2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Championship
Day: 6
Event Info

2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$579,165
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
181
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Rony Jazzar Eliminated in 6th Place ($73,535)

6th place finisher Rony Jazzar
6th place finisher Rony Jazzar
From top trout to first out, former chip leader Rony Jazzar has just been eliminated from the WPT Merit Cyprus Main Event.

Jazzar opened the pot with a raise to 72,000 from under-the-gun and action folded around the table to Thomas Bichon on the button who made the call. Steven Fung folded his small blind, and Uri Keidar made the call from the big.

The flop came {7-Spades}{Q-Spades}{2-Hearts} and Keidar passed the first option to Jazzar, who fired a continuation bet of 160,000. Bichon quickly folded, but Keidar stuck around to see the turn: {5-Diamonds}

Keidar checked once more, and Jazzar immediately moved all in -- a bet worth 431,000. He then returned his water bottle to its part-time home atop his head, while he waited for Keidar to make a decision.

"If it falls, he will win," Jazzar said.

As it turned out, the bottle never fell, but Keidar won anyway after making the call with {8-Spades}{6-Spades} and spiking the {10-Spades} on the river for a flush. Jazzar had been ahead with the {K-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}, but unable to fend off Keidar's many outs, he'd walk away from the final table its sixth place finisher.

Keidar became the new chip leader after the hand, stacking just over 2.4 million in chips.

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