The 2024 version of the long-running Grasp Classics of Poker (MCOP) in Amsterdam concluded over the weekend, and one of many closing champions of the sequence had a well-known face.
The €345 No-Restrict Maintain’em Single Re-Entry occasion drew in 235 entries; PokerNews’ Senior Content material Supervisor Yori Epskamp was amongst them. After a gruelling session that headed into the night time, Epskamp discovered himself in possession of all of the chips and an outsized cheque displaying a €13,638 first-place prize.
Epskamp has historical past with the MCOP. In 2010, he triumphed within the €500 buy-in No-Restrict Maintain’em occasion for €37,960. Lower than every week later, Epskamp completed fourth in a €750 buy-in No-Restrict Maintain’em event for an additional €15,868. One other fourth-place end, this time within the €1,590 No-Restrict Maintain’em occasion on the 2012 MCOP, earned Epskamp €29,181.
Though Epskamp not often grinds dwell poker tournaments nowadays, the PokerNews veteran evidently nonetheless has what it takes to navigate his solution to a victory.
Finland’s Eero Abbey Takes Down the €3,000 MCOP Principal Occasion
The MCOP Principal Occasion is a €3,000 buy-in affair nowadays. After re-entries, the 2024 MCOP Principal Occasion noticed 427 entries create a €1,150,765 prize pool that the highest 63 finishers shared.
A number of well-known stars had been among the many in-the-money finishers. They included Tobias Peters, the 2019 WSOP Principal Occasion champion Hossein Ensan, Duco Haven, Juha Helppi, Noah Boeken, and Jussi Nevanlinna; the latter busted in twelfth.
An nameless Dutch participant was the primary of the 9 finalists to move to the cashier’s desk of the On line casino Holland; they banked €20,023. Wouter Beltz, who received a €1,650 No-Restrict Maintain’em occasion for €91,361 a couple of days earlier than this event, fell in eighth for an additional €28,892.
Third-place finisher within the current €3,000 Irish Poker Pageant Principal Occasion, Conor O’Rourke claimed the €33,717 seventh-place prize, with Totti Arosou busting in sixth for €43,844. Arosou completed fifth on this occasion in 2022.
Reigning PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo Principal Occasion champion Derk Van Luijk noticed his newest deep run finish in a fifth-place end price €57,193 earlier than Serbia’s Mitar Saric crashed out in fourth for €74,570.
Heads-up was reached when Erik van den Berg ran out of steam in third, a end price a career-best €96,894. Van den Berg’s premature demise left Jeroen Kalthof in a one-on-one battle in opposition to Eero Abbey.
Abbey received a WSOP Circuit ring in July within the €555 No-Restrict Maintain’em Progressive Bounty at WSOPC Tallinn and added the 2024 MCOP Principal Occasion title to his poker CV by sending his Dutch opponent packing. Abbey reeled in a €203,800 rating for his spectacular victory, whereas Kalthof headed into the night time with a €135,675 comfort prize.
2024 MCOP Principal Occasion Ultimate Desk Outcomes
Full 2024 MCOP Outcomes
Other than the Principal Occasion champion and its runner-up, Roope Tarmi additionally captured a six-figure prize. Tarmi, of Finland, received the €6,300 No-Restrict Maintain’em Excessive Curler, defeating Italy’s Diego Montone heads-up, and capturing a €102,850 prize.
David Boyaciyan received the €2,200 No-Restrict Maintain’em Thriller Bounty for €53,875, with the 2024 Irish Open champion Tero Laurila scooping €17,514 by taking down €895 No-Restrict Maintain’em Progressive Bounty’s high prize.
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