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

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Dinner Break Chip Counts (full)

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Bernard Samaha lb
Bernard Samaha
700,000 235,000
Asaf Avci
Asaf Avci
405,900 -99,100
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
391,000 96,000
Alexey Rybin ru
Alexey Rybin
WPT 1X Winner
389,300 179,300
Rami Shouman
Rami Shouman
325,000 115,000
Kayhan Tugrul tr
Kayhan Tugrul
294,000 144,000
Azad Jabrayılov
Azad Jabrayılov
267,000 51,000
Alexander Sidorin
Alexander Sidorin
262,000 97,000
Maximilian Droege ca
Maximilian Droege
260,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
208,100 3,100
Sven Abelsson
Sven Abelsson
204,000 88,000
Anton Astapau by
Anton Astapau
200,000 27,000
Sergey Rybachenko ru
Sergey Rybachenko
200,000 -35,000
Natalya Nikitina ru
Natalya Nikitina
200,000 133,000
Jerfi Firatli tr
Jerfi Firatli
191,000 1,000
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
190,000 108,000
Valeriya Litmanovich
Valeriya Litmanovich
165,000 30,000
Jacoues Torbey
Jacoues Torbey
165,000 -10,000
Christoffer Stahle
Christoffer Stahle
160,000 44,000
Artem Vezhnekov ru
Artem Vezhnekov
153,000 20,000
Elias Abou Saleh lb
Elias Abou Saleh
150,000 -10,000
Sari Haddad lb
Sari Haddad
150,000 -92,000
Oleg Suntsov ru
Oleg Suntsov
140,000 60,000
Samy Zakhary
Samy Zakhary
134,000 15,000
Maxim Tyurin
Maxim Tyurin
131,000 31,000

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Dinner Time!

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We're now going on a one hour dinner break. We'll be playing two more 90 minute levels when we get back then play will end for the day.

Alexy Rybin’s Show and Tell

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Andrey Kazankov opened for 4,300 and was called by Manig Loeser sitting to his left. Sitting in the big blind receiving a massage was Alexy Rybin. He raised to 15,200. Loeser was the only caller and the two players saw a flop of {a-Spades}{6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}. A bet of 30,000 from Rybin and a call from Loeser. The turn card was the {10-Clubs} and the relentlessly aggressive Rybin pushed out a tower of chips. The dealer broke it down and Loeser was facing a bet of 61,500. He couldn’t always have it. Could he?

Loeser thought for a long time. Too long, the clock was called on him. Before the floor could get there though he made a reluctant fold. Rybin turned over his cards {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}.

Could You Make the Call?

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Albert Daher
Albert Daher

The cards were all out. {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{10-Spades}{a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. Broadway with 3 clubs showing. Albert Daher bet 40,000 and the other player, Valeriya Litmanovich tossed her cards face up on the felt to fold. {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}. Want to know what Daher had? That’ll cost you 40,000.

Photos courtesy of the WPT

Igin Exit

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Ömer Bilgiç won a big flip in a battle for survival between himself and Vyacheslav Igin. Bilgic had {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} against Igin's {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} and found a favourable flop, turn and river to keep his WPT hopes alive when it came {Q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Ömer Bilgiç
Ömer Bilgiç
130,000 130,000
Vyacheslav Igin ru
Vyacheslav Igin
Busted

Ablesson Makes a Brave Call

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Sven Abelsson opened for 4,200 and Erwan Pecheux moved all in from the big blind. Abelsson had just 58,000 left. He couldn’t afford to be wrong, but could he afford to pass up the opportunity? He gave it a good deal of thought and made the call with {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}. Pecheux showed {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. It was down to the cards now and they came {q-Spades}{6-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{k-Clubs}. Ablesson doubles up.

Player Chips Progress
Sven Abelsson
Sven Abelsson
116,000 58,000
Erwan Pecheux
Erwan Pecheux
62,000 -58,000

Shevchuk Runs Into Astapau's Boat

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Mikhail Shevchuk check-called a bet of 23,000 on the turn of a {3-Spades}{J-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{Q-Spades} board before moving all in on the {9-Hearts} river. Anton Astapau, his opponent, instantly called and flipped {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} for the full house. Shevchuk flashed the {9-Diamonds}.

Astapau doubled up to 173,000 while Shevchuk dropped to 39,000.
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Player Chips Progress
Anton Astapau by
Anton Astapau
173,000 61,000
Mikhail Shevchuk
Mikhail Shevchuk
39,000 -116,000

Aldemir All In

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Maxim Tyurin opened for 4,000, Vyacheslav Goryac called, Rami Shouman raised, as he does, to 16,700. Sat next to him was Koray Aldemir who lowered his sweater from his mouth just enough to announce all-in. The other players folded and Shouman gave him a spin holding {k-Clubs}{q-Spades} against Aldemir’s {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}. The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and Aldemir had his double up and then some.