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Since coming back from the break, the players have played only three hands in twelve minutes. The first hand was contested between Thomas Bichon and Janar Kiivramees. They checked all the way down on a board of . Bichon's was no match for Kiivramees' .
The second hand had just slightly more action, with Rep Porter opening to 110,000 preflop and Steve Fung calling. Fung checked the , then folded to Porter's bet of 150,000.
The third hand was won with a single preflop raise by Bichon.
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Thomas Bichon
Rep Porter has been very active this afternoon, opening the most pots preflop. He was at it again, opening for 75,000. Thomas Bichon called that raise from the button, as did Uri Keidar from the big blind. They created a pot with more than 250,000 chips in it preflop.
Keidar checked the flop to Porter. He put in a bet of just more than half the pot, 140,000 chips. Bichon took thirty seconds before announcing, "I raise." He added 200,000 on top of Porter's bet.
That raise quickly chased Keidar out of the pot. Porter was more deliberate. He took a full ninety seconds before flicking his cards into the muck, allowing Bichon to drag the pot.
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We've seen some curious lines during the course of this tournament and the hand recently played between Steven Fung and Janar Kiivramees definitely qualifies. Kiivramees opened for 71,000 preflop and was called by Fung out of the big blind. On a flop of , Fung led into Kiivramees for one-third of the pot, 54,000. Kiivramees shifted in his chair slightly and then called.
Both players quickly checked the turn and the river. Fung seemed sure he had lost the hand, turning over . But Kiivramees mustered only . Each player played two pair, sevens and deuces with a king kicker. The pot was therefore chopped.
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6th place finisher Rony Jazzar
From top trout to first out, former chip leader Rony Jazzar has just been eliminated from the WPT Merit Cyprus Main Event.
Jazzar opened the pot with a raise to 72,000 from under-the-gun and action folded around the table to Thomas Bichon on the button who made the call. Steven Fung folded his small blind, and Uri Keidar made the call from the big.
The flop came and Keidar passed the first option to Jazzar, who fired a continuation bet of 160,000. Bichon quickly folded, but Keidar stuck around to see the turn:
Keidar checked once more, and Jazzar immediately moved all in -- a bet worth 431,000. He then returned his water bottle to its part-time home atop his head, while he waited for Keidar to make a decision.
"If it falls, he will win," Jazzar said.
As it turned out, the bottle never fell, but Keidar won anyway after making the call with and spiking the on the river for a flush. Jazzar had been ahead with the , but unable to fend off Keidar's many outs, he'd walk away from the final table its sixth place finisher.
Keidar became the new chip leader after the hand, stacking just over 2.4 million in chips.
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It seems we're playing 60-minute levels today. This is a change from every previous day of the tournament, where levels were ninety minutes long.
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. Bichon's 
was no match for Kiivramees' 
.
, then folded to Porter's bet of 150,000.
flop to Porter. He put in a bet of just more than half the pot, 140,000 chips. Bichon took thirty seconds before announcing, "I raise." He added 200,000 on top of Porter's bet.
, Fung led into Kiivramees for one-third of the pot, 54,000. Kiivramees shifted in his chair slightly and then called.
turn and the 
. Each player played two pair, sevens and deuces with a king kicker. The pot was therefore chopped.
and spiking the 
on the river for a flush. Jazzar had been ahead with the 
, but unable to fend off Keidar's many outs, he'd walk away from the final table its sixth place finisher.
