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2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship
Day: 6
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
181
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Rep Porter opened the pot with a raise to 275,000. Bichon countered with a three-bet to 650,000.
"Do you have any idea how many chips you have, Thomas?" Porter asked. Bichon's chips were dirty stacked and quite difficult to count.
Tournament Director Jack McClellan stepped in to help.
"It's about two million total," McClellan offered.
Porter made the call.
The flop came down
and Bichon dove into the tank, emerging about three minutes later and firing a 450,000 bet. Porter wasted no time making his counter move."I'm all in," he said.
Just as quickly, Bichon made the call, tabling two red nines for the mortal nuts -- top set. Still very much alive though, Porter tabled
and would be drawing to a flush.Photographers and a few other nosy spectators swarmed the stage to watch the dealer fill out the rest of the board...
, 
. Bichon's set held up, earning him the pot -- worth approximately 4.5 million in chips -- and the chip lead.
Porter meanwhile, was left crippled with under 50,000 in chips.
Level: 25
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
Uri Keidar hasn't played a hand all day (it seems) so it was little surprise that Keidar didn't play this one either. That moved the action back to Porter. He took a glance over his shoulder at the tournament clock, which had five minutes left until the next blind increase. That may have prompted Porter to gamble; he called all in for 1.08 million total.
Porter:
Fung:
Porter was in the lead, but the flop was full of potential, coming
. Porter made aces; Fung had the nut flush draw. No spade hit the turn 
or the river 
. Porter secured the double-up."Nice hand," said Fung.
"Thank you, thank you," Porter replied. "Lucky lucky."
In a limped pot, Bichon led out with a min-bet of 80,000 on the
flop and Fung made the call.Both players checked the
on the turn, but when the 
fell on the river, Bichon bet 200,000. Fung took less than a minute to make the call, only to see Bichon turn over the 
for a flush. Fung mucked his cards.
The fold drew a guffaw from John Monnette, seated in the gallery. "Nice hand, Rep," he said with a snicker.
Thomas Bichon - 2,340,000
Steven Fung - 1,325,000
Rep Porter - 590,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Keidar then check-called a 200,000 continuation bet from Porter after the flop came
.4th Street delivered the
, and Keider check-called another bet from Porter -- this time for 280,000.The last card off the deck was the
and both players knuckled the table, opting to move straight to the showdown. Keidar tabled king-queen for top pair and Porter mucked.
Heads up then, the flop came out
, and both players checked. The turn brought the 
, and Fung led out with a bet of 100,000. Keidar wasted no time calling, and the 
hit the river to fill out the board. Fung took a long pause before checking, and Keidar checked behind.Fun cringed at his opponent's check, tabling
for the nuts and the pot.