$2,200 Warm Up Day 3 | 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

11-25-2023 17:49 UTC+2

Ahuja Cools Off Bonnant to Send Him to the Rail

Jeremy Geist

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The action folded to the cutoff where Clement Bonnant sat in the tank for about 30 seconds before moving all in. It folded to Ankit Ahuja in the big blind who got a count and then flicked in a call to put Bonnant at risk.

Clement Bonnant: A♥J♣
Ankit Ahuja: A♠8♠

Bonnant was a huge favorite as they headed to a flop. The dealer burned and turn the 2♠10♠4♣ board and suddenly Bonnant was not a huge favorite anymore. The 7♦ turn was clean but the 7♠ river would give Ahuja the nut flush to send Bonnant to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	2,400,000 670,000	670,000
Clement Bonnant	Busted

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Clement Bonnant

11-25-2023 17:37 UTC+2

Papapetrou Gets One Through

Jeremy Geist

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Yiannakis Papapetrou opened in middle position to 55,000. The next player to act was Yunsheng Sun who put in a three-bet to 125,000. It folded all the way back to Papapetrou who called and they were off to a flop heads up.

The 3x4x9x rainbow flop landed and action checked to Sun who continued for 80,000. The action was then back on Papapetrou who sat in the tank for a moment and then announced he was all in. Sun seemed to not have a ton to go with as he folded pretty quickly.

Papapetrou smiled as he tabled A♦8♦ for just ace-high. He may have been bluffing with the best hand or he might have gotten a big bluff through. Either way he scooped the pot to stay alive late in Day 3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunsheng Sun	1,100,000 -50,000	-50,000

Yiannakis Papapetrou	590,000 240,000	240,000

11-25-2023 17:25 UTC+2

Some More Recent Eliminations in the Money

Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Markov	Busted
Nils Pudel	Busted
Christos Christou	Busted
George Meitanis	Busted
Guoliang Wei	Busted

Murad Cakir	Busted
Nikolay Tyurin	Busted
Motokatsu Uhara	Busted
Vladas Burneikis	Busted
Sergey Baranski	Busted

11-25-2023 17:20 UTC+2

Ghazarian Springs the Trap

Jeremy Geist

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Harout Ghazarian opened in early position to 50,000 before Yunsheng Sun called on the button and both of the blinds called.

The 3♥A♥J♠ flop landed and action checked all the way to Sun on the button who put out a wager of 105,000. The blinds folded and then action was back on the preflop raiser, Ghazarian, who went into the tank before putting in the check-raise to 275,000.

Sun mulled it over but eventually thought better of putting in more chips and mucked.

Ghazarian scooped a solid pot with little resistance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harout Ghazarian	1,700,000 690,000	690,000
Yunsheng Sun	1,150,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Harout Ghazarian Yunsheng Sun

11-25-2023 16:59 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts after Second Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bakhos Joumaa	4,800,000 175,000	175,000
Andrei Daniliuk	2,855,000 -470,000	-470,000

Bernard Boutboul	2,825,000 1,535,000	1,535,000
Ivan Govorov	2,100,000 -300,000	-300,000
Sultan Meirbekov	1,930,000 490,000	490,000
Feyzullah Karaarslan	1,800,000 475,000	475,000
Ankit Ahuja	1,730,000 630,000	630,000
Damir Gabdullin	1,700,000 640,000	640,000
Hadi Khadra	1,475,000 -100,000	-100,000
Martynas Vitkauskas	1,250,000 812,000	812,000
Yunsheng Sun	1,200,000 1,009,000	1,009,000

Jakub Michalak	1,175,000 796,000	796,000
Nikolay Fal	1,170,000 852,000	852,000
Harout Ghazarian	1,010,000 651,000	651,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	950,000 125,000	125,000
Tugce Hursoz	950,000
Maksim Skripkin	870,000 566,000	566,000
Tahsin Cankurtaranli	850,000 482,000	482,000
Mustafa Biz	825,000 221,000	221,000
Ihor Kaliahin	800,000 -200,000	-200,000
Alisa Sibgatova	675,000 -590,000	-590,000
Seyedamir Eftekhari	480,000 -274,000	-274,000
Sakis Adrianopoulos	480,000 226,000	226,000
Mehmet Dalkilic	475,000 106,000	106,000
Clement Bonnant	470,000 -45,000	-45,000

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Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

11-25-2023 16:34 UTC+2

Break time

Ryan Lashmar

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

The final 37 players are now on another 15-minute break.

11-25-2023 16:27 UTC+2

Xi Sends Wei to the Rail

Jeremy Geist

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

Ming Xi opened in early position to 45,000 before Guoliang Wei moved all in from the cutoff for about 150,000. It folded back to Xi who quickly called and the two players were off to a full board with Wei all in and at risk.

Guoliang Wei: 6♣6♠
Ming Xi: K♥K♠

The full board ran out 9♦10♥Q♦2♦3♦ and Wei hit the rail just before the second break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ming Xi	615,000 5,000	5,000
Guoliang Wei	Busted

Tags: Guoliang Wei Xi Sends Wei

11-25-2023 16:09 UTC+2

Govorov Gets Some Value

Ryan Lashmar

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

With two players seeing a board of 6♦7♠6♠9♣7♥ and roughly 250,000 already in the middle, Ivan Govorov bet 150,000 from the big blind and was called by Hadi Khadra who was in middle position.

Govorov tabled 9♠8♦ for a better two pair than the one on the board and Khadra's hand hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Govorov	2,400,000 1,622,000	1,622,000
Hadi Khadra	1,575,000 -390,000	-390,000

Tags: Hadi Khadra Ivan Govorov

11-25-2023 15:53 UTC+2

Yurasov Doubles; Burneikis Left With Crumbs

Jeremy Geist

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

Dmitry Yurasov opened in early position to 40,000 and only got called in one spot by Vladas Burneikis in the small blind.

The 9♣3♣6♦ flop landed and Burneikis check-called a 45,000 continuation bet from Yurasov.

The 2♠ rolled off on the turn and Burneikis checked again. Yurasov sat in the tank for a moment before announcing he was all in. Burneikis didn't think for long before flicking in a call and putting Yurasov at risk.

Dmitry Yurasov: A♠9♠
Vladas Burneikis: K♥6♥

Burneikis needed some help but the 10♣ river did not bring it. Yurasov doubled and Burneikis was left with just 1.5 big blinds.