Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
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
Scott Makes Good Call
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
On the turn of a 
board Majid Ejlal Noubarian fired a bet of 1,125 and Kara Scott called to see the 
river. Noubarian now bet 2,050 - Scott didn't particularly like this but after a minute she made the call and Noubarian was forced to show 
for a missed flush draw. Scott picked up the pot with 
for a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000
14,700
|
14,700 |
|
||
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Chip Counts
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
72,000
-20,500
|
-20,500 |
|
61,000 | |
|
||
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
53,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
48,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
48,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
48,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
45,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
43,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
37,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
37,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
29,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
28,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
26,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
||
|
23,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
20,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
19,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
9,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
More Photos
Photos courtesy of the WPT
Gnatenko Won't Be Pushed Around
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Olexander Gnatenko opened preflop to 1,000 from the button before Ismet Sahin made it 2,500 in the small blind. Gnatenko came back over the top with a four-bet to 5,100 and Sahin thought for two minutes before folding with a frown. Gnatenko showed the .
Late Arrivals
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Marvin Rettenmaier and former November Niner Kelly Kim have both made late entrances just before the dinner break. Neither are doing well so far though, both have lost almost half their stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
Yilmaz Wins Big Pot From Sekularac
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
There's definitely a metagame going on between these two.
On an 
flop, Erkut Yilmaz bet 1,275 before Ognjen Sekularac made it 3,000. Yilmaz came back over the top with a three-bet to 5,075 and the Serbian pro made the call.
The 
turn saw Sekularac call another bet, this time it was 6,675 and the dealer put on the making a backdoor flush. Now Yilmaz bet a huge 11,275 and Sekularac tanked and gave his opponent a big long staredown. Finally Sekularac pushed out the call and Yilmaz flipped 
. Sekularac flashed 
as if to say, "I'm not scared to make big calls," though in this case it had proved to be wrong.
Photo courtesy of the WPT
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
20,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Kara Scott’s Fun Table
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The table that seems to be enjoying themselves the most today includes Canadian Pro Max Droege, Team Party Poker Player Kara Scott and a recent joiner Dominik Nitsche. In one corner of the table are sat three recreational players, Ali Baskan from Turkey, Majid Noubarian from Iran and Selcuk Ayaz also from Turkey.
Droege is sat to the left of them and has been prompting the conversation all day, getting them to show cards, laughing about who is chip leader and making sure they have a good time while he extracts as many chips as possible from them. Ayaz has been returning the favour by getting up to pranks like sending Droege’s fruit away.
But the Pros aren’t having it all their own way. Here’s a selection of hands from the last level.
Ayaz opened for 1,100 and, when Scott folded her small blind, Nitsche defended his big blind. They saw a flop of 
. Nitsche checked, Ayaz asked how much Nitsche was playing and heard, “Twenty three thousand.” Ayaz bet 2,000 and Nitsche folded.
Baskan bet 1,050 on a 
board. Scott called and Nitsche folded. 
on the turn and Baskan called Scott’s bet of 2,500. The final card was 
. Both players checked. Baskan thought the river had helped his 
but Scott had the better two pair with 
.
Scott opened for 900, Noubarian called and Droege in the small blind (with an absent big blind) made the call too. They saw a flop of . Droege checked, Scott bet 1,500 and Noubarian called. Back on Droege who folded. The turn card of saw the two remaining players check and the free river card was . Scott bet 3,000 into the amateur who made the call and tabled 
, too good for Scott who mucked her hand.
The fun continues after the dinner break.
Photo courtesy of WPT
Dinner Break
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Players are on a 1 hour dinner break.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75