2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship
Day: 2
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Event Info

2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7♥7♦
Prize
$579,165
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
181
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
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Not Much Action for Dan

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It can be difficult to catch "Action" Dan Harrington in a hand. We're never quite sure how he builds up his stack. In that regard he's a poker ninja.

We did see him play a recent hand out of position against Praz Bansi. Bansi opened from under the gun to 2,500 and Harrington, the small blind, was the only caller. Both players checked the {4-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} flop and the {8-Diamonds} turn. When the river paired the board, {10-Clubs}, Harrington bet 3,000.

"I have two pair," said Bansi as he tossed in a call.

"Me too," Harrington replied. He opened {Q-Clubs} {9-Clubs} for tens and nines. Bansi, his gaze a bit glazed over, mucked.

Tags: Dan HarringtonPraz Bansi

Catching Flack

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A super short-stacked Ali Baskan got the last of his chips all in preflop holding a pocket pair of sixes -- in great shape against Layne Flack's {6-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}.

The {4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} flop that followed looked great for Baskan, until the {10-Diamonds} fell on the turn giving Flack a world of outs. One of those outs was the {8-Spades} and that's exactly what fell on the river, giving Flack the winning two pair.

"I thought for sure I'd hit a straight flush on that one," joked Flack as he raked in the new chips. He's currently sitting with just under 150,000 in total.

Tags: Layne Flack

Tough Start for Gordon

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Phil Gordon
Phil Gordon
It's been a rough day for the man who started the day second in chip position, Phil Gordon. he's been trending steadily downward for the better part of the first two levels.

Gordon did quite a few chips back in a recent hand with top pair. The flop was three-ways, {10-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {6-Hearts}. Two players checked to Gordon, who bet 8,000. Only one player called. They both checked the {8-Diamonds} turn.

When the river fell {2-Diamonds}, Gordon's lone remaining opponent checked again. Gordon made a small blocking bet of 5,400, a bet that was called. Gordon's {A-Spades} {Q-Spades}, top pair and top kicker, was enough to drag the pot.

Tags: Phil Gordon

Praz Sliding Down

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It's all unraveling for Praz Bansi. He just lost another big pot, this time to Melih Ekmekçioğlu. Bansi led out for 8,500 on the turn, {k-Diamonds} {k-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {3-Hearts}. Ekmekçioğlu quickly raised that bet to 25,000. Bansi called to the {Q-Diamonds} river but check-folded to another bet of 25,000.

Tags: Melih EkmekçioğluPraz Bansi

Jazzam!

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Chip leader Jazzar Moroun
Chip leader Jazzar Moroun
Robert Engel was just eliminated from the tournament by chip leader Jazzar Moroun, who now owns a whopping 235,000 in chips. Here's how the hand went down:

Engel limped into the pot from under-the-gun and Moroun, seated to Engel's immediate left, made it 3,200 to go. Action then folded around the table back to Engel who made the call holding two black eights.

The flop came {10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and Engel checked to Moroun who quickly fired a 7,000 bet, his rosary in hand. "All in," was Engel's counter move, but Moroun snap-called with aces.

A pair of ducks fell on the turn and river and Monsour's aces held up to eliminate Engel from the main event.

Tags: Jazzar MorounRobert Engel

Whoops

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Praz Bansi
Praz Bansi
Praz Bansi let fly a muttered exclamation of disgust after finding himself in a bad spot. He had check-called a bet of 6,300 on a {2-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {10-Hearts} flop, then check-raised all in after his opponent bet 8,400 on the {6-Diamonds} turn. That opponent quickly called all in for 29,300, which is when Bansi knew he was in trouble.

Bansi: {A-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}, a pair of nines
Opponent: {K-Spades} {10-Spades}, a pair of tens

The river bricked {7-Spades}, dropping Bansi's count to 128,000.

Tags: Praz Bansi

Akenhead Flips Out

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James Akenhead - Out
James Akenhead - Out
We don't mean to imply that James Akenhead lost his cool. We've never seen him lose his cool, even when taking horrible beats worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. We do mean to imply that he lost a race and is out of the tournament.

We're not sure what the series of preflop raises were, but Akenhead was the first player to move all in, for 66,400 total. His opponent, Martin Kabrhel, got an accurate count, cut a call off of his own stack to judge how much he'd have left if he lost, and then called.

Akenhead: {A-Clubs} {K-Spades}
Kabrhel: {J-Diamonds} {j-Spades}

Kabrhel nodded and the race was on.

Board: {4-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {4-Spades}

That board was no help for Akenhead's ace-king, allowing Kabrhel's jacks to hold. Kabrhel shook Akenhead's hand before Akenhead deparated the tournament room. He's out.

Tags: James AkenheadMartin Kabrhel

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

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