"I tried to bluff the river with ace-queen and he called with ace-king for ace-high as well, that was sick." Sinem Melin said after we noticed how her chips had magically disappeared. Table neighbor Ivan Luca took them and is now among the second biggest stacks after the dominating Michael Mizrachi.
Day 1b chip leader Miltiadis Kyriakides is currently enjoying a massage, unfortunately that happens outside of the main tournament area. The Greek had less than 100,000 chips the last time we checked and was listed among the recent eliminations.
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The seat of Sinem Melin is empty and Andreas Christoforou followed just now. The Cypriot was all in for his last 30,000 with and failed to improve against the of Ara Melkistian. After the board, yet another player was sent to the rail.
There were a total of 172 entries and the first 21 spots will get paid with a min-cash being worth €3,600. The winner of the partypoker WPT National Cyprus Main Event walks home with €75,000 as well as a shiny trophy provided by Live Events International.
Magdalena Tsaneva was all in for her last 18,000 chips in a battle of the blinds against fellow Bulgarian Atanas Kavrakov. The latter could not score the knockout with versus on a board of .
Kelly Kim was less fortunate, his cards were already rushed away and he could not beat the of an opponent on a seven-high board.
A player approached us when walking past the tables with the words "let me tell you a great story. This man there had only one ante last level. Not one blind, one ante!" The person in question is Onur Unsal, who crashed out early in that big pot with Barny Boatman and is at 80,000 chips right now. This would make for a good comeback story if he cashes.