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Atzlan Gil has added to his stack, knocking out Sakis Nicolaou with 
against 
when the board came 
- we're unsure if the money went in on the flop or the turn though.
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Busted |
Eli Srour is out, he'd called a raise preflop with about 7,000 back but decide to gamble after Sergey Labus squeezed behind him, everyone else folded and Srour called off his stack.
Srour: 
Labus: 
The board was 
and Labus added a bonus 10,000 or so to his stack.
Dominik Nitsche is not the sort of player to sit around nursing a 10 big blind stack for very long. Sometimes that works, other times not so much. This was one of the other times.
We joined his table to see 
sat in front of an all-in Nitsche and 
in front of Iraklis Kosmadahis.
Nitsche's lowly deuces stayed in front on a 
flop but the 
on the turn completely turned the hand around and left Nitsche drawing to two outs. Neither appeared on the river and with that Nitsche was eliminated.
"Will you be playing Day 1b?" we asked Nitsche.
"Of course!" came the reply.
We would no expect anything less! See you tomorrow Mr Nitsche.
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Busted | |
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Dominik Nitsche has been left with less than 7,000 chips after coming off second best in a clash with Gilbert Merheb.
It was Merheb who opened the betting with a raise to 1,800 from middle position, a bet that only Nitsche (on the button) called. The dealer got to work fanning out the 
flop. Merheb checked and Nitsche checked behind.
The turn was the , Merheb checked again and now Nitsche lead out. "Thirty-five," said the recent World Series of Poker bracelet winner, only to see Merheb raise to "Seventy-five." A few moments later and Nitsche moved all-in for an effective bet of 11,500 and Merheb instantly called.
Nitsche: for top two pair
Merheb: 
for bottom set.
The river was a blank and with that Merheb climbs to 44,200 whilst Nitsche drops to 6,800; or around 11.5 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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6,800
-31,500
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-31,500 |
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Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
There looks to have been 163 players in today's Day 1A field with 107 currently remaining with three levels remaining.
A big hand just went down over on Table 5 that resulted on Dimitri Kataev being eliminated.
We missed the actual hand but have managed to piece things together after listening to Stuart Hyson's rant. According to Hyson, Kataev told him he did not know what he was doing after he bet with 
on a board containing a 
and a 
. Apparently Kataev called a river bet then mucked his hand when he saw the tens of Hyson. Hyson claimed he was betting for value and knew Kataev had nothing.
Kataev was ribbing Hyson about his play in the hand and Hyson took the bait and came out with the superb line, "one minute, I'm just stacking up your chips!"
"They don't know how to fold these Russians," said Hyson, "They think it's illegal!" he continued.
The very next hand Kataev moved all-in from under the gun for little over the big blind. When the action got to Hyson in the big bling Kataev revealed his hole cards, the .
"What's going on here?" exclaimed Hyson before checking his cards, discovering looking back at him and making the call.
Neither player improved on the 
board and Kataev was eliminated.
"If you don't win the poker I fancy you for the row," joked Hyson's friend on the rail. "We should call you Stuart Tyson!"
Hyson is now up to 88,000 but we are unsure of how high his blood pressure is right now!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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88,000
18,000
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18,000 |
Frode Gjesdal was in agony, not Spanish Inquisition style agony or the pain of giving birth but more the kind that only long-suffering sports fans can really understand.
Gjesdal looked to have four-bet to 11,000 with what seemed to be just 9,000 back only for his opponent to have set him all in. Gjesdal took about three minutes before finally calling off his remaining stack with . Upon seeing his opponent turn over a meagre but live 
, Gjesdal decided simply he couldn't bring himself to watch and wandered off away from the rail.
The dealer put out a board of and was shoveling the chips in his direction as Gjesdal finally came back to discover the poker gods had been cruel to him.
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Busted |
A huge pot started to develop over on Table 2 that ended in a rather disappointing chop.
Stevan Gvozdenovic got things underway with a raise from early position and Kursat Bayrakci called on the button. Next to act was the short-stacked Ervant Voskonyan and he moved all-in for 6,050 in total.
Gvozdenovic did not seem to sure what to do but after 90-seconds he made the call; literally throwing his chips across the table as he did so. Bayrakci then made the call and a pot of almost 20,000 chips was created.
Flop: 
- Gvozdenovic quickly bet 10,000, folding out Bayrakci and the hands were revealed.
Gvozdenovic:
Voskonyan:
The 
on the turn gave Voskonyan a sweat as he could still have lost had a heart fallen on the turn but alas it did not. The river was the 
and the pot was split, chopped, shared, whatever your preference is.
Erik Cajelais already has a WSOP bracelet and if he continues to run as well as he has so far in this tournament, a WPT title cannot be too far away for the Canadian.
In one of the first hands back from the dinner break Önder Özdemirler open-limped from middle position and then called when Cajelais — two seats to Özdemirler's left — made it 1,700 to play.
The flop came down and Özdemirler immediately moved all-in for around 15,000 and Cajelais beat him into the pot with a call.
"Good game," said Cajelais as he turned over for a flopped flush, which was way in front of the that had only made top pair.
The turn and river ran out the and the 
respectively and Cajelais climbed to 81,000 and it looks like he is our chip leader here in Cyprus.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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81,000
24,800
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24,800 |
