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Head on over to Cyprus to play in the Merit Cyprus Classic
Posted by: James Carter. - Wed, 2010-08-11 14:43
It’s that time of the year again folks: the Merit Cyprus Classic is just around the corner. The event will take place on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Cyprus, in the Merit Cristal Cove Hotel and Casino, which is positively one of the best locations to organize a high stakes poker tournament series.
The action will unfold between August 17th and the 26th, and there will be a Main Event (featuring a $10k buyin) as well as a special high roller event, which will cost players $25k to enter.
We know what you’re thinking: that’s an awful lot of money, right? It sure is, but fortunately,
Full Tilt Poker offers its players countless opportunities to qualify online for the event, so if you do not yet have a Full Tilt account, hurry over and open one right now. If you bust out of the event you enter earlier than you’d like to, the beach awaits and the experience will indeed be quite awesome. By registering (earning your seat online) for the Merit Cyprus Classic, what you basically do is you combine a luxury holiday with a
poker tournament and something like that just can’t miss.
Around 250 people are expected to show up for the Main Event, and Full Tilt Poker estimates that there will also be 80-100 High Rollers.
Last year, the event was a more than successful one. 181 players showed up for the Main Event. Thomas Bichon was the one who eventually walked away with the top prize. Huck Seed, Layne Flack and Nenad Medic were among the top finishers too.
A whole bunch of red Full Tilt Pros will take part this year too, among them Eric Liu and Ben Roberts. Antonio Esfandiari is expected to play too.
