bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Rybin Hits a Million

Alexander Sidorin is out in 30th place, he'd bet the flop and turn of a {10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} board before checking with about 110,000 behind on the {Q-Diamonds} river. Alexey Rybin was the chip leader and the man who set Sidorin all in at the end. Sidorin thought for a while before calling with {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts} but Rybin had been holding {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for top pair that made a flush on the river.

29 players remain.

Player Chips Progress
Alexey Rybin ru
Alexey Rybin
1,050,000
192,000
192,000
WPT 1X Winner
Alexander Sidorin
Alexander Sidorin
Busted

Yanpolskiy Survives

When Natalya Nikitina raised from the small blind to 10,000 Boris Yanpolskiy in the big blind threw in his last 19,000 with a shrug and Nikitina called. Yanpolskiy turned over {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs} against Nikitina’s {a-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}. He got lucky though on a board {j-Spades}{4-Hearts}{4-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts} and survived.

Player Chips Progress
Natalya Nikitina ru
Natalya Nikitina
448,000
-20,000
-20,000
Boris Yanpolskiy ru
Boris Yanpolskiy
42,000
-17,000
-17,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Chip Counts

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Alexey Rybin ru
Alexey Rybin
1,080,000
30,000
30,000
WPT 1X Winner
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
799,500
417,500
417,500
Kayhan Tugrul tr
Kayhan Tugrul
514,000
53,000
53,000
Asaf Avci
Asaf Avci
468,000
-51,500
-51,500
Natalya Nikitina ru
Natalya Nikitina
458,000
10,000
10,000
Rami Shouman
Rami Shouman
420,000
23,500
23,500
Bernard Samaha lb
Bernard Samaha
371,500
-54,500
-54,500
Kfir Yamin il
Kfir Yamin
325,000
95,000
95,000
Jerfi Firatli tr
Jerfi Firatli
294,500
88,500
88,500
Barış Topkaya
Barış Topkaya
277,000
-123,000
-123,000
Erwan Pecheux
Erwan Pecheux
248,500
121,500
121,500
Maximilian Droege ca
Maximilian Droege
239,000
-35,000
-35,000
Oleg Suntsov ru
Oleg Suntsov
235,000
27,500
27,500
Andrei Nikonov ru
Andrei Nikonov
234,000
-33,000
-33,000
Jacoues Torbey
Jacoues Torbey
227,000
27,000
27,000
Alexandr Lakhov ru
Alexandr Lakhov
216,500
46,500
46,500
Sari Haddad lb
Sari Haddad
175,000
-41,500
-41,500
Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
164,500
-25,500
-25,500
Christoffer Stahle
Christoffer Stahle
147,500
-93,000
-93,000
Artem Vezhnekov ru
Artem Vezhnekov
143,000
-12,500
-12,500
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
142,000
-50,500
-50,500
Pierre Sayegh lb
Pierre Sayegh
140,000
-52,500
-52,500
Sergey Rybachenko ru
Sergey Rybachenko
110,500
-105,500
-105,500
Giacomo Fundaro it
Giacomo Fundaro
91,000
1,000
1,000
WPT 1X Winner
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
80,500
-105,000
-105,000
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Yamin Time?

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Alexandr Lakhov is having a heated but seemingly good natured discussion with Kfir Yamin. After Yamin’s early double up he has been claiming, “It’s my time.” He further increased his stack where he was involved in a hand with {j-Diamonds}{3-Spades} and spiked a Jack on the river. Lakhov has been telling Yamin that he is just getting lucky, while Yamin is saying the Lakhov is playing “Too tight.” Who will be proved right?

Meanwhile Jacoues Torbey burst out to sing, “I’m sexy and I know it.” to much laughter.

Goryachev Coolered

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Vyacheslav Goryachev in the small blind got into a raising war with Alexandr Lakhov in the big blind. They got it all in and Goryachev turned over {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. Lakhov had {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}. The board ran out {3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and Goryachev was gone. We are now hand for hand on the money bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandr Lakhov ru
Alexandr Lakhov
294,000
77,500
77,500
Vyacheslav Goryachev
Vyacheslav Goryachev
Busted

Bubble Bursts in Amazing Fashion

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The bubble hand
The bubble hand

We were hand for hand on the money bubble.

Giacomo Fundaro opened to 12,000 and was raised to 30,000 by Baris Topkaya. Alexey Rybin called, the blinds folded and with the action back on Fundaro he declared all-in for his last 70,000. Topkaya thought for a while as he still had Rybin to act behind him. Topkaya decided to call the extra 70,000 and Rybin did the same.

Everyone gathered around the table to see if the bubble would burst and the dealer prepared to deal the flop. There was nothing more that Fundaro could do, but Topkaya and Rybin still had chips behind.

The flop was {8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}. Topkaya threw out a bet and Rybin folded. Cards were on their backs. Topkaya had {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} but Fundaro had the {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}. He just had to survive two more cards and he would more than triple up. The cards fell {10-Clubs} and {j-Spades}. The crowd gasped as Topkaya spiked his set on the river and Fundaro was crushed.

Rybin claimed to have folded {A-}{Q-} which would have rivered him a straight.

Player Chips Progress
Barış Topkaya
Barış Topkaya
480,000
203,000
203,000
Giacomo Fundaro it
Giacomo Fundaro
Busted
WPT 1X Winner