Season XIII WPT Cyprus: partypoker Qualifiers Interviews
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
2014 partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,486,720
Entries
404
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Welcome Back Trickett!
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Sam Trickett has just sat down half an hour ago, but he's already playing well above average after more than doubling up.
Trickett was in a animated conversation with Steve Watts, but was kind enough to tell us the details of his double up between laughing with his countryman.
Trickett told us he raised with aces, and a player behind him made the call. A short stacked player squeezed all in for his remaining 3,000, and another player re shoved all in for 30,000. "And I said call" Trickett laughed stating the obvious.
Trickett turned out to be up against pocket nines, and his aces helt up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000 | 37,000 |
Rybin Starts Aggressive
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Defending champion Alexey Rybin busted his stack, bought back in, and immediately won a sizable hand.
Rybin opened for 1,100 from the hijack, and Emrah Cahman three bet to 4,300 from the button. Both blinds folded, Rybin instantly called.
Rybin check called a 3,800 bet on 
, and both players checked the 
on the turn. The river came the 
and Rybin bet 20575, with just 1,325 behind. Cahman instantly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,600 | 9,600 |
Trickett Back In
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Sam Trickett said it was time to party, and with party the man from England apparently means playing poker. He just entered the event, and has 30,000 of chips to work with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Dinner Break
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Like yesterday, it's time for the 60-minute dinner break as level 6 has just ended. When the players return, most of them will play two more levels, have a 15-minute dinner break, and then play one more level and bag and tag. Some of them will bust before all of that happens though of course.
Watts In...
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Steve Watts was eliminated after suffering a bad beat/cooler for the fourth time today. Watts last endeavor to get chips ended with kings all in versus aces. Well, that didn't end up well, and Watts bought back in. Good thing these re entries on the same day are free of rake.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Higgins Folds
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Simon Higgins opened under the gun to 800, and a player two positions down made it 2,150. Action folded around back to Higgins, and he made the call.
Higgins checked on 
, and his opponent fired 1,700. Higgins check raised to 4,800, and the call followed.
The turn brough the 
to the table and Higgins bet out 7,200. After half a minute of tanking, his opponent shoved all in for 18,500. Now Higgins was the one tanking, muttering something like "Do you have ace king?", if we heard correctly.
After not too long, Higgins gave it up, showing the 
. His opponent didn't show anything.
Higgins is still up since the last time we checked, he plays about 83,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
83,000 | 13,000 |
Out and Out (and In)
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Andrey Shatilov has been eliminated, and we haven't seen him buy back in. Paul Tedeschi busted as well, but we did saw him buy back in and take a new seat with 30,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
Busted |
The Big Check Raise
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Albert Daher busted as one of the first players today, but so far the choice to re enter has been a good one. He's leading this tournament at the moment, having already gathered 130,000 in chips. We just saw him win a big hand to get to this many chips.
Daher check called a 2,000 bet on 
, and check called another 5,000 on the 
-turn. The river was the 
and Daher checked again. His opponent bet out 7,500, and without much hesitation Daher made it 28,500. His opponent thought about it for some time, and eventually mucked.
Daher slammed 
on the table, and started gathering chips again. He won the next hand as well, and added even more chips to his already impressive stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 47,000 |