Break
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
15-minute break for the players.
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
Chouity Gets Paid
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
With a board of 
, Nicolas Chouity bet out 2,900. Next door neighbor Toby Lewis, who busted twice yesterday but is back for more, folded the cutoff. A third player involved made the call.
Chouity showed 
, his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000 | 3,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Я так счастлив!
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
With a raise of 725 in front of him, Mikhail Korotkikh shoved all in for 7,950. A player behind him re shoved, and the initial raiser gave up.
Time to open the cards, and it turned out to be a race situation:
Mikhail Korotkikh: 
Opponent: 
The 
board blanked out.
Korotkikh yelled "Я так счастлив!" ("I am so happy!"), or at least we hope that's what he yelled as we don't understand Russian.
His opponent complained about it to the floor man, and the man in charge promised to give Korotkikh a warning the next time something like that happened. As long as Korotkikh is winning all ins we promise you it will, as we've been hearing him shouting for years now after doubling up. It's his trademark ok?
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Antonio Buonanno Is Here
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Somehow we kind of missed him, but he's really here. Last year's Monte Carlo winner Antonio Buonanno is participating in this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Cautious Lövgren
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Sofia Lövgren opened under the gun to 400, and Simon Higgins on the button, and both blinds, called.
Action checked to Lövgren on 
, and the Swedish player bet out 900. Just Higgins called, both blinds folded.
The 
fell on the turn and Lövgren checked. Higgins bet out 1,200, and Lövgren called almost instantly.
The 
fell on the river and Lövgren checked again. Higgins did the same.
Lövgren showed 
, and Higgins mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000 | -16,000 |
|
33,000 | 2,900 |
Oh No! Yildiz Busto!
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
From our colleagues at the World Poker Tour blog, we just heard Sevket Yildiz has been eliminated.
From what they reconstructed, there was a raise to 400, Yildiz called, Gabriel Schaucash squeezed to 1,200, a fourth player moved all in for 2,100, the initial raiser five bet to 3,800, and both Yildiz and Schaucash made the call.
The initial raiser checked, Yildiz bet out a mere 1,100, Schaucash made the call, the initial raiser folded.
The fell on the turn, and Yildiz moved all in for about 12,000. After several minutes of tanking, Schaucash made the call.
Yildiz showed an unimproved 
, while Schaucash had for the straight- and flush draw. The all in player had 
for the straight and was well in the lead for the main pot.
The river was the 
and Schaucash made his flush, while Yildiz and the all in player busted their stacks.
Yildiz has bought back in, a fresh 30,000 for the Turkish player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Bet, Bet, Check
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
We missed the pre flop action, but saw Ilan Boujenah bet out for 800 on 
from the big blind. He got a call, and tried again on the -turn. Boujenah bet out 2,200 this time, and again got called.
The completed the board, and for a second we thought Boujenah was going to fire that third bullet. He didn't though, checking cautiously. His opponent checked behind.
Boujenah's proved not good enough, his opponent tabled 
and took it down.
The number three of Israeli's all time money list is still doing well though, he has just over 40,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,200 | 10,200 |
(Back) In Action!
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
We just spotted two-time bracelet winner Davidi Kitai on the rail, enjoying his (morning?) coffee. It's 4 o'clock here in Cyprus, but Kitai has just entered the tournament area. He's going to play in a bit.
Fellow French speaking player Paul Tedeschi gave it a try yesterday, but ended up coming short to make it through the nine levels. Tedeschi is back at it right now, having taken his seat on one of the tougher tables in the room with Albert Daher, Andrey Shatilov, and Luca Moschitta.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 |
Gnatenko Busts Ivanov
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
Oleksandr Gnatenko called the all in from shorty Dmitry Ivanov on a 
board. We're not sure how the two ended up with the cards they were holding on the flop, but we are sure Gnatenko was in the lead:
Oleksandr Gnatenko:
Dmitry Ivanov: 
Gnatenko had flopped two pair, Ivanov was in suspense for a club.
The clubs wouldn't come, the 
and 
were blanks and Ivanov was sent to the rail. Gnatenko, who's a regular here in the Merit casino, is up to almost 40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | 9,000 |
|
Busted |