2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
$287,784
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,212,694
Entries
329
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Pantaleo Caught Out

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Giuseppe Pantaleo is a player who can show up with any two cards at any time but none of his table mates expected to see his holding in the hand that just took place over on Table 2.

Pantaleo was under the gun and he opened to 500 and was the only caller when Joseph El Khoury — to Pantaleo's immediate left — three-bet to 1,200. Pantaleo then check-called a 1,800 bet on a {j-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{4-Spades} flop, then both players checked the {2-Clubs} turn.

The river was a second deuce, the {2-Spades} and now Pantaleo lead out with a bet of 1,950 but El Khoury made the call.

El Khoury tabled {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts} whilst Pantaleo cold only muster {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}. Ooops!

Tags: Joseph El KhouryGiuseppe Pantaleo

Cazals And El Sayed Clash

Aubin Cazals
Aubin Cazals

Sam El Sayed and Aubin Cazals are seated directly next to each other and it will not be long before they are involved in a huge pot; mark our words!

They just clashed over on Table 4 when Cazals opened from the cutoff to 500. El Sayed three-bet from the button to 1,525 and Cazals made the call. The pair shared a {q-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} flop and both players checked. The turn was the {q-Hearts} and again both players checked, which is exactly what happened when the {9-Spades} fell on the river.

Cazals revealed his {8-Clubs}{6-Spades} whilst El Sayed took down the pot with his {A-Clubs}{j-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Sam El Sayed
Sam El Sayed
WPT 1X Winner
42,000 7,200
Aubin Cazals fr
Aubin Cazals
37,000 -400

Tags: Aubin CazalsSam El Sayed

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Ates Gonna Hate

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Orhan Ates had made a check-raise to 2,175 on a flop of {7-Spades}{2-Clubs}{8-Spades} but Andrei Stoenescu made the call to see the {6-Diamonds} turn.

Both players checked and Ates led out for just 2,150 on the {6-Clubs} river. Stoenescu debated, before deciding to just call and Ates confidently turned over {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} but Stoenescu flipped {6-Spades}{4-Spades} for the monster draw that had backdoored trips for the pot.

Chip Counts Of The Rich And Famous

A selection of chips counts from around the room.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
47,300 17,300
Aubin Cazals fr
Aubin Cazals
37,400 7,400
Sam El Sayed
Sam El Sayed
WPT 1X Winner
34,800 4,800
Konstantin Tolokno
Konstantin Tolokno
32,600
Lukas Berglund us
Lukas Berglund
WPT 1X Winner
28,000 -2,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WPT 1X Winner
25,800 -4,200
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
25,300 -4,700
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
Winamax
24,700 -5,300
Guiseppe Pantaleo
Guiseppe Pantaleo
24,100 -5,900
Johan Guilbert fr
Johan Guilbert
15,700 -14,300
Daniel Cates us
Daniel Cates
13,150 -16,850

Julio Yo-yo-ing Around

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Julio Belluscio is having an up and down sort of day. He'd knocked out one player with {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} against {A-Clubs}{10-Hearts} all in on the turn of a {10-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts}{J-Hearts} board.

But then soon after, Belluscio didn't fold against Marc Perrault's turn bet of 4,575 on an {A-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} board when the pair were heads up. Belluscio checked dark before the dealer put out the {7-Hearts} river and Perrault responded with a 6,900 bet.

Belluscio couldn't fold and ended up making the call only to be shown Perrault's {A-}{K-}

Pantaleo Folds On The RIver

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

EPT Barcelona final table member Guiseppe Pantaleo has just been forced to fold on the river after facing pressure from Joseph Houayek.

On a flop that read {10-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades} and with 3,500 chips already in the pot, Houayek checked from the small blind. Nikolay Tyurin then bet 1,525 from the big blind, only to see Pantaleo raise to 3,850 from middle position. Houayek, who initially checked, cold-called Pantaleo's raise but Tyurin got out of the way.

Both players then checked the arrival of the {9-Diamonds} on the turn but when the {10-Clubs} landed on the river Houayek bet 3,700 and Pantaleo snap-folded.

Tags: Joseph HouayekGuiseppe PantaleoNikolay Tyurin