Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
262
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Dogan Puts the Squeeze On
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Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
When Serhil Leonichev called an under the gun raise of 1,250, Hasan Dogan raised to 3,100 from the big blind. The original raiser folded but the squeeze didn’t quite work as Leonichev wanted to see a flop and called. It arrived in the form of 
. Both players checked. When a came on the turn Dogan led for 1,850. No trap was being set and Leonichev folded.
Rybachenko is All Heart
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Andrei Simon, who has re-entered today, is starting to look pretty short after losing a decent sized pot to Sergey Rybachenko.
Rybachenko opened to 1,200 from early position before Simon three-bet to 2,800 a few seats behind him. Rybachenko quickly called to see a flop of 
and he checked to the preflop aggressor.
Simon slid out a bet of 3,200 with around 16,000 behind and Rybachenko dropped in a clusterbomb of blue 5k chips to put the Romanian all in. Simon thought for a moment but he didn't luck particularly interested in the hand and opted to fold instead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
91,000 | 31,000 |
|
|
16,000 |
Nitsche Joins List of Exits
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Dominik Nitsche has been knocked out. We were reliably informed by Kara Scott, secret blogger in disguise, that he was all in with top pair against a flush draw and that the latter managed to get there. Another German off to the party then!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Nice and Friendly
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Table 4 has been fairly fractious all day. Hrayr Balagamian in particular has been pretty vocal since a disputed floor ruling about how much he had to put in when attempting a raise left him fuming when he had to fold to subsequent action on the flop. It cost him a lot of chips and perhaps dented his pride a little.
Here though he was up against fellow Lebanese player Nabil Matta who had raised to 1,000 from first position. Balagamian was the only caller from the big blind and they checked it to the river on a board of 
. Balagamian bet a paltry 600 and was shrug called by Matta with 
. It beat Balagamian’s 
It Gets Nastasi For Naydenov
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Eros Nastasi opened to 1,200 preflop from the cutoff, Simeon Naydenov called on the button and the small blind also got involved. The 
flop was checked to Nastasi who bet 2,200 - Naydenov called and the small blind folded. The turn was the and both players checked the four card straight.
The came on the river and Nastasi bet 4,100, resulting in a quick call from the Bulgarian. Nastasi flipped 
for the straight and Naydenov shook his head and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
42,000 | 22,000 |
Double Grinding
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Clearly, the action of one table just isn't enough for some players. Both Dominik Nitsche and Albert Daher are now also grinding online poker on their respective laptops. Some people just can't get enough poker.
Image Payment for Noubarian
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Majid Noubarian got it in on a 
board and got a call. Noubarian tabled for the flopped straight while his opponent paid him off with 
. The turn and river came 
giving Noubarian a return to just about average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000 |
Kim Suffers Beat
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Kelly Kim couldn't catch a break in this tournament. After an open to 1,200, he made it 3,100 in middle position before Malek Abi Nasr had cold four-bet from the blinds to 17,500. The initial raiser folded and Kim quickly called off his remaining 10,000.
Nasr: 
Kim:
The boad was not kind to the former WSOP main event finalist coming 
and he instantly disappeared to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Royal Flush?
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Ognjen Sekularac and Tayfun Rodoplu were in a hand together and looking at each other across the table. On the felt between them were four cards already dealt, . The table couldn’t help but remark on the “Royal flush draw.” They both checked and when the river delivered the 
they both checked again. Sekularac tabled 
which beat Rodoplu’s 
.
No heart.