Master Classics of Poker
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023
GamePoker
Founded1992
Owner(s)Holland Casino
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)		Finland Tommi Lankinen (2023)
Official websitemasterclassicsofpoker.com
Notes
First Champion Netherlands Eng Angh (1992)
MCOP applies TDA rules

The Master Classics of Poker is one of the longest-standing poker festivals not only in Europe but around the world. The festival began with humble beginnings in 1992 with a small Seven-card stud event won by a local poker player Eng Angh for ƒ18,600 (€8,749).[1]

History

The year was 1991, at that time poker was not so well known in Amsterdam or almost all of Europe, that was when Jan Rodrigo, at the time of Holland Casino, Amsterdam City centre, boss of Peter Voolstra, Duty Manager at Holland Casino and who later he would become Tournament Director of the Master Classics of Poker (MCOP), he wanted to know more about what this game was that they talked about so much. In the same year they went to Las Vegas (US) and got in touch with Doug Dalton, who at the time worked at The Mirage casino, to understand a little more about poker tournaments. Doug agreed to show what the tournaments were like and even traveled to Amsterdam with his wife Edna to train the dealers. In a short time, poker became well known in Amsterdam due to the Holland casino, which for a long time was the only place where poker could be played legally in Europe.[2]

The first Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) took place in November 1992, as Edna and Doug Dalton were in Amsterdam and could help with the event, from then on the event always takes place in the first week of November. In 1992 it was a Seven-card stud event whose champion was the Dutchman Eng Angh, winning a prize of ƒ18,600 (~$10,449[3])[1]. In 1993, they had several tournaments in different modalities, such as No Limit Hold'em, No Limit Seven-card stud, Limit Hold'em and Limit Seven-card stud and had registration between ƒ200 (~$105[4]) and ƒ2,000 (~$1,050[5]).[2]

Between 1993 and 1998 there was no main event, it was only in 1999 that a tournament was created in the event schedule that would crown the Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) champion, the same as what happens nowadays in all world series, having a main tournament, the most prestigious and several parallel tournaments. As there was no main event, there was confusion as to who was the MCOP champion each year at the beginning, as the No Limit Hold'em event was not always the one that attracted the most players, which is why in 1994 the tournament that attracted the most players was Seven-card stud, won by the Dutchman Gerard Dreskens, who by many was considered the first great MCOP champion, but later, seeing the records, the players, together with the organization decided on the champion of the Limit Hold'em tournament as the champion of each year, making Englishman Surinder Sunar crowned the Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) champion in 1993.[2]

Between 1992 and 2000, the official currency of MCOP was the Florin (ƒ), and from 2001 onwards the official currency changed to the Euro (€).

Since 1992, MCOP takes place annually in November and only in 2020 due to COVID-19 was there no MCOP[6].

In 2021, Pieter Boers (Director of Gaming & Services at Holland Casino) announced the return of MCOP.[1]

