WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship Day 4 | 2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship

Day 4 Completed

09-10-2009 16:47 UTC+3

That's It?

[user75032]

Well, that does it for Day 4. It was a very short day, as the clock shows 51:30 left in Level 18, the third level of the day.

So what can we tell you about such a short day? Well, for the most part, the big stacks continued to make their case for the title of champion. The biggest mover of the day was Rep Porter, who managed to double his chip count and took over the chip lead from Layne Flack. Flack suffered several brutally bad beats, but finished the day with about as many chips as he started with.

The player who stands to be the most disappointed with the day was Antony Lellouche. Lellouche came in among the chip leaders but lost just about every pot he played. Nenad Medic ran almost as bad, but he managed to hang on long enough to bag some chips and come back tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be another short day, as these last ten players will play down to a final table of six:

Rep Porter - 1,786,000
Jonathan Little - 972,000
Layne Flack - 952,000
Steven Fung - 681,000
Huck Seed - 669,000
Uri Keidar - 583,000
Janar Kiivramees - 509,000
Rony Jazzar - 437,000
Thomas Bichon - 396,000
Nenad Medic - 256,000

Play resumes at noon tomorrow. Until then, you can find us at the bar.

09-10-2009 16:38 UTC+3

Kelly Kim Eliminated in 11th Place ($20,760)

[user75032]

Kelly Kim is the last player eliminated on Day 4. He open-shoved from the button for 206,000. Action passed to big blind Janar Kiivramees, who looked down at {A-Diamonds}

and quickly called. That was bad news for Kim, who showed down {A-Hearts}

. Things were even worse when Kiivramees flopped a pair of kings, {8-Clubs}

. Kim was drawing dead by the {A-Clubs}

turn and leaves the tournament in 11th place, with $20,760 in prize money.

Tags: Janar Kiivramees Kelly Kim

09-10-2009 16:30 UTC+3

Homan Houshiar Eliminated in 12th Place ($20,760)

[user66118]

In an unusual occurrence on Table 1, everyone except Layne Flack limped into the pot to see a friendly flop. It showed up {10-Spades}

, and the two blinds checked. Uri Keidar was under the gun, and he put out a small bet of 25,000. Homan Housiar would make the call as the other three players ducked out of the way.

Heads up then, the two men watched the turn fall the {10-Clubs}

. Keidar loaded another small bet of 35,000 and slid it forward. Houshir had 110,000 left, and he moved all in. Keidar quickly called, tabling {9-Spades}

.

"Oh jeez," said Houshiar with a sigh. He turned over {10-Hearts}

needing to improve to keep him in the game. The river was a useless {K-Diamonds}

though, and that's the end of the day for the gregarious Canadian.

That elimination leaves us with 11 players, one knockout away from the end of Day 4.

Tags: Homan Houshiar Uri Keidar

09-10-2009 16:13 UTC+3

Janar Kiivramees Doubles Up

[user75032]

Janar Kiivramees has been riding the shortest of short stacks at Table 4 for about two hours. He just doubled up courtesy of Kelly Kim. Kim opened preflop from the button for 34,000. Rony Jazzar called in the small blind. Kiivramees thought for about a minute before also calling, creating a three-way flop.

The flop came {A-Diamonds}

. Jazzar and Kiivramees both checked to Kim, who bet 40,000. That was enough to fold Jazzar. Kiivramees, on the other hand, his chest ising and falling visibly, took a deep breath and then shoved in for 90,000. Kim called the extra 50,000 knowing he was behind.

Kim: {j-Hearts}

Kiivramees: {7-Diamonds}

The

on the turn made things interesting, giving Kim a bunch of outs heading into the river. But the {2-Hearts}

was not one of those outs. As a result Kiivramees hangs around the tournament with 282,000 chips.

Tags: Janar Kiivramees Kelly Kim

Level: 18

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

09-10-2009 15:57 UTC+3

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Cards are back in the air. 12 players remain. With two more eliminations, the survivors wil bag and tag.

09-10-2009 15:42 UTC+3

Take a Walk

[user66118]

We've reached the end of another level, and the players are stepping out for a 15-minute break.

09-10-2009 15:40 UTC+3

"Runner-runner, my big man"

[user38449]

...said Layne Flack, after winning a monster pot from Steven Fung to climb back to 900,000 in chips.

Flack opened the pot with a raise to 32,000 and Fung made the call. The flop came {J-Spades}

and Flack quickly fired a 40,000 bet. Fung made the call.

Flack fired again -- this time making it 80,000 to go -- when the {6-Clubs}

fell on the turn. Fung called once more, sending the action to the river: {5-Hearts}

.

Another quick bet from Flack, this one 150,000, sent Fung into the tank.

"150?" he asked. The dealer nodded.

"Call."

Flack then turned over the {5-Diamonds}

showing a runner-runner two pair, which proved to be good, as Fung mucked.

"Think it can't be done?" joked Flack after the hand.

Fung was left with about 640,000 after the hand.

Tags: Layne Flack Steven Fung

09-10-2009 15:33 UTC+3

A Tale of Two Tables

[user75032]

Table 1 is our action table. Table 1 seems to play a big pot just about every hand. Table 4, on the other hand, is our tight-passive table. Most pots are won preflop, and post-flop action is light at most. An example of the action at Table 4 should make things clearer.

Action folded all the way to small blind Rony Jazzar. With the shortest stack in the tournament sitting in the big blind, Jazzar limped into the pot. Big blind Janar Kiivramees checked his option, taking the two players to a flop of {9-Clubs}