Main Event
Day 4 Started
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
Day 4 Set to Begin
Welcome back for Day 4 of the 2010 Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event.
The field is down to just 18 players after 45 battled yesterday to make the money. The bubble burst when Elias Brussianos hit the rail in 19th place. Today the plan is to play down to six players for tomorrow's televised final table. Mathieu Clavet leads the way for Day 4 with 650,000 chips. He's the only player above 600,000, but there are a group of players not too far behind including Zsolt Vasvenszki (561,000), Hakan Dalokay (527,000), and Georges Hanna (454,000).
Plenty of the big names dropped yesterday. Joe Cassidy, Bruno Stefanelli, John Dolan, and Kandis Harris all hit the rail. Those still left include Kelly Kim, Van Marcus, David Benyamine, and short-stacked Eric Mizrachi.
Play kicks off at 2:00 pm local time, about a half hour from now. PokerNews will be live from the tournament floor then. See you then!
Day 4 Seat Draw
Table 1
1. Ahmet Ucali - 292,000
2. Manig Loeser - 238,000
3. Andreas Krause - 190,000
4. Hakan Dalokay - 527,000
5. Mathieu Clavet - 650,000
6. Foivos Pettas - 221,000
7. Konstantinos Nanos - 331,000
8. Van Marcus - 334,000
9. Kelly Kim - 271,000
Table 2
1. David Benyamine 261,000
2. Yılmaz Oguz - 88,000
3. Zsolt Vasvenszki - 561,000
4. Jeff Hakim - 179,000
5. Chris Karagulleyan - 368,000
6. Georges Hanna - 454,000
7. Kfir Yamin - 310,000
8. Eric Mizrachi - 82,000
9. Kari Somer - 438,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Shuffle Up and Deal!
The cards are in the air for the final two tables of action. Here we go, down to the final table we must play!
Benyamine Leaves Himself Short
Chris Karagulleyan raised to 34,000 from under the gun. David Benyamine was on the button and reraised to 86,000. Karagulleyan made the call and the two saw a flop of 
. Karagulleyan checked and Benyamine fired 40,000. Karagulleyan just called to see the 
roll off on the turn.
Karagulleyan checked again on fourth street, passing action to his opponent. Benyamine fired 95,000, leaving himself with 55,000 behind. Karagulleyan thought and then moved all in, having Benyamine covered. Benyamine tanked and tanked before eventually tossing in his hand. Karagulleyan showed the 
for the flopped nuts and moved up to 590,000.
Benyamine is now the shortest stack in the tournament with only five and a half big blinds.
Benyamine Doubles Back
David Benyamine moved all in from middle position for 53,000. Kfir Yamin called from the big blind with the 
. Benyamine held the 
.
The board ran out 
allowing Benyamine to double through. He's back to 120,000 while Yamin dropped to 315,000.
Eric Mizrachi Eliminated in 18th Place ($12,995)
Eric Mizrachi's day has come to an end about 30 minutes into play. After Kfir Yamin raised to 25,000 from middle position, Mizrachi moved all in from the hijack seat for 81,000. Action folded back to Yamin and he made the quick call.
Mizrachi held the best hand with the 
, but he was still in a race for his tournament life against the 
for Yamin. Eric's brother Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and good friend Chino Rheem were on hand to help channel some run good.
The flop came down bad news for Mizrachi when a queen spiked, 
. The turn brought the and left Mizrachi needed a four and only a four. The river couldn't do it for him when the 
hit the felt and Mizrachi was sent to the rail in 18th place. He earned just under $13,000 for his finish.
Not all is lost for him though as he hinted to yesterday. Even though he busted out Mizrachi and his group are traveling to Israel where they'll enjoy a nice vacation from the tables.
Oguz Doubles
Kfir Yamin stayed aggressive and raised to 25,000 from middle position. Yilmaz Oguz moved all in for 46,000. Yamin made the cheap call. Yamin held two queens and had Oguz on the ropes holding the 
.
The board ran out in Oguz's favor with the 
and he doubled up to about 115,000. Yamin dropped to 375,000.
Yilmaz Oguz Eliminated in 17th Place ($12,995)
From the cutoff seat, David Benyamine raised all in for 123,000. Yilmaz Oguz stuck all of his chips in the pot once again for 114,000. Everyone else folded and it would be these two going at it.
Oguz held the 
and was up against the 
for Benyamine. Although Benyamine held just queen high going into the flop, turn and river, he was plenty live.
The flop came down 
and Oguz was 60% of the way to his double. The turn brought the 
though and things were looking grim with one card to come. The river then completed the board, and the tournament for Oguz, with the 
.
Benyamine earned the elimination and the pot to push to about 260,000, quite the increase after making a big laydown and leaving himself with only five and a half big blinds moments ago. Oguz was the second player to go on the day, also finishing with just under $13,000 in prize money.