2014 partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Abbas Morady Eliminated in 15th Place ($18,400)

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Abbas Morady opened for 32,000 from the hijack, and Igor Devkin in the big blind made the call.

Everything so far was pretty normal, and when both players checked on the {4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{Q-Spades}-flop, we didn't see anything exciting coming.

Devkin checked again on the {4-Spades} turn, and all of the sudden it was Abbas Morady who shoved all in for about 220,000. "All in?" asked Devkin to double check, "Ok call"

Igor Devkin: {K-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Abbas Morady: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}

The {9-Diamonds} on the river was a blank and Abbas Morady made his exit in 15th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Igor Devkin ru
Igor Devkin
1,060,000
300,000
300,000
Profile photo of Abbas Morady ir
Abbas Morady
Busted

Tags: Igor DevkinAbbas Morady

Chip Counts (full)

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alexander Nudin ru
Alexander Nudin
1,346,000
416,000
416,000
Profile photo of Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
1,247,000
427,000
427,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Christian Christner de
Christian Christner
1,130,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
1,100,000
640,000
640,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
1,070,000
-80,000
-80,000
Profile photo of Oliver Price gb
Oliver Price
1,000,000
Profile photo of Igor Devkin ru
Igor Devkin
897,000
-163,000
-163,000
Profile photo of Antonio Buonanno it
Antonio Buonanno
860,000
79,000
79,000
Profile photo of Paolo Petrucci it
Paolo Petrucci
840,000
210,000
210,000
Profile photo of Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
670,000
275,000
275,000
Profile photo of Ori Miller il
Ori Miller
600,000
225,000
225,000
Profile photo of [Removed:2] lb
[Removed:2]
565,000
-335,000
-335,000
Profile photo of Nikolay Baryshnikov ru
Nikolay Baryshnikov
315,000
-135,000
-135,000
Profile photo of Dimitrios Ballas gr
Dimitrios Ballas
200,000

Dimitrios Ballas Doubles Through Nicolas Chouity

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Nicolas Chouity opened under the gun plus one to 33,000, and action folded to Dimitrios Ballas in the small blind. The man from Greece shoved all in for 146,000, and the big blind seemed interested. He eventually folded, and action was on Chouity. He looked up in the sky, counted a little, and made the call.

Nicolas Chouity: {A-Spades}{9-Diamonds}
Dimitrios Ballas: {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}

The {5-Spades}{8-Spades}{J-Spades} on the flop was dangerous for Ballas, but the turn ({K-Hearts}) and river ({4-Diamonds}) blanked, and Chouity had to forfeit 142,000 in chips. He's still one of the chip leaders though, he could take the hit.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
1,370,000
300,000
300,000
Profile photo of Dimitrios Ballas gr
Dimitrios Ballas
320,000
120,000
120,000

Tags: Nicolas ChouityDimitrios Ballas:

Lewis Wins a Big One

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Toby Lewis opened for 32,000 from the cutoff, and his neighbor Alexander Lakhov three bet to 81,000 from the button. Both blinds quickly folded, Lewis made the call.

Lewis checked to Lakhov on {3-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, and the Russian bet 85,000. Lewis check raised to 245,000, and Lakhov called rather quickly.

The {10-Hearts} fell on the turn, and Lewis shoved all in for exactly 480,000. Lakhov thought for some time, but folded eventually.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
1,170,000
500,000
500,000
Profile photo of Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
878,000
-222,000
-222,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Alexander LakhovToby Lewis

Chouity's Big Bluff Fails

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

We picked up the action on a {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} board, and both Nicolas Chouity (big blind) and Dimitrios Ballas (late position) checked.

The {7-Spades} fell on the river, and Chouity moved 109,000 forward. Ballas thought deep and long, and eventually someone called the clock on him.

With about 30 seconds left to act, Ballas made the call.

Chouity showed his counterfeited {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}, Ballas took it down with his {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
1,110,000
-260,000
-260,000
Profile photo of Dimitrios Ballas gr
Dimitrios Ballas
460,000
140,000
140,000

Tags: Dimitris BallasNicolas Chouity

Nikolay Baryshnikov Eliminated in 14th Place ($18,400)

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded to Nikolay Baryshnikov on the button, and he shoved his entire stack forward. Nicolas Chouity in the small blind made the call, his neighbor folded.

It was ace-jack for Baryshnikov, but Chouity had better with pocket kings.

An ace appeared on the flop, but so did a third king for Chouity. Turn and river were blanks, and Baryshnikov made his exit in 14th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nikolay Baryshnikov ru
Nikolay Baryshnikov
Busted

Tags: Nikolay BaryshnikovNicolas Chouity

[Removed:2] Eliminated in 13th Place ($18,400)

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

"What happened?" asked Nicolas Chouity as [Removed:2] walked by. "Raise, call, bet, bet, bet" said Maksoud, explaining that he was the one calling.

Antonio Buonanno had opened before the flop, and Maksoud had made the call.

Buonanno continued to fire flop ({5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{3-Spades}), turn ({9-Clubs}), and river ({K-Clubs}). Maksoud made the call all the way with {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, but it turned out he was rivered as Buonanno showed up with {K-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Antonio Buonanno it
Antonio Buonanno
1,500,000
640,000
640,000
Profile photo of [Removed:2] lb
[Removed:2]
Busted

Price's Bluff Fails

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Oliver Price opened the hijack with a raise to 32,000, and Igor Devkin three bet to 70,000 from the small blind. The big blind quickly folded, but Price had bigger plans. The Brit four bet to 174,000, and after some thinking Devkin made the call.

Both players checked the {2-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} on the flop, and {4-Clubs} on the turn. The river came the {2-Hearts} and Devkin checked again.

Price cut out 128,000, and slid it to the middle. Devkin took his time, but after several minutes he made the call.

Price showed {K-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, Devkin proudly opened {A-Clubs}{K-Spades} and took it down.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Igor Devkin ru
Igor Devkin
1,431,000
534,000
534,000
Profile photo of Oliver Price gb
Oliver Price
1,100,000
-250,000
-250,000

Tags: Igor DevkinOliver Price

Break

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

15 minutes of break for the players.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alexander Nudin ru
Alexander Nudin
1,715,000
369,000
369,000
Profile photo of Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
1,380,000
270,000
270,000
Profile photo of Igor Devkin ru
Igor Devkin
1,340,000
-91,000
-91,000
Profile photo of Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
1,310,000
432,000
432,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
1,230,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
1,215,000
-32,000
-32,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Oliver Price gb
Oliver Price
1,165,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Antonio Buonanno it
Antonio Buonanno
1,160,000
-340,000
-340,000
Profile photo of Christian Christner de
Christian Christner
830,000
-300,000
-300,000
Profile photo of Ori Miller il
Ori Miller
675,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Dimitrios Ballas gr
Dimitrios Ballas
398,000
-62,000
-62,000

Paolo Petrucci Eliminated in 12th Place ($22,500)

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Paolo Petrucci
Paolo Petrucci

It was the last hand before the break which made that Paolo Petrucci's break would be a lot longer than 15 minutes.

Alexander Nudin opened, and Petrucci moved all in over the top. Nudin called with pocket tens, and Petrucci showed {K-}{Q-}.

The tens stayed the best hand all the way, and Paolo Petrucci hit the rail just before the break.

Player Chips Progress
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Paolo Petrucci
Busted

Tags: Paolo PetrucciAlexander Nudin