$2,200 Warm Up Day 2 | 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

11-24-2023 20:24 UTC+2

Abdurrezzak Rivers Broadway

Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Cihan Abdurrezzak opened to 18,000 from middle position and Karim Abdelhamid called from the button.

The flop came K♣Q♥5♦ and Abdelhamid check-called an 18,000 continuation bet from Abdurrezzak.

Both players checked the 7♠ turn leading to the 10♣ river. Abdelhamid checked and Abdurrezzak bet 50,000. Abdelhamid looked frustrated with the situation but ultimately put in the call.

Abdurrezzak tabled A♣J♠ for the nut-straight to take down a decent pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cihan Abdurrezzak	473,000 290,000	290,000
Karim Abdelhamid	130,000 -410,000	-410,000

Tags: Cihan Abdurrezzak Karim Abdelhamid

11-24-2023 20:11 UTC+2

Sabau Scores a Double Knockout

Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Yunsheng Sun opened to 15,000 from early position and received a call from Selim Suner in the hijack before Razvan Sabau three-bet to 33,000 on the button. Shuang Luo moved all in for her last 20,000 from the big blind and Sun made the call before Suner moved all in for roughly 200,000. Sabau called, covering all players, and Sun got out of the way.

Shuang Luo: 7♦3♣
Selim Suner: A♥Q♥
Razvan Sabau: A♠K♣

Suner pulled ahead on the Q♣7♣10♦ flop but Sabau reclaimed the lead on the K♦ turn. The K♥ river was of no help to Luo or Suner and both were sent to the rail courtesy of Sabau who took down a healthy pot to pass one million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Razvan Sabau	1,095,000 222,000	222,000
Yunsheng Sun	525,000 90,000	90,000

Selim Suner	Busted
Shuang Luo	Busted

Tags: Razvan Sabau Selim Suner Shuang Luo Yunsheng Sun

11-24-2023 19:55 UTC+2

Cakir Leaves Luo with Crumbs

Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Shuang Luo opened to 12,000 from under the gun and received calls from Aleksandr Kirichenko in the cutoff and Razvan Sabau in the small blind before Murad Cakir moved all in for 128,000 in the big blind. Luo reshoved with a covering stack, forcing folds from Kirichenko to leave Cakir at risk.

Murad Cakir: A♥10♥
Shuang Luo: 7♦6♦

Cakir's ace-ten was ahead preflop and remained so on the 9♠Q♥K♥Q♦3♦ runout to secure a full double up while Luo was left with just over three big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Razvan Sabau	873,000 20,000	20,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko	385,000 385,000	385,000
Murad Cakir	310,000 47,000	47,000
Shuang Luo	20,000 -162,000	-162,000

Tags: Aleksandr Kirichenko Murad Cakir Razvan Sabau Shuang Luo

11-24-2023 19:32 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts after Final Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Daniliuk	2,360,000 1,530,000	1,530,000

Siarhei Chudapal	940,000 781,500	781,500
Sergey Baranski	875,000 341,000	341,000
Angelos Michael	870,000 61,000	61,000
Ankit Ahuja	858,000 368,000	368,000

Razvan Sabau	853,000 203,000	203,000
Dmitry Yurasov	602,000 -133,000	-133,000

Arun Sood	397,000 -243,000	-243,000

Shuang Luo	182,000 -476,000	-476,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

11-24-2023 19:18 UTC+2

Final Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Players are on the final 10-minute break of the day. There are currently 111 players remaining.

11-24-2023 19:03 UTC+2

Karaarslan Shows Down Cowboys

Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 10♥5♠8♣J♣ and 217,000 already in the middle, Feyzullah Karaarslan checked and Ankit Ahuja bet 86,000. Karaarslan made the call.

Both players checked the 3♣ river. Karaarslan tabled K♣K♥ for an overpair which was good enough to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Feyzullah Karaarslan	920,000 401,000	401,000
Ankit Ahuja	490,000 65,500	65,500

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Feyzullah Karaarslan

11-24-2023 18:45 UTC+2

Meirbekov Makes a Hero Call

Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Arun Sood was in middle position and had just opened and called a three-bet from Sultan Meirbekov, leading to a flop of A♣7♣6♣ with roughly 60,000 in the middle.

Both players checked the flop leading to the J♦ on the turn. Sood bet 50,000 and Meirbekov made the call.

Sood bet again for 75,000 on the 7♠ river, sending Meirbekov into the tank.

"Why so much? Do you have no showdown?" Meirbekov asked his opponent. Sood remained silent while Meirbekov weighed his options.

After a couple minutes Meirbekov flicked in the call.

"You win" Sood told his opponent, immediately mucking his hand.

Although Meirbekov did not have to, he revealed he had called with K♣K♦ despite three clubs and an ace being on the board and was awarded a sizable pot for his decision.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arun Sood	640,000 -178,000	-178,000

Sultan Meirbekov	550,000 358,000	358,000

Tags: Arun Sood Sultan Meirbekov

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

11-24-2023 18:22 UTC+2

Prize Pool Confirmed

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Tournament officials have announced the prize pool for the tournament.

There were 453 entrants, generating a prize pool of $833,520. The top 53 players will finish in the money, with the winner receiving $167,500.

Place	Prize
1	$167,500
2	$123,300
3	$75,500
4	$55,850
5	$41,900
6	$33,600
7	$28,000
8	$22,350
9	$16,760
10-12	$12,260
13-15	$10,000
16-18	$8,600
19-21	$7,500
22-24	$6,750
25-26	$5,920
27-35	$5,170
36-44	$4,500
45-53	$3,840