Another Shove for Benyamine
Chris Karagulleyan raised to 45,000 from the hijack seat. David Benyamine was in the big blind and reraised all in for 196,000. Karagulleyan mucked and Benyamine moved to 261,000 in chips.
2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 4
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
Money Jump and Seating Assignments
With the elimination of Manig Loeser in 13th place, everyone left now receives $15,590. Once we get to nine, everyone earns at least $20,795 and from there the prize money increases with every elimination.
Here's how the two tables of six currently look.
Table 1
Seat 1: David Benyamine
Seat 2: Zsolt Vasvenszki
Seat 3: Chris Karagulleyan
Seat 4: Georges Hanna
Seat 5: Konstantinos Nanos
Seat 6: Kari Somer
Table 2
Seat 1: Ahmet Ucali
Seat 2: Andreas Krause
Seat 3: Hakan Dakolay
Seat 4: Mathieu Clavet
Seat 5: Foivos Pettas
Seat 6: Van Marcus
Manig Loeser Eliminated in 13th Place ($14,290)
Manig Loeser moved all in for his last 180,000 from the hijack seat. Andreas Krause was in the cutoff seat and took his time as he always does before making the call. Everyone else folded and it was Krause's 
against the 
for Loeser.
The flop was just what Krause needed when it came down 
and spiked him with a set. The turn was the 
and the river the 
-- both no help to Loeser. He was eliminated from the tournament in 13th place while Krause jumped to 625,000 in chips.
This finish, which earned him $14,290, comes at a time when Loeser is running pretty hot. He came in 187th this year in the WSOP Main Event for $48,847. Later in the month of July, he won the €1,000 Main Event at the European Masters of Poker II in Bulgaria. His win was good for €49,080. He chopped when three-handed, but went on to win the event and take the most money, besting a field of 260 entrants. Loeser will surely be someone to be on the lookout for in poker tournaments in the near future, especially with the results he's been putting up lately.
Benyamine Shoves
Georges Hanna raised to 40,000 from the hijack seat. David Benyamine moved all in from the small blind for 183,000. Hanna folded and showed the 
. Benyamine moved up to over 250,000 chips.
One for Marcus
Finally we were able to catch some action with Australian Van Marcus, but it wasn't much. Nevertheless, he won the pot.
On the flop of 
, Marcus checked to Ahmet Ucali. Marcus had completed from the small blind preflop and Ucali checked his option in the big blind. Ucali checked behind to see the 
fall on the turn. Marcus checked and Ucali bet the minimum, 16,000.
"16,000, right? OK," said Marcus, tossing in the chips for the call.
The 
fell on the river to complete the board and both players checked. Marcus announced a queen and tabled the 
to win the pot. He's now up to 500,000 in chips.
Queens for the Chip Leader
David Benyamine raised to 40,000 and Zsolt Vasvenszki reraised to 102,000. Benyamine made the call and the flop came down 
. The action was checked on the flop by both players. It was also checked on the turn (
) and river (
). Vasvenszki tabled two queens and won the pot to move to 1.2 million.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
More Photos from Day 4
Break
The players are on a 10-minute break.
Nanos Chops To Stay Alive
Konstantinos Nanos moved all in for 190,000 over the raise to 27,000 from Zsolt Vasvenszki. Vasvenszki made the call and held the . Nanos was dominated with the 
.
The board ran out 
and the two players chopped it up, allowing Nanos to stay alive.