2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship
Day: 2
1a1b23456
Event Info

2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7♥7♦
Prize
$579,165
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
181
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Sort

Day 2 Starting Seat Assignments

[user38449]
[user38449]
Click here for a complete list of Day 2 starting stacks.

(Table 1)
Seat 1: Liora Cohen - 19975
Seat 2: John Lestina - 68025
Seat 3: Dori Yucoub - 8050
Seat 4: Raymin Zarion - 59325
Seat 5: Tolga Demirel - 41200
Seat 6: Herrmann Reto - 37100
Seat 7: Janar Kiivramees - 34625
Seat 8: Cohen Sasson Tal - 65575
Seat 9: Howard Lederer - 43100

(Table 2)
Seat 1: Andy Bloch - 88725
Seat 2: Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson - 78625
Seat 3: Jose Guardia - 26325
Seat 4: Moshe Salman - 80700
Seat 5: Kyrcacos Kyrcacou - 12450
Seat 6: Anthony Wright - 102400
Seat 7: Anton Fahldren - 20675
Seat 8: Quoc Diep - 30925
Seat 9: Kelly Kim - 74575

(Table 3)
Seat 1: Soren Kongsgaard - 11750
Seat 2: Kerem Kiyak - 24800
Seat 3: Jonathan Little - 75625
Seat 4: Bassam Elnajjar - 19225
Seat 5: Yury Kerzhopkin - 49500
Seat 6: Ray Bitar - 32200
Seat 7: Kevin Reilly - 33615
Seat 8: Patrik Antonius - 68400
Seat 9: Chris Karagulleyan - 16600

(Table 4)
Seat 1: Tayfun Rodoplu - 38250
Seat 2: Roy Winston - 101300
Seat 3: Zorlu Menderes Er - 67550
Seat 4: Engin Simsiki - 41000
Seat 5: Mike Matusow - 35250
Seat 6: Tom Kutlesa - 56775
Seat 7: Steven Fung - 96675
Seat 8: Denny Lee - 109855
Seat 9: Joshua Jarrell - 87225

(Table 5)
Seat 1: Ismail Yagci - 65375
Seat 2: David Levi - 55125
Seat 3: Joseph El Khoury - 121350
Seat 4: Huck Seed - 44800
Seat 5: Ludovic Lacay - 140780
Seat 6: Minas Charous - 22475
Seat 7: Eyal Avitan - 30425
Seat 8: David Sasson - 25725
Seat 9: Doron Katav - 40300

(Table 6)
Seat 1: Sorel Mizzi - 86975
Seat 2: Albert Emlek - 89350
Seat 3: Layne Flack - 112675
Seat 4: Ali Baskan - 76475
Seat 5: Wahab Shlomo - 62000
Seat 6: Darren Elias - 34050
Seat 7: Sherle Fabian - 6575
Seat 8: Cumhur Suhan - 57475
Seat 9: John Monnette - 52800

(Table 7)
Seat 1: Danny Wong - 72560
Seat 2: Jan Skampa - 156975
Seat 3: Thomas Bichon - 78725
Seat 4: Jeremy Kottler - 12400
Seat 5: Uri Keidar - 57350
Seat 6: Reghar Astrom - 36175
Seat 7: Felix Osterland - 39775
Seat 8: Robert Engel - 30875
Seat 9: Jazzar Moroun - 106650

(Table 8)
Seat 1: Bruno Fitoussi - 42775
Seat 2: Praz Bansi - 85525
Seat 3: John Tabatabai - 178275
Seat 4: Melih Ekmekçioğlu - 76700
Seat 5: Sargon Ruya - 84325
Seat 6: Melissa Hayden - 23975
Seat 7: Antony Lellouche - 41875
Seat 8: Hazem Muhieddin - 36975
Seat 9: Dan Harrington - 60000

(Table 9)
Seat 1: Antonio Esfandiari - 119900
Seat 2: Aleh Plauski - 77675
Seat 3: Suzie Lederer - 25500
Seat 4: Iannis Petri - 42525
Seat 5: Dany Joe Georges - 53000
Seat 6: Yves Farges - 25950
Seat 7: Benny Chen - 16075
Seat 8: Rep Porter - 65925
Seat 9: Allen Cunningham - 77650

(Table 10)
Seat 1: Yosh Nakano - 24450
Seat 2: Jacques Torbey - 107975
Seat 3: Haviv Almog - 32250
Seat 4: Huseyin Nafiz Alpsoylu - 44050
Seat 5: Lee Markholt - 24650
Seat 6: Hanna Georges - 128000
Seat 7: Per Ummer - 18150
Seat 8: Tamer Ustaoğlu - 36450
Seat 9: Richard Pumilia - 60675

(Table 11)
Seat 1: Sassine Ghazale - 21150
Seat 2: Mehmet Berk Deniz - 53825
Seat 3: Bolivar Palacios - 77075
Seat 4: Tommy Vedes - 122125
Seat 5: Matt Glantz - 96000
Seat 6: Uri Mihaeli - 69000
Seat 7: David Czaja - 41300
Seat 8: Craig Hartman - 22600
Seat 9: Ron Azor - 20225

