2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
$287,784
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,212,694
Entries
329
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Oleksii Kovalchuk's In The Towel

Oleksii Kovalchuk: Busted
Oleksii Kovalchuk: Busted

Oleksii Kovalchuk has a list of poker achievements as long as his arm but he will not be adding a WP Merit Cyprus Classic score to that list just yet because he has just busted out.

We caught up with Manig Loeser (who was seated with him) to find out what happened. Loeser told us Kovalchuk and Erik Cajelais were heads-up in a raised pot and both checked the {j-}{10-}{8-} flop that had two spades on it. They then checked the {5-} turn but the {10-Spades} river ignited the spark.

Cajelais check-raised all-in when Kovalchuk fired a bet at his Canadian opponent and Kovalchuk called with pocket queens, but was sent to the rail before the money places when Cajelais turned over {7-Spades}{4-Spades} for the flush.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
485,000
113,500
113,500
Oleksii Kovalchuk ua
Oleksii Kovalchuk
Busted

Tags: Oleskii KovalchukErik Cajelais

Chino Having Bad D-Rheems

Chino Rheem turned up for Day 3 ever-so-slightly late and it appears to have angered the Poker Gods as he just cannot stop losing chips.

Rheem just got his {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} in against the {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} of Evgeny Taranyuk, the latter flopped a set on a {7-Spades}{q-Clubs}{8-Spades} flop. The {A-Spades} turn gave Rheem a flush draw and he pleaded with the dealer for a spade on the river but it failed to materialize as the {2-Hearts} landed.

Rheem needs to halt to slide sooner rather than later or he will be gone before the money bubble bursts.

Player Chips Progress
Evgeny Taranyuk ru
Evgeny Taranyuk
325,000
138,500
138,500
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
190,000
-121,000
-121,000
$25K Fantasy
WPT 3X Winner

Tags: Evgeny TaranyukChino Rheem

Ehrhardt's Overbet Shove Does The Trick

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

[Removed:167] has just picked up a few well-needed chips after he three-bet shoved over 25 big blinds.

Kemal Sevevi opened to 8,500 from early position and when the action folded to Ehrhardt on the button he moved all-in for 105,500 in total. Sevevi tanked for close to a minute before deciding to risk the majority of his own stack in a later hand.

Tags: Kemal Sevevi

Maksoud Is Surrounded By Chip; Just Not His Own

[Removed:2] is in a bit of a pickle. He is down to around 100,000 chips and in the need of a double up sooner rather than later but he is literally surrounded on both sides by chips!

Table 2 is the home to Sam El Sayed, Marvin Rettenmaier, Robert Mizrachi and Vyacheslav Stoyanov and as you can see from the little table below they hold a huge percentage of the total chips in play.

Player Chips Progress
Sam El Sayed
Sam El Sayed
550,000
125,000
125,000
WPT 1X Winner
Vyacheslav Stoyanov md
Vyacheslav Stoyanov
480,000
123,500
123,500
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
450,000
-15,000
-15,000
WPT 2X Winner
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
430,000
65,000
65,000
$25K Fantasy
WPT 1X Winner
[Removed:2]
[Removed:2]
100,000
-137,500
-137,500

Tags: Marvin RettenmaierSam El SayedVyacheslav StoyanovRobert Mizrachi

Makarov Shoves On El Sayed

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 8,500 from UTG+1, Sam El Sayed was two to his left and he made the call. The action then folded around to Alexey Makarov on the button and he squeezed to 21,000. Rettenmaier got out of the way but El Sayed made the call.

After burning a card the dealer put out the {6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} flop and El Sayed quickly lead for 35,500. Makarov sat completely statuesque, his left hand over his card and his right hand over his mouth; much like the famous Thinker statue. He stayed like this for over 90-seconds before confirming the bet amount and making the call.

Fourth street was the {9-Hearts} and El Sayed bet again, this time slightly more than his flop bet at 45,000. Makarov acted a little faster this time around, moving all-in for 91,000 in total.

El Sayed looked to the skies before exhaling loudly. He squirmed in his chair for a few minutes before asking himself, "why would he shove the turn? Nines?" A few moments later El Sayed folded and was shown the {8-Clubs} by Makarov.

Tags: Alexey MakarovSam El SayedMarvin Rettenmaier

Break Time!

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Time for the first break of the day. While you wait, check out Marvin Rettenmaier and Royal Flush Girl Sonia Yasmin Ali performing a duet by the pool a couple of nights ago.

Tags: Marvin RettenmaierSonia Yasmin Alienglish2012WPTworld poker tourWPT Merit Cyprus ClassicRoyal Flush GirlNext to MeEmeli Sande

End-of-Level 16 Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
495,000
10,000
10,000
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
470,000
40,000
40,000
$25K Fantasy
WPT 1X Winner
Sam El Sayed
Sam El Sayed
440,000
-110,000
-110,000
WPT 1X Winner
Vyacheslav Stoyanov md
Vyacheslav Stoyanov
435,000
-45,000
-45,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
435,000
-15,000
-15,000
WPT 2X Winner
Ran Azor il
Ran Azor
396,000
172,500
172,500
Evgeny Taranyuk ru
Evgeny Taranyuk
380,000
55,000
55,000
Aubin Cazals fr
Aubin Cazals
310,000
-34,500
-34,500
Senol Sener
Senol Sener
306,500
49,500
49,500
Marko Neumann de
Marko Neumann
305,000
30,000
30,000
Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
300,500
157,000
157,000
Alexey Makarov ru
Alexey Makarov
290,000
87,500
87,500
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
280,000
2,500
2,500
StakeKings
Sergey Vasilyev
Sergey Vasilyev
273,500
142,500
142,500
Hüsnü Sincar
Hüsnü Sincar
270,000
44,500
44,500
Oleksandr Kozyr ru
Oleksandr Kozyr
250,000
95,000
95,000
Andrey Shatilov ru
Andrey Shatilov
250,000
-29,500
-29,500
Joseph El Khoury lb
Joseph El Khoury
232,000
35,500
35,500
Grigory Zima
Grigory Zima
215,000
17,000
17,000
[Removed:2]
[Removed:2]
214,000
114,000
114,000
Victor Paraschiv ro
Victor Paraschiv
210,000
49,500
49,500
Sebastien Leclercq
Sebastien Leclercq
200,000
37,500
37,500
Alexey Popov ru
Alexey Popov
180,000
17,000
17,000
Gilboa Yossi
Gilboa Yossi
170,000
130,500
130,500
Kiryl Radzivonau by
Kiryl Radzivonau
155,000
47,500
47,500

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Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500