2019 Merit Poker Classic

Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2019 Merit Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$565,157
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$2,990,267
Entries
649
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000

Who Will Walk Away With $565,157 By Winning The Merit Poker Classic Main Event?

Poker Room at Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino
Poker Room at Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino

The most important day of any tournament is here, the final day of the Merit Poker Classic $5,300 Main Event means that a winner will be crowned tonight. Sixteen players will return to the poker room at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino at noon local time to battle it out for that first-place prize of $565,157 and bragging rights.

Currently sitting in pole position is partypoker’s own pro Ludovic Geilich who bagged 8,080,000 last night which is six big blinds more than Liran Twito who put 7,470,000 into his seal bag. Geilich and Twito are seated on the same table, as is Shahar Levi who finished third in the chip counts with 7,255,000. With the addition of Basil Yaiche, this means that the four biggest stacks of the tournament are on one table which could cause lots of fireworks.

Kristen Bicknell, the other partypoker pro left in the tournament is sat on the other table where the stacks are all pretty even. This also means that there could possibly be a lot of action from the start as everyone will be trying to build up their stacks to make it to the final table and be in with a fighting chance. Anton Morgenstern is the only other player on the table who also sports an above average stack while the rest is floating just below average but still have around thirty big blinds each.

When the players return at noon local time, they will play Level 25 which features a small blind of 50,000, big blind of 100,000, and big blind ante of 100,000. No matter what, a new champion will be crowned here in Cyprus at the end of this, so make sure to follow the updates which will be provided to you by the PokerNews live reporting team.

Final Day Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
11Kristen BicknellCanada4,980,00050
12Ulan DzholdoshbekovRussia3,500,00035
13Dori YacoubLebanon3,120,00031
14Daniel BraudeIsrael2,630,00026
15Hasan DoganTurkey3,200,00032
16Mustafa BizTurkey3,415,00034
17Empty  -
18Selahaddin BedirTurkey3,350,00034
19Anton MorgensternGermany4,300,00043
      
21Empty  -
22Anatoly SuvorovRussia2,200,00022
23Shahar LeviIsrael7,255,00073
24Liran TwitoIsrael7,470,00075
25Ludovic GeilichGermany8,080,00081
26Andreas ChristoforouCyprus1,700,00017
27Pavel KovalenkoRussia3,405,00034
28Florian DutaRomania1,995,00020
29Basil YaicheFrance5,385,00054

Tags: Anton MorgensternBasil YaicheKristen BicknellLiran TwitoLudovic GeilichShahar Levi