Home / Poker News August 2010 / Merit Cyprus Poker Classic Main Event – Day 1A
Merit Cyprus Poker Classic Main Event – Day 1A
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2010-08-22 00:43
As far as poker is concerned, things are certainly moving about at an alert pace on the isle of Cyprus. Last year marked the first time ever that an
international poker tournament was held there, and this year, poker celebrities have already flocked to take part in the
Full Tilt Poker Merit Cyprus Poker Classic’s Main Event. The organizers are ambitious too: they want nothing less than to break the records set last year, and by the way things have shaped up on Day 1A, they certainly appear to be on the right track to meeting their objectives.
Day 1A of the Main Event attracted a starting field of 109, slightly bigger than last year’s 91, but if the usual trend of most of the players only getting going on the last Day 1 flight holds up, a marginal record-breaking move may yet turn into a landslide.
France’s Nicholas Chouity finished the first day of action with the largest stack of chips. The Frenchman’s day wasn’t exactly the definition of an exciting rollercoaster ride, but a late push was more than enough to land him in pole position for day 2. He hit the 120k chip mark at the end of a hand in which his pocket rockets managed to hold up against an opponent’s Ah, Jh.
Chouity wasn’t the only one to have a good day though. Chip Jett finished with a nice stack of 80,750 chips, after an early double-up. Van Marcus appeared at the top of the provisional chip leader-board with 67,500 chips too.
Tommy Vedes wasn’t as lucky though, as he failed to advance. Only 80 players survived the fist day of action, among them names like Michael Mizrachi, Chino Rheem and November 9 member John Racener.
