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Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Players are on a 10 minute break.
2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 2
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
Massaged Marvin Wins Another Pot
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
A common site in live poker tournaments are the various massage girls vigorously rubbing life back into poker players' weary muscles. Marvin Rettenmaier is one of many players who advocate the services of the Revive Touch girls and his decision to have a back rub before the break has just paid off.
The action folded to Rettenmaier in the hijack and he opened to 3,400. His only opponent was Ivan Tihov in the big blind who defended with a call. The pair shared a 
flop, a flop they both checked. The turn was the 
and Tihov fired a bet of 4,400 into his German opponent. Rettenmaier did not believe him though because he raised it up to 12,600 and Tihov quickly folded.
Did it have anything to do with being the massage? We'll let you make you own minds up.
Cunning Fox Wins Pot On The River
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
We joined Table 12 with the board reading 
and saw Ran Azor looking rather frustrated at facing a 17,500 bet from British pro Stuart Fox.
Azor was muttering the hand back to himself under his breath, wondering what Fox could have called the flop with. Eventually he decided Fox had the best hand and he mucked.
"Nice hand," said Azor in an attempt to gain some more information. It never came though because Fox replied with a simple and final, "Thanks."
Levashov Unlucky
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Alexsandr Levashov is going to be pretty disappointed about his exit. He was all in with 
against a slight bigger stacjed Alexey Popov's 
and Abou Saleh Elias 
.
But Levashov couldn't hit on the 
board and instead of trebling up, he's now out while Popov and Elias share his chips.
Pants Down
Giuseppe Pantaleo fired out a bet of 20,900 on the turn of a 
board with just 35,000 back only for Pete Haslem to check-raise all in for a similar total amount.
Pantaleo shrugged and called off his remaining chips with 
but needed to hit against Haslem's 
. The river was the 
and Pantaleowas made to hit the rail after a topsy-turvy last two levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | |
|
Busted |
Panyak Catches On The RIver
Maxim Panyak is keeping touch with the chip leaders and is now up to 260,000 chips.
Over on Table 11 Panyak was seated on the button and decided to call Martin Finger's 3,200 opening raise from middle position. The dealer placed the 
flop onto the felt and both players checked its arrival.
The turn brought the 
into the equation and Finger now tested the waters with a 3,800 bet. It was quickly called by Panyak. The river was the and Finger went back into checking mode. Panyak took an 8,000 stab at the pot and Finger looked him up.
Panyak:
Finger: muck
By Finger's reaction it looks like he was definitely ahead right up to the river being dealt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
21,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Tight Pants
Ognjen Sekularac is the latest casualty of the day, he came unstuck holding 
against Giuseppe Pantaleo's 
on a board of 
though it's unclear where the money went in. Pantaleo is back up to 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted |
Baumann Busts
Gaelle Baumann will not be winning a World Poker Tour title here in Cyprus as she has just become Sam El Sayed's latest victim.
Baumann was all-in with 
and in bad shape against El Sayed's and when the board ran out 
Baumann was eliminated.
This was Gaelle's first tournament since her 10th place finish in the WSOP Main Event. Lynn Gilmartin spoke with her during Day 1a about her life-changing experience.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Short Stacked Finger Doubles Through Nemeth
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Something must have gone slightly wrong with Martin Finger's stack since we last checked on him because we just caught him being all-in for around 20,000 chips over on Table 11.
His was up against Andras Nemeth's 
but Finger survived as the board ran out 
.
German Civil War
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Some hot German on German action for you now as Marvin Rettenmaier took on Dominik Nitsche in a blind on blind battle.
Rettenmaier had fired 3,400 on the 
flop and then 7,600 on the 
turn. Nitsche called both bets before Rettenmaier checked the 
river, Nitsche now bet 14,500 but Rettenmaier didn't fold straight away. He sat there impassively working out the calculations before reluctantly throwing in the call.
Nitsche turned over 
and that was enough to win the pot, he has 210,000 while Rettenmaier has 100,000.