After the hijack seat opened with a raise to 600 and the button called, Van Marcus three-bet from the big blind to 2,600. Both his opponents folded and Marcus picked up the pot to move back to 36,000 in chips. This is one of the few times Marcus has defended his big blind strongly with a reraise.
Julian Gardner got the last of his chips in on a board of 
with 
, drawing live against his opponent's 
. Unfortunately for Gardner, the 
turn and 
river were no help and he has been eliminated from the tournament.
Coming back from dinner, we've spotted a few new faces in the field, but they aren't unrecognizable by any means. Both Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and Chino Rheem are now in the mix here at the 2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic. They each played the $25,000 High Roller Freeze-Out, but were eliminated short of the money. There still the big Main Event here in Cyprus though, and they're going to be given it their all in this one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000 | 28,000 |
|
43,000 | -5,000 |
|
40,000 | 10,000 |
|
38,000 | -8,400 |
|
|
37,000 | |
|
31,000 | 11,000 |
|
|
29,000 | 6,000 |
|
23,000 | 5,200 |
|
16,000 | |
|
|
13,000 | -12,000 |
|
12,000 | -6,000 |
|
|
7,000 | -13,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Kevin O'Donnell is up to about 50,000 after winning a nice pot. O'Donnell's river bet on a 
board was called by an opponent and O'Donnell showed 
to take it down.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
The players in the Main Event are on a one-hour dinner break.
Kfir Yamin may have lost in the High Roller Freeze-Out, but one good thing about poker is that there's always another game and another tournament to get into. Yamin is now playing the Main Event here, but just lost his first bullet.
Yamin fired 2,000 on the flop of 
. His opponent raised to 5,500 and then Yamin almost immediately jammed all of his chips into the middle. His opponent immediately called. Yamin held the 
and his opponent the 
.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Yamin lost all of his chips on the hand, but still was able to use his rebuy. He's back on 20,000 with his final bullet.
John Racener raised to 500 for the second hand in a row. The player on the button reraised to 1,500. Jegors Cemisovs was in the big blind and asked to see the stack size of the player on the button. He then made the call. Racener took a moment, but called as well.
The flop came down 
and all three players checked. The turn card brought the 
and Cemisovs fired 2,000. Racener raised to 5,500 and both his opponents quickly folded.
John Racener fired 800 on the turn into a pot of 950 with the board reading 
. Jegors Cemisovs made it 2,000 and the next player in the hand folded. Racener also folded and Cemisovs scooped this pot.
Cemisovs was extremely excited to see PokerNews here the other day and asked us to take his photo in one of the side events. We did so and Cemisovs was very grateful, sending the photo along to his family back home. He mentioned that PokerNews is his favorite poker website and that's something we love to hear.
What's even better now for Cemisovs is that he gets to play with Racener who is a member of the WSOP November Nine and one of the best players in the world. Things are turning out to be great for Cemisovs here in Cyprus. We wish him the best.
