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

Over Ran! Ran Azor Leads WPT Cyprus Final Table

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Ran Azor
Ran Azor

And with that, we have our final table for the WPT here in Cyprus and although Erik Cajelais started today as the chip leader, he never really got going enough to increase his stack and ended up becoming our final table bubble when he lost a flip against Marvin Rettenmaier. However, it's Israeli Ran Azor who, managed to win the Merit Middle East Poker Championship 2011 in this very hotel last year, will be going into the final table as the chip leader, having had a yo-yo session

The German led a charmed life today, winning crucial pots with {A-Clubs}{2-Spades} against the {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} of Ran Azor for his tournament life. Later on he also managed to knock out Wahlid Bou Habib with {A-}{J-} against {A-}{Q-} for a million plus chip pot. All in all, it still leaves Rettenmaier handily placed to become the first ever back to back WPT champion which would be a stunning achievement.

Joseph El Khoury is the short stack, while Victor Paraschiv, Kiryl Radzivonau and Artur Voskanyan all held the chip lead at some point during today, so we're expecting a real battle tomorrow.

The final table will start at 1pm and there will be a live stream featuring commentary from the legendary Jesse May. We'll see you then!

SeatNameChips
1Joseph El Khoury435,000
2Victor Paraschiv1,115,000
3Kiryl Radzivonau1,865,000
4Marvin Rettenmaier2,020,000
5Artur Voskanyan2,030,000
6Ran Azor2,405,000