Christian Scalzi has just announced the "Shuffle Up and Deal", promising the players information about the amount of levels, and dinner break, later today. The button starts in seat 5, the TDA-rules are used, and "Enjoy your tournament guys" was heard.
It's that time of the year again; time for the partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic, obviously on the beautiful island of Cyprus.
With big tournaments in Barcelona and Florida just in the books, it's time to play some cards in another sunny location. It's the fourth time the partypoker World Poker Tour visits the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel-Casino in Kyrenia. Back in 2009 Thomas Bichon topped a 181-player field, in 2012 Marvin Rettenmaier was the top dog, and last year Alexey Rybin walked away the biggest winner.
Year
Entrants
Buy-in
Winner
Prize
2009
181
$10,000
Thomas Bichon
$579,165
2012
329
$4,000
Marvin Rettenmaier
$287,784
2013
262
$4,000
Alexey Rybin
$258,000
PokerNews will be on sight to cover the entire Main Event, from the first flop till the last river. The tournament has a €1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, and players have the option to enter the event a maximum of four times (1 re-entry per Day (Day 1A & 1B) including the first level of Day 2). WPT Main Event players that have played both Day 1A and Day 1B have the option to choose either their Day 1A or Day 1B stack to bring to Day 2. Late registration and re-entry closes at the end of the first level of Day 2.
Date
Time
Day
Duration Levels
September 5th
1 p.m.
Day 1a
60 minutes
September 6th
1 p.m.
Day 1b
60 minutes
September 7th
1 p.m.
Day 2
90 minutes
September 8th
1 p.m.
Day 3
90 minutes
September 9th
1 p.m.
Day 4
90 minutes
September 10th
1 p.m.
Final
90 minutes
Play starts in 90 minutes, so check back soon for coverage of the 2014 partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic!