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Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Players are on a short break.
bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Total Entries
262
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 262
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Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Mohamed Jawrey opened to 600 and got raised from the cut-off by Atnas Gueorguiev to 2,000. Jawrey was the only caller and they saw a flop of 
. Jawrey led right into him, flicking out a single 5,000 chip and so began his speech. “No shame in folding. It’s OK you can fold.”
“I don’t have that option.” Gueorguiev good naturedly replied as he made the call. Jawrey continued to talk, “You always have options. What about the re-raise?”
They saw a turn card of 
. Jawrey was in no mood to back down; this time the bet was 10,000. It was met with a confident “All in.” from Gueorguiev and less confident call from his talkative opponent.
Gueorguiev showed him the bad news 
while Jawrey held the lowly 
. He asked the dealer for a five but all he got in return was the 
and he was out.
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
We're up to 128 runners for Day 1A with 109 still remaining.
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Eli Strour was involved in another pot, this time with last woman standing on Day 1a, Jamilia Von Perger. He had bet 1,500 from the big blind on a final board of 
. Von Perger raised him and Strour looked like he was in a world of hurt. He couldn’t pass his hand though and when Von Perger showed him her 
he winced and turned over one of his cards 
. The pot was pushed to the German pro.
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Oh Roger, you big tease you.
Immediately after writing the previous hand, we saw Roger Hairabedian having raised all in on the turn of a 
board. He'd moved in for 14,725 over the top of a 7,000 bet from Michalis Michael. The latter called and almost wanted to muck his hand when he saw Hairabedian's , Michael's 
was already drawing dead. The river went almost unnoticed by everyone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Roger Hairabedian has just sat down at the table after a good night in the big cash games. It's not going so well here though, he just lost a 10,000 pot when he couldn't beat Rami Shouman's 
on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
21,000 |
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
It's all over for Sergey Malyakov, he got in a raising war while holding 
but ran into Chadi Ojelli's 
, the latter going untroubled on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Photos courtesy of the WPT.
Level 3
: 75/150, 25 ante
There’s been a bit of history between these two players today. Mustafa Ercan had earlier taken a big 20,000 pot off Eli Srour when his 
had given him trips against Srour’s two pair with .
Srour was to have a measure of revenge in this hand though, as on a flop of 
Ercan bet, Srour raised and when Ercan announced all in he was quickly called. It was Ercan’s against the two pair of Srour with 
.
The last two cards were 
and the pot was pushed to a delighted Srour who now has a chance to repair the earlier damage. “I got my chips back. That was mine.” He felt moved to comment.
