2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$2,200 Merit Poker Cup
Day: 1a
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$167,100
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$844,560
Entries
459
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
192
Players Left
84

Vinayagamoorthy Cracks Set to Take Monster Pot

Level 4 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
David Vinayagamoorthy
David Vinayagamoorthy

With three players seeing a board of J109 and roughly 35,000 in the middle, Dinesh Alt checked from the small blind and Atanas Kodinov bet 35,000 from early position. David Vinayagamoorthy then moved all in from middle position, covering both players. Alt went into the tank for a couple minutes before folding and then Kodinov made the call to put himself at risk.

Atanas Kodinov: 99 All in
David Vinayagamoorthy: 87

Both players had flopped a monster but Vinayagamoorthy was well ahead with a jack-high straight versus Kodinov's set of nines. The board did not pair on the 2 turn or Q river and Kodinov was sent to the rail while Vinayagamoorthy scooped a colossal early pot.

Alt mentioned after the hand to one of his tablemates that he had folded the nut-flush draw which would have given him the winner on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
David Vinayagamoorthy no
David Vinayagamoorthy
347,000
347,000
347,000
Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
80,400
80,400
80,400
Atanas Kodinov bg
Atanas Kodinov
Busted

Tags: Atanas KodinovDinesh Alt