bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b2345
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
Total Entries
262
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 262

Invincible Paliyiannis

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Kiriakos Paliyiannis has got quite the staying power. He's apparently been all in four times but somehow escaped each time. He's the ultimate survivor, which makes him a bit like Keith Richards.

He was all preflop with {A-Clubs}{8-Spades} against two players, one of whom was Chadi Ojelli. Ojelli then bet his opponent out of the hand on the turn of a {2-Spades}{6-Spades}{K-Clubs}{2-Hearts} board revealing {K-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. Paliyiannis only had {A-Clubs}{8-Spades} but the river was the {A-Hearts}, aces and deuces beating kings and sixes for the pot.

According to some tablemates, Paliyiannis is guaranteed to finish second...