(Table 12)
Seat 1: Anthony Aboukhalil - 9050
Seat 2: Kemal Basat - 90625
Seat 3: Homan Houshair - 75050
Seat 4: Mariusz Czech - 46650
Seat 5: James Akenhead - 77200
Seat 6: Martin Kabrhel - 120350
Seat 7: Daniel Fogmark - 28675
Seat 8: Albert Yakoub - 46000
Seat 9: Levent Başkaya - 13850

(Table 13)
Seat 1: Jarek Jaskiewicz - 25200
Seat 2: Engin Sancalctaroglu - 65400
Seat 3: Ahmet Arpa - 52000
Seat 4: Sam Sepilian - 78425
Seat 5: Phil Gordon - 157400
Seat 6: Maor Feldinger - 41100
Seat 7: Va Shon Watkins - 23900
Seat 8: Lol Cy - 44550
Seat 9: Kerignard Yorane - 64900

(Table 14)
Seat 1: Joe Cassidy - 65150
Seat 2: Jason Schacter - 27400
Seat 3: Andreas Hagen - 125600
Seat 4: Ramez Haddad - 43350
Seat 5: Shawn Sandt - 79500
Seat 6: Nenad Medic - 74275
Seat 7: Victor Viorel - 39575
Seat 8: Sefik 'Rob' Peltekci - 44000

Bring on Day 2

[user75032]
[user75032]
Good morning from the beautiful Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in northern Cyprus. The weather outside is a bit cooler today than it's been in recent days, but not enough to deter many of the assembled players from a quick morning stop at the beach for a swim in the Mediterranean Sea.

We had 181 runners over the two Day 1 flights of this $10,000 poker tournament. 125 of them will be rejoining us today to continue the inexorable march towards the final table. Here's how the top four stacks shape up:

John Tabatabai - 178,275
Phil Gordon - 157,400
Jan Skampa - 156,975
Ludovic Lacay - 140,700

These four players are well ahead of the field, which brings an average stack of about 58,000 into play today.

The action this morning will start with a color-up and race-off of the T25 black chips. Once that's completed cards will be in the air, probably in about thirty minutes, just after noon local time. See you then.

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Rep Picks Up Where He Left Off

[user75032]
[user75032]
Rep Porter
Rep Porter
Rep Porter brought a slightly larger than average chip stack into Day 2 and he's already hard at work increasing it. Porter was one of two players to call Dany Joe Georges' preflop raise to 2,100. On a flop of {9-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {9-Hearts} Porter, in position, was the only player to call Georges' 4,500-chip bet. The turn came {7-Spades}. George had to act first and chose to fire another 6,000 chips into the pot. Porter quickly raised to 17,500, a raise that induced a fold after a minute of thought from Georges.

Tags: Rep Porter

Kyrcacos Kyrcacou Doubles Through Kelly Kim

[user38449]
[user38449]
Local Cypriot Kyrcacos Kyrcacou got off on the right foot to start the day after doubling through Full Tilter Kelly Kim.

The two got it all in preflop -- Kim with pocket nines and Kyrcacou with pocket queens. The board then ran out {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and Kyrcacou's queens reigned supreme, kicking him up to 25,000 in chips.

Kim fell to 57,000 in the loss.

Tags: Kelly Kim

Kerzhapkin Snapped Off

[user75032]
[user75032]
Yury Kerzhapkin made a play on the river but it didn't pay off. In a battle of the blinds, he opened to 2,000, then called the big blind's re-raise to 4,500. Both players checked the {5-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {A-Spades} flop and the {A-Clubs} turn. The river was the {J-Clubs}. Kerzhapkin made a 10,000-chip stab at the pot. He snap-folded to a considered raise to 25,000 chips total.

Tags: Yury Kerzhapkin

That's a Bummer...

[user38449]
[user38449]
Nakano stacking Ummer's chips
Nakano stacking Ummer's chips
Yosh Nakano has just doubled up through Per Ummer, leaving the resident Cypriot crippled with just under 3,000 in chips.

The money found the middle preflop; Nakano's with pocket queens and Ummer's with two black tens. The board ran out nine-high and Nakano's queens would take the pot, kicking him up to 35,000 in chips.

Tags: Per UmmerYosh Nakano

Jan Skampa Busto

[user75032]
[user75032]
Jan Skampa - busto
Jan Skampa - busto
Wow. So much for coming into Day 2 as one of the chip leaders. Jan Skampa has been sent to the rail not even thirty minutes into the day, despite starting the day with more than 185 big blinds. The final hand for Skampa came on a board of {5-Spades} {2-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {9-Hearts}. With 73,000 chips already in the middle, Skampa's lone opponent, Jazzar Moroun, had first action and moved all in for 64,200. Skampa tanked for about a minute and a half before announcing a call. He mucked after Moroun opened {5-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} for a set of fives. When the stacks were counted down, Moroun just barely had Skampa covered.

Moroun is the new tournament chip leader with about 200,000 chips.

Tags: Jan SkampaJazzar Moroun

12345…9