Chris Moorman has never made it to the money places in a World Poker Tour event and his cashless streak has continued here in Cyprus as he has just been eliminated by Dori Hajjar.
We joined the action on a flop; and what action it was! Hajjarhad bet 1,775 from early position and Moorman had raised it up to 4,575 from the button. Hajjar was sat pondering his next move, doing so whilst under the watchful gaze of Moorman. After 45 seconds, Hajjar took back his original bet and replaced it with 10 yellow chips worth a total of 10,000.
Moorman sat motionless for a few moments before counting his stack and then raising to 20,075 which left him with around 15,000 or so behind. Hajjar moved all-in and Moorman rechecked his cards and made the call.
Moorman:
Hajjar:
The turn propelled Moorman into the lead, the completing his flush but any feelings of joy were soon shattered as the river was the , improving Hajjar to a better flush, which he celebrated by giving out an overenthusiastic roar and slamming his fist on the table.
Moorman on the other hand just stood and left the table like the pro that he is.
Maxim Tyurin (Bugger, I've already done a Tyurin Shroud joke today) has been been eliminated after he was virtually all in preflop (only a few hundred was left behind) with against Ruslan Aronov's but the board came .
That's one Russian down, a whole host more are left though.
Dominik Nitsche has just lost a huge pot that, had it gone his way, would have seen the young German become the chip leader.
A preflop raising war broke out between Nitsche and Igor Gurskiy that resulted in the latter being all-in as Nitsche covered him by 42,000 chips.
Nitsche turned over and was in a whole world of trouble against the of Gurskiy. The left Nitsche all but drawing dead and the turn confirmed his chips would now belong to Gurskiy. The meaningless on the river completed the hand and Nitsche is back to grinding up his stack; although he does still have 42,000 chips.
Lynn Gilmartin spoke with Nitsche during yesterday's Day 1a about his history of running well in this region of the world. Let's see if he can maintain that in this Main Event.
A couple more exits for you now, first Majib Kammand went out after his was no good versus the of Abou Saleh Elias after all the money went on the flop of a board.
Elsewhere, Andrey Shatilov took out Maxime Reuter all-in preflop with against the with the board coming . "We were expecting aces versus kings," said an eyebrow raising tablemate.
Kelly Kim has been on a real tear since the dinner break and now finds himself armed with 72,000 chips.
On a flop reading , Vitaliy Tolokonnikov bet 5,000 into a pot containing almost 7,200 chips and it gave Kim something to think about. He thought about how to play the hand for almost a minute before raising to 12,300. It did not take as long for Tolokonnikov to act, he folded rather quickly.