Main Event Day 3 | 2019 Merit Poker Classic

Main Event

Day 3 Started

05-10-2019 09:46 UTC+2

Day 3 Seat Draw

Shirley Ang

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Vytautas Milbutas	Lithuania	287,000	36
1	2	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	580,000	73
1	3	Mustafa Biz	Turkey	845,000	106
1	4	Kristen Bicknell	United Kingdom	317,000	40
1	5	Han Yong Kuo	Germany	164,000	21
1	6	Uri Reichenstein	Israel	506,500	63
1	7	Elvin Sarkarov	Azerbaijan	756,000	95
1	8	Joni Jouhkimainen	Finland	192,000	24
1	9	Maroun Jazzar	Lebanon	305,500	38

2	1	Shahar Levi	Israel	1,134,500	142
2	2	Abdelhakim Zoufri	Netherlands	164,000	21
2	3	Vlada Stojanovic	Serbia	668,000	84
2	4	Andrei Razov	Russia	417,500	52
2	5	Pavel Kovalenko	Russia	761,000	95
2	6	Vlad Darie	Romania	940,000	118
2	7	Miguel Iglesias	Spain	92,000	12
2	8	Nejat Erman	Turkey	265,000	33
2	9	Nikita Bochkin	Russia	500,000	63

3	1	Ran Azor	Israel	706,500	88
3	2	Alexander Lakhov	Russia	129,500	16
3	3	Aleksandras Voisnis	Lithuania	727,500	91
3	4	Pavel Plesuv	Moldova	1,066,500	133
3	5	Denys Chufarin	Ukraine	758,500	95
3	6	Slaven Popov	Bulgaria	161,000	20
3	7	Assad Ramin	Afghanistan	265,000	33
3	8	Sergey Fedyaev	Russia	292,000	37
3	9	Arnas Dzedulionis	Lithuania	547,000	68

4	1	Andreas Christoforou	Cyprus	1,175,000	147
4	2	Dori Yacoub	Lebanon	344,000	43
4	3	Georgios Sotiropoulos	Cyprus	404,000	51
4	4	Mikhail Galitskiy	Russia	321,000	40
4	5	Vladimir Komissarov	Russia	145,000	18
4	6	Aristeidis Moschonas	Greece	99,000	12
4	7	Alain Zeidan	Lebanon	560,000	70
4	8	Oliver Ruesing	Germany	473,500	59
4	9	Andrey Pateychuk	Russia	308,500	39

5	1	Elie Farah	Lebanon	759,500	95
5	2	Orhan Ates	Turkey	253,500	32
5	3	Ashkan Fattahi	Iran	586,500	73
5	4	Golam Lakkhosravi	Iran	900,000	113
5	5	Dimitrios Farmakoulis	Greece	577,000	72
5	6	Edgard Raffoul	Lebanon	266,000	33
5	7	Przemyslaw Piotrowski	Poland	205,000	26
5	8	Joey Weissman	United States	237,500	30
5	9	Ben Farrell	United Kingdom	716,000	90

6	1	James Romero	United States	580,000	73
6	2	John Six	Romania	778,500	97
6	3	Nikolay Fal	Russia	240,000	30
6	4	Shaul Meir	Israel	1,006,000	126
6	5	Boris Kolev	Bulgaria	688,000	86
6	6	Timur Khamidullin	Russia	560,000	70
6	7	Aleksandr Kopasov	Russia	283,000	35
6	8	Hasan Dogan	Turkey	245,500	31
6	9	Maxim Lykov	Russia	160,000	20

7	1	Arnaud Enselme	France	385,500	48
7	2	Daniil Kiselev	Russia	749,500	94
7	3	Kenny Hallaert	Belgium	116,500	15
7	4	Andrey Kaygorodtsev	Russia	234,000	29
7	5	Charbel Salloum	Lebanon	792,000	99
7	6	Hadi Khordbin	Iran	456,500	57
7	7	[Removed:61]	United States	896,500	112
7	8	Kacper Pyzara	Poland	549,500	69
7	9	Denis Timofeev	Russia	440,000	55

8	1	Mehmet Kolgu	Turkey	854,500	107
8	2	Omer Cubukcu	Turkey	232,500	29
8	3	Aneris Adomkevicius	Lithuania	151,000	19
8	4	Nikita Kalinin	Russia	369,500	46
8	5	Joseph Sabe	Lebanon	345,000	43
8	6	Daniel Braude	Israel	273,000	34
8	7	Florian Duta	Romania	866,000	108
8	8	Ray Sumon	Iran	287,000	36
8	9	Georges Hanna	Lebanon	264,000	33

