Kiryl Radzivonau Eliminated In 6th Place ($52,590)
Kiryl Radzivonau has become the first person to be eliminated from the final table of the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event after a clash with Marvin Rettenmaier.
Radzivonau had pushed all-in once already during the last orbit when the action folded to him in the small blind and on that occasion Rettenmaier pondered a call but folded. but when the action passed to Radzivonau for a second time and he moved in again (for 400,000) Rettenmaier made the call.
Radzivonau:
Rettenmaier:
The first card out was the to which Rettenmaier said, "nice start," but Rettenmaier's start was even better because the rest of the flop read , gifting him a set of queens.
The on the turn locked up the hand for Rettenmaier and his quest to become the first-ever back-to-back WPT champion is still on.