2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship
Day: 3
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

Hanna Busted from Table of Death

It didn't take long for Georges Hanna's day to end. He drew the toughest table -- by far -- in the room and despite starting strong was quickly ground down. For his final hand Hanna limped into the pot from under the gun, then raised all in to 68,000 after Layne Flack raised the button to 9,200. Flack called instantly, tabling {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}. He was racing Hanna's {6-Clubs} {6-Hearts}.

Flack paired aces on the {8-Clubs} {A-Spades} {5-Clubs} flop, but the turn {7-Clubs} was the biggest sweat card in the deck. It gave Hanna outs to a set of sixes, a club flush, and two different straights. None of those out hit on the {2-Spades} river. Hanna is out.

"I'm not sure if I'm happy you got him down to 68 before that," Flack told Kelly Kim.

"He doesn't do that if he's not that short," Kim replied.

Dan Harrington agreed. "You win more this way for sure."

"Yeah, he might have got me off the pot on the turn," Flack mused.

Tags: Georges HannaLayne Flack