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On the board of 
, Andrew Feldman fired 38,500. Anzor Makhjser made the call, but lost to Feldman's 
. Makhjser didn't show and dropped down to 100,000, back where he began the tournament yesterday. Feldman increased to 275,000.
2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic
High Roller Freeze-Out
Day: 2
Event Info
2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$873,000
Total Entries
36
Level
25
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 36
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From the cutoff seat, John Dolan raised to 4,000. David Benyamine was in the small blind and called before Carter Phillips three-bet from the big blind to 15,000. Dolan folded and Benyamine tossed in the call.
The flop came down 
and Benyamine was first to act. He checked and Phillips stayed aggressive, firing 20,000. Benyamine made the call, bringing the two players to the turn of the . Benyamine checked and Phillips fired a larger bet of 40,500. Benyamine had enough and mucked his hand, allowing Phillips to increase back to about 180,000.
November Niner John Dolan raised from the button and David Benyamine reraised to 14,000. Dolan made the call and off to a flop of 
they went.
Benyamine bet 20,000 and Dolan flat-called. The turn added the 
to the board and Benyamine checked. Dolan fired 41,000 and Benyamine called.
The river completed the board with the and Benyamine fired 91,500. Dolan tanked for a bit, but eventually made the call. Benyamine tapped the table to signify that Dolan made a good call, to which the November Niner showed 
for a queen-high flush.
Benyamine dropped to 352,000 and Dolan increased to 385,000.
Martin Kabrhel was all in preflop with the 
and up against the 
for Hakan Ercan. After a board of 
, Kabrhel was sent to the rail. Ercan now has 85,000 chips.
Level: 9
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
While we wait for the players to return from their dinner break, check out the photos from Day 2 of the $25,000 High Roller Freeze-Out.
The players are on a one-hour dinner break.
David Benyamine got the better of Carter Phillips on this hand. The board read 
and Benyamine's bet of 13,500 was called by Phillips. The river was the 
and Benyamine checked. Phillips bet 26,500 and was quickly called by Benyamine.
Phillips: 
Benyamine:
Benyamine's straight took down the pot and he is up to about 530,000. Phillips slipped to about 127,000 and left for dinner a few minutes before the end of the level.
From the button, Jon Turner raised to 2,600 and Perica Bukara called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and both players checked. They also checked the turn which was the . After the 
fell on the river, Bukara check-folded the 
face up to a bet of 4,000 from Turner. Turner looked somewhat surprised to see the fold from Bukara, but scooped the pot either way.
Usually when we spot Carter Phillips in an event, he's one of the more active players in the field. Yesterday, Phillips sat back and played tight, solid poker to help build his stack to one of the top counts to finish out the day. Here on Day 2, he's opened up his game a little more and looks like the Carter Phillips we all know. Phillips recently lost a pot to David Benyamine, but has since been fighting back to get his stack back to where it was.
On the flop of 
, Benyamine checked and Phillips fired 10,000. Benyamine made the call and the two went to a turn where the fell on board. Benyamine checked again to the aggressive youngster. Phillips fired out 22,000 and this time Benyamine mucked his hand.
On the next hand, Phillips opened with a raise from early-middle position, making it 3,500 to go. Tafyun Rodoplu flatted from the hijack seat before Ori Miller reraised from the cutoff to 10,500. Action moved back over to Phillips and he took a little bit of time before firing back a four-bet to 27,000. Rodoplu quickly got out of the way, but Miller took a bit longer to muck his hand. Phillips scooped the pot and now has his stack back to 180,000 in chips.
