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2013 Master Classics of Poker Main Event – Noah Boeken Wins
Posted by: Randy Williams - Sun, 2013-11-17 14:26
The Master Classics of Poker – a stop on the live tournament circuit many may not have heard about – has been one of the Netherlands’ top tournament destinations for high buy-in tournament players since 1993. The scene of the action has always been the Holland Casino and that’s exactly where the event took place this time around too. Over the years, the
poker tournament was won by competitors like Ole Schemion, Johan Storakers and Surinder Sunar.
The one who joined that illustrious lineup through the 2013 edition of the event was Noah Boeken, who ended up with a top prize of €306.8k. Boeken’s prize was quite a bit shy of the Master Classics of Poker record set in 2006 by Ali Jalali, who walked away with €700k.
This year, the tournament featured a €4k buy-in and it saw 246 players belly up to the tables. Thanks to the re-buy rules though, the number of buy-ins which ended up in the middle was 298.
There weren’t any deals made among the top finishers, so Boeken’s prize was indeed the full projected share of the winner. Boeken defeated Simon Persson heads-up for the win. The share of the runner-up was €182.9k. There was only one other player who managed to shoot past the €100k mark prize-wise: third-place finisher Clyde Terlaan walked away with €105k.
Besides Boeken, who was obviously one of the top pros at the final table, Andrew Chen and Rob Hollink were present as well at the start of the home straight of the event. Hollink eventually busted in 8th place, picking up €35.4k. Chen made it further: he faded away in 5th place, picking up €71.9k.
The start of the day chip leader, Luuk Gieles fell in 4th, picking up €83.7k for his efforts.
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