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Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Dinner is over, back to the grind!
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
Pironen Takes it Away on the Turn
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Onur Unsal opened for 1,000 and big stack at the table Seyed Ghavam folded his small blind. Mika Pironen in the big blind asked Unsal how much he had, 13,000 was the answer. This seemed to satisfy Pironen and he made the call. A flop of 
. Both players checked and we saw a turn card, the 
. Pironen led for 1,000 and got the fold from Unsal. Players on the short side will need to be careful with their stacks for now, only four more levels until the end of the day.
The Champ Dethroned
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Marvin Rettenmaier has been eliminated. The German's last 9,000 went in preflop with 
against Atahan Gukurova's 
but the board came 
to make Gukurova the nut flush. Rettenmaier didn't seem too downhearted, he's off to enjoy the big party happening outside tonight.
Photo courtesy of the WPT
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
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 |
|---|---|---|
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43,000 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
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90,000 | |
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42,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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
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 |
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Busted | |
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