High Roller Photos
2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic
High Roller Freeze-Out
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$873,000
Entries
36
Level
25
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Sean Eliminates Keydar
Ori Keydar was all in on the river with the board reading 
. He was called by Jean Sean who held the 
. Keydar mucked his hand and was knocked out of the tournament. So much for being 500 big blinds deep to start the day. Sean on the other hand, moved up to 185,000.
Break It Up
The players in the $25,000 High Roller Freeze-Out are on their first 10-minute break of the day.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Notable Stacks After Level 1
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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122,000 | |
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105,000 | |
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95,500 | |
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71,000 | |
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64,000 | |
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63,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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And... Ivey Has Arrived!
That's right folks, Phil Ivey is here and ready for action. He's taking possession of the empty nine hole at Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi's table, which should make for some great action.
On break, Mizrachi was overheard talking about how he's been playing every hand because he thinks the players at his table play so bad post flop that he needs to see every flop. Well, that strategy has gotten him nowhere in the positive, as he's down to 50,000 after one level. He's still got plenty of play, but may need to adjust his strategy with Phil Ivey now at the table.
Chino Not Happy About Sorel's Cards
With the final board reading 
, Sorel Mizzi checked to Chino Rheem. Rheem fired 2,500. Mizzi raised to 8,000 and Rheem went into the tank.
"Sorel, you just making a move?" questioned Rheem. He then folded his hand.
Mizzi slid his cards to Rheem, who took a look at them and yelled out, "F***!"
"Let's just leave it at that," said Mizzi. "I can retire now, I made Chino fold the best hand."
Mizrachi Moves Away from Ivey
It looks like some of the fun may have ended for a short while as Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has been moved off the same table with Phil Ivey. Mizrachi is now seated with newcomers Andrew Feldman and Sam Trickett on the fourth table in play.
Benyamine Triples in Big Three-Way All In
Filippo Candio raised preflop before Chris Karagulleyan reraised from the cutoff seat. The player on the button flat-called and David Benyamine flat-called from the small blind. Candio also called and the four players went to the flop with about 10,000 chips already in the middle.
The flop came down 
. Even despite the flop having some flush and straight draw possibilities, everyone checked and got to see the turn card for free. On fourth street is where the action ignited with a boom.
The turn brought the 
and Benyamine fired out 7,300. Candio raised to 17,000 and action moved to Karagulleyan. He flat-called before the player on the button also called. Benyamine tanked for a bit as his forehead hit his hands, pained by the situation. After a bit of time went by while Benyamine looked physically stressed about the situation, he fired all in for 59,975. Candio tossed his hand into the muck before Karagulleyan snap-shoved all in over the top of Benyamine. The last player to act snap-called and just like that a massive three-way all in occurred.
Benyamine held a flush with the 
. Karagulleyan held the for top set and the redraw to the nut flush. The third player in the hand held 
for a turned set of eights. A big crowd gathered around the table from the players jumping out of their seats at the adjacent tables, awaiting the river card.
The river card completed the board without pairing it as the fell. Notice it wasn't another club either and Benyamine's flush held strong. He was able to triple up to about 210,000 in chips and take the chip lead.
Iveys Takes One with Top Pair
Bassel Moussa raised to 650 and got calls by both Rony Jazzar and Phil Ivey. The flop came down 
and Moussa checked. Jazzar and Ivey also checked.
The turn brought the and Moussa fired 1,300. He was called in both spots. The river completed the board with the 
and everyone checked again.
Ivey tabled the winner with the 
and scooped the pot to move to 104,000 in chips.