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Full Tilt’s Merit Cyprus Classic – Andreas Krause wins
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2010-08-22 03:10
Full Tilt Poker’s Merit Cyprus Classic is finally in the books, wrapped up last Wednesday, and having culminated with the victory of Andreas Krause. The televised final table of the poker tournament was a truly select one. Headlined by
Full Tilt poker pro Van Marcus, the final stretch of action was every bit worthy of the TV cameras. At the end of the day, it was Andreas Krause who stood tall, bracelet in hand and the $415,780 in pocket.
The first victim of the day was the official short-stack of the final table, Hakan Dalokay. Zsolt Vasvenszki was the one responsible for his elimination. Vasvenszki turned a set of 5s to draw first blood.
The next elimination came a massive 45 minutes later, and it was Ahmet Ucali who bit the dust that time. He ran his pocket Js into Mathieu Clavet’s A,Q which proceeded to catch another A on the board for the dagger.
Vasvenszki was the one who held the chip lead when 4-handed action began, but he squandered his advantage and after an A,4 vs 10,10 match-up against Krause, he hit the rail, donating the majority of his chips to the German who proceeded to take full advantage of the situation.
Van Marcus was the next one to go, his elimination setting up the heads-up action between Clavet and Krause.
Krause was the one who started the heads-up action with the chip lead, but Clavet overtook him at one point in a pretty spectacular fashion. Krause rebounded though almost right away and got the lead back. Ten more minutes elapsed before the final hand of the
poker tournament. Krause’s pocket 5s managed to hold up against Clavet’s A,7o and the tourney was over.
