$2,200 Merit Poker Cup
Day 1bc Completed
$2,200 Merit Poker Cup
Day 1bc Completed
Day 1b of the Carmen Series $2,200 Merit Poker Cup has come to a close here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. The second of four starting flights attracted a total of 141 entrants. After the dust had settled, 65 players were able to bag their chips at the end of the night and advance to Day 2. Koray Korkmaz finished the night with the biggest stack in the room, ending with 535,000 chips worth 214 big blinds going into Day 2. Korkmaz is most closely followed by Sergei Sokharev (504,500) and Iurii Saiapin (488,500).
Korkmaz got off to a great start during this festival after taking down the first event: $2,200 Mystery Bounty 6-handed for $85,000 including bounties. Korkmaz has just under $1,000,000 in lifetime tournament earnings and has momentum on his side going into Day 2 of the Merit Poker Cup.
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Koray Korkmaz | Turkey | 535,000 | 214 |
2 | Sergei Sokharev | Russian Federation | 504,500 | 202 |
3 | Iurii Saiapin | Russian Federation | 488,500 | 195 |
4 | Siavash Ziarat | Iran | 432,500 | 173 |
5 | Lyudmil Ivanov | Bulgaria | 420,000 | 168 |
6 | Halil Tasyurek | Turkey | 401,500 | 161 |
7 | Maksim Shornikau | Belarus | 380,500 | 152 |
8 | Boris Angelov | Bulgaria | 373,500 | 149 |
9 | Alexandru Papazian | Romania | 364,000 | 146 |
10 | Jenya Gavrilovich | Belarus | 343,500 | 137 |
Day 1b began with 16 players to start. The tournament's excellent structure, featuring 60-minute levels and a starting stack worth over 150 big blinds, ensured players had plenty of room to maneuver. Vadim Volkhonskiy got off to a hot start today after cracking pocket aces with a set of kings and was able to ride that early success all the way to the end of the night where he bagged an average stack. Giorgiy Skhulukhiya was also among the chip leaders in the first few levels of the day after cracking his opponent's trips with a full house in another early highlight.
Fresh off a runner up finish yesterday in the $5,300 High Roller for $123,100, Halil Tasyurek wasted no time accumulating chips. He would win a monster pot with aces full midway through the day and ultimately finish the night with the sixth-largest stack.
Other notables to end the night with chips in a bag include Alexandru Papazian (364,000), Maxime Chilaud (259,500), Ozgur Secilmis (245,000) and Dmitry Gromov (136,000), Others who entered Day 1b but fell before the end of the night include Skhulukhiya, Andrey Pateychuk and Nikolay Fal.
Two starting flights remain for this event. Day 1c is already underway, while a turbo Day 1d is scheduled at 10:00 a.m. local time on March 29. The final flight begins just a couple hours before the fields combine for Day 2 at 12:30 p.m. local time the same day. Unlimited reentries and late registration will remain open until the end of Level 12, midway through Day 2.
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the action from tomorrow's Day 2 on March 29 until a winner is crowned on March 31.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ceyhan Tezcan |
292,000
292,000
|
292,000 |
Benjamin Hamnett |
251,000
251,000
|
251,000 |
|
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Miad Shakiba |
245,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
Milad Oghabian |
233,000
233,000
|
233,000 |
Krzystof Spisak
|
206,500
206,500
|
206,500 |
Georgios Skarparis |
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
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Mesut Tekin |
116,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
Enver Hosver
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
Tugce Hursoz |
38,500
38,500
|
38,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Koray Korkmaz |
535,000
535,000
|
535,000 |
|
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Sergei Sokharev |
504,500
-35,500
|
-35,500 |
Iurii Saiapin |
488,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
Siavash Ziarat
|
432,500
432,500
|
432,500 |
Lyudmil Ivanov |
420,000
125,500
|
125,500 |
Halil Tasyurek |
401,500
-82,500
|
-82,500 |
Maksim Shornikau |
380,500
380,500
|
380,500 |
Boris Angelov |
373,500
72,500
|
72,500 |
Alexandru Papazian |
364,000
364,000
|
364,000 |
|
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Jenya Gavrilovich |
343,500
163,200
|
163,200 |
Florian Guimond |
341,500
63,500
|
63,500 |
O I
|
337,000
337,000
|
337,000 |
Uladzimir Zhyharau |
326,000
326,000
|
326,000 |
Boris Tabiyev |
323,000
323,000
|
323,000 |
Dmitrii Kuzin |
308,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Omar Lakhdari |
303,000
303,000
|
303,000 |
Edgard Raffoul |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Ali Zebarjad |
294,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Denis Zelenkin |
285,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Nan Zhu |
274,500
274,500
|
274,500 |
Razvan Sabau |
267,500
42,000
|
42,000 |
Marcin Dziubdziela |
264,500
65,700
|
65,700 |
Georges Hanna |
262,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
Maxime Chilaud |
259,500
151,500
|
151,500 |
Atanas Kodinov |
253,000
253,000
|
253,000 |
Play has come to a close in Day 1b of the Merit Poker Cup.
Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of the night's action.
The tournament staff have announced that three more hands will be played before the end of the night.
Roman Stoica opened to 5,000 from under the gun and received calls from Dmitry Gromov on the button and Iurii Saiapin in the big blind.
The flop came 7♣6♦2♦. Saiapin lead out with a 5,000 bet that was called by Stoica before Gromov raised to 15,000. Saiapin called while Stoica got out of the way.
Both players checked the 7♦ turn leading to the 4♦ river. Saiapin bet 25,000 and Gromov did not take long to fold.
Saiapin showed that he had A♦Q♦ for the nut-flush on the turn as he took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Iurii Saiapin |
476,000
197,000
|
197,000 |
Roman Stoica |
161,000
-214,000
|
-214,000 |
Dmitry Gromov |
99,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
Mario Scalia opened to 6,000 from under the gun and received a call from Razvan Sabau in the hijack before Andrey Pateychuk shoved from the small blind for roughly 70,000. Scalia reshoved with a slightly bigger stack and Sabau got out of the way.
Andrey Pateychuk: A♥Q♦
Mario Scalia: 9♠9♣
It was a preflop flip that Scalia got the best of on the K♠7♠5♣5♥8♣ runout to send Pateychuk to the rail and score a full double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Razvan Sabau | 225,500 | |
Mario Scalia |
147,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
Andrey Pateychuk | Busted | |
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Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
With two players seeing a boad of K♥10♠3♠ and 15,000 in the middle, Antonio Aversa found himself all in from middle position for roughly 40,000 and was up against Halil Tasyurek in the small blind who covered him.
Antonio Aversa: A♣A♥
Halil Tasyurek: Q♠9♠
Aversa was ahead with the overpair until the K♠ turn brought the flush in, leaving him drawing to just four outs. He couldn't catch an ace or a king on the Q♣ river and was sent to the rail while Tasyurek continued to add chips to his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Halil Tasyurek |
484,000
91,500
|
91,500 |
Antonio Aversa | Busted |