Day 1b of the 2013 bwin World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic saw another 125 players turn up for the second of the two starting days in the hope of getting through to Day 2.
Mikhail Shalamov raised to 2,200 in early position, Dominik Nitsche three-bet to 5,200 on his direct left, and the action folded back to the Russian, who called. The flop fell , Shalamov checked, and Nitsche fired out 6,500.
Dominik Nitsche opened from middle position to 1,100 and the player in the cutoff made the call. The player on the button made it 3,100 and both Nitsche and the other player came along.
The flop was just dealt and the player in the small blind checked to Dominik Nitsche who bet 1,000. The small blind raised to 2,500 and Nitsche called. The player led for 3,000 on the turn and Nitsche called.
"That was the hand of the century!" stated Ronnie Bardah as our PokerNews reporter strolled by the feature table. "No really, it was the hand of the century.
Dominik Nitsche raised all in for his last 775. The player to his immediate left then raised to 2,000. And Sam Ourada called from the big blind. The flop came . Ourada checked, then called a 2,000 bet.
Dominik Nitsche raised to 425 from early position. One other player called, and then the small blind three-bet to 1,850. Nitsche quickly re-raised all in for a total of 6,125.
Following a raise to 6,500, Dominik Nitsche moved all in from the big blind for 56,000 with his opponent making the call. Nitsche: Opponent: The board ran out and Nitsche doubled through to roughly 125,000 in chips.
On a flop, Ryan Laplante checked from the big blind and Dominik Nitsche checked from his seat in the cutoff. The button took a peek at his cards before betting 875. Laplante called, but Nitshce's cards hit the muck.
We arrived at the table, just in time to see Darryll Fish all in for 17,900 pre-flop, and Dominik Nitsche having made the call. Fish: Nitsche: “Just put down an ace,” joked Nitsche, before the dealer spread out a flop of .
We arrived at the table to see the player under the gun plus one limping into the pot. Dominik Nitsche was to his left, and bet out 1,200.
Nick Binger entered his match at a chip disadvantage against Dominik Nitsche, but whittled the German down to 60,000 chips or so, taking the chip lead.
Chris Johnson opened for a raise on the button, and Dominik Nitsche moved all in for 62,900 in the big blind. Johnson called.
Gnatenko Oleksandr opened under the gun to 2,500 and Dominik Nitsche made the call from the big blind. Nitsche checked to his opponent on .
Dominik Nitsche already had a ton of chips, but just added some more to get near the 200,000 mark. Nitsche was stacking his chips while the table waited for more players.
We saw the action when all cards were already face up and the dealer was busy setting a new world record for dealing the flop, turn and river. Dominik Nitsche had open and was up against the of Michael Fosco.
Today the second day of this unique event will commence. Well, to be honest, it's not totally unique since the World Series of Poker Europe already had a tournament like this before Caesars Entertainment introduced it here this summer.
As we came walking by we saw Dominik Nitsche standing up from the table. Adam Levy told us what had happened. Dominik Nitsche had opened and Huy Nguyen in the big blind had made the call.
Moments ago, Samer Al-Shurieki flopped the nut flush to crippled Dominik Nitsche. Douglas Mackinnon opened from the cutoff to 22,000 and Nitsche three-bet to 48,000 from the small blind.
Joseph Dibiasi has had a rollercoaster of a day here on Day 2 of Event #18 and now finds himself armed with 305,000 chips, Dominik Nitsche opened to 18,000 in the small blind and Dibiasi went to call but inadvertently made an illegal raise
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