bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info

bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠5♥
Prize
$258,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
262
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
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Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante:

Anar Out Again

[user76023]
[user76023]
Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Seref Dursun Anar, who played yesterday, looks to be one of the first out today. His last chips went in with {A-Clubs}{10-Spades} against Vladimir Volov's {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} but the board came {8-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{7-Hearts} in Volov's favour.

Player Chips Progress
Seref Dursun Anar tr
Seref Dursun Anar 		Busted

Kabrhel Not Happy

[user76023]
[user76023]
Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Martin Kabrhel
Martin Kabrhel

Martin Kabrhel had opened to 200 preflop receiving several callers. The Czech player bet 600 on the {J-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Spades} flop before Azad Jabraylov made it 1,600 next to him. Alexandr Lakhov called on the button and Kabrhel reraised to 4,600, this wasn't enough to deter Jabraylov who moved all in for 16,300. Lakhov now folded and Kabrhel called.

Kabrhel: {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Jabraylov: {K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}

The {3-Spades} turn changed nothing but the {3-Clubs} river counterfeited Kabrhel's two pair and he lost two-thirds of his stack. Jabraylov is up to 35,000.

Photo courtesy of the WPT

Player Chips Progress
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel 		13,000
-17,000
 -17,000

Scott’s Blind

[user252447]
[user252447]
Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Max Droege and Kara Scott were exchanging stories about their long flights to get here. Fourteen hours for Droege from Canada, the same for Scott from quite a lot closer, Italy. Droege bet 250 into Scott’s big blind. When the small blind folded, Scott responded with a raise to 625. Droege flicked his cards away. Pick on someone else was the message, and it looked like he got it.

Rules is Rules

[user252447]
[user252447]
Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

The tournament director started the day by reminding players of some of the rules in effect here.

The first card of the deck rule will be enforced; meaning if you are not in your seat as the first card of a new hand is dealt, your hand is dead.

If players check the river, the player to the left of the button must show first. You will be penalised if check the nuts as the last player to act.

English only at the table please.

Jack on Jack Action

[user76023]
[user76023]
Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Serhii Leonichev had bet 250 on a {J-Clubs}{4-Spades}{J-Diamonds} board before Uri Keidar check-raised to 750. Leonichev called to see the {8-Diamonds} turn where Keidar now fired out 1,075. Leonichev made the call a second time and the {5-Spades} came on the river. Keidar now fired one last bet, 2,525 and Leonichev looked glumly on.

The Russian rechecked his cards a couple of times, looking as though he wanted to fold but simply felt he couldn't. He threw in the call and Keidar flipped {J-Spades}{9-Clubs}. Leonichev turned over {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, happy to see one of the few hands he was able to beat.

First Pot for Maksoud

[user76023]
[user76023]
Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Alexandr Lakhov opened to 200 from the button and [Removed:2] defended in the big blind to see a {J-Hearts}{2-Spades}{8-Spades} flop. Both players checked before Maksoud bet 300 on the {3-Diamonds} turn, Lakhov made the call to see the {5-Hearts} on the river and Maksoud quickly bet 600. Lakhov thought for a second before flicking in the call.

Maksoud turned over {8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} - enough to win him the first pot of the day.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:2]
[Removed:2] 		31,000
1,000
 1,000

The Early Bird Gets the Chips

[user252447]
[user252447]
Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

It looked like table 5 was going to kick off with just two players. Canadin player Maximillian Droege and Ali Baskan. Droege decided to get the chat in early: “Are we going to play heads up? You want to flip for it?” Droege had earlier wandered over to the PokerNews desk to ask about Day 1a chip leader and average count.

As we started though four players were ready and Droege stated his intentions by three-betting an opener on the first hand to 450. He got two callers and we saw a flop of {10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{6-Spades}. Checked to him, Droege continued with a bet of 700 and got one caller in Baskan. The turn was {2-Spades} and both players checked. A river {j-Clubs} was checked to Droege who reached for chips and made it 1,300. Baskan made the call and mucked when Droege showed the {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. Looks like Droege has come to play.

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