WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship
Day 2 Completed
2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
181
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Closing Time
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Among the survivors were Team Full Tilt pros Allen Cunningham, Andy Bloch and Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, along with Tommy Vedes, Antony Lellouche, Sorel Mizzi and your unofficial overnight chip leader, Nenad Medic (277,000).
Strangely enough, John Tabatabai, Phil Gordon, Jan Skampa and Ludovic Lacay -- the four largest stacks at the start of the day -- were all sent packing, in what was, for lack of a better word, a very odd day of poker.
Do join us tomorrow afternoon for our continued coverage of the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic, live from the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino.
Until then, good night and good luck!
It's That Time
Gordon Hits the Wall
Gordon got it all in with ace-king before the flop, and Jacques Torbey was the man who would seal his fate, content to race for the knockout with pocket sevens. A third seven on the board spelled the end of Gordon's day, and he slung his player identification badge across the felt to the dealer with a frustrated sigh.
Torbey offered an apology as Gordon paced around the table, but it was unnecessary. "Don't worry about it," said Gordon. "Just put those chips to good use. At the very least, don't use them to double up one of those two!" he said, pointing at Andy Bloch and Chris Ferguson right next to Torbey.
Forcing a smile, Gordon made his exit.
Medic!
and was called by the button player, Melih Ekmekçioğlu. Both players checked the 
turn, prompting Medic to bet 43,700 on the 
river. Ekmekçioğlu surrendered without a fight.
Lee'ving on a Jet Plane
Menderes opened with a min-raise holding
and Lee smooth called with pocket aces. The 
flop was absolute gold for Menderes and the rest is history.
Lellouche Applying Pressure
. Lellouche checked to Aboukhalil, who fired out 10,000. Osterland quickly gave up the ghost; Lellouche just as quickly check-raised to 30,000. Aboukhalil thought things through for about a minute before folding."Good play," he said, knocking the table. "Well done."
Lellouche is up to 228,000 in chips.
Little Can't Shake Sancaktaroglu
flop and 15,000 when the turn paired the board, 
. Each time Sancaktaroglu first checked his action, then called Little's bet. When the river fell a third trey, the , both players checked the action down. Sacaktaroglu showed a full house, treys full of queens, made with 
. It was the winner.
The Collapse of Martin Kabrhel
In the first, he opened with a raise to 5,400 from under-the-gun and was reraised to 18,000 by Zarion Raymin. Action then folded around the table and back to Kabrhel, who moved all in (88,400). It didn't take long for Raymin to make the call, as he tabled two red kings and found himself in great shape against Kabrhel's
. The board ran out 
giving Raymin a full house and just under 180,000 in chips. After that hand, Kabrhel was left with just 28,600 in chips, which he immediately put to risk holding
against Tal Cohen Sasson's 
. An ace on the flop was all it took to send the maniacally aggressive Kabrhel to the rail.
Vedes Running Good
. Vedes had first action and made the price of poker 10,000. Seed called.The river double-paired the board and put three spades out,
. Vedes was undeterred and bet another 10,000. That bet put Seed in the tank for almost two minutes before he finally folded. Vedes kindly showed .