2014 partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic
Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 partypoker World Poker Tour Merit North Cyprus Classic
Buy-in
$4,000
Prize Pool
$1,486,720
Entries
404
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Dmitry Gromov opened under the gun for 100,000, and action folded to Nicolas Chouity in the small blind. The start of day chip leader made it 240,000, and Igor Devkin thought about it in the small blind. He announced all in, for what looked like 800,000. Gromov folded, Chouity insta called.
Igor Devkin: 
Nicolas Chouity: 
Gromov said he folded an ace, and expected one on the river to pop up. In the meantime Devkin needed a queen or some other help, but wouldn't get it: 
.
Gromov had his hands in the air as he would have won the hand, but that made no difference for Devkin and Chouity of course. Devkin departed in 6th place, Chouity has around 3.7 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,700,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Nicolas Chouity opened for 80,000 from the cutoff, and Toby Lewis in the big blind made the call.
Lewis check called 90,000 on 
, another 160,000 on the -turn, and didn't waste much time check calling the 360,000 bet Chouity fired on the -river either.
Chouity mucked with some frustration when his river bet got almost snap called. Lewis mucked as well, and was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,800,000
-785,000
|
-785,000 |
|
2,475,000
885,000
|
885,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Toby Lewis opened the hijack for 80,000, and Nicolas Chouity three bet to 210,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, Lewis made the call with about 850,000 behind.
Chouity bet out 160,000, Lewis called rather quickly.
The 
fell on the turn, and Chouity check folded to Lewis' push.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,585,000
-370,000
|
-370,000 |
|
|
1,590,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
In the first hand, Nicolas Chouity opened from early position to 80,000, and right next to him Igor Devkin shoved all in for the 430,000 he had left after paying the 5,000 ante. Action foldedback to Chouity, who made the call.
Chouity: 
Devkin: 
The 
was a good one for Devkin, stealing some outs from Chouity. The 
on the turn was a blank, and the was the cherry on top of Devkin's double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,955,000
-435,000
|
-435,000 |
|
|
940,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Photo courtesy of PokerCm.
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Late last night, Alexander Nudin had his aces cracked by the king-nine suited of Alexander Lakhov, and a final table of six was established. Six players still in the running for that $310,000 first place prize and ticket for the World Championships in the Borgata worth $15,400.
At 1 p.m. local time (two hours from now), the following six players will take their seats and battle it out till the bitter end. There are 36 minutes left in level 26 (20,000/40,000 with 5,000 ante).
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ori Miller | 2,270,000 |
| 2 | Nicolas Chouity | 4,390,000 |
| 3 | Igor Devkin | 435,000 |
| 4 | Dmitry Gromov | 815,000 |
| 5 | Toby Lewis | 1,085,000 |
| 6 | Alexander Lakhov | 3,130,000 |
The final table will see the level duration cut back to 60 minutes, and when just two players remain the levels will be 30 minutes long. There will be a live stream on a delay, but PokerNews will bring you real time updates from the felt.
Profiles underneath courtesy of the World Poker Tour.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,390,000 | |
|
3,130,000 | |
|
||
|
2,270,000 | |
|
|
1,085,000 | |
|
815,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
435,000 | |
Ori Miller is s 31-year old professional poker player hailing from Tel-Aviv in Israel. Miller has close to $400,000 in live tournament earnings, but this is the first time he has cashed in a World Poker Tour event.
Miller has cashed nine times in events held in the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel & Casino, which probably accounts for the fact that he seems so relaxed at the table. His largest cash to date came in Aug 2010 when he finished runner-up to Perica Bukara in a $25,750 NLHE High Roller in this very venue.
Miller will start the final table third in chips after eliminating the Italian Antonio Buonanno KK v JJ for a pot worth in excess of 2m. Miller taking the ultimate revenge on Buonanno after the former EPT Grand Final champ flopped quad aces, in a four-bet pot, holding ace-jack, when Miller was holding pocket kings.
Miller has been playing poker professionally for seven years, notes that PLO is his favorite game, and he has recently tied the knot with his beloved.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,270,000 |