09-12-2009 21:21 UTC+3

Uri Keidar Eliminated in 2nd Place ($380,645); Thomas Bichon Wins WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

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It took only two hands of heads-up play to determine a champion. On the first hand, Thomas Bichon limped his button and Uri Keidar moved all in. Bichon opted to pass.

On the second hand, Keidar opened from the button for 350,000. This time Bichon was the player who moved all in. After thirty seconds of deliberation, Keidar called.

Keidar: {J-Hearts}

Bichon:

After six days of poker, it came down to one final flip. Bichon took a commanding lead by flopping a set, {7-Clubs}

. He needed only to dodge a queen on the turn and river to secure the championship. The {10-Hearts}

turn didn't really help Keidar, and he was eliminated by the {3-Spades}

river.

When the river card fell, Bichon let out a primal scream of "Yeaaaaaaaah!" and then sank to his knees, his arms in the air, as if he had just won the French Open. It was the exclamation point on an excellent week of poker.

Tags: Thomas Bichon Uri Keidar