Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 8,500 from UTG+1, Sam El Sayed was two to his left and he made the call. The action then folded around to Alexey Makarov on the button and he squeezed to 21,000. Rettenmaier got out of the way but El Sayed made the call.
After burning a card the dealer put out the flop and El Sayed quickly lead for 35,500. Makarov sat completely statuesque, his left hand over his card and his right hand over his mouth; much like the famous Thinker statue. He stayed like this for over 90-seconds before confirming the bet amount and making the call.
Fourth street was the and El Sayed bet again, this time slightly more than his flop bet at 45,000. Makarov acted a little faster this time around, moving all-in for 91,000 in total.
El Sayed looked to the skies before exhaling loudly. He squirmed in his chair for a few minutes before asking himself, "why would he shove the turn? Nines?" A few moments later El Sayed folded and was shown the by Makarov.
Chino Rheem had opened preflop from early position and Martin Finger moved all in for his last 43,000. Marko Neumann made the call behind him and Rheem folded what he said was
[Removed:2] is in a bit of a pickle. He is down to around 100,000 chips and in the need of a double up sooner rather than later but he is literally surrounded on both sides by chips!
Table 2 is the home to Sam El Sayed, Marvin Rettenmaier, Robert Mizrachi and Vyacheslav Stoyanov and as you can see from the little table below they hold a huge percentage of the total chips in play.
[Removed:167] has just picked up a few well-needed chips after he three-bet shoved over 25 big blinds.
Kemal Sevevi opened to 8,500 from early position and when the action folded to Ehrhardt on the button he moved all-in for 105,500 in total. Sevevi tanked for close to a minute before deciding to risk the majority of his own stack in a later hand.
Chino Rheem turned up for Day 3 ever-so-slightly late and it appears to have angered the Poker Gods as he just cannot stop losing chips.
Rheem just got his in against the of Evgeny Taranyuk, the latter flopped a set on a flop. The turn gave Rheem a flush draw and he pleaded with the dealer for a spade on the river but it failed to materialize as the landed.
Rheem needs to halt to slide sooner rather than later or he will be gone before the money bubble bursts.
Oleksii Kovalchuk has a list of poker achievements as long as his arm but he will not be adding a WP Merit Cyprus Classic score to that list just yet because he has just busted out.
We caught up with Manig Loeser (who was seated with him) to find out what happened. Loeser told us Kovalchuk and Erik Cajelais were heads-up in a raised pot and both checked the flop that had two spades on it. They then checked the turn but the river ignited the spark.
Cajelais check-raised all-in when Kovalchuk fired a bet at his Canadian opponent and Kovalchuk called with pocket queens, but was sent to the rail before the money places when Cajelais turned over for the flush.
Martin Finger is deep deep trouble at the moment, he just saw Alexey Popov check-raise his 12,500 continuation bet to 33,000 on a flop. The German has just 50,000 left and opted to save it for another fight, he'll need a double up soon though.
Pete Haslem's exit earlier was a result of losing with to . Most of the money went in preflop meaning Haslem pushed on the flop only to find himself virtually drawing dead against his opponent's set.
Marvin Rettenmaier is on course for back to back WPT wins at the moment, he's the new chip leader after he just eliminated Selcuk Ayaz with against all in preflop with the board coming .
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flop and El Sayed quickly lead for 35,500. Makarov sat completely statuesque, his left hand over his card and his right hand over his mouth; much like the famous Thinker statue. He stayed like this for over 90-seconds before confirming the bet amount and making the call.
and El Sayed bet again, this time slightly more than his flop bet at 45,000. Makarov acted a little faster this time around, moving all-in for 91,000 in total.
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