Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
2014 partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 3
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
Break
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
15 minutes break for the players. The 500 chips leave the tournament this break, when the players return the blinds will be 3,000/6,000, with an ante of 1,000.
The First Casualty in the Money
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Alexey Arakelov shoved his last nine big blinds in with ace-ten, but was unfortunate enough to find Alexander Bogdanov behind him who had ace-queen. No ten on the flop, turn or river, and no other help as well, and Arakelov headed to the cashier to collect his $8,500 cheque.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | 150,000 |
|
Busted |
Louis Salter Bubbles the 2014 partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
There had already been two all in and call situation, both involving Nicolas Chouity. Both of the times, no one busted. The first time Chouity was at risk against Christian Christner, but both players had kings and chopped it up.
The second time Markus Ross was all in against Chouity on 
. Chouity made the call with 
, but needed help to burst the bubble as Ross turned over 
. The 
fell on the river and Ross doubled.
Over on table 6, there would fall a casualty though. Russian player Nikolay Baryshnikov opened for 11,500 under the gun, and Louis Salter pushed for 68,500 from the button. The small blind thought about it for a long time, but eventually folded. Baryshnikov snap called.
The wait was for the other tables to complete their action. "You have a pair?" asked Salter. Baryshnikov did not reply.
The floor than announced the cards could be turned over, and Salter got the bad news. His 
and 
looked all pretty when he got them, but Baryshnikov's 
was miles ahead.
Salter already left the table, and an even bigger crowd gathered around his table. The 
on the flop made someone in the rail shout "Split!", and Salter returned and watched over the shoulders of the crowd as the 
hit the river. "Seven!" someone shouted, "Seven from heaven!"
Salter was still smiling, but the 
made an end to that.
Salter left the tournament as the last player without any money, the remaining 45 players were all in the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000 | 279,500 |
|
210,000 | -200,000 |
|
Busted |
Sam Trickett Does Not Bubble, Gets Lucky on the River
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Well, that title might be a bit premature, but at least he didn't bubble just now.
Alexander Lakhov opened before the flop, and Sam Trickett just flatted with 
.
The 
-flop saw Lakhov bet 25,500, and Trickett just called again.
The 
fell on the turn and Lakhov pushed all in. Trickett had 209,000 left and made the call with his set of kings.
The cards didn't open just yet, as the organization waited till it was made sure there were no other all in and call situations at other tables.
When play was done at all the other tables, the cards opened. Trickett had a more than decent hand, but it needed to fill up as Lakhov had 
for the nuts.
The 
fell on the river, pairing the board and doubling Trickett. Lakhov still has a lot of chips left, but the Russian player and the rest of the room weren't happy with what had just happened.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
493,000 | 252,000 |
|
340,000 | -290,000 |
Bubble Time
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
46 players remain, hand for hand play begins.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Bubble Time
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
46 players remain, hand for hand play begins.
Set Versus Straight
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
We picked up the action on an 
board as Christian Christner bet out 13,000. Nicolas Chouity raised it up to 34,000 in position, and Christner made the call.
The river came the and Christner checked. Chouity bet out 42,000 and Christner just about snap called by tossing in a single 1,000 chip.
Chouity said "sevens" with a crestfallen face, as he picked up from the quick call his set might not be the best hand (anymore).
Indeed, Chouity's 
soon hit the muck as Christner showed 
for the turned straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
515,000 | 265,000 |
|
|
410,000 | 93,500 |
Vershinin Back After Two-Round Penalty, Eliminated Almost Immediately
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
It took pretty long before there had been two rounds of play over on table 1, but finally Nikolay Vershinin could take his seat again a couple of minutes ago.
Wouldn't you know it, he was all in again straight away. The amateur player from Russia open shoved a lot of big blinds with pocket nines, this time when it was his turn, and Ori Miller behind him made the call with 
.
The flop saw Miller pair both his ace and king, and Vershinin had waited all that time on the rail for nothing, as he returned there minutes after he left that unpleasant place.
47 players remain now, with 45 getting paid. One more player to bust before hand for hand play begins.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
780,000 | 280,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Ace King the Angstgegner for Kataev
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Do you remember how we applauded Dimitri Kataev cool and collected demeanor, how we were impressed by his stoically glare?
Well, we're still impressed by his play, but he's out. Yeah, all of those half a million chips are gone now.
He first had to donate 200,000 in chips to Serder Saglam in a three-bet pot with to . The flop had been 
, and Kataev called the check-raise jam with ace-king high. Two blanks later they changed position chip wise.
Not much later, ace-king would again prove no good for Kataev.
Saglam had opened again, Kataev had three-bet again, and Saglam had called again. The flop was 
and Saglam had checked again. Kataev had again made a continuation bet. This time around, Saglam called and didn't jam.
The fell on the turn and Saglam checked. Kataev bet 66,000, and nów Saglam moved all in. Kataev made the call with , and was behind against Saglam's .
The 
fell on the river, eliminating the one time big stack. Saglam now has taken over that role.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000 | 449,000 |
|
|
Busted |