Daniel 'jungleman' Cates
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Daniel 'jungleman12' Cates talks about receiving his funds back from Black Friday, and the challenges he's been putting himself up to lately, including a lot of yoga.
2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,212,694
Entries
329
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Pollak Poleaxed
Benjamin Pollak has been eliminated for the second time in the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic and will have to wait a little longer for his first WPT title.
His next shot to do that, on European soil, will be at the upcoming WPT Grand Prix de Paris on September 10.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Tyurin Shrouded
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Giuseppe Pantaleo fired a bet of 2,350 on a 
flop and only Nikolay Tyurin made the call to see the 
on the turn, which didn't seem to change much.
Tyurin checked and Pantaleo bet 4,900 but Tyurin moved all in for just over 20,000 - the Italian quickly beat him into the pot.
Tyurin: 
top pair, gutshot and flush draw.
Pantaleo: 
flopped straight.
The river was the 
and Tyurin improved his hand, but not by enough to survive.
Colorful Ceramic Discs
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000 | -32,000 |
|
87,500 | 9,500 |
|
80,000 | -3,000 |
|
69,400 | -2,900 |
|
65,000 | 25,600 |
|
51,050 | 6,050 |
|
42,600 | -1,700 |
|
34,500 | 4,500 |
|
31,200 | 1,200 |
|
29,200 | 8,200 |
|
27,800 | -4,700 |
|
25,900 | -4,100 |
|
24,100 | -2,100 |
|
18,200 | -9,800 |
|
16,450 | -1,550 |
|
|
10,300 | -3,700 |
Sheibani Doubles Through Mizrachi
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Behrooz Sheibani has just doubled up through Michael Mizrachi, proving Mizrachi is actually beatable.
Sheibani opened the middle position then called as Mizrachi three-bet enough to put his opponent all-in. Sheibani showed 
and was up against the 
of Mizrachi.
Sheibani would go on to win the coinflip as the board ran out 
and he doubled to around 10,000. Meanwhile Mizrachi drops to 88,000.
Invaded Zim
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Zimnan Ziyard is finding it fairly tough going today again, not only does he have to deal with Daniel Cates on his table but other players are playing back at him too.
With the board reading 
Ziyard had fired a bet of 3,500 only to be min-raised to 7,000. Ziyard only had about 17,000 behind and had to fold, his opponent showed 
- the Brit tapping the table, not doing quite as well as his Olympic compatriots...
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Julio Back Up
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Julio Belluscio is a colourful (or colorful in the US) character from what we've seen so far, he also has an unorthodox style which is somewhat confusing to his opponents.
He fired out 800 on a 
flop against one such foe - the latter making it 3,500 which Belluscio quickly called.
The 
on the turn had Belluscio donk-lead for 1,000 and this time his opponent just called before they both checked the 
river.
Belluscio turned over and declared, "Winner, right?"
His opponent folded. The Spaniard has about 40,000 at the moment.
Khalil Throws In The Tawil
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Khalil Tawil's tournament is over after he came off much worse than Turker Baloglu over on Table 10.
It was Baloglu who opened the betting with a raise to 700 and he found callers in the shape of Gaelle Baumann on the button and Tawil in the big blind. The trio shared a 
flop and Tawil checked. Baumann thought Baloglu had also checked and she inadvertently checked out of turn. Baloglu then bet 1,500 and Baumann folded.
Tawil did not fold though, instead he raised all in for around 8,000 and Baloglu quickly called.
Tawil: 
Baloglu: 
Tawil needed some help from the board but it failed to arrive as the turn and river were the and respectively and we lost another player here in Cyprus.
Shashkov Check Raise Forces Nitsche To Fold
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Dominik Nitsche saw the action fold to him in the hijack and after a quick peek at his holecards made it 650 to play. His only customer was Denis Shashkov in the small blind.
The pair saw the dealer fan out the flop, a flop that Shashkov checked. Nitsche took a stab at the pot with a continuation bet of 800 but his cards hit the muck as quick as Shashkov check-raised to 2,500.
Shashkov then showed 
, which knowing Nitsche was definitely the best hand!