9	1	Maksim Bukreev	Russia	212,500	27
9	2	Hady El Asmar	Lebanon	485,000	61
9	3	Ran Ilani	Israel	203,000	25
9	4	Joseph Succar	Lebanon	190,000	24
9	5	Basil Yaiche	France	619,000	77
9	6	Garik Tamasyan	Russia	480,500	60
9	7	Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	Russia	426,000	53
9	8	John Three	Israel	889,000	111
9	9	Ulan Dzholdoshbekov	Russia	594,000	74

10	1	Freek Scholten	Denmark	627,000	78
10	2	Muhtar Taysi	Turkey	153,000	19
10	3	Christian Rudolph	Germany	236,000	30
10	4	Jacek Ladny	Poland	327,000	41
10	5	Selahaddin Bedir	Turkey	506,000	63
10	6	Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	Greece	601,000	75
10	7	Vicent Bosca	Spain	209,000	26
10	8	Algirdas Saveikis	Lithuania	154,000	19
10	9	Stephen Woodhead	Ireland	293,000	37

11	1	Anatoly Suvorov	Russia	700,000	88
11	2	Tobias Duthweiler	Germany	412,500	52
11	3	Sergey Baburin	Russia	1,573,000	197
11	4	Steven van Zadelhoff	Netherlands	92,500	12
11	5	Maria Lampropulos	United Kingdom	184,000	23
11	6	Vanush Mnatsakyan	Russia	549,000	69
11	7	Milad Oghabian	Iran	248,500	31
11	8	Tarek Yassine	Lebanon	276,500	35
11	9	Dmitry Gromov	Russia	523,500	65

12	1	Saar Wilf	Israel	369,000	46
12	2	Stoyan Obreshkov	Bulgaria	172,000	22
12	3	Jahanpour Amirsoleimani	Iran	289,000	36
12	4	Giorgii Skhulukhiya	Russia	167,000	21
12	5	Ramzi Karam	Lebanon	97,500	12
12	6	Bassel Alanaz	Lebanon	577,000	72
12	7	Paul Newey	United Kingdom	498,000	62
12	8	Dimitar Danchev	Bulgaria	161,000	20
12	9	Igor Ovcharenko	Russia	336,000	42

13	1	Moshe Refaelowitz	Israel	285,000	36
13	2	Basem Abudavas	Kuwait	306,000	38
13	3	Santtu Leinonen	Finland	307,000	38
13	4	John Two	Netherlands	1,299,000	162
13	5	Anton Morgenstern	Germany	360,000	45
13	6	Naji Tanuri	Lebanon	344,000	43
13	7	Jeff Hakim	Lebanon	516,500	65
13	8	Lachezar Petkov	Slovenia	212,000	27
13	9	Aleksandar Trajkovski	Macedonia	94,000	12

14	1	Albert Daher	Lebanon	432,500	54
14	2	Etiennne Fortin	France	176,000	22
14	3	Dragos Trofimov	Moldova	814,000	102
14	4	Ryan Riess	United States	369,000	46
14	5	Ori Miler	Israel	108,000	14
14	6	Igor Devkin	Russia	144,500	18
14	7	Andrei Boghean	Romania	527,000	66
14	8	Markus Prinz	Germany	350,000	44

15	1	Nariman Yaghmai	Iran	706,500	88
15	2	Qushqar Morad	Afghanistan	285,000	36
15	3	Imad Saab	Lebanon	393,000	49
15	4	Ugur Secilmis	Turkey	221,000	28
15	5	Levan Karamanishvili	Georgia	327,000	41
15	6	Bartlomiej Machon	United Kingdom	139,000	17
15	7	Haghgou Seyedahmad	Iran	64,500	8
15	8	Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Russia	490,500	61

16	1	Manig Loeser	Germany	574,000	72
16	2	Fady Kamar	Lebanon	419,500	52
16	3	Amir Touma	Lebanon	310,000	39
16	4	Kiryl Radzivonau	Belarus	450,000	56
16	5	John Five	Lebanon	137,000	17
16	6	Karwan Hasan	Iraq	992,000	124
16	7	Anatoly Filatov	Russia	93,000	12
16	8	Nethanel Klein	Israel	161,500	20

17	1	Ahmed Abdella	United Arab Emirates	346,000	43
17	2	Ludovic Geilich	Germany	399,000	50
17	3	Aleksei Istomin	Russia	67,000	8
17	4	Christian Bauer	Germany	774,000	97
17	5	Alexandru Papazian	Romania	561,000	70
17	6	John Four	Lithuania	532,000	67
17	7	Joep Raemaekers	Netherlands Antillies	165,000	21
17	8	Pavel Yakobson	Russia	413,500	52

05-10-2019 10:00 UTC+2

Who Will Make the Money in the Merit Poker Classic?

