Main Event
Day 3 Started
2015 partypoker WPT National Cyprus
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2015 partypoker WPT National Cyprus
Buy-in
€1,800
Prize Pool
€300,312
Entries
172
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Welcome to the Final Day of the partypoker WPT National Cyprus
At 13:00 local time (12:00 CET), the last 12 players out of a 172-entry strong field will return to the tables at the Noah's Ark Deluxe Hotel & Spa for the final day of the €1,800+200 partypoker World Poker Tour National Cyprus Main Event. All remaining players already have €5,375 locked up for their efforts, but all eyes are set on the winner trophy and first-place payout of €75,000. The full payouts can be found here. Leading the field is Majid Ejlal Noubarian from Iran with 895,000 chips followed by Kemal Sevevi (805,000) and Atanas Kavrakov (667,000).
The shortest stack returns with 20 big blinds for the upcoming level 19 at 4,000-8,000 and a running ante of 1,000, each level will last 60 minutes. It is also the final day of the WPT Cyprus Winterfest in Bafra with the final of the €50,000-guaranteed Let's Fly Event as well as the WPT Turbo edition that features a guarantee of €25,000.
As always, the PokerNews team is bring you all the good and bad beats until the latest WPT National champion is crowned. Also check out the updates from the Aussie Millions Main Event and the AU$100,000 Challenge from down under.
Day 3 redraw:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | Atanas Kavrakov | 667,000 |
| 9 | 2 | Vitalii Grekul | 227,000 |
| 9 | 3 | Aykutalp Yilmaz | 265,000 |
| 9 | 4 | Marco Della Tommasina | 153,000 |
| 9 | 6 | Mohamed Almani | 396,000 |
| 9 | 7 | Kemal Sevevi | 805,000 |
| 12 | 1 | Ercan Olgun | 215,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Majid Ejlal Noubarian | 896,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Vasili Kesnin | 502,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Carl Maertzen | 428,000 |
| 12 | 7 | Jacques Torbey | 380,000 |
| 12 | 8 | Grigorii Rodin | 227,000 |
Button in Seat 2
Two players are still missing and the action will get underway shortly with the button in seat two.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Olgun Folds Twice
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Grigorii Rodin raised to 16,000 and Ercan Olgun three-bet to 40,000 from the cutoff. All other players folded and Olgun did so as well after the four-bet shove of the Russian. Olgun opened the next hand to 17,000 and folded to the small three-bet of chip leader Majid Ejlal Noubarian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 | 63,000 |
|
155,000 | -60,000 |
Della Tommasina Doubles Through Almani
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
After a preflop all in between Marco Della Tommasina and Mohamed Almani, the Italian was at risk for 147,000 with ace-king. Almani had him covered but could only reveal ace-queen, a ten-high board let Della Tommasina score a vital double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | 147,000 |
|
230,000 | -166,000 |
Aykutalp Yilmaz Eliminated in 12th Place (€5,375)
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
After a raise to 16,000 by Vitalii Grekul on the button, Aykutalp Yilmaz moved all in for 167,000 chips and was called by the Ukrainian. Yilmaz had a kicker problem with 
against the 
of Grekul and both players would find top pair on the 
flop. Neither the 
turn nor the 
river changed anything and Yilmaz headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000 | 173,000 |
|
Busted |
Olgun Doubles As Well
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Vasili Kesnin raised to 17,000 and eventually called the three-bet shove of Ercan Olgun for 127,000 in total. The Russian was even happy about a split but his 
could not get there against the 
of Olgun. With the board running out 
, Olgun doubled up and is back in the game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000 | -132,000 |
|
|
260,000 | 105,000 |
Almani Gets some Back
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Kemal Sevevi min-raised from under the gun and Mohamed Almani three-bet small, too small. He was correctly told that the reraise has to be to at least 24,000 and that's what Almani put into the pot. After a flop of 
, Almani bet and Sevevi quickly folded, exposing 
to the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
730,000 | -75,000 |
|
|
300,000 | 70,000 |
What Chip Leaders Do
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Majid Ejlal Noubarian is "pushing the new generation around" and does exactly what chip leaders are supposed to do: Putting pressure on the opponents. Latest example was a successful three-bet to 39,000 after a 16,000-open by Grigorii Rodin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,130,000 | 234,000 |
|
|
150,000 | -140,000 |