Albert Daher Eliminated in 2nd Place ($160,200)

Albert Daher has been an amazingly exciting player at the bwin WPT Merit Cyprus, but he has just come up short against a man who has led this thing from start to finish.

Daher opens to 120,000 on the button, Rybin moves all in and Daher calls.

Showdown

Rybin: [As] [5h]
Daher: [Ks] [9c]

So Rybin has a slight lead going into the flop.

Flop: [Ah] [Th] [7s]

You can see the relief on the face of Rybin as the blood drains from that of Daher.

Turn: [7c]

It’s all over bar the shouting.

River: [2c]

Alexey Rybin is the winner of bwin WPT Merit Cyprus Classic and wins $258,000, including a $25k seat at the WPT Championships.