$3,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

03-22-2024 21:03 UTC+3

Sabau Cracks Miral's Set

Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With two players seeing a final board of 3♠10♣7♣8