The participation on the second starting day of the 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour National Cyprus €2,000 Main Event was slightly lower than expected and the screens showed a total of 63 entries after nine 45-minute levels. Eleven of those would be generated through reentries, and Season 11 European Poker Tour Prague finalist Miltiadis Kyriakides bagged up the most chips among the 34 survivors with 159,60 in his stack. The Greek ran hot most of the day and dominated his table without much resistance.
Chino Rheem fired two bullets and busted on both of them, with the second one coming only a few minutes after picking the worst possible time to move all in. You see, he ran into Ara Melkistian's set of aces, and that was the end of the line for the former World Series of Poker November Niner and Epic Poker League champion. It was the second flopped set in a row that was fully paid off for Melkistian, and he finished in second place for Day 1b with 132,200 in chips.
Amir Ali Etemad Saeid had a roller-coaster day after cruising early on, then losing half his stack and doubling up on the penultimate hand of action. During yesterday's Day 1a, the Iranian ran kings into queens and aces to bust, and today's entry was rewarded with a finishing stack of 111,400 in chips.
Other big stacks include Alper Kostem (100,400), Jan Bendik (92,800), Andreas Christoforou (86,100), and Atanas Kavrakov (68,800). Bendik benefited from an early setup when he flopped the nut straight and his opponent flopped the weaker straight. Former PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event champion Dimitar Danchev needed two bullets on Day 1b, but he got through with an average stack of 57,600.
With 41 players advancing from Day 1a and 34 from Day 1b, a total of 75 participants are returning to the tables. Day 2 will see the cards in the air at 1 p.m.local time on Sunday, Jan. 25, and late registration as well as the single reentry option will available until the end of the third level on Day 2. The event boasts a guaranteed prize pool of €300,000 and that amount is almost reached with 149 entries in total, the prize pool and payouts should likely be published during the second break on Day 2.
As always, the PokerNews Live Reporting team will provide all key hands on the way to crown yet another WPT National champion next Monday on the sunny island of Cyprus.
Chino Rheem just re-entered a few minutes ago and we saw him standing up and rushing out. Ara Melkistian wasn't too unhappy about it, as he was gifted the 30,000 add on after both players got into a raising war and had 10,000 chips in preflop.
On the flop, Rheem moved all in for 20,000 with pocket sevens and Melkistian had an easy< decision with pocket aces. There was no runner runner miracle, as the on the turn put things to an end.
Chino Rheem had lost a huge pot against Khalil Tawil previously and fell all the way down to 7,125 chips, which he moved all in via three-bet shove. Paul-Francois Tedeschi had opened and called with to see Rheem turn over . The American got there on a board of .
The next hand, Alper Kostem raised to 1,500 and folded to the all in of Rheem for more than 15,000. Tilt or the attempt to bust and rebuy immediately for a fresh stack?
Jan Bendik as well as two other players including George Chehadeh limped in for 100 and another player then raised to 450, getting called by the three opponents. The initial player bet the flop for 1,000 and was called all around before the came on the turn.
Bendik now led for 3,500 and Chehadeh raised to scare off the other two opponents. Bendik moved all in and was called to reveal a cruel setup:
Bendik:
Chehadeh:
Only a spade or jack would avoid the elimination of Chehadeh, but it was the on the river that changed nothing.
Chehadeh was left with 850 chips and doubled that up once with Ac] versus thanks to the on the turn before running out of chips entirely.
The second starting day of the €1,800+200 World Poker Tour National Cyprus Main Event at the Noah's Ark Deluxe Hotel & Spa in Bafra gets underway at 13:00 local time. A total of nine levels of 45 minutes each will be played and all participants receive 30,000 in chips. All 74 unique entries of Day 1a are welcome to join the action once again as the bigger of two stacks of each starting day will be carried over to Day 2 on Sunday.
A single re-entry is allowed on each day and registration as well as the re-entry period remains open until the end of the third level on Day 2, allowing for a total of five bullets if required. The number to beat for the overall chip lead is Sergey Minaev's massive 193,300 chips and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi also bagged up a top five stack with 138,900 after one of his usual spectacular performances.
There were a total of 86 entries on Day 1a of which 41 advanced to Day 2 and the overall attendance may very well eclipse 200 entries. Dimitar Danchev and Paul-Francois Tedeschi are expected to re-enter today after bowing out last night and Chino Rheem was also spotted at the casino already as well.
The PokerNews team will bring you all key hands until the winner is crowned on Monday, bagging and tagging for today is expected to take place around 20:30 local time.
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