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Shirley Ang

Day 3 of the Merit Poker Classic $5,300 Main Event is here and 149 players will be returning to the tables at noon local time to battle it out against each other to reach the money stages. Seventy-one players will cash for at least $9,270 and the winner will walk away on Sunday, May 12, with $565,157 and the trophy. There were 649 entries collected over the five starting flights and the first four levels of Day 2 which created a total prize pool of $2,990,267 and all remaining players will have their sights sets on claiming their share of it.

Currently Sergey Baburin is sitting at the top of the chip counts with 1,573,000 in chips which is almost 200 big blinds when the cards go in the air again. He’s sharing the table with Anatoly Suvorov, Tobias Duthweiler, Steven van Zadelhoff, Maria Lampropulos, Vanush Mnatsakyan, Milad Oghabian, Tarek Yassine, and Dmitry Gromov.

Placed second in the chip counts is an anonymous player who is now called ”John Two” who bagged 1,299,000 at the end of Day 2. He’s on the same table as players like the Day 1c chip leader Anton Morgenstern, Jeff Hakim, and Lachezar Petkov. Third on the podium to start the day is Cyprus’ own Andreas Christoforou who placed 1,175,000 in a bag. He’s starting the day with players like Georgios Sotiropoulos, Aristeidis Moschonas, Oliver Ruesing, and Andrey Pateychuk who won the last Main Event here which carried a $5,300 price tag.

When players return, they will play Level 15 which features a small blind of 4,000, big blind of 8,000, and a big blind ante of 8,000. Six levels of 75 minutes each are scheduled with a 10-minute break after every two levels.

Day 3 Structure

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	BB Ante
15	75	4,000	8,000	8,000
16	75	5,000	10,000	10,000
Break	10
17	75	6,000	12,000	12,000
18	75	8,000	16,000	16,000
Break	10
19	75	10,000	20,000	20,000
20	75	12,000	25,000	25,000

Follow all the updates by the PokerNews live reporting team to see who will be able to go to the payout desk to collect a cash and who will make it through to Day 4.

2019 Merit Poker Classic $5,300 Main Event Schedule

Day	Date	Starting Time	Late Reg	Entries	Survivors	Further Information
1a	Monday May 6th	12:00	Thursday May 9, ~19:00	93	43	Play 8 Levels of 60 minutes
1b	Tuesday May 7th	12:00	Thursday May 9, ~19:00	161	80	Play 8 Levels of 60 minutes
1c	Wednesday May 8th	12:00	Thursday May 9, ~19:00	202	96	Play 8 Levels of 60 minutes
1d	Wednesday May 8th	21:30	Thursday May 9, ~19:00	35	19	Play 8 Levels of 30 minutes
1e	Thursday May 9th	10:00	Thursday May 9, ~19:00	17	11	Play 8 Levels of 20 minutes
2	Thursday May 9th	13:30	Thursday May 9, ~19:00	508	249	Play 6 Levels of 75 minutes
3	Friday May 10th	12:00	Closed	649	149	Play 6 Levels of 75 minutes
4	Saturday May 11th	12:00	Closed	-	-	TBD
5	Sunday May 12th	12:00	Closed	-	-	Play down to a winner

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

05-10-2019 11:06 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The tournament director has welcomed the players back and instructed the dealers to shuffle up and deal with the button in Seat 6.

05-10-2019 11:18 UTC+2

Klein First to Go

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Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Nethanel Klein was all-in and at risk, as he was called by Karwan Hasan.

Nethanel Klein:
Karwan Hasan:

The board ran out for Hasan to flop top pair to claim the first elimination of the day to his name.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karwan Hasan	1,150,000 158,000	158,000
Nethanel Klein	Busted

Tags: Nethanel Klein Karwan Hasan

05-10-2019 11:21 UTC+2

Abdella Gone Too

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Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Joep Raemaekers raised to 17,000 from mid-position, Ahmed Abdella three-bet to 46,000 from the button, and Ludovich Geilich shoved from the small blind, having both of them covered. Raemaekers folded and Abdella called quickly.

Ahmed Abdella:
Ludovic Geilich:

The board ran out for Geilich to turn the pair of aces to eliminate Abdella.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	735,000 336,000	336,000

Joep Raemaekers	150,000 -15,000	-15,000
Ahmed Abdella	Busted

Tags: Ahmed Abdella Joep Raemaekers Ludovic Geilich

05-10-2019 11:30 UTC+2

Jouhkimainen Eliminated

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Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

partypoker pro Joni Jouhkimainen was seen leaving the tournament area but was kind enough to relate that he had ran his into the of Elvin Sarkarov and got no help of the board.