15th Master Classics of Poker

This year, for the 15th time, the Holland Casino Amsterdam is staging the Master Classics of Poker, the biggest and best-known international poker tournament in Europe. From November 3rd to 11th, the best poker players from all over the world (including the USA, France, Great Britain, Russia, Scandinavia, Austria and Germany) will be doing battle. Along with famous Dutch poker players like Marcel Lüske, Rob Hollink and Noah Boeken, international poker stars like David Colclough (UK) and Isabelle Mercier (Canada) will also be putting in an appearance. And of course the famous players from 'The Hendon Mob' wouldn't miss this tournament either. Last year the total MCOP prize pot pushed EUR2.5 million. On top of that, extra prize money is also being put up this year by the Holland Casino: a contribution of no less than EUR63,900.

The main tournament in the MCOP is the Lido Poker Tournament. This tournament takes place from Wednesday the 8th to Saturday the 11th of November and has a buy-in of EUR5,000. The total of all the stakes is paid out as prize money. The Norwegian Thomas Aleksander Middleton, last year's winner of the Lido Poker Tournament, received EUR528,000. And that's not all: in honour of the anniversary the nine finalists in the Lido Poker Tournament will also go away with a US$10,000 ticket to take part in the 2007 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

The Master Classics of Poker consists of seven different tournaments where the poker variants Texas Hold'em and Omaha are played. For every tournament there is a participants' stake which varies from EUR120 to EUR5,000. The total prize money for these tournaments of course depends on the number of participants. The tournaments start every day at 2pm.

For more information: www.masterclassicsofpoker.com


Source: Holland Casino Amsterdam