Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship
Day: 3
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
Flack Still Moving Forward
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. Both players checked the 
turn. When the river fell 
Flack cut 18,500 chips off of his stack and threw them in the middle. Vedes tanked for about sixty seconds, looked like he thought about raising, and then mucked.
Bad Beat for Flack
Flack was out of a position for a
flop. He checked and called a bet of 10,000. On the turn 
he took the same line, checking and calling 14,000 more. The river fell 
and caused the action to go check, check. Flack might have thought he had at least half of the pot with 
. He therefore seemed particularly irked to see Vedes turn over 
, a winning hand that was drawing to just two non-diamond kings after the flop.
Menderes Can't Shake Medic
. He checked to Menderes, then called a bet of 20,000. The turn paired the board with another ace, the . Again Medic checked and called; this time the amount was 26,800. The river went check, check with Medic's 
taking the pot."What, no value bet?" asked observer Tommy Vedes, on a short jaunt away from his table.
Ruya Eliminated by Bansi
Bansi opened the pot with a raise to 7,500 and when the action folded around the table to Ruya, he moved all in for approximately 35,000 more. Bansi tanked for a minute or two before Ruya gave a small speech, saying something (most of it inaudible) about either doubling up, or going home. That seemed to make Bansi's decision a bit easier, as he tossed a handful of blue (5,000) chips into the middle to make the call.
Bansi:
Ruya:
Bansi hit a ten when the flop came
, and that was all it took.
Echoes of Previous Hands?
There were 23,000 chips in the middle already when Mizzi, out of position, led out for 13,000 on a flop of
. Zarion called to the turn, a card that brought another bet of 30,500 from Mizzi. That bet seemed to trouble Zarion."You have aces again?" he asked Mizzi. Without waiting for a reply, Zarion sighed and mucked his hand.
Three Outs are Enough Against Haddad
The frown would appear briefly, however, when a second three hit the board. Haddad was unable to catch back up to survive, and he's been sent to the rail as the calls of, "Seat open," continue to ring out.
Jazzar's Bluff Called
, Jazzar led out for 30,000 chips. His opponent took a deep breath before calling. Jazzar looked crestfallen, knocking the table "good call." His opponent exhaled and showed 
. Jazzar squeezed his cards one time and then sent them spinning into the muck.
Ekmekçioğlu Involved in Every Pot; Ferguson Crippled, then Eliminated
. His lone opponent, Rep Porter, raised that bet to 170,000, enough to put Ekmekçioğlu all in. He snap-folded.The two were at it again the very next hand, with Porter raising to 8,000 from under the gun and Ekmekçioğlu calling from the button. On a flop of
, Porter check-called a bet. Both players checked the turn. When the river double-paired, 
, Porter checked again. Ekmekçioğlu made an ill-advised stab at the pot for 11,000, which Porter quickly called with unimproved 
. It was good.The very next hand it was Chris Ferguson's turn to get involved with Ekmekçioğlu. Ferguson opened for 7,500 in front of Ekmekçioğlu, who looked like he might be steaming when he re-raised all in for 45,400. Ferguson deliberated in his usual manner before calling with
. He was up against . Ekmekçioğlu promptly flopped a full house, 
, a hand that was still good at the river.That loss crippled Ferguson to 12,000 chips. He went out a few hands later. Porter, meanwhile, appears to be the new chip leader with 465,000.
Osterland Eliminated
We missed the action as it happened, but Rob Peltekci and Jazzar replayed the gist of it for us.
Osterland moved all in holding some variation of queen-ten and Jazzar made the call with pocket fives. The board then ran out
and Jazzar's fives held up to win the pot, sending Osterland to the rail.After the hand, Jazzar stacked up just under 320,000 in chips.