2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Mizrachi Takes Down Pot In Clash Of The Big Stacks

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Robert Mizrachi
Robert Mizrachi

We joined the action on a very wet {j-Spades}{3-Hearts}{10-Hearts} flop, where Robert Mizrachi had bet 19,500 from the hijack. Marvin Rettenmaier was on the button and he raised to 61,500 and a huge pot started to develop.

The pot grew ever-larger when Sam El Sayed made the call in the big blind, which put the action back onto Mizrachi. He paused, eyed up his opponents before raising the action to a colossal 214,500 chips! Rettenmaier instantly folded but El Sayed shaped to call before ultimately letting his hand go.

Rettenmaier asked to see Mizrachi's hand but Mizrachi told him he would have to pay $200 to see it. Rettenmaier just laughed and went back to enjoying his massage.

Tags: Marvin RettenmaierRobert MizrachiSam El Sayed

Khorramshahi Saving His Chips For Cajelais

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Mansour Khorramshahi has declared war on Erik Cajelais after Cajelais called the floor to make a ruling.

Cajelais was upset that Khorramshahi made a forward gesture with his chips, something that can be perceived as moving all-in or at the very least calling a bet.

Khorramshahi was incensed and claimed Cajelais was angle shooting but Cajelais was trying to explain how he has seen that move made several times in his career and some floor staff have ruled against the person making the gesture.

Tournament director Matt Savage listened to all of the evidence and warned Khorramshahi against doing such a move in future.

"I am saving these chips for him (Cajelais)." said Khorramshahi. "Everyone know I'm crazy!"

Tags: Mansour KhorramshahiEric Cajelais

Gurskiy Misreads Hand, Gets Eliminated

İgor Gurskiy opened to 12,000 from the button and Erik Cajelais made the call from the big blind.

The flop was {J-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and Cajelais check-raised all in against a 12,000 bet leaving the Russian with a decision for his last 60,000.

Gurskiy thought for a couple of minutes before calling all in.

Cajelais turned over {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} and Gurskiy showed {A-Spades}{5-Hearts}, the {5-Spades} turn gave the Russian some extra outs but the {9-Diamonds} river wasn't one of them.

Afterwards Gurskiy muttered something in Russian as the other table looked on, presumably bemused by the ace-high call. Another Russian at the table explained, "He said he thought he had a flush draw with the {A-Hearts} and had misread his hand..."

Player Chips Progress
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
540,000 55,000
İgor Gurskiy
İgor Gurskiy
Busted

Tags: İgor GurskiyErik Cajelais

Mizrachi Back on Top

Robert Mizrachi
Robert Mizrachi

Robert Mizrachi has grabbed the chip lead after he called a 42,000 bet on an {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop against Peter Bohuslav before both checked the {8-Clubs} turn. When the Czech checked the {Q-Spades} river, Mizrachi bet just 39,500 and Bohuslav folded.

The former $10,000 PLO bracelet winner couldn't help himself and showed {7-Hearts} as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
WPT 1X Winner
560,000 130,000

Tags: Robert Mizrachi

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

End-of-Level 16 Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
495,000 10,000
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
WPT 1X Winner
470,000 40,000
Sam El Sayed
Sam El Sayed
WPT 1X Winner
440,000 -110,000
Vyacheslav Stoyanov md
Vyacheslav Stoyanov
435,000 -45,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
WPT 2X Winner
435,000 -15,000
Ran Azor il
Ran Azor
396,000 172,500
Evgeny Taranyuk ru
Evgeny Taranyuk
380,000 55,000
Aubin Cazals fr
Aubin Cazals
310,000 -34,500
Senol Sener
Senol Sener
306,500 49,500
Marko Neumann de
Marko Neumann
305,000 30,000
Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
300,500 157,000
Alexey Makarov ru
Alexey Makarov
290,000 87,500
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
280,000 2,500
Sergey Vasilyev
Sergey Vasilyev
273,500 142,500
Hüsnü Sincar
Hüsnü Sincar
270,000 44,500
Oleksandr Kozyr ru
Oleksandr Kozyr
250,000 95,000
Andrey Shatilov ru
Andrey Shatilov
250,000 -29,500
Joseph El Khoury lb
Joseph El Khoury
232,000 35,500
Grigory Zima
Grigory Zima
215,000 17,000
[Removed:2]
[Removed:2]
214,000 114,000
Victor Paraschiv ro
Victor Paraschiv
210,000 49,500
Sebastien Leclercq
Sebastien Leclercq
200,000 37,500
Alexey Popov ru
Alexey Popov
180,000 17,000
Gilboa Yossi
Gilboa Yossi
170,000 130,500
Kiryl Radzivonau by
Kiryl Radzivonau
155,000 47,500

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Break Time!

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Time for the first break of the day. While you wait, check out Marvin Rettenmaier and Royal Flush Girl Sonia Yasmin Ali performing a duet by the pool a couple of nights ago.

Tags: Marvin RettenmaierSonia Yasmin Alienglish2012WPTworld poker tourWPT Merit Cyprus ClassicRoyal Flush GirlNext to MeEmeli Sande