Krause Shows Jacks
On the board of 
, Andreas Krause check-raised Mathieu Clavet's bet of 21,000 to 55,000. Clavet folded after getting a count on Krause's stack and Krause 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
The Lebanese Cowboy Falls Off His Horse
Joseph El Khoury was eliminated by David Benyamine. According to one of the players at the table, Khoury, who was short stacked, moved in with 
and Benyamine called with 
. A king spiked for Benyamine and he sent Khoury to the rail.
Khoury cashed in this event last year, but would fall short of back-to-back cashes this year.
More for Kim
Kelly Kim may have to start looking into some real estate on the island of Cyprus if he can continue this run and put together another deep run here. He just won another sizable pot from Mathieu Clavet and is up to 302,000 in chips.
Kim raised from the cutoff and Clavet called from the button. The flop came down 
and both players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. Kim fired 11,500 and Clavet raised to 25,500. Kim made the call.
The final card on board was the 
and Kim checked. Clavet fired 15,000. Kim check-raised to 50,000 and Clavet paid him off.
Kim held the 
for the nut flush and won the pot. Clavet dropped back to 475,000 in chips.
Pettas Knocks Out Kongsgaard
Soren Kongsgaard raised to 9,500 from early position. Foivos Pettas reraised to 30,000 from the hijack seat and then action folded back to Kongsgaard and he moved all in. Pettas insta-called with two kings. Kongsgaard held the 
.
The board ran out 
and there was nothing there for Kongsgaard. He was eliminated as Pettas moved to 370,000 in chips.
Khalil Doubles
Action was four ways to the flop, which came down 
. All four players checked to see a roll off on the turn. Antoine Abou Khalil, who gave us the action on this hand, bet out before Yonghui Jiang moved all in. The two others folded and Khalil made the call and was all in, holding a set of fives. Jiang held 
for a turned two pair.
The river was a 
and allowed Khalil to double up and moved to 150,000 in chips.
Dolan Busts
Our last remaining November Niner, John Dolan, was just eliminated. After doubling up Kelly Kim and being left with just about 11,000, John Dolan was all in with 
against Andreas Krause's . The board came down 
, ending Dolan's tournament.
Dolan ran deep in both the Main Event and High Roller Freeze-Out, just missing the money in both. We'll surely be seeing and hearing a lot of him in the next few months leading up to the WSOP Final Table.
Krause is up to about 145,000.
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Mizrachi Doubles Through Clavet
Eric Mizrachi raised to 10,500 from the hijack and action folded to Mathieu Clavet in the big blind. He re-raised all in, having Mizrachi well covered.
After a short while in the tank, Mirzachi called all in for 77,500 with 
, leading Clavet's 
. The board ran out 
, securing the double for Mizrachi. He is up to about 165,000 while Clavet still has a very healthy 530,000.
Feldinator Felted
Andrew Feldman has been eliminated after getting his chips in with against Chris Karagulleyan's . Unfortunately for Feldman, the board ran out 
to give Karagulleyan a winning set.
Chris Karagulleyan is up to about 325,000.
Krause Triples with Aces
Waiting patiently for a hand has paid off for Andreas Krause.
After Manig Loeser raised from under the gun to 10,500, Krause moved all in for 38,500 in the next seat. Kelly Kim called from the seat after that and then Loeser tossed in a call as well.
The flop, turn and river were 
as Loeser and Kim checked the entire way. Krause tabled the 
while Kim and Loeser both held . Krause earned the triple up and now has about 120,000 in chips.