2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$415,780
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
181
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Chouity Falling

Just before the break, Nicolas Chouity dropped to about 75,000 after starting the day with 119,600 and the chip lead.

On a {J-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Spades} flop, Chouity's bet 1,800 was called by his opponent. The {4-Diamonds} turn card brought another bet from Chouity. This time it was 3,500 and his opponent called again. The {6-Clubs} fell on the river and Chouity fired a third bullet for 6,000. His opponent called and Chouity sheepishly turned over just the {K-Hearts} for king high.

His opponent tabled {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} for ace high, sending a peeved Chouity into the break with over 40,000 less than what he started the day with.

Tags: Nicolas Chouity

A Few Chip Counts From Around The Room

Player Chips Progress
John Dolan us
John Dolan
118,000
22,600
22,600
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
75,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Ori Miller il
Ori Miller
74,000
10,100
10,100
Perica Bukara cs
Perica Bukara
73,000
69,700
69,700
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
73,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jeff Hakim lb
Jeff Hakim
60,000
10,825
10,825
Antoine Abou Khalil
Antoine Abou Khalil
48,500
6,325
6,325
Andrew Feldman gb
Andrew Feldman
39,000
-5,000
-5,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
29,000
-26,600
-26,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
27,000
4,325
4,325
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
16,000
-32,000
-32,000

No More Carter

EPT title and a WSOP bracelet, but no Cyprus Classic win for Phillips
EPT title and a WSOP bracelet, but no Cyprus Classic win for Phillips

Ran Azor raised to 1,800 from early-middle position to kick things off. Mustafa Meryumoglu called from the hijack and Alexey Rybin called from the button. Carter Phillips moved all in from the big blind for 12,375. Azor tanked, but got out of the wall before Meryumoglu and Rybin quickly made the call.

The flop, turn and river were checked by Meryumoglu and Rybin. When it came time for a showdown, Meryumoglu tabled the {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, having paired his king, and Rybin mucked. Phillips looked back at his hand quickly and then mucked as well. He was eliminated on the hand after not being able to get much going after he doubled up on the first hand. It's off to the beach for Phillips.

Tags: Alexey RybinCarter PhillipsMustafa MeryumogluRan Azor

A Few More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Dave Colclough
Dave Colclough
140,000
2,000
2,000
Van Marcus au
Van Marcus
138,000
13,000
13,000
Soren Kongsgaard
Soren Kongsgaard
110,000
66,550
66,550
Kfir Yamin
Kfir Yamin
81,000
30,000
30,000
Chip Jett us
Chip Jett
80,000
-750
-750
Kelly Kim us
Kelly Kim
63,000
14,975
14,975
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
59,000
-31,225
-31,225
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
56,000
-11,000
-11,000
WPT 3X Winner
Eric Mizrachi us
Eric Mizrachi
43,000
2,841
2,841
Hulya Pehlivanlar
Hulya Pehlivanlar
43,000
-52,000
-52,000
Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
34,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chris Cellery
Chris Cellery
30,000
-7,000
-7,000
Bruno Stefanelli it
Bruno Stefanelli
28,000
13,225
13,225
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
14,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Paul Wolfe
Paul Wolfe
14,000
-4,700
-4,700
Jennifer Leigh us
Jennifer Leigh
8,700
2,500
2,500

Small Pot For Mizrachi

Out of the Mizrachi brothers, Eric is having the better Main Event thus far than his twin Michael.

With the board reading {Q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{7-Spades}, Eric Mizrachi check-called a bet 3,000 from his opponent and both checked the {7-Clubs} river card. Mizrachi showed {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds} and his opponent mucked.

Eric Mizrachi is up to about 57,000.

Tags: Eric Mizrachi

Dolan's Got Game

John Dolan
John Dolan

Joseph El Khoury got involved with John Dolan in a sizable pot just a few moments ago. Khoury was left with a lot less chips and it wasn't due to a made hand from the November Niner. Dolan showed us he's got game, and undoubtably so as he waded his way through well over 7,300 players to reach the WSOP Main Event final table about a month ago. Here's how Dolan was able to chip up to roughly 127,000.

On the flop of {10-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Clubs} there sat about 4,700 chips in the middle when Khoury checked to Dolan. He fired 2,500 and was met with a check-raise to 5,875 from Khoury. Dolan didn't back off and after thinking for a bit, fired back with a reraise to 17,600. After a minute of thought, Khoury made the call.

The turn brought the {4-Spades} and the pot stayed the same size with both players checking to see the {5-Diamonds} fall on the river. After Khoury checked, Dolan fired a pot-sized bet of 36,000. The bet was for most of Khoury's chips, who tanked for a few minutes. He would eventually lay his hand down to which Dolan tossed over the {Q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}.

Tags: John DolanJoseph El Khoury

Mizzi Can't Be Bluffed

Sorel Mizzi
Sorel Mizzi

Sorel Mizzi just picked up a nice pot after his opponent tried to buy a big pot on the board of {K-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{2-Hearts} with a bet of 15,200. Mizzi stood tough and made the call. He held the {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and beat his opponent's {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. With that pot, Mizzi is back to 92,000 in chips.

Tags: Sorel Mizzi

Bellande Building a Stack

Jean-Robert Bellande
Jean-Robert Bellande

After doubling up earlier in the level, Jean-Robert Bellande is up to about 45,000 after winning two consecutive hands.

First, he check-raised all in on board of {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for about 18,000 after Alon Parselani bet 6,500. Parselani folded and Bellande chipped up to about 40,000.

The following hand, Bellande raised to 1,500 under the gun and a player in middle position made it 4,200 to go. Action folded around to Bellande and he called. They checked down a {6-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{K-Spades} board and Bellande showed {3-Clubs}{3-Spades} to win the pot and chip up to about 45,000.

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande