Main Event Day 3 | 2014 partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic

09-08-2014 16:37 UTC+3

Daher's Big Bluff Fails

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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 , 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 for top pair and top kicker.

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

Tags: Albert Daher Ori Miller

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

09-08-2014 16:21 UTC+3

Break

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

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

09-08-2014 16:17 UTC+3

Lewis Brings Hassan to Cooler Town

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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 , and Lewis fired 45,000 to the middle. Hassan called.

The 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:
Hassan:

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 and the 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 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	880,000	380,000
Ali Hassan	Busted

09-08-2014 16:07 UTC+3

A Two (!) Round Penalty

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

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:
Perez:

Vershinin would get lucky with , 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	270,000	106,000
Mario Perez	Busted

Tags: Nikolay Vershinin Mario Perez Abbas Morady

09-08-2014 15:49 UTC+3

The Brits Don't Soft Play

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

Danny Laming checked from the big blind on an 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 -turn, but checked the -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 , and mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toby Lewis	500,000	100,000
Oliver Price	480,000	50,000
Danny Laming	160,000	-13,500

Tags: Danny Laming Oliver Price Toby Lewis

09-08-2014 15:34 UTC+3

The Price is Right

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

We just witnessed Olivier Price check call a bet on from the blinds. Price check called another 18,000 on the -turn.

The 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 , Price took it down with .

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	430,000	112,000
Ali Hassan	383,000	47,000

Tags: Oliver Price Danny Laming Ali Hassan

09-08-2014 15:18 UTC+3

Lewis Eliminates Dursun Anar

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

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 after Lewis in the small blind had three bet his under the gun open. Dursun Anar's ace-four needed improvement, Lewis tabled .

The flop made for not much of a connection besides pairing both their ace, and the left Dursun Anar really hoping for just a four on the river. The didn't deliver - thought both played two pair, Lewis' king-kicker played.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toby Lewis	400,000	102,000
Sheref dursun Anar	Busted

Tags: Sheref Dursun Anar Toby Lewis

09-08-2014 15:11 UTC+3

Gone

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

Alexander Orlov has been eliminated. He is joined on the rail by Turkish player Kemal Yöyen and Lithuanian player Mantas Bagokius.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kemal Yöyen	Busted
Alexander Orlov	Busted
Mantas Bagokius	Busted

09-08-2014 15:09 UTC+3

Zuev Eliminated, Kataev Crushing

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

Dmitry Kataev looks like a guy not afraid to put the pressure on on the bubble, he looks like a guy who's been around the block, like someone who crushes bubbles on a daily basis. Maybe that's why Pavel Zuev just made the call that costed him his tournament life.

Zuev opened to 8,000 from early position, and Kataev three-bet from the small blind to 23,000. The big blind folded, Zuev called.

Kataev, with a wall of chips in front of him, bet out 17,000 on the -flop, 33,000 on the -turn, and all in for about 60,000 on the -river. Zuev made the calls rather quick on the flop and turn, but really gave it some thoughts on the river. Eventually he called though.