Benyamine Shows Ladies
Van Marcus opened from under the gun to 22,000. David Benyamine shipped it for 148,000 from the next seat and action folded back to Marcus. He thought about it for a bit and then folded the 
. Benyamine showed the 
.
2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
181
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Break Time
The players are now on a 10-minute break. Only 21 remain and that's just three spots from the money!
Yamin Value Bets River Against Benyamine
From the cutoff seat, David Benyamine raised to 15,000. Kfir Yamin called from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Yamin checked and Benyamine checked.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked again to see the 
fall on the river. Yamin fired 22,000 and Benyamine called.
Yamin tabled the 
and won the pot.
Antoine Abou Khalil Loses Race to Bust
Zsolt Vasvenszki has been on a heater since coming back from dinner and his Antoine Abou Khalil was the latest to see his tournament end because of it.
All in preflop with 
, Khalil needed to improve against Vasvenszki's 
. The board ran out 
and Khalil was eliminated.
Big Pairs Doom Peltekci
Rob Peltekci was hoping to improve upon his fifteenth-place finish last year, but two excruciating hands have brought his Main Event to an end.
On the first hand, Kfir Yamin raised to 17,000 from middle position and Peltekci called from the hijack. The flop came down 
and Yamin made a continuation bet of 17,000. Peltekci called and the 
hit the turn. Yamin fired 50,000 and sent Peltekci into tank for a good five minutes, standing up and running his hands through his hair.
"So sick," said Peltekci. "The river needs to be a queen," as he called the bet.
On cue, the popped off on the river and Yamin didn't seem to mind, immediately moving all in. Peltekci went through the motions again, clearly not liking the river queen. Yamin agreed to show his hand regardless and after about three minutes, Peltekci folded 
face up. He reached for Yamin's cards, flipping over 
.
The next hand, Peltekci called all in after Van Marcus went all in on a 
board. Showing , Peltekci hated to see Marcus turn over 
. Even worse, Marucs turned a full house with the 
to take away the flush outs. The river was the 
and Peltekci, just like that, was eliminated from the tournament.
Karagulleyan Folds Tens
Levent Baskaya raised from middle position to 16,000. Chris Karagulleyan called from the hijack seat and Georges Hanna called from the button. The three players saw the flop come 
. Bskaya and Karagulleyan checked before Hanna fired 30,000. Baskaya folded and then Karagulleyan folded the 
. Hanna didn't show and scooped the pot.
Bru-NOOOOO!
Zsolt Vasvenszki opened with a raise and then Bruno Stefanelli three-bet to 31,000. Vasvenszki's original bet size was unknown. Vasvenszki then four-bet to 164,000. Stefanelli thought long and hard before committing all of his chips. His was up against (and crushed by) the for Vasvenszki.
The board ran out 
and Stefanelli was sent to the rail in 24th place, just a handful of spots short of the money. Vasvenszki now has about 475,000 big ones.
Preflop Raising Wars
From early-middle position, David Benyamine raised to 16,000. Action folded over to Kfir Yamin in the cutoff seat and he fired in a three-bet to 37,000. The button and two blinds folded before Benyamine also tossed in his cards, dropped to 192,000. Yamin increased to about 160,000 and showed the .
On another table, Andreas Krause raised to 12,000 from the cutoff seat. Jeff Hakim reraised to 30,000 from the small blind. Krause four-bet to 61,000 and that sent Hakim into the tank. He eventually mucked his hand and dropped to 80,000 in chips. Krause increased to 250,000.
Mizrachi Comes from Behind To Double
Eric Mizrachi was in the hijack seat and raised to 70,000, which was basically all of his chips. Zsolt Vasvenszki was in the small blind and moved all in. Bruno Stefanelli folded from the big blind, laying down pocket sevens. Mizrachi then called of his last 15,000 with the 
. He was behind and in need of a lot of help against the for Vasvenszki.
The flop was big for Mizrachi, coming down 
and spiking him a set of tens. He vaulted to the lead in the hand and was able to hold up from there after the hit the turn and the hit the river.
Mizrachi's now up to about 180,000 while Vasvenszki dropped back to 305,000.