2012 World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Fox Cracks Aces; Climbs Up The Counts

Stuart Fox
Stuart Fox

Stuart Fox is a rare breed in th WPT Merit Cyprus Classic, he's a British player who has chips to play with; 204,000 of them. However, he almost had much fewer but Lady Luck was shining down on him and helped him to crack the pocket aces of Oleg Lipkin.

It was Ran Ozar who opened the betting, making it 5,300 to play from the hijack. To his left was Fox and he flat-called the open but Alexey Makarov on the button squeezed to 15,300. Amazingly this was not the end of the betting as Oleg Lipkin moved all-in for 52,500 from the small blind. Lipkin's shove folded out the big blind and Azor but Fox came over the top and re-shoved! Makarov reluctantly folded and the hands were showndown.

Lipkin: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Fox: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

Fox was in a whole world of pain but that would soon turn to a world of delight as the flop came down {6-Clubs}{k-Spades}{10-Clubs}. The {4-Spades} turn kept Fox's set in front and when the river was the {2-Spades} it was game over for Lipkin and Fox flew up the chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
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Stuart Fox
204,000
121,000
121,000

Tags: Alexey Makarovoleg LipkinRan AzorStuart Fox