2019 Merit Poker Classic

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Yacoub Triples On the Bubble

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Mikhail Galitskiy limped in from under the gun and Dori Yacoub completed his small blind. Jeff Hakim raised to 70,000 in the big blind and both opponents called.

The flop came {4-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, Yacoub checked, Hakim shoved for 257,000, Galitskiy also shoved with the biggest stack, and Yacoub called for the 225,000 he had behind.

Dori Yacoub: {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Jeff Hakim: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Mikhail Galitskiy: {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

The rest of the board was completed with the {k-Diamonds} on the turn and the {2-Diamonds} on the river for Yacoub to triple up and Hakim to get paid a double for the 32,000 he had left after paying Yacoub.

Player Chips Progress
Dori Yacoub lb
Dori Yacoub
905,000
561,000
561,000
Mikhail Galitskiy ru
Mikhail Galitskiy
321,000
Jeff Hakim lb
Jeff Hakim
64,000
-283,000
-283,000

Tags: Dori YacoubJeff HakimMikhail Galitskiy

Bosca Busts Before the Real Bubble

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ashkan Fattahi raised to 45,000 from the early position and was called by Vicent Bosca in mid-position. Joey Weissman raised to 225,000 in the small blind and Fattahi quickly folded. Bosca took a few seconds and shoved for around 823,000. Weissman quickly called.

Vicent Bosca: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Joey Weissman: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The flop came {j-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for Weissman to flop a straight draw and Bosca to hit a set of jacks.

The turn was the {q-Diamonds} to give Weissman the straight indeed. Bosca needed to pair the board to stay alive but the river completed the board with the {4-Hearts} for Bosca to get eliminated in 73rd place.

Player Chips Progress
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
2,000,000
1,762,500
1,762,500
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Vicent Bosca es
Vicent Bosca
Busted

Tags: Joey WeissmanVicent Bosca

Boghean Doesn't Make the Bubble

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Andrei Boghean
Andrei Boghean

Andrei Boghean shoved all-in for 215,000 from early position and was called by Anton Morgenstern in mid-position.

Andre Boghean: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Anton Morgenstern: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for Morgenstern's higher pocket pair to hold and eliminate Boghean in 74th place.

As 71 players will be in the money, the bubble is looming.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
1,091,000
241,000
241,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Andrei Boghean ro
Andrei Boghean
Busted

Tags: Andrei BogheanAnton Morgenstern

Seventy-Five Left

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Basil Yaiche shoved from the button with {7-Spades}{4-Spades} and Garik Tamasyan called in the big blind for 450,000 with {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and held on throughout the board to double up.

Alexandru Papazian was just eliminated with {5-}{5-} when he ran his last chips into the {k-}{q-} of Tobias Duthweiler.

And here are some other chip counts:

Player Chips Progress
Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
2,100,000
1,033,500
1,033,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Andreas Christoforou cy
Andreas Christoforou
1,650,000
-20,000
-20,000
Assad Ramin af
Assad Ramin
1,100,000
835,000
835,000
Garik Tamasyan am
Garik Tamasyan
968,000
487,500
487,500
Tobias Duthweiler de
Tobias Duthweiler
680,000
267,500
267,500
Dragos Trofimov md
Dragos Trofimov
607,000
-248,000
-248,000
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
540,000
231,500
231,500
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
520,000
-640,000
-640,000
Jeff Hakim lb
Jeff Hakim
347,000
-169,500
-169,500
Aleksei Istomin ru
Aleksei Istomin
330,000
263,000
263,000
Oliver Ruesing de
Oliver Ruesing
189,000
-284,500
-284,500
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
160,000
86,000
86,000
Alexandru Papazian ro
Alexandru Papazian
Busted
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Alexandru PapazianBasil YaicheGarik Tamasyan

Latest Selection of Chip Counts

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kacper Pyzara pl
Kacper Pyzara
3,555,000
1,125,000
1,125,000
Day 1E Chip Leader
Pavel Kovalenko ru
Pavel Kovalenko
2,775,000
577,000
577,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Shaul Meir il
Shaul Meir
1,500,000
180,000
180,000
Day 1D Chip Leader
Basil Yaiche fr
Basil Yaiche
1,450,000
-100,000
-100,000
Bassel Alanaz lb
Bassel Alanaz
1,425,000
555,000
555,000
Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
1,155,000
455,000
455,000
John Three il
John Three
1,140,000
340,000
340,000
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
1,020,000
-270,000
-270,000
Ashkan Fattahi dm
Ashkan Fattahi
1,000,000
413,500
413,500
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
970,000
-148,000
-148,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
StakeKings
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
900,000
212,000
212,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Ben Farrell gb
Ben Farrell
860,000
195,000
195,000
Vicent Bosca es
Vicent Bosca
693,000
13,000
13,000
Joep Raemaekers nl
Joep Raemaekers
205,000
-230,000
-230,000
Levan Karamanishvili sk
Levan Karamanishvili
Busted
Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Level: 19

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Break

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The players have been sent for another 15-minute break. Ran Azor was the last one to be eliminated to take the total number of remaining players to 77.

Player Chips Progress
Ran Azor il
Ran Azor
Busted

Duta Rivers the Straight

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Florian Duta raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and was called by Milad Oghabian on the button.

The flop came {7-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, Duta continued with a bet of 42,000 and Oghabian called again.

They both checked through the {5-Hearts} on the turn to the {8-Clubs} on the river. Duta bet 26,000 and Oghabian quickly called and mucked when Duta tabled {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
1,905,000
105,000
105,000
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
850,000
490,000
490,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
535,000
-331,000
-331,000
Milad Oghabian ir
Milad Oghabian
364,000
106,000
106,000
Andrei Boghean ro
Andrei Boghean
270,000
-50,000
-50,000
Lachezar Petkov bg
Lachezar Petkov
254,000
42,000
42,000
Run It Once

Tags: Florian DutaMilad Oghabian

Zoufri Won't Cash

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Abdelhakim Zoufri was forced all-in from the big blind and Vladimir Troyanovskiy (cutoff) and Shahar Levi (small blind) were playing for a side pot of 64,000 when the board already read {6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}. Levi bet 16,000 and Troyanovskiy called.

The river completed the board with the {8-Clubs}, Levi bet another 16,000 which Troyanovskiy called.

Levi tabled {k-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} for the rivered pair of eights, Troyanovskiy tabled {a-Clubs}{8-Spades} for the same pair of eights but with the higher kicker to pick up the side pot. But Zoufri held {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} to triple up to 15,000.

The hand right after, Vlad Darie raised to 35,000 from mid-position and it folded to Zoufri who went all-in from the small blind for 15,000. Alexandru Papazian folded in the big blind.

Abdelhakim Zoufri: {8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}
Vlad Darie: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {3-Spades}{2-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for Zoufri to turn a pair of fives but Darie to river a pair of queens to take the Dutchman out of the running before the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Shahar Levi il
Shahar Levi
1,300,000
310,000
310,000
Vlad Darie ro
Vlad Darie
1,110,000
227,000
227,000
WPT 1X Winner
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
580,000
220,000
220,000
Abdelhakim Zoufri nl
Abdelhakim Zoufri
Busted

Tags: Abdelhakim ZoufriAlexandru PapazianShahar LeviVlad DarieVladimir Troyanovskiy