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bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Total Entries
262
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 262
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Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Players are on a 15 minute break.
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
All the chips went in on the turn and it’s not hard to understand why. The board was 
Andrei Nikonov had 
and Bernard Samaha had 
. The river was the 
. Nikonov’s full house sent the trips of Samaha home.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
On the turn of a 
board, Bernard Samaha called a big 140,000 bet against Sergey Rybachenko. The river was the 
and Samaha checked again and Rybachenko bet 190,000. Samaha thought for a minute before making the call but Rybachenko showed 
for a full house.
Samaha flung his 
face up to the dealer, bitterly disappointed at losing such a big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,570,000
564,000
|
564,000 |
|
|
300,000
441,000
|
441,000 |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Oleg Suntsov had moved all in over the top of an initial raise from Bernard Samaha but the latter priced in to make the call.
Suntsov: 
Samaha: 
The board came 
and Samaha's two pair knocked out the Russian.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Kayan Tugrul opened for 24,000 and was called by Baris Topkaya in the small blind and Alexey Rybin in the big blind. The flop was 
and they all checked. The turn was the 
and moved all in. Rybin put put the all in marker in front of him and Tugul folded. Topkaya had 
against Rybin’s 
. There was a call of “Chop it up.” The river had other ideas, the giving Rybin the flush and busting Topkaya.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,859,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Kayhan Tugrul opened to 22,000 preflop and was called by Baris Topkaya and Albert Daher in the big blind.
Flop:
Daher checked to Tugrul who bet 23,000, Topkaya quickly folded but Daher made the call.
Turn: 
Daher checked a second time and Tugrul opted to check back.
River: 
Daher now led for 62,000 but Tugrul decided to raise, initially trying to make it around 110,000 - he was forced to complete the min-raise to 124,000. Daher now took some serious time before he eventually folded, Tugrul intimated that he had held a much better kicker to his ace.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
740,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
450,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Albert Daher and Kayan Tugrul got into a pre-flop raising war. Daher made it 22,000, Tugral raised back to 55,000. Daher made it 122,000 and was met by an all-in by Tugral. Daher made the call with 
. Tugrul was behind with . The cards ran out 
and Daher doubled up.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
842,000
488,000
|
488,000 |
|
|
319,000
421,000
|
421,000 |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Kayhan Tugrul opened to 22,000 and Natalya Niktina moved all in for about 120,000. Tugrul made an automatic call.
Nikitina:
Tugrul: 
The board came 
and Nikitina's two pair was good enough to double her up into a safer position.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
740,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
250,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
We haven’t seen many flops so far. There has been a lot of folding to three-bets. Oleg Suntsov went all-in, found no callers and showed 
in frustration. We did see one hand play to the river though.
Max Droege opened under the gun for 20,000 and it folded round to Albert Daher who defended his big blind. The flop was 
. Daher checked, Droege bet 20,000 and got a call. They both checked the turn . The river was the and Daher led for 49,000. Droege gave it some thought and announced “Call.” He let out a grunt of frustration when Daher turned over and mucked his cards.
