With a board of , the player in the hijack bet out a not to shabby 3,650. Nicolas Chouity on the button was the man with the decision. The all time money leader from Lebanon opted for a raise to 11,500.
His opponent laid his hand down after some thinking, and Chouity showed the . What does that tell us? Well, most likely Chouity missed his flush draw, and made a bluff on the river. Chouity at it again!
We're not entirely sure what exactly happened before the flop, but as we saw it Steve Watts had 2,100 in front of im under the gun, and Albert Daher made the call from the cutoff.
Steve Watts bet out 2,350 on , and Daher raised to 6,300. Watts three bet to a little over 14,000, and Daher released.
Did Watts mis click before the flop? Did we miss a lot of pre flop action and was it in fact a four bet pot? We don't know, and we'll never will most likely.
What we do know is that Daher and Watts played together before, Daher eliminated Watts in a big tournament in Barcelona not too long ago.
Sevket Yildiz is an animated character, clearly enjoying his World Poker Tour Main Event so far. Just a month ago, he made the final table in another big tournament here in North Cyprus (6th for $24,100), and he's trying to best that performance here this week.
Yildiz is already up to 65,000 after winning a big all in in one of the first hands of the day. His flush draw with was up against a lower flush draw with , and Yildiz was responsible for the first elimination of the day.
Yildiz played yesterday as well, and ran his stack up to 80,000 at one point, but didn't make it through the day. Will he be able to hold on to his chips today? We sure hope so, as someone as vivid as Yildiz is a great player to have in the tournament room.
Both Mikhail Korotkikh and Sevket Yildiz tried their luck yesterday, but both ended up coming short. They're back at it today, giving it one more shot.
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, the player in the hijack bet out a not to shabby 3,650. Nicolas Chouity on the button was the man with the decision. The all time money leader from Lebanon opted for a raise to 11,500.
. What does that tell us? Well, most likely Chouity missed his flush draw, and made a bluff on the river. Chouity at it again!
, and Daher raised to 6,300. Watts three bet to a little over 14,000, and Daher released.
was up against a lower flush draw with 
, and Yildiz was responsible for the first elimination of the day.
