"That's what you paid the $300 [registration fee] for," joked Monnette.
2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
181
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 181
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"That's what you paid the $300 [registration fee] for," joked Monnette.
, Deeb and one other player checked to the button, who bet 2,050. Deeb and the other player both called to the 
turn, which brought a bet of 5,600 from Deeb. Only the button called.The river paired the board
. Deeb checked to his opponent, who tanked for about a minute and a half before checking behind. Deeb apparently had given up on making a further move with 
; it was no good against the button's 
. As a result a pot worth more than 20,000 chips slid away from Deeb to his opponent.
Heads-up then, the flop came out
. Hartman kept the heat on with a bet of 15,000, sending Azur deep into the tank. After several minutes of head shaking, he flipped over his 
face-up on the table, conceding the pot with a frustrated flick of the wrist."You were crushed," said Hartman, reluctant to show. Finally, he did indeed flash
as a few table mates complimented the good lay down from Azur. Hartman is up over 50,000 after stacking that pot.
spread out on board and about 15,000 chips already in the middle of the table. Layne Flack was all in for just about 35,000, and the decision was on Hakan Ercan, his lone opponent. After a few minutes in the tank, Ercan made the call to put his own tournament life at risk here in the first level.Showdown
Flack:
Ercan:
The turn was a blank
, and the that hit the river was scary paint but a miss. Flack picks up the knockout, upping his count to a whopping 120,000 having already lapped the field twice.
In one such hand, Ioannis Anthanassiades fired at least two bullets (we caught up to the hand on the turn) holding
at a 
board; 1,000 on the turn and 5,000 on the river. He was looked up by Jazzar Moroun who tabled 
for a rivered two pair. The hand, while otherwise irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, just goes to show that these guys aren't messing around... 400 big blinds or not.
, Layne Flack put in a pre-flop raise before an opponent across the table put in a big re-raise. Flack called, and the flop came out 
. The re-raiser slid out 3,000, and Flack quickly called.The turn card was another
, a fine sight for Flack's hand. He would flat-call another bet of 3,000 before seeing the river bring a 
. Keeping the heat on, the aggressor fired out 5,000, drawing a raise to 15,000 from Flack. He instantly called, and Flack tabled the winning trip jacks. That pot moves the pro up to about 75,000 here in the early going.
Deeb was referring to the fact that each black chip is worth T25 and each green chip is worth T100. The usual format for tournament chips is for green chips to be worth T25 each and black chips to be worth T100. This difference has become one of the primary conversation points around the room.
Deeb suspects that there will be some mis-sized bets today because of the change. When it comes to poker, he's not usually wrong.
