2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 4
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

First Blood To Voskanyan In Battle Of The Big Stacks

Artur Voskanyan has drawn first blood in the "Battle of the Big Stacks" on Table 1. He is seated in the nine seat whilst Erik Cajelais is in Seat 2 and that creates a very interesting dynamic.

We joined the action on a {j-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{k-Diamonds} flop with Cajelais checking from the big blind and Voskanyan checking behind on the button. Cajelais lead out for 25,000 on the arrival of the {5-Hearts} on the turn, a bet that Voskanyan had no qualms about calling.

The river brought the {9-Diamonds} into play and Cajelais checked its arrival. Voskanyan bet 60,000 and after 15-20 seconds of deliberation Cajelais decided to call.

Voskanyan turned over {9-Clubs}{9-Spades} for a rivered set of nines and Cajelais mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Artur Voskanyan ru
Artur Voskanyan
1,150,000 115,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
1,090,000 -100,000

Tags: Artur VoskanyanErik Cajelais

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Day 4: Erik Cajelais Is The Man To Catch

Erik Cajelais: The man everyone has to catch
Erik Cajelais: The man everyone has to catch

Welcome back to our coverage of the World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event where in just under one hour's time 18 poker players will return to their seats and play down to the six-handed final table.

The man everyone has to catch is Canadian pro Erik Cajelais and his huge 1,190,000 stack. Cajelais and Artur Voskanyan (1,035,000) are the only two players to start with more than one million chips but there are plenty of well-stacked players in the chasing pack including; Walid Bou Abib (986,000), Sam El Sayed (950,000) and Ran Azor (893,000).

The plan for Day 4 is to play down to the final table of six, regardless of how long this takes. When play resumes the players will complete the 1:05:51 of Level 20, meaning the blinds and antes are 5,000/10,000/1,000a, the average stack will be 548,333 and everyone has locked up at least $13,240 for their efforts here in Cyprus.

Join us at 1:00PM EEST for full coverage of the Main Event as we play down to our final table.

Table 1

Seat 1: Walid Bou Habib - 986,000
Seat 2: Erik Cajelais - 1,190,000
Seat 3: Husnu Sincar - 358,000
Seat 4: Ran Azor - 893,000
Seat 5: Joseph El Khoury - 180,000
Seat 6: Tolga Demirel - 265,000
Seat 7: Victor Paraschiv - 483,000
Seat 8: [Removed:167] - 194,000
Seat 9: Artur Voskanyan - 1,035,000

Table 2

Seat 1: Andrey Shatilov - 686,000
Seat 2: Robert Mizrachi - 586,000
Seat 3: [Removed:2] - 564,000
Seat 4: Kiryl Radzivonau - 352,000
Seat 5: Kemal Sevevi - 311,000
Seat 6: Aram Vartevanyan - 159,000
Seat 7: Sam El Sayed - 950,000
Seat 8: Marvin Rettenmaier - 212,000
Seat 9: Gilboa Yossi - 464,000

Main Event

Day 4 Started