It’s go-time for Day 2 of the WPT Prime Cyprus $1,100 Championship! The collection’ showstopper has been an absolute knockout on the Chamada Status Lodge and On line casino, with the 1,391 entries constructing a $1,349,270 prize pool, simply crushing the $1 million assure.
Yesterday’s closing beginning flights noticed one other 563 bullets fired, pushing the overall previous final 12 months’s 1,202. If there was any doubt, poker is flourishing in North Cyprus.
Now, 173 gamers are again in motion at 1 p.m. EET, already assured at the very least $1,940. However let’s be actual, nobody’s right here only for a min-cash. The actual prize? A $190,430 payday, a surprising WPT trophy, and a $10,400 seat to the WPT World Championship. The plan for Day 2 is to play till the nine-handed closing desk has been decided, with every finalist locking up a prize of at least $18,800.
Trying to observe the motion? Take a look at the stay reporting on WPT.com.
Poker followers can even be capable of watch cards-up protection with the function desk being stay streamed on the World Poker Tour YouTube channel.
Papantoniou & Karaygit Bag Finest in Day 1D & 1E
The penultimate beginning flight, Day 1D, noticed 46 gamers make it by means of from a subject of 362. Stylianos Papantoniou topped the counts with 982,000, simply half a giant blind forward of Clyde Ramunas (978,000). That places Papantoniou third general heading into Day 2, with Ramunas sitting in fifth.
Day 1E, a turbo flight, noticed Tanju Karayiğit bag up 654,000 to complete as chip chief from the 26 gamers who superior. Karayiğit already has one trophy from this pageant, having received the $825 NLH Take-Off for $40,000. Might he make it a pageant double?
On the high of the general leaderboard is Day 1A chip chief Kyprianos Kyprianou, who bagged 1,286,000, whereas Samer Sadaka (1,036,000) is the one different participant to cross the seven-figure mark.
Additionally nonetheless within the combine? Defending champion Tudor Purice, who booked his Day 2 seat by way of Day 1C. He has some work to do with 176,000 chips, however by no means rely out a champ. One other identify to look at is Reiji Kono, the WPT Prime Cambodia winner from two years in the past, who’s trying so as to add one other title to his résumé.
WPT Prime Cyprus Championship Prime 10 Chip Counts
WPT Prime Cyprus Championship Payouts
Dirlewanger Wins $660 PLO Bounty
The $660 PLO Bounty wrapped up yesterday, and it was Leonard Dirlewanger who got here out on high, outlasting a 96-player subject. With every bounty price $300, there was $28,800 up for grabs in bounties, with the identical quantity put aside for the common prize pool.
Dirlewanger placed on a dominant efficiency, going wire-to-wire after getting into the ultimate desk as chip chief. His reward? The trophy and a cool $8,575 for first place! He defeated Constantinos Messitis ($5,000) heads-up, whereas Fabian Rolli ($3,000) locked up the ultimate podium spot.
One of many wildest moments of the match was a six-way all-in that had everybody on the desk on the out of their seats. Ilan Verdnikov scooped the principle pot, whereas Hassan Niknezhadi (seventh place, $1,000) took the aspect pot. Take a look at the way it all performed out under.
$660 PLO Bounty Remaining Desk Outcomes
What Else is in Retailer?
Past the WPT Prime Championship, there’s a lot extra motion lined up.
On Sunday, March 16, at 4 p.m., the $440 Satellite tv for pc to the $2,200 Chamada Excessive Curler provides gamers a shot at certainly one of 10 assured seats. Then, at 8 p.m., the goal match kicks off, boasting a $400,000 assure.
The Excessive Curler will conclude on Monday, March 17, with the remaining contenders battling for an enormous payday.
Photographs courtesy of the World Poker Tour/Chamada
Calum Grant
Senior Editor & Reside Occasions Govt