MCOP Main Event winners

Event / Buy-in / Date Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
Netherlands MCOP 2023
€2,750 + 250 = November 10–18
469[7]
 €1,276,852 Finland Tommi Lankinen[7] €218,714
Netherlands MCOP 2022
€2,750 + 250 = November 18–26
498
 €1,355,805 France Julien Sitbon[8] €237,808
Netherlands MCOP 2021
€2,000 + 200 = November 13–21
340
 €666,400 Netherlands Bas de Laat[9] €126,883*
Netherlands MCOP 2020
November 20–29		 Cancelled due Covid-19 restrictions.[10]
Netherlands MCOP 2019
€4,000 + 300 = November 22- December 1
346
 €1,370,155 Netherlands Kevin Paqué[11] €260,878
Netherlands MCOP 2018
€4,000 + 300 = November 21- December 1
294
 €1,164,240 Netherlands Alberto Stegeman[12] €240,183
Netherlands MCOP 2017
€4,000 + 300 = November 15–25
285
 €1,128,594 Germany Claas Segebrecht[13] €235,087
Netherlands MCOP 2016
€4,000 + 250 = November 12–26
356
 €1,409,760 Netherlands Hakim Zoufri[14] €275,608
Netherlands MCOP 2015
€4,000 + 250 = November 13–21
291
 €1,154,193 Finland Jussi Nevanlinna[15] €300,000
Netherlands MCOP 2014
€4,000 + 250 = November 21–29
298
 €1,180,080 Netherlands Ruben Visser[16] €225,000*
Netherlands MCOP 2013
€4,000 + 250 = November 9–16
298
 €1,180,080 Netherlands Noah Boeken[17] €306,821
Netherlands MCOP 2012
€5,000 + 250 = November 3–10
212
 €1,060,000 Germany Ole Schemion[18] €286,200
Netherlands MCOP 2011 Dutch Open
€5,000 = November 5–12
298
 €1,470,000 Netherlands David Boyaciyan[19] €382,200
Netherlands MCOP 2010
€6,000 = November 5–13
249
 €1,494,000 Norway Marcel Bjerkmann[20] €403,380
Netherlands MCOP 2009 Lido International Dutch Open
€6,000 + 200 = November 6–14
342
 €2,052,000 Sweden Kristoffer Thorsson[21] €636,120
Netherlands MCOP 2008
€6,000 + 200 = November 7–15
335
 €2,010,000 Denmark Jan Vang Sørensen[22] €623,100
Netherlands MCOP 2007
€5,000 + 100 = November 2–10
428
 €2,140,000 Norway Trond Eidsvig[23] €620,600
Netherlands MCOP 2006 LIDO Dutch Open
€5,000 = November 3–11
345
 €1,707,550 Germany Ali Jalali[24] €700,000
Netherlands MCOP 2005
€5,000 = November 4–12
264
 €1,320,000 Norway Thomas Middelthon[1] €528,000
Netherlands MCOP 2004 LIDO Championship
€5,000 = November 6–13
188
 €980,000 United States Robert Mizrachi[25] €372,240
Netherlands MCOP 2003 LIDO
€3,020 = November 2–8
205
 €651,000 Sweden Johan Storakers[1] €243,540
Netherlands MCOP 2002 LIDO
€3,020 = November 3–9
198
 €630,000 China Angelo Zuoping Yu[26] €168,000
Netherlands MCOP 2001 LIDO International
ƒ5,040 (~$2,071[27]) = November 3–11
170
 ƒ850,000
(~$349,301[28])		 England Graham Hiew[29] ƒ336,600
(~$138,323[30])
Netherlands MCOP 2000 LIDO Tournament
ƒ5,000 (~$1,942[31]) = November 5–12
189
 ƒ795,000
(~$308,770[32])		 England Steve Liu[1] ƒ314,820
(~$122,273[33])
Netherlands Master Classics Of Poker 1999 LIDO
ƒ5,000 (~$2,360[34]) = November 7–13
135
 ƒ668,250
(~$315,429[35])		 England Ram Vaswani[1] ƒ276,300
(~$130,420[36])
Netherlands Master Classics Of Poker 1998
ƒ5,000 (~$2,644[37]) = November 1–7
125
 ƒ618,750
(~$327,156[38])		 England Asher Derei[1] ƒ247,500
(~$130,862[39])
Netherlands Master Classics Of Poker 1997
ƒ5,000 (~$2,568[40]) = November
90
 ƒ450,000
(~$231,101[41])		 Germany Bjorn Janson[1] ƒ178,200
(~$91,516[42])
Netherlands European Masterclassics of Poker 1996
ƒ1,000 (~$590[43]) = November
122+
83R
 ƒ202,950
(~$119,593[44])		 Republic of Ireland Mike Magee[1] ƒ80,360
(~$47,354[45])
Netherlands Master Classics of Poker 1995
ƒ1,000 (~$461[46]) = November 4–10
96+
66R
 ƒ160,380
(~$102,844[47])		 Netherlands Belinda Blokker[1] ƒ84,909
(~$54,448[48])
Netherlands Master Classics of Poker 1994
ƒ1,075 (~$632[49]) = November 7–12
109
 ƒ107,910
(~$63,421[50])		 G Hawass[1] ƒ56,050
(~$32,942[51])
Netherlands Master Classics of Poker 1993
ƒ2,000 (~$1,055[52]) = November
38
 ƒ76,000
(~$40,109[53])		 England Surinder Sunar[1] ƒ41,800
(~$22,060[54])
Netherlands Master Classics of Poker 1992
ƒ1,000 (~$577[55]) = Seven-card stud = November		 Netherlands Eng Angh[1] ƒ18,600
(~$10,727[56])

MCOP High Roller winners

Event / Buy-in / Date Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
Netherlands 2023 High Roller Mystery Bounty
€2,000 + 300 + 2,000 = November 12–13
74 +
21 Reentries		 €186,200 +
€190,000 Bounty		 Netherlands Raoul Kanme[57] €48,393 +
€98,000 Bounty
Netherlands 2022 8 Max High Roller
€5,700 + 300 = November 25–26
58
 €327,294 Netherlands Duco Haven[58] €111,509
Netherlands 2019 High Roller
€9,500 + 300 = November 29–30
45
 €423,226 Netherlands Jorryt van Hoof[59] €164,508
Netherlands 2018 High Roller Re-Entry
€10,000 + 300 = November 29 – December 1
68
 €673,202 Netherlands Hakim Zoufri[60] €215,761
Netherlands 2017 High Roller
€10,000 + 300 = November 23–25
65
 €643,500 Netherlands Joris Ruijs[61] €206,242
Netherlands 2016 Super High Roller
€25,000 + 250 = November 17
13
 €321,750 Germany Ole Schemion[62] €160,875
Netherlands 2016 High Roller 8 Max
€10,000 + 300 = November 20
74
 €732,604 Netherlands Noah Boeken[63] €217,069
Netherlands 2015 High Roller Re-entry
€10,000 + 250 = November 15–16
44
 €435,600 England Kuljinder Sidhu[64] €161,172
Netherlands 2014 High Roller Re-entry
€10,000 + 250 = November 23
38
 €376,200 Netherlands Rachid Ben Cherif[65] €139,164
Netherlands 2013 High Roller
€10,000 + 250 = November 15–16
26
 €257,400 United States Bryn Kenney[66] €102,960
Netherlands 2012 High Roller
€10,000 + 250 = November 6
40
 €400,000 Netherlands Florens Feenstra[67] €148,000
Netherlands 2011 High Roller
€10,000 + 250 = November 8
35
 €350,000 United States Scott Blumstein €129,500

Terms and Conditions

MCOP and Holland Casino applies the so-called TDA (Tournament Directors Association) rules for tournament poker.

References

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