MERIT POKER, Alsancak, Kyrenia, Cyprus. 8,152 likes 355 talking about this 4,075 were here. Poker players' paradise - FREE open buffet, drinks & beverages during the series in our poker room! World Poker Tour's eleventh season kicks off in style with the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic, running August 4 - 9 at the Merit-Grand Casino with $1 million in guaranteed prize money. Category Gaming. The five-star Merit Crystal Cove, located 15 minutes from the city of Kyrenia on the Mediterranean coast, will meet the expectations of the most sophisticated travelers. One of the best (if not the best) sandy beach in North Cyprus, two swimming pools, water sports on the beach, a SPA-salon, a view of the sea from the room, a gym, sports.

The first-ever World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic has crowned a champion, and it is Frenchman Thomas Bichon. The $10,000 no-limit hold’em event attracted 181 players who created a top prize worth $579,165. The top 18 players were awarded prize money at the event, and many top professionals found themselves in the money. They included Tommy Vedes (18th), Anthony Lellouche (14th), Kelly Kim (11th), Layne Flack (10th), Nenad Medic (ninth), Jonathan Little (eighth), and Huck Seed (seventh).

Merit Poker Classic, organized in cooperation with Poker Club Management and partypoker LIVE, will be held at Merit Crystal Cove Hotel & Casino in North Cyprus from 2nd to 12th May, 2019. With more than $5,000,000 in combined guarantees, featuring a $5,300 Main Event with $3,000,000 GTD, Merit Poker Classic is set to be a must-not-miss event. The Merit Cyprus Classic will be running from August 17th till August 26th, but the satellites are already being hotly played for at Full Tilt Poker. The Main Event of the Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Classic will run for six days starting on August 20th, but anyone who qualifies for it through the online poker site Full Tilt Poker will be.

The final table of six players began with Rony Jazzar leading the way in chips, but surprisingly, he was the first to hit the rail in sixth place ($73,535) after bluffing off a huge portion of his stack against Rep Porter. On his final hand, Jazzar moved all in with K-Q against Uri Keidar on a Q-7-5-2 board that held two spades. Keidar held 8 6, and when the 10 fell on the river, Jazzar’s tournament was over. Janar Kiivermees fell in fifth place ($90,835) after he looked down at pocket fives and decided to move all in. Steven Fung called him down with pocket nines, and they held up to win the pot.

Four-handed action came next, and it proved to be the longest stretch of play at the final table. After three hours of battle, Rep Porter (Q 10) decided to pin his tournament hopes on a flush draw against Thomas Bichon on a board of 9 5 3. Bichon called him down with pocket nines, and the board bricked out for Porter, who was eliminated in fourth place ($121,115).

Bichon scored his second elimination when his J-5 dominated the 9-5 of Fung preflop. The board cooperated for Bichon, and Fung busted out of play in third place ($216,275). This hand also made Bichon the overwhelming chip leader with 5.6 million against the 1.6 million of Keidar heading into heads-up play.

That edge was insurmountable for Keidar, who fell on the second hand of heads-up play. Keidar raised to 350,000 preflop, from the button and Bichon reraised all in. Keidar thought for a moment and then made the call. Their cards:

Bichon: 7 7
Keidar: J 10

Board: A K 7 10 3

Keidar was eliminated in second place ($380,645), and Bichon captured the WPT title. Bichon also took home the first-place prize money of $579,615.

Here are the final results:

1st: Thomas Bichon — $579,165
2nd: Uri Keidar — $380,645
3rd: Steven Fung — $216,275
4th: Rep Porter — $121,115
5th: Janar Kiivramees — $90,835
6th: Rony Jazzar — $73,535

The next WPT event will take place at the Borgata Poker Open from Sept. 19-24.

The World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic has found its final table from an original field of 329 and in the lead with a little more than 2.4 million in chips is Ran Azor.

Closing in on him however is Marvin Rettenmaier who starts the day in third place on the leader board with 2 million.

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The final table of six was created with the elimination of Erik Cajelais at the hands of Rettenmaier.

Cajelais, who went into the day as chip leader, left in seventh place for $43,690 after his A 6 couldn’t win a race against the German and his pocket twos.

The first player to leave the final table will receive $52,590.

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Here are the final six and their chip counts:

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Ran Azor 2,405,000
Artur Voskanyan 2,003,000
Marvin Rettenmaier 2,002,000
Kiryl Radzivonau 1,865,000
Victor Parashiv 1,115,000
Joseph El Khoury 435,000

The $4,000 + $400 re-entry main event kicked off on Aug. 4 at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in Kyrenia, Cyprus. The winner will be crowned later today and will walk away with $287,784.

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