092,798
First-place prize: $896,912
Places paid: 40
Final-Table Results:
1: Trond Erik Eidsvig — $896,912
2: Michael Martin — $531,961
3: Tristan McDonald — $312,373
4: Noah Boeken — $201,032
5: Mikael Norinder — $160,826
6: Eric Larcheveque — $126,805
7: Christian Grundtvig — $95,877
8: Joris Jaspers — $68,042
9: Tony Bloom — $49,485
Check back on Sunday for a full report about the 2008 final table.
