bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
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

Karamanov Out

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Karen Karamanov has joined the exodus out to the beach. He pushed his short stack in preflop with {A-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} but found Erwan Pecheux behind him with {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. A {3-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} board later and it was all over.

Player Chips Progress
Erwan Pecheux
Erwan Pecheux
120,000 80,500
Karen Karamanov
Karen Karamanov
Busted

How Good is a Good Ace?

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Max Droege bet 5,200 from the button and was raised by Boris Yanpolskiy in the big blind to 17,200. Droege made the call and they saw a flop of {10-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Yanpolskiy led for 20,100 and Droege folded. Yanpolskiy flashed the Canadian online qualifier his {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}. Droege nodded and said, “I had a good ace.” Yanpolskiy wanted to know how good, “Ace Jack?” he asked. Droege repeated that it was a good ace. “Ace ten?” Yanpolskiy continued. Your PokerNews reporter left the table before he went through the rest.

The Mr Boris Show

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Checked to Boris Yanpolskiy, he bet 6,000 on a board of {10-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{k-Clubs}. Oleg Suntsov was the only caller. The turn was the {a-Hearts} and both players checked. The river was the {9-Hearts}. Suntsov called across the table, “You trapped me Mr Boris.” and checked.

Yanpolskiy shrugged and threw in a single 5,000 chip. Suntsov looked tempted by the price. “I’ll show.” Said Mr Boris. He was as good as his word when Sunstov folded and turned over {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Von Perger Eliminated

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Jamila Von Perger
Jamila Von Perger

Jamila Von Perger, who was just about to look forward to the interesting potential of sharing the table with her boyfriend Manig Loeser, has just been eliminated. Von Perger got her chips in good with {K-}{K-} against Barış Topkaya's {A-}{10-} but the latter managed to hit a three-outer to prevent what could've been a fun dynamic on table 1. Boo!

Player Chips Progress
Barış Topkaya
Barış Topkaya
170,000 64,500
Jamila Von Perger de
Jamila Von Perger
Busted

Gorac Tells a Story

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Bans Topkaya got the hand going with a limp, but Vyacheslav Goryac wanted to bump the price of poker up and made it 8,000 to go. Rami Shouman called from the small blind, Topkaya and the big blind folded, so we got to a flop heads up.

{4-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{j-Spades}. Shouman checked and called Goryac’s bet of 18,000. {A-Clubs} on the turn and Shouman checked again. A bet of 30,000 convinced Shouman to release his hand.

Exits Keep Coming

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Look, we were serious. We really. really thought the tournament would slow down by this point due to the deep stacks. But no, we've lost seven people in the first half hour. We don't blame them because this is a pretty kick ass hotel, but don't they want to win some money as well?

Player Chips Progress
Bartlomiej Bogdan Kowalowka
Bartlomiej Bogdan Kowalowka
Busted
Valeriya Litmanovich
Valeriya Litmanovich
Busted
Peter Darren Ockende
Peter Darren Ockende
Busted
Sven Abelsson
Sven Abelsson
Busted

Neumann No More

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Marko Neumann
Marko Neumann

Marko Neumann's tournament has finished, he was all in for his last 70,000 with {J-Spades}{J-Hearts} against former WPTR winner Natalya Nikintina's {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}. The flop of {10-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} didn't look great but the {7-Clubs} gave the German some extra outs. The river {9-Hearts} wasn't one of them and Neumann hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Natalya Nikitina ru
Natalya Nikitina
270,000 70,000
Marko Neumann de
Marko Neumann
Busted

Litmanovich’s Efforts Come to Naught

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Back from the dinner break, Valenya Litmanovich moved all in under the gun. No callers so she picked up the valuable blinds and antes. It was all for nothing though as she had to fold her big and small blinds the next two hands.

The next hand, Albert Daher opened and Litmanovich again went all in. He called and showed {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}. Litmanovich had {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}. The board of {7-Spades}{q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{4-Clubs} was no help and all her chips were passed over to Daher.

Saleh Trips Up

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Marko Neuman opened for 6,000 and got called in the big blind by Elias Saleh. They both checked a flop of {9-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. The turn came the {6-Diamonds} and Saleh bet out 10,000 which got a call from Neuman. The river was the [9]. Saleh bet again for 16,600 and got a call. He turned over {k-Hearts}{9-Clubs} for trips and Neuman mucked.