$3,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series

08-15-2023 11:20 UTC+2

Three Aces On The Board

Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Recep Aydemir opened from the cutoff to 5,500 and was only called by Alper Kerim in the big blind.

On the 9♥A♦A♣ flop, Aydemir made a continuation bet of 3,000. But Kerim didn't back down and called to see a third ace, the A♥, on the turn. However, this card froze the action as both players checked.

Finally, the J♥ hit the river, and Kerim took the lead, betting 5,000. Aydemir waited a few seconds to think about it, but eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alper Kerim	315,000 7,500	7,500
Recep Aydemir	105,000

Tags: Alper Kerim Recep Aydemir

08-15-2023 11:10 UTC+2

Shuffle Up And Deal

Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With a short delay, cards are in the air on Day 2 of the $3,300 Main Event

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

08-15-2023 10:02 UTC+2

435 Players Out Of 970 Entrants Qualified For Day 2

Maxime Taldir

After four Day 1s, 435 players will gather at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino for Day 2 of the 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series $3,300 Main Event. In total, 920 entrants have been registered after Days 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d Turbo. But out of those 920 registrations, only half of them qualified for today's Day 2.

	Entrants	Remaining
Day 1a	418	179
Day 1b	286	123
Day 1c	225	108
Day 1d Turbo	41	25
Total	970	435

For now, Abdallah Jamal Eddine holds the title of the overall chipleader, as he finished Day 1b with 842,500 chips. Day 1c's chipleader, Kanan Taherkhani, follows closely behind (825,000). The biggest stack from Day 1a, Bahram Sakettaromsari (805,000), is the third and final stack with over 800,000 chips. To complete the picture, Carlos Aoun ended Day 1d Turbo as the chipleader as well, although his stack is considerably smaller than the others, with (only) 362,000 chips.

Day 1 Overall Top 10

RANK	PLAYER	COUNTRY	CHIP COUNT	BLINDS
1	Abdallah Jamal Eddine	Lebanon	842,500	281
2	Kanan Taherkhani	Turkey	825,000	275
3	Bahram Sakettaromsari	Iran	805,000	268
4	Ali Al-Kubasi	Iraq	760,000	253
5	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	739,000	246
6	Darko Svesko	Serbia	731,000	244
7	Michael Allen	United Kingdom	696,500	232
8	Jakub Koleckar	Czech Republic	691,500	231
9	Giora Tsimmerman	Israel	679,500	227
10	Vladislav Doroshkov	Russia	672,000	224

But at the beginning of Day 2 at noon, it will still be challenging to have a complete view of the field, as late registrations remain open until the end of Level 14. So for the players eliminated, there will be five more 60-minute levels to enter or re-enter the tournament if needed. Day 2 will start on Level 10 (1,000/2,500 BB Ante 2,500, with a 15-minute break every two levels.

PokerNews will be following the action the entire way, providing live updates.

Tags: Abdallah Jamal Eddine Ali Al-Kubasi Carlos Aoun Darko Svesko Fahredin Mustafov Giora Tsimmerman Jakub Koleckar Kanan Taherkhani Michael Allen Vladislav Doroshkov

08-15-2023 10:00 UTC+2

Day 1 Biggest Stacks

Maxime Taldir

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdallah Jamal Eddine	842,500 842,500	842,500

Kanan Taherkhani	825,000

Bahram Sakettaromsari	805,000 805,000	805,000

Ali Al-Kubasi	760,000 760,000	760,000
Fahredin Mustafov	739,000 739,000	739,000
Darko Svesko	731,000 731,000	731,000
Michael Allen	696,500
Jakub Koleckar	691,500
Giora Tsimmerman	679,500 679,500	679,500
Vladislav Doroshkov	672,000 672,000	672,000
Fabian Rolli	657,000 657,000	657,000
Bart Lybaert	646,000
Kristaps Vismanis	561,000 561,000	561,000
Randy Hofmanner	549,000 549,000	549,000
Ergin Karacay	534,000
Mihail Cuza	528,000
Domenico Zappia	523,500 523,500	523,500
Guray Turkay	520,000 520,000	520,000
Azizjon Rakhimov	520,000 520,000	520,000
Michael Magalashvili	519,500 519,500	519,500
Tal David Ohana	519,000 519,000	519,000
Fredrico Senno	513,500 513,500	513,500
Mustafa Biz	503,500
Hassan Alie Nashar	503,500 476,500	476,500
Aleksandr Ivanov	497,500 497,500	497,500

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08-15-2023 09:55 UTC+2

Day 1a Chip Count

Maxime Taldir

Player	Chips	Progress
Bahram Sakettaromsari	805,000 805,000	805,000

Ali L-Kubasi	760,000 760,000	760,000
Fahredin Mustafov	739,000 739,000	739,000
Darko Svesko	731,000 731,000	731,000
Giora Tsimmerman	679,500 679,500	679,500
Vladislav Doroshkov	672,000 672,000	672,000
Kristaps Vismanis	561,000 561,000	561,000
Azizjon Rakhimov	520,000 520,000	520,000
Michael Magalashvili	519,500 519,500	519,500
Fredrico Senno	513,500 513,500	513,500
Hassan Nashar	503,500 503,500	503,500
Aleksandr Ivanov	497,500 497,500	497,500
Hussein Khadra	497,000 497,000	497,000
Cristian Campan	483,500 483,500	483,500
Claudio Di Giacomo	477,500 477,500	477,500
Razvan Sabau	468,000 468,000	468,000
Daniel Gavish	443,500 443,500	443,500
Antoine Hasbani	437,000 437,000	437,000
Mousa Hatem Barakat	433,000 433,000	433,000
Rachid El Yaacoubi	425,000 425,000	425,000
Samuel Kabelitz	424,500 424,500	424,500
Milos Skrbic	417,500 417,500	417,500
Caner Nar	396,000 396,000	396,000
Justus Held	394,500 394,500	394,500
Andrea Cortellazzi	393,500 393,500	393,500

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$3,300 Main Event

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