Germany’s Metin Yalciner Bags Biggest Stack on Day 1c of WPT Cyprus Championship

The World Poker Tour (WPT) $3,500 buy-in, $2 million GTD WPT Cyprus Championship continued on Friday with the third and last beginning flights. Day 1c attracted 185 runners, which, together with 1b’s 173 and 1a’s 283, introduced the whole area as much as 641 entries.

The present prize pool sits at $1,987,100, however late registration is open by the primary break on Saturday’s Day 2, so it ought to simply cross the $2 million assure.

After eight one-hour ranges of play, Metin Yalciner bagged the chip lead among the many 93 survivors with 290,000, which is a methods behind each Day 1b chip chief Mustafa Simsek (385,000) and Day 1a chip chief Alexsandr Pak (379,000).

High 5 Day 1c Chip Counts

PlayerChips Metin Yalciner290,000 Recep Aydemir247,500 Onur Unsal245,500 Razvan Sabau237,500 Arif Firat232,000

Membership WPT Gold qualifier Linda Nguyen

In response to WPT Dwell Updates, Nguyen performed an enormous hand close to the tip of the night time. In Degree 8 (600/1,200/1,200), there was 8,000 within the pot and a flop of J♥7♣5♣, and whereas the precise motion was unknown, it was reported that Nguyen was all in on stated flop for 55,000 and in danger in opposition to Zhen Xiaosheng.

Nguyen was forward together with her Ok♦J♣ for high pair, however Xiaosheng was drawing tremendous sturdy with the 9♣8♣. The Ok♣ flip gave Xiaosheng a flush and left Nguyen trying to get fortunate, and that’s simply what she did when the Ok♥ spiked on the river to enhance her to a profitable full home.

Likewise, the polarizing Will Kassouf, who did an unique interview on the most recent episode of the PokerNews Podcast, additionally scored a late double. It occurred when he moved his quick stack all in beneath the gun with the 6♠5♠ and was in danger in opposition to the A♣J♠ of Campbell Ashton. The board ran out Ok♥10♦5♣6♥10♣ and Kassouf made two pair to remain alive.

After all, not everybody made it by. Amongst these to fall on Day 1c had been Man Gorelik, Rahul Sharma, Rabah Ait Abdelmalek, Ion Scobai, and Kamel Atoui.

The WPT Cyprus Championship, which runs by August 18, is the keystone occasion on the schedule for the $5 Million GTD Competition on the Chamada Status Resort & On line casino. Nonetheless, there are nonetheless a number of occasions upcoming.

Right here’s a have a look at the remaining schedule:

2025 WPT Cyprus Remaining Schedule

*DateTimeEventGTDDetails* Sat 16 Aug12:00 pm$3,200 + 300 WPT Championship Day 2$2,000,000 Assured Prize Pool60 min clock Sat 16 – Mon 18 Aug5:00 pm$1,000 + 100 No Restrict Maintain’em – Thriller Bounty Occasion$100,000 Assured Prize Pool20k stack, 20 min clock, 8 LVLS late reg Sat 16 Aug11:00 pm$1,000 + 100 Satellite tv for pc to Chamada Tremendous Excessive Roller5 seats GTD15k stack, 15 min clock, 6 LVLS late reg Solar 17 Aug12:00 pmWPT Championship Day 3$2,000,000 Assured Prize Pool60 min clock Solar 17 – Mon 18 Aug3:00 pm$7,500 + 500 No Restrict Maintain’em – Chamada Tremendous Excessive Curler$300,000 Assured Prize Pool100k stack, 30 min clock, 10 LVLS late reg Solar 17 Aug8.00 pm$2,000 + 200 No Restrict Maintain’em – Final Likelihood$150,000 Assured Prize Pool30k stack, 30 min clock, 8 LVLS late reg Mon 18 Aug12:00 pmWPT Championship Closing Desk$2,000,000 Assured Prize Pool60 min clock Mon 18 Aug3.00 pm$7,500 + 500 Chamada Tremendous Excessive Curler Closing Day$300,000 Assured Prize Pool30 min clock Mon 18 Aug5:00 pm$1,000 + 100 Thriller Closing Desk Solely$75,000 Assured Prize Pool20k stack, 20 min clock, 8 LVLS late reg

Day 1c will get underway at Midday native time on Friday. Late registrations will stay open till after the primary break (~2:15 p.m. native time) on Saturday’s Day 2. Gamers will begin with 50,000 stack, enjoying 60-minute ranges. PokerNews is on-site to supply content material, social media, and interviews, so you should definitely test again incessantly for all the most recent from the WPT Cyprus!

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