A player in early position opened to 1,100 and Dave Colclough popped it 3,300 from middle position. The player in the cutoff four-bet all in for about 26,000 and the original raiser folded. Colclough called immediately.
Colclough:
Opponent:
The board ran out a safe for Colclough and he is up to about 101,000.
After Antoine Abou Khalil limped under the gun, Alexey Rybin raised to 1,500 from middle position. Action folded back to Khalil and he made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked to see the fall on the turn. Khalil checked and Rybin fired 3,000 quickly. Khalil folded and Rybin picked up the pot.
Rybin came into the day second in chips behind Nicolas Chouity, but lost some when he doubled up Carter Phillips on the first hand of the day. He's now sitting on 97,000 after that pot and still in the top three counts.
We arrived at the table and found a bet of 2,650 on an flop from Kfir Yamin. Aineas Protopapas called and another opponent folded, landing the on the turn.
Yamin fired 8,525 and after a few moments Protopapas gave it up. Yamin called our reporter over to see his hand, happily showing for queen high. With that pot, Yamin moved to about 60,000.
Michael Mizrachi raised to 1,200 from early position, Soren Kongsgaard called from the hijack, and Saltuk Soran called from the button. David Benyamine went all in from the small blind for a total of 19,175, getting folds from Mizrachi and Kongsgaard. Soran called and the hands were revealed.
Soran:
Benyamine:
The board ran out , giving Benyamine a set. He is now up to about 42,000.
Day 2 here at the 2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic is upon us and things are setting up to be an exciting fun-filled day of poker.
Nicolas Chouity tops the two combined starting fields with 119,600 chips and will lead the charge into the second official day of action. These days are always some of the most interesting as the players from both starting flights join up in one field. Hot on his heels are Alexey Rybin, Roy Yaacoub and John Dolan.
Along with them, we’ve got some other big names still left to do battle. David Benyamine took a hit at the very end of the night, but he’s still alive along with short stack Carter Phillips. The Jetts, Chip and Karina, are both alive and well while Joe Cassidy, Antonio Esfandiari, Eric Liu and Van Marcus will also be returning to action today.
Jean-Robert Bellande didn’t play a single hand in the tournament, but bought in at the very end of night so that he could play today. Whether or not he’ll be able to pull himself away from the juicy side games is another question.
Play kicks off in a short bit with 141 players coming back. Be sure to stick right here on PokerNews for all the live coverage from the tournament floor in beautiful Cyprus. See you in a few.