2014 partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2014 partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$310,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,486,720
Entries
404
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Lewis Eliminates Dursun Anar

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Sheref Dursun Anar
Sheref Dursun Anar

It all went rather quick today for Sheref Dursun Anar. The Turkish player started out with 335,000, but just lost his last chips in an under the gun versus small blind situation.

Dursun Anar, who we saw play so solid yesterday, was already short, and went for it with {A-Spades}{4-Spades} after Lewis in the small blind had three bet his under the gun open. Dursun Anar's ace-four needed improvement, Lewis tabled {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}.

The {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop made for not much of a connection besides pairing both their ace, and the {8-Spades} left Dursun Anar really hoping for just a four on the river. The {10-Clubs} didn't deliver - thought both played two pair, Lewis' king-kicker played.

Player Chips Progress
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
400,000
102,000
102,000
$25K Fantasy
Sheref dursun Anar tr
Sheref dursun Anar
Busted

Tags: Sheref Dursun AnarToby Lewis

The Price is Right

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Oliver Price
Oliver Price

We just witnessed Olivier Price check call a bet on {9-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{5-Hearts} from the blinds. Price check called another 18,000 on the {2-Diamonds}-turn.

The {A-Hearts} completed the board and Price checked again. His opponent Ali Hassan cut out a 100,000 stack worth of 5,000 chips. He stacked 35,000 of 5,000 chips, and then added some red 1,000 chips. He then grabbed another 5,000 chip, and slit the entire tower worth 49,000 forward.

Price just about snap called.

Hassan showed nothing of anything with {8-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, Price took it down with {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs}.

The next hand he won a small pot from Danny Laming where he again hit a pair of aces with not much of a kicker, and grew his stack to well over 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
Oliver Price gb
Oliver Price
430,000
112,000
112,000
Ali Hassan kn
Ali Hassan
383,000
47,000
47,000

Tags: Oliver PriceDanny LamingAli Hassan

The Brits Don't Soft Play

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Danny Laming checked from the big blind on an {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Spades} flop, and Oliver Price under the gun plus one made a 9,000 bet. Toby Lewis in the hijack made the call, Laming folded.

Price continued for 15,000 on the {7-Diamonds}-turn, but checked the {Q-Clubs}-river after Lewis called the turn. Lewis thought for a while, and eventually bet a hefty 65,000. Price double checked his cards, revealed the {A-Hearts}, and mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
500,000
100,000
100,000
$25K Fantasy
Oliver Price gb
Oliver Price
480,000
50,000
50,000
Danny Laming gb
Danny Laming
160,000
-13,500
-13,500

Tags: Danny LamingOliver PriceToby Lewis

A Two (!) Round Penalty

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Nikolay Vershinin
Nikolay Vershinin

There was a whole lot of chatter on table one, and you could see that the floor had a tough decision (again). Again it was Nikolay Vershinin involved.

According to our colleague, Mario Perez opened to 10,000 from early position. Action folded to Abbas Morady in the hijack. Before Morady had made his decision, Vershinin had already shouted "All in!"

Vershinin wasn't doing this intentional, so much was clear from his demeanor, but that didn't change the situation. This wasn't the first time, according to the floor it had happened at least twice before this tournament that Vershinin had acted out of turn. The floor explained his ruling in fluent English and French, and in some broken Russian as well.

The floor ruled that if Morady would raise, Vershinin would be able to either fold, call or raise (all in perhaps) - whatever he wanted. Whatever happened though, he would have to pay 10,000 for Perez's raise.

However, if Morady would make the call or fold, the all in would stay and Vershinin had to commit all of his chips. This gave Morady the ultimate move if he had a really big hand, but in the end he decided to fold and leave the pot to Vershinin and Perez to decide.

Vershinin: {K-Spades}{J-Diamonds}
Perez: {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}

Vershinin would get lucky with {K-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{Q-Spades}, and so eliminated Perez who was covered by a mere 2,000. He did receive the two-round penalty though, so we won't see him anytime soon.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolay Vershinin ru
Nikolay Vershinin
270,000
106,000
106,000
Mario Perez fr
Mario Perez
Busted

Tags: Nikolay VershininMario PerezAbbas Morady

Lewis Brings Hassan to Cooler Town

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Sometimes, two hands colliding is unavoidable. Most of the times, those big hands end up all in before the flop, and one angry and one happy face emerge.

But when stacks are deeper, two big hands ending up all in takes some help from the board as well sometimes. As was the case in a big hand between Lewis and Hassan just minutes ago.

Lewis opened with a raise to 10,000 under the gun, according to our colleague from the World Poker Tour blog. Ali Hassan made it 21,500 from middle position, and action folded back to Lewis. The British pro four-bet to 55,000, and Hassan made the call after some thinking.

The flop gave the duo {K-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Spades}, and Lewis fired 45,000 to the middle. Hassan called.

The {2-Spades} fell on the turn, and Lewis continued his aggression with a 75,000 bet. Hassan had a tough decision, but eventually moved all in. Lewis double checked his cards, and made the call.

Lewis: {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}
Hassan: {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

Hassan's situation before the flop already wouldn't have been as bright as he might had hoped for if they had ended up all in, but here on the turn things were even more worrying for him.

He had exactly one out left, he needed the {K-Hearts} and the {K-Hearts} only to survive. 2,27 percent of the time the king of hearts would hit, but this wasn't going to be that one in 44 times. Instead the {9-Hearts} hit, and Hassan made his way to the exit.

Toby Lewis is the new chip leader with nearly 900,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
880,000
380,000
380,000
$25K Fantasy
Ali Hassan kn
Ali Hassan
Busted

Break

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

With 49 players remaining, the tournament is on a 15-minute break.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Daher's Big Bluff Fails

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We're not entirely sure what happened, as we just witnessed the end of a big hand between Miller and Daher.

The board read {9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{10-Spades}{4-Clubs}, and Daher had a massive amount of chips in front of him in the cutoff position. Most of them were small denomination chips, but it all added up to 110,000 anyway. Miller had checked from the hijack, and was now facing a big decision.

He eventually called, and Daher immediately made clear that the call was good. Daher didn't show, and mucked as soon as Miller tabled {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for top pair and top kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Ori Miller il
Ori Miller
500,000
200,500
200,500
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
90,000
-220,000
-220,000

Tags: Albert DaherOri Miller

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 {A-Spades}{K-Spades} to {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. The flop had been {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}{2-Hearts}, 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 {K-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades} and Saglam had checked again. Kataev had again made a continuation bet. This time around, Saglam called and didn't jam.

The {J-Clubs} fell on the turn and Saglam checked. Kataev bet 66,000, and nów Saglam moved all in. Kataev made the call with {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}, and was behind against Saglam's {K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}.

The {Q-Hearts} fell on the river, eliminating the one time big stack. Saglam now has taken over that role.

Player Chips Progress
Serdar Sağlam tr
Serdar Sağlam
720,000
449,000
449,000
Dimitri Kataev
Dimitri Kataev
Busted

Tags: Serdar SaglamDimitri Kataev

Vershinin Back After Two-Round Penalty, Eliminated Almost Immediately

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Ori Miller
Ori Miller

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 {A-}{K-}.

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
Ori Miller il
Ori Miller
780,000
280,000
280,000
Nikolay Vershinin ru
Nikolay Vershinin
Busted

Tags: Nikolay VershininOri Miller