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

Steady Eddy Survives

[Removed:2] moved all in for 166,000 on a {J-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} flop against Sam El Sayed, the latter made the call with {A-Clubs}{J-Spades} but Maksoud held {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} and manage to avoid both ace and knave on the {2-Spades} turn and {4-Hearts} river.

A lot more people on the rail at the moment, remember the next person out gets nothing but everyone else is guaranteed at least $8,070.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:2]
[Removed:2]
480,000
355,000
355,000
Sam El Sayed
Sam El Sayed
150,000
-172,000
-172,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Sam El Sayed

Chip Counts at the End of Level 17 (full)

Player Chips Progress
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
873,000
333,000
333,000
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
870,000
310,000
310,000
WPT 1X Winner
Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
540,000
239,500
239,500
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
520,000
60,000
60,000
WPT 3X Winner
Andrey Shatilov ru
Andrey Shatilov
430,000
180,000
180,000
Vyacheslav Stoyanov md
Vyacheslav Stoyanov
365,000
-70,000
-70,000
Aubin Cazals fr
Aubin Cazals
346,000
36,000
36,000
Sam El Sayed
Sam El Sayed
333,000
11,000
11,000
WPT 1X Winner
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
304,000
-131,000
-131,000
WPT 2X Winner
Joseph El Khoury lb
Joseph El Khoury
300,000
68,000
68,000
Tolga Demirel
Tolga Demirel
295,000
-3,000
-3,000
[Removed:167]
[Removed:167]
289,000
199,000
199,000
Aram Vartevaniyn
Aram Vartevaniyn
210,000
186,000
186,000
[Removed:2]
[Removed:2]
207,000
82,000
82,000
Evgeny Taranyuk ru
Evgeny Taranyuk
205,000
-175,000
-175,000
Sergey Vasilyev
Sergey Vasilyev
195,000
-78,500
-78,500
Alexey Makarov ru
Alexey Makarov
193,000
-97,000
-97,000
Kemal Sevevi
Kemal Sevevi
192,000
46,500
46,500
Kiryl Radzivonau by
Kiryl Radzivonau
190,000
35,000
35,000
Oleksandr Kozyr ru
Oleksandr Kozyr
183,000
-67,000
-67,000
Victor Paraschiv ro
Victor Paraschiv
180,000
-30,000
-30,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
157,000
82,000
82,000
WPT 1X Winner
Sebastien Leclercq
Sebastien Leclercq
130,000
-70,000
-70,000
Oleg Shepelenko
Oleg Shepelenko
127,000
-23,000
-23,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
127,000
-153,000
-153,000

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Still On The Bubble

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

The players are back in their seats and we are still playing hand-for-hand. The next player eliminated will receive a round of applause, nothing more, and everyone else will be guaranteed at least $8,070.

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Mansour Khorramshani Eliminated by Erik Cajelais

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Mansour Khorramshani was saving all of his chips for Erik Cajelais and he has just donated them to the Canadian to become our 38th place finisher.

Khorramshani moved all-in for 205,000 in a pot containing just 21,000 chips on a board reading {A-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. Cajelais tanked and then called with {k-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and was up agianst {A-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}. The {6-Hearts} turn improved Cajelais to a flush and the {5-Hearts} river completed the hand and sent Khorramshani to the rail.

Tags: Erik CajelaisMansour Khorramshani

Rheem Makes Big Laydown, Gets Penalty For Exposing Hand

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Chino Rheem
Chino Rheem

Chino Rheem opened to 15,000 from the button before Kemal Sevevi moved all in for 121,500 from the small blind. Ergenyi Taranuk in the big blind thought for several minutes before he also moved all in, for 331,000.

Rheem immediately stood up, "Ok I need a count."

He then loudly announced, "I have ace-king and two guys just shoved on me..."

A crowd began to form, Rheem continued with a half-statement, half-question, "It's ok for me to say that because I'm last to act right?"

Tournament director Matt Savage shook his head and told him this was not the case. Rheem even showed his {A-Clubs}{K-Spades} to a couple of players over his shoulder before he began to calculate the odds.

Matt Savage told Rheem he would be getting a penalty at the end of the hand but Rheem did appear to genuinely not know that he couldn't show his hand in this situation even if last to act.

Rheem, "At least one of you has to have the same hand as me...God, I want to double knock you guys out...."

Finally after a couple of minutes he folded his hand.

Sevevi turned over {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} and Taranuk flipped {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}.

"Wow," said a watching Robert Mizrachi.

"What can I do?" said Rheem, "This f**king guy has only played five hands."

"I'm not criticizing, I'm just saying," replied Mizrachi.

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{7-Spades} as Sevevi doubled up to about 265,000. Rheem, meanwhile was lamenting the fact that he would've picked up 200,000 more in the side pot as Matt Savage gave him a one round penalty for exposing his cards.

Tags: Chino Rheem

El Sayed Wins Massive Coinflip

In order to win poker tournaments you have to win your crucial coinflips and that is exactly what Sam El Sayed just did.

Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 10,500 from middle position and [Removed:2], to his immediate left, smooth-called. am El Sayed was next to act and he raised to 21,500, forcing out everyone except Maksoud.

Maksoud glanced at El Sayed before moving all-in and El Sayed snap-called.

El Sayed: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Maksoud: {Q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

El Sayed stood from his seat and removed his sunglasses as the flop came down {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}, keeping the former WPT Amneville champion in front. The turn was the {5-Spades} and El Sayed caught a third ten on the river to improve to a unnecessary full house.

Player Chips Progress
Sam El Sayed
Sam El Sayed
322,000
152,000
152,000
WPT 1X Winner
[Removed:2]
[Removed:2]
125,000
-89,000
-89,000

Tags: Sam El Sayed