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Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Robert Mizrachi is offering players bubble insurance! For $1,000 he guarantees $8,070 should the player bubble!
However, he says if your name is Chino Rheem this price shoots up to $7,200!
2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,212,694
Total Entries
329
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 329
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[Removed:2] moved all in for 166,000 on a 
flop against Sam El Sayed, the latter made the call with 
but Maksoud held 
and manage to avoid both ace and knave on the 
turn and 
river.
A lot more people on the rail at the moment, remember the next person out gets nothing but everyone else is guaranteed at least $8,070.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
480,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
150,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
873,000
333,000
|
333,000 |
|
870,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
|
||
|
540,000
239,500
|
239,500 |
|
520,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
430,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
365,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
346,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
333,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
304,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
||
|
300,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
295,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
289,000
199,000
|
199,000 |
|
|
210,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
|
207,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
205,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
195,000
78,500
|
78,500 |
|
193,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
192,000
46,500
|
46,500 |
|
190,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
183,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
180,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
157,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
130,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
127,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
127,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The players are back in their seats and we are still playing hand-for-hand. The next player eliminated will receive a round of applause, nothing more, and everyone else will be guaranteed at least $8,070.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
With the bubble looming, it's time for a break.
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Mansour Khorramshani was saving all of his chips for Erik Cajelais and he has just donated them to the Canadian to become our 38th place finisher.
Khorramshani moved all-in for 205,000 in a pot containing just 21,000 chips on a board reading 
. Cajelais tanked and then called with 
and was up agianst 
. The 
turn improved Cajelais to a flush and the 
river completed the hand and sent Khorramshani to the rail.
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Andras Nemeth has just doubled up with just 38 players remaining. He three-bet all-in over the top of an Andrey Shatilov raise with what turned out to be 
and when the board ran out 
Nemeth's hand was much better than the 
of his opponent.
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Chino Rheem opened to 15,000 from the button before Kemal Sevevi moved all in for 121,500 from the small blind. Ergenyi Taranuk in the big blind thought for several minutes before he also moved all in, for 331,000.
Rheem immediately stood up, "Ok I need a count."
He then loudly announced, "I have ace-king and two guys just shoved on me..."
A crowd began to form, Rheem continued with a half-statement, half-question, "It's ok for me to say that because I'm last to act right?"
Tournament director Matt Savage shook his head and told him this was not the case. Rheem even showed his 
to a couple of players over his shoulder before he began to calculate the odds.
Matt Savage told Rheem he would be getting a penalty at the end of the hand but Rheem did appear to genuinely not know that he couldn't show his hand in this situation even if last to act.
Rheem, "At least one of you has to have the same hand as me...God, I want to double knock you guys out...."
Finally after a couple of minutes he folded his hand.
Sevevi turned over 
and Taranuk flipped .
"Wow," said a watching Robert Mizrachi.
"What can I do?" said Rheem, "This f**king guy has only played five hands."
"I'm not criticizing, I'm just saying," replied Mizrachi.
The board ran out 
as Sevevi doubled up to about 265,000. Rheem, meanwhile was lamenting the fact that he would've picked up 200,000 more in the side pot as Matt Savage gave him a one round penalty for exposing his cards.
In order to win poker tournaments you have to win your crucial coinflips and that is exactly what Sam El Sayed just did.
Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 10,500 from middle position and [Removed:2], to his immediate left, smooth-called. am El Sayed was next to act and he raised to 21,500, forcing out everyone except Maksoud.
Maksoud glanced at El Sayed before moving all-in and El Sayed snap-called.
El Sayed: 
Maksoud: 
El Sayed stood from his seat and removed his sunglasses as the flop came down 
, keeping the former WPT Amneville champion in front. The turn was the 
and El Sayed caught a third ten on the river to improve to a unnecessary full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
322,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
|
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|
|
125,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
