bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b2345
Event Info
bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$258,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Total Entries
262
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 262

Rettenmaier Defeats Valeriyan Steel

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante

With a flop reading {8-Hearts}{3-Spades}{Q-Clubs}, it was checked to Valeriya Litmanovich who bet 2,700. Andrei Simon flat-called before Marvin Rettenmaier check-raised to 8,225. Litmanovich then reraised to 20,800 and Simon tanked for a moment before eventually folding. Rettenmaier quickly put the rest of his chips in and Litmanovich called.

Rettenmaier: {3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
Litmanovich: {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts}

The turn {8-Spades} and river {5-Diamonds} changed nothing and last year's winner is up to about 48,000. Simon was the gutted one however, he claimed he'd held queen-eight suited and correctly worked out he was behind. At least he was on the flop...