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

11-24-2023 13:07 UTC+2

Diab Battles Bedir

Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With three players seeing a board of K♥J♠7♦3♥ and roughly 30,000 already in the middle, Louis Diab bet 17,000 from under the gun and Selahaddin Bedir raised to 50,000 from early position. Mustafa Sancak folded from the button before Diab raised to 92,000.

Bedir thought about his decision for about 30 seconds before folding and Diab took down a nice pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustafa Sancak	620,000 27,500	27,500

Louis Diab	415,000 72,000	72,000
Selahaddin Bedir	114,000 -76,000	-76,000

Tags: Louis Diab Mustafa Sancak Selahaddin Bedir

11-24-2023 12:52 UTC+2

Tozlu Wins Battle of Bottom Pairs

Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Dmitry Yurasov opened to 5,500 from the cutoff and received calls from Mert Tozlu on the button and Cihan Abdurrezzak in the big blind.

The flop came 10♥8♣5♣ and action checked around to Yurasov who fired a 6,000 continuation bet. Abdurrezzak folded while Tozlu made the call.

Both remaining players checked the K♦ turn and K♥ river.

Yurasov tabled 6♥5♥ while Tozlu showed down A♦5♦ for a better five to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Yurasov	855,000 -11,000	-11,000

Mert Tozlu	240,000 54,000	54,000
Cihan Abdurrezzak	183,000 -127,500	-127,500

Tags: Cihan Abdurrezzak Dmitry Yurasov Mert Tozlu

11-24-2023 12:39 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the $2,200 Warm Up. There are currently 175 players remaining and late registration will still be open for four levels.

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

11-24-2023 10:58 UTC+2

Yurasov Leads the Way as Field Combines on Day 2 of Merit Poker Gangster Series $2,200 Warm Up

Ryan Lashmar

The survivors from four starting flights will combine today at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino for Day 2 of the 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series $2,200 Warm Up starting at 12:30 p.m. local time.

While the turbo Day 1d flight is currently underway, Dmitry Yurasov holds the current overall chip lead going into Day 2 with 866,000 chips, worth 346 big blinds. Yurasov is the only player across the first three starting flights to bag over 300 big blinds, and is most closely followed by Day 1a chip leader Mustafa Sancak (592,500) and Sergey Baranski (581,000).

Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Dmitry Yurasov	Russian Federation	866,000	346
2	Mustafa Sancak	Turkey	592,500	237
3	Sergey Baranski	Belarus	581,000	232
4	Andrei Daniliuk	Russian Federation	570,000	228
5	Feyzullah Karaarslan	Turkey	528,500	211
6	Inas Eldeghedy	Egypt	491,000	196
7	Arun Sood	United Kingdom	479,000	192
8	Khalil Tawil	Lebanon	438,500	175
9	Agharazi Babayev	Azerbaijan	435,500	174
10	Christos Christou	Cyprus	433,000	173

A total of 322 entries have already played the event across the first three starting flights, with 153 players advancing to Day 2. That number will increase as players can still register in today's turbo Day 1d that is currently underway and can even late register and reenter up until the end of Level 12 during today's Day 2, which should be around 5:00 p.m. local time. The prize pool will then be announced.

Blinds will begin today on Level 9 at 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante. Eight further hour-long levels are scheduled to be played today, with a 10-minute break after every two levels. Information regarding whether or not there will be a dinner break will be available shortly after the tournament begins.

As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the action from the moment cards are in the air today until a winner is crowned on Day 4 which is scheduled to take place on Sunday November 26.

Tags: Agharazi Babayev Andrei Daniliuk Arun Sood Christos Christou Dmitry Yurasov Feyzullah Karaarslan Inas Eldeghedy Khalil Tawil Mustafa Sancak Sergey Baranski Sunday November

$2,200 Warm Up

Day 2 Started

11-24-2023 10:40 UTC+2

Day 1c Survivors

Ryan Lashmar

Player	Chips	Progress
Arun Sood	479,000 479,000	479,000

Harout Ghazarian	328,000 328,000	328,000
Parahat Nurmuhammedov	304,000 304,000	304,000
Amir Hassan	265,000 265,000	265,000
Alper Cankurtaranli	236,500 236,500	236,500
Benjamin Hamnett	221,000 221,000	221,000

Ihor Kaliahin	212,000 212,000	212,000
Baris Topkaya	192,000 192,000	192,000
Ali Yilmaz	157,500 157,500	157,500
Bernard Boutboul	152,000 152,000	152,000
Christos Leantzis	139,000 139,000	139,000
Nikolay Tyurin	137,000 137,000	137,000
Toby Joyce	102,500 102,500	102,500
Chakib M'Hiri	100,000 100,000	100,000
Cankut Kutlu	81,500 81,500	81,500
Clement Bonnant	81,000 81,000	81,000
Ali Zubeidat	74,500 74,500	74,500
Hassanin Hashim	38,000 38,000	38,000