Rens Feenstra With Commanding Lead; Ema Zajmovic Aiming for Second WPT Title in Amsterdam

At 3 p.m. local time, the final six players out of a 207-entry strong field in the 2018 WPT Amsterdam Season 2017-2018 €3,300 Main Event will return to the feature table of the Holland Casino in Amsterdam and aim to become the newest addition to the WPT Champions Club.

One of the six finalists already knows how it feels like to pose for a winner shot in a WPT Main Tour Event as Ema Zajmovic reached her third WPT final table in as many years and the first outside of Canada. Zajmovic will be second in chips with 793,000, only trailing dominating chip leader Rens Feenstra’s monster stack of 2,949,000.

Third in chips is 2018 WPT500 London Main Event Event champion Gary Miller with 791,000 followed by 2017 WPT Amsterdam €3,300 Main Event runner-up Louis Salter (664,000), who will aim to finish one spot better than one year ago at this very venue.

The remaining two finalists include Paul Berende (576,000) and Firoz Mangroe (450,000), who will try to keep the trophy on home soil. In total, three of the six finalists are from the Netherlands and all players already have €23,550 ($28,967) locked up for their efforts. Action will resume in level 23 at blinds of 10,000/20,000 with a running ante of 3,000.

The 30-second Action Clock by Protection Poker is in use, and players will have 30 seconds to make each decision. Each player has eight non-transferable Time Chips that can be used to add an additional 30 seconds to any decision.

Below are the official chip counts and seating assignments for the final six players, followed by the remaining prize pool and brief bios on all six players:

Seat 1: Louis Salter (United Kingdom) – 664,000 (33bb)
Seat 2: Rens Feenstra (Netherlands) – 2,949,000 (147bb)
Seat 3: Ema Zajmovic (Canada) – 793,000 (40bb)
Seat 4: Paul Berende (Netherlands) – 576,000 (29bb)
Seat 5: Firoz Mangroe (Netherlands) – 450,000 (23bb)
Seat 6: Gary Miller (United Kingdom) – 791,000 (40bb)

1st: €156,370 / $192,335*
2nd: €100,260 / $123,320
3rd: €60,140 / $73,972
4th: €36,795 / $45,258
5th: €28,415 / $24,950
6th: €23,550 / $28,967

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.