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2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 5
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

Joseph El Khoury Eliminated in 5th Place ($65,770)

Joseph El Khoudry
Joseph El Khoudry

It has taken quite some time but we have finally lost another player; that dubious honor going to Joseph El Khoury.

The action folded to El Khoury in the cutoff and he moved all-in for a total of 1,225,000. Victor Paraschiv folded on the button but Marvin Rettenmaier instantly called and the cards were revealed.

El Khoury: {A-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Rettenmaier: {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

Rettenmaier held the advantage and it stayed that way on a {4-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{6-Clubs} flop. The {3-Hearts} turn gave El Khoury some outs to a straight but the {8-Diamonds} was not one of them and we are now down to four players in the main event.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
5,300,000
1,300,000
1,300,000
WPT 2X Winner
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Joseph El Khoury
Busted

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More Rettenmaier Dominance

Marvin Rettenmaier raised to 205,000 and Joseph El Khoury opted to called out of the big blind leaving himself around 1,100,000 behind.

Both players checked the {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop and the {8-Spades} turn, El Khoury then also checked the {2-Clubs} river but Rettenmaier bet 280,000. El Khoury called but was very displeased to see the German's {A-Diamonds}{2-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
4,000,000
435,000
435,000
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Joseph El Khoury lb
Joseph El Khoury
800,000
-460,000
-460,000

Tags: Joseph El KhouryMarvin Rettenmaier

Marvin the Muso

Level 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

All eyes are on Marvin Rettenmaier to see if he can set history on the World Poker Tour and win a back-to-back WPT trophy. While he may be an accomplished poker player, his talents certainly don't stop there. He and one of the gorgeous Royal Flush Girls, Sonia Yasmin Ali, got together for an acoustic duet while here in Cyprus.

Tags: Marvin Rettenmaier

Push-Or-Fold

Level 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

With the blinds and antes now 50,000/100,000 with a running ante of 10,000, the average stack has plummeted to just under 20 big blinds and the players are essentially pushing or folding.

Each of the players — with the exception of Ran Azor — has been all-in at least once during the last orbit but nobody has been called yet. It is only a matter of time before one of these all-in bets gets called and whoever wins it will be in a dominant position to go on and take down this event.

Blinds Being Passed Around

In the last four hands

Marvin Rettenmaier picked up the blinds and antes with a raise to 165,000.

Artur Voskanyan shoved twice, both times receiving no callers.

Ran Azor raised to 225,000 and everyone folded.

Rettenmaier Turning the Screw

Everyone bar Marvin Rettenmaier and Ran Azor is now below 20 big blinds so it's becoming incredibly tense on the final table. Victor Paraschiv min-raised the button but then quickly folded when the German shoved on him from the small blind.

Player Chips Progress
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Marvin Rettenmaier
3,300,000
250,000
250,000
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Victor Paraschiv ro
Victor Paraschiv
1,500,000
-200,000
-200,000

Tags: Marvin RettenmaierVictor Paraschiv

Level: 30

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000