Poker Merit Cyprus Classic
After an intense week, we've finally made the final table of six for the 2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Poker Tournament. Lynn Gilmartin introduces us to the final table. Please tune in to www.tv. 2012 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic - WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event - Poker tournament results, including winners and their payouts and winnings.
- WPT Merit Cyprus Classic'14 (Sep 1st - Sep 11th, 2014) Would you, please, introduce yourself shortly? I am 24-years old poker player from London. In your bio you said that you have started to play poker online and then moved to the live games. Which one do you prefer? Well, I do not think I really have a preference.
- 2013 Merit Cyprus Classic (WPT) - Event 8 - No-Limit Holder Six Max - Poker tournament results, including winners and their payouts and winnings.
| Thu 2 - Mon 6 May | $ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Warm Up | IranMilad Oghabian Langar | $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Thu 2 May | $ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Bounty | LebanonMichel Habib | $500 Bounty. $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Fri 3 May | $ 600 + 60 No Limit Hold'em - Hyper Turbo Deep Stack Bounty | CyprusAngelos Michael | $300 Bounty. $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Sat 4 May | $ 800 + 80 Pot Limit Omaha - Bounty | RussiaAlexander Denisov | |
| Sat 4 - Tue 7 May | $ 10,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller | SpainVicent Ramon | $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Sun 5 May | $ 600 + 60 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Deep Stack Bounty | BulgariaOleg Arabadjiev | $300 Bounty. $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Mon 6 - Sun 12 May | $ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event | CyprusAndreas Christoforou | $3,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Mon 6 May | $ 800 + 80 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Deep Stack | LithuaniaAleksandras Voisnis | $40,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Tue 7 May | $ 1,500 + 150 No Limit Hold'em - Bounty | EgyptAhmed Abdella | $750 Bounty. $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Wed 8 May | $ 600 + 60 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Bounty | RomaniaAlexandru Papazian | $300 Bounty. $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Wed 8 - Sat 11 May | $ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller | GreeceIoannis Angelou-Konstas | |
| Thu 9 - Sat 11 May | $ 1,500 + 150 No Limit Hold'em - Mix Max | TurkeyGürcan Güngören | $125,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Fri 10 May | $ 1,000 + 100 Pot Limit Omaha - 8 Max | RussiaOleg Makovenko | $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Fri 10 May | $ 400 + 40 No Limit Hold'em - Hyper Turbo Bounty | TurkeyErsin Akkaya | $200 Bounty. $15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Sat 11 May | $ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Super Bounty | RussiaNatalia Panchenko | $1,000 Bounty. $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Sat 11 May | $ 400 + 40 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Deep Stack | $15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. | |
| Sun 12 May | $ 700 + 70 No Limit Hold'em - Deep Stack | RussiaOleg Bystrenin | $2,500 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
| Sun 12 May | $ 500 + 50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Max Bounty | KazakhstanYeznat Tumanshiyev | $200 Bounty. $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool. |
The second of the two starting flights of the 2012 World Poker Tour (WPT) Merit Cyprus Classic is now in the books, so it’s time to marry the survivors into a single, combined field for Monday’s Day 2. A total of 164 players took to the felts Sunday at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino, 55 of whom were re-entries after busting on Day 1A. Less than half – 65 – made it through the day, creating a Day 2 field of 132 runners. The chip lead changed hands several times as the end of the night drew near, but by the time the chips were bagged, it was David “Chino” Rheem who ended up on top with 291,500 chips.
With 329 entrants, the prize pool for the $4,000 + $400 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic came out to $1,212,694 (3 percent of the prize pool was removed to pay for tournament costs and 5 percent was taken out for local taxes). 36 players will make the money. Here is a look at the entire prize schedule:
1. $287,784 (plus a $25,500 WPT Championship Seat)
2. $184,020
3. $118,360
4. $87,610
5. $65,770
6. $52,590
7. $43,690
8. $35,020
9. $26,240
10-12th. $19,110
13th-15th. $15,670
16th-18th. $13,420
19th-21st. $11,750
22nd-24th. $10,450
25th-27th. $9,260
28th-36th. $8,070
Our chip leader, Chino Rheem, is no stranger to the top of a tournament leader board. He has won just shy of $6 million on the live tournament circuit, about $1.5 million of which came from a win in the 2008 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic. He does not have a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet, but did finish as the runner-up in a tournament in 2006 and finished 7th in the 2008 WSOP Main Event.
Unfortunately, Rheem is also no stranger to controversy. Just a week after winning the inaugural Main Event of the now defunct Epic Poker League in August 2011, Rheem was placed on probation by the league for not “meeting financial responsibilities on time and honoring contractual agreements.” Word had come out earlier that month that Rheem had apparently “scammed” many fellow poker players, borrowing money from them with no intention of ever paying it back. Will Molson, Joseph “subiime” Cheong, and Ben “benba” Lamb were among those owed tens of thousands of dollars each by Rheem. As part of his probation, the Epic Poker League required Rheem to use any future winnings to repay his creditors.
Day 2 is already underway in Cyprus as the remaining competitors position themselves for deep runs into the money.
2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic – Day 1B Chip Leaders
1. David “Chino” Rheem – 291,500
2. Husnu Sincar – 247,500
3. Sam El Sayed – 214,300
4. Giuseppe Pantaleo – 191,300
5. Ran Azor – 181,500
6. Samuel Jonatan – 177,400
7. Robert Mizrachi – 158,300
8. George Chehadeh – 129,600
9. Vyacheslav Stoyanov – 115,200
10. Eddy Maksoud – 114,500
2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic – Combined Day 1 Chip Leaders
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1. David “Chino” Rheem – 291,500
2. Maxim Panyak – 255,800
3. Husnu Sincar – 247,500
4. Sam El Sayed – 214,300
5. Atzlan Gil – 207,100
6. Giuseppe Pantaleo – 191,300
7. Ran Azor – 181,500
8. Samuel Jonatan – 177,400
9. Oleksandr Kozyr – 163,200
10. Robert Mizrachi – 158,300