Our newly crowned chip leader Walid Bou Habib saw the action fold to him int he cutoff and he set the price to play at 25,000. Erik Cajelais foolded his button but Ran Azor put up some resistance in the small blind and he called. Joseph El Khoury, in the big blind, also called.
The dealer placed the flop onto the felt and Azor made the uncharacteristic play of leading out from out of position. Some refer to this play as a "donk bet." Regardless of what you want to call it, it worked because Azor's two active opponents quickly became inactive and folded.
It's grown a lot quieter here in the poker room. The earlier fireworks have dissipated and it's mostly small ball being played now by everyone involved.
The nearest we've had to action was when Kemal Sevevi opened to 26,000 and Gilboa Yossi flat-called before [Removed:2] made a squeeze play with a three bet to 75,000. He got both players to fold fairly easily, it doesn't look like these guys are going to go out due a big bluff.
Another cooler hand, another elimination and we are down to 11 players in the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event.
Gilboa Yossi opened to 28,000 in the hijack and [Removed:2] three-bet to 61,000 from the cutoff. With the action back on him, Yossi four-bet to 115,000 and then instantly called when Maksoud moved all-in.
Maksoud:
Yossi:
Maksoud was drawing thinly to start with but completely dead by the turn as the board ran out . Yossi covered Maksoud only by a handful of chips and he has been eliminated.
Recently, Tony G shared a video of his Lithuanian cheerleaders, the Tony Betties, while he was in London enjoying the olympics with the Lithuanian basketball team. The Royal Flush Girls here at the World Poker Tour were feeling a little "put out". Perfect excuse to have some fun off-the-felt in our opinion! Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates thought so too.
Everyone seems content to play small ball poker right now so the action has really dropped off.
Walid Bou Habib opened from the cutoff to 34,000 and to his left was Erik Cajelais. He three-bet to 77,000 but just as matters started to get interesting Bou Habib mucked his hand and Cajelais won a small pot.
Mike Sexton is just one player who has called for poker to have a basketball-like shot clock introduced in an attempt to prevent players from slowing down the action. One player who would fall victim of such rules if they were ever introduced is Kemal Sevevi, a player who takes an age to make even the most basic of decisions.
He opened to 38,000 from middle position and Marvin Rettenmaier three-bet to 86,000 in the small blind. Gilboa Yossi paused for over 90 seconds before folding and despite having those 90 seconds to think about his own actions, Sevevi took another two minutes to make the call.
The dealer fanned out the flop, Sevevi waited for 90-seconds before checking. Rettenmaier bet 64,000 and after another two minute tank Sevevi folded his hand.
Sam El Sayed and Gilboa Yossi both checked a flop before El Sayed led out for 56,000 on the turn. Yossi called to see the put four to a straight on the board, both players cautiously checked and El Sayed won the pot with .
flop onto the felt and Azor made the uncharacteristic play of leading out from out of position. Some refer to this play as a "donk bet." Regardless of what you want to call it, it worked because Azor's two active opponents quickly became inactive and folded.![[user76023]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Yossi covered Maksoud only by a handful of chips and he has been eliminated.
against Marvin Rettenmaier's 
board.
flop, Sevevi waited for 90-seconds before checking. Rettenmaier bet 64,000 and after another two minute tank Sevevi folded his hand.
flop before El Sayed led out for 56,000 on the 
turn. Yossi called to see the 
put four to a straight on the board, both players cautiously checked and El Sayed won the pot with 