2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info

2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$579,165
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
181
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Lodden Thinks

Nicer on TV
Nicer on TV
Antonio Esfandiari is in the house. That means the side action has picked up. He's sitting one table away from Sorel Mizzi and the two have become involved in some heated battles of "Lodden Thinks" for $100 a pop. The game involves finding a third-person and asking them a "how many" question. In this case it was a player at Mizzi's table, who was asked: (1) how much he thinks Mizzi has spent on massages in his life; and (2) how many people he thinks had touched the bottle of water in Mizzi's hand before Mizzi.

Esfandiari shipped the first questions when Mizzi "bought" the under at $32,000. His tablemate had locked in $60,000.

Esfandiari bounced out of his seat and laughed in Mizzi's face. "I punish you, you dumbass" he said.

"He seems so nice on TV," Mizzi replied to his table.

Esfandiari also shipped the second question when Mizzi bought the under at 22 and his tablemate answered 2,400, a number that drew incredulous laughs from Mizzi and Esfandiari.

"You're such a fish," Esfandiari teased Mizzi as Mizzi tried to reason with his tablemate why 2,400 was a ridiculously high number.

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariSorel Mizzi