Clyde Tjauw Foe raised to 35,000 preflop and was called by Andrew Chen and Ole Schemion in the big blind. The flop was checked to Chen who bet 55,000, Schemion called and Tjauw Foe folded.
The turn was the and Schemion check-called a bet of 120,000 from Chen to see the river. Both players checked and Schemion turned over . Chen flashed .
Over on the feature table, Ole Schemion won another two pots to slowly but surely climb near the top of the chip counts. The first one was against Andrew Chen by betting 125,000 on a ?? flop. The other was against Clyde Tjauw Foe when both players checked on the river of a ? ]6h]?? board. Schemion showed ? and that won the pot.
The secondary table saw [Removed:17] defend his big blind against the button raise of Stuart Rutter for 35,000. On the ?? flop, Yan moved all in for 130,000 and Rutter tanked for several minutes before making the call with ?. Yan turned over ? for middle pair and held up with the turn and the on the river completing the board.
On the secondary table, [Removed:17] defended his big blind against the raise of Ruben Visser for 35,000. They checked the ?? flop and Visser took down the pot with a bet after the turn. The Dutchman then raised to 40,000 on the button and folded to a three-bet of Jussi Nevanlinna for 98,000. Yan was next to make a move and he claimed the blinds and antes by moving all in for 132,000.
The first of three former winners has just fallen in the very first hand. Noah Boeken was all in preflop against Ole Schemion.
Boeken:
Schemion:
The board came and Boeken rivered a set but it was of no use because Schemion had flopped top set. 11 players are left. One more elimination and the final table will be reached.
Just 12 players remain here at the Holland Casino in Amsterdam where Clyde Tjauw Foe managed to reclaim his lead at the end of Day 3 of this event after a couple of late pots against Andrew Chen - the Canadian having been dominant most of last evening. Remarkably, the last three winners of this event, Noah Boeken, Ole Schemion and David Boyaciyan are all still in as well, each hoping to be the first player to win the MCOP twice.
The final itself will be ten-handed but before that happens, two players must still be knocked out and then there's the small matter of playing down to a winner. Each player is currently guaranteed €15,341 but it's the first prize of €306,821 that they're all eyeing up. Play begins at 2pm CET and once again the levels will be 90 minutes long.