Per Ummer is back to 130,000 chips after doubling through Husnu Sincar.
Ummer's 62,000 stack went into the middle with 
which held against Sincar's 
when the community cards fell 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Andras Nemeth has been nursing a short stack for a while but not anymore because he has been eliminated.
Husnu Sincar min-raised under the gun and the action folded to Nemeth on the button. He got his 14,000 chips into the middle and Dominik Nitsche called in the big blind. Sincar tried to raise but was told Nemeth's raise was not a valid raise due to its size, so Sincar could only call.
Nitsche checked the 
flop then folded when Sincar bet.
Sincar: 
Nemeth: 
Nemeth needed running cards to a split or an eight to win but neither scenario happened as the turn and river were the and respectively and Nemeth became the tournament's latest casualty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Alexey Popov have busted out in 35th place. We do not have the exit details to hand but we were handed his identification number which means he is out of here.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
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Dominik Nitsche opened to 12,000 preflop and George Chaadeh moved all in for his final 35,000. Behind him Stuart Fox reraised all in for 45,000 and Nitsche made the call.
Chaadeh: 
Fox: 
Nitsche: 
The flop came 
which gave the shortest stack a few more outs but the put him within touching distance of a treble up. However, the 
on the river was enough to give Fox the entire pot, boosting himself to 145,000 and knocking out Chaadeh in 36th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
||
|
145,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Sam El Sayed has doubled up through Chino Rheem. Having been watching action elsewhere, we arrived to find Sayed counting down his remaining 268,000 chips to which Rheem was counting out to match.
The board was showing 
and Sayed's were proudly on display (according to Aubin Cazals, Rheem showed a seven then mucked).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
660,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
|
||
|
250,000
-270,000
|
-270,000 |
|
||
Erik Cajelais is the first and only player to break through the one million chip barrier here in the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event. Congratulations!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
The bubble has burst ladies and gentlemen and it is German pro Marko Neumann who is the unfortunate soul who popped it.
He got his chips in with against the 
of Kemal Sevevi. The five community cards were 
bringing no help to Neumann and with his exit the surviving 36 players are all in the money here in Cyprus.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Per Ummer has just found pocket kings on the bubble and used them to double up.
Andrey Shatilov opened then called Ummer's push, Ummer turning over 
to Shatilov's . Shatilov caught a seven on the flop but when the turn and river were the 
and 
respectively Ummer doubled up.
Victor Paraschiv opened to 12,000 only to see Ran Azor move all-in for 590,000; covering Paraschiv easily.
Paraschiv tanked for an age before folding 
face up. Azor showed him an unsuited 
.
