Bolt from the Blue...
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Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
And for around 10 seconds (technically 9.63 seconds) the poker tournament virtually stopped as some sort of 'race' went on the big screen...
2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,212,694
Entries
329
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Mizrachi Hit by Frag Grenade
Michael Mizrachi has dropped back down to 55,000 after he went for it with 
on a 
board against Boris Fragin but the latter was going nowhere with 
and held on during the 
turn and 
river.
Fragin is up to 85,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000 | |
|
55,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
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Chouity Shoves
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Nicolas Chouity just put his tournament life on the line after seeing an opening raise and a call in front of him. The former EPT Grand Final champion squeezed all-in for 17,800 in total and neither of his opponents wants to tangle with him.
Rheem Running Away With This
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Shortly after eliminating Mihail Erstenyuk, Chino Rheem has added even more to his stack and he is rapidly approaching to 200,000 chip barrier.
This latest hand involved Chistakis Christoforio, who is now on the sidelines. Christoforio opened on the button for an amount we did not see but we saw Rheem's three-bet to 6,000. We also saw Christoforio four-bet to 14,900 and Rheem dwell on what he should do. Rheem decided to call and see a flop.
The flop fell 
and Rheem checked to his sole opponent, who wasted little time in betting 25,000. Rheem made the call. The turn was the 
and Rheem checked once again and then instantly called as Christoforio moved all-in. When the hands were revealed it was easy to see why.
Christoforio: 
Rheem: 
Top set for Rheem meant Chrisoforio was drawing very thinly indeed. The 
was not one of his two outs and he donated his stack to the seemingly unstoppable Rheem.
D-Rheem Flop
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Chino Rheem is up to 140,000 after a nice spot of luck. His 
hit the flop much better than Mihail Erstenyuk's when the board came 
and he avoided the straightening and setting cards to boost his stack to amongst the leaders.
All Fingers and Thumbs
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Well, this was a sizeable pot...
There was an open to 2,200 with two callers before Karapet Danielyan made it 6,400 from middle position. Martin Finger then cold four bet to 13,600 behind him on the button, only for Talgat to cold five all in for 14,700.
It was passed back around to Danielyan who moved all in himself for 34,600 and the onus was once again on Finger, who, having done the maths, sighed and called.
Talgat: 
Danielyan: 
Finger: 
The board came 
and Talgat more than tripled up to about 55,000. Danielyan won a 40,000 chip side pot against Finger while the German dropped to about 45,000 himself and was slightly disgruntled about it.
WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event Payouts
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Here are what the players are battling it out for in this fantastic tournament. We have seen 329 entries and that means 36 places will be paid out. A min-cash is worth $8,070 with the eventual winner walking away with $287,784, which includes a $25,500 seat to the WPT World Championship at the Bellagio.
| Position | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $287,784 |
| 2 | $184,020 |
| 3 | $118,360 |
| 4 | $87,610 |
| 5 | $65,770 |
| 6 | $52,590 |
| 7 | $43,690 |
| 8 | $35,020 |
| 9 | $26,240 |
| 10-12 | $19,110 |
| 13-15 | $15,670 |
| 16-18 | $13,420 |
| 19-21 | $11,750 |
| 22-24 | $10,450 |
| 25-27 | $9,260 |
| 28-36 | $8,070 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Break Time!
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Have a Kit-Kat.
Movers And Shakers
Who are the guys and gals atop of our chip counts?
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
126,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
125,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
|
95,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
58,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
55,300
15,300
|
15,300 |
|
52,500
-42,500
|
-42,500 |
|
36,300
-16,700
|
-16,700 |
|
||
|
35,600
600
|
600 |
|
32,450
-9,550
|
-9,550 |
|
|
||
|
19,150
-4,850
|
-4,850 |
|
16,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
9,800
-13,200
|
-13,200 |
|
|
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