FullTilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic 25k: Day 1 completed

An event sponsored by Full Tilt Poker takes place currently in Cyprus. This event, with a cost of $ 25,000, drew highroller 36 players who will battle for nearly a million dollars. Among them, many celebrities like David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi figures, Erik Cajelais and Phil Ivey.

Montreal Erik Cajelais quickly saw his day come to an end, finishing ^33rd after a little less than five hours of play

The blinds were now 150/300 with 25 antes. On a board 6 - 2 - 2 - 7 - Q , Cajelais pushed his remaining 21,500 chips on the river with K - Q . Nicolas Chouity thought for several minutes, and finally call the bet with A Q and so Cajelais out of the tournament.

After 14 hours of play, only 24 players have accessed the second day of the tournament, the French David Benyamine enthroned at the top in terms of tokens.

The action resumes today, and it is possible to follow the action on PokerNews by clicking the following link: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2010-merit-cyprus-classic/high- roller-freeze-out / . You can also discuss this news on the forum by clicking the following link: FTP Merit Cyprus Classic

At the beginning of the second day, the stacks and places the players are:

Table 15
Seat 1: Martin Kabrhel - 52,100
Seat 2: Sam Trickett - 122,600
Seat 3: Hakan Ercan - 81,600
Seat 4: Nicolas Chouity - 262.100
Seat 5: Filippo Candio - 55,600
Seat 6: Ziv Caspi - 46,200
Seat 7: Huseyin Yilmaz - 114,400
Seat 8: Rony Jazzar - 71,300

Table 16
Seat 1: Tafyun Rodoplu - 41,200
Seat 2: Ori Miller - 68,000
Seat 3: Sorel Mizzi - 91,300
Seat 4: Bassel Moussa - 158.300
Seat 5: John Dolan - 222,500
Seat 6: Kfir Yamin - 213,000
Seat 7: David Benyamine - 285.500
Seat 8: Carter Phillips - 206.500

Table 17
Seat 1: Michael Mizrachi - 219.300
Seat 2: Anzor Makhjser - 169,000
Seat 3: Jon Turner - 278.200
Seat 4: Yoram Ayat - 216,000
Seat 5: Bukara Perj - 163.400
Seat 6: Kolpavi Tzhi - 22,000
Seat 7: Phil Ivey - 130,600
Seat 8: Andrew Feldman - 78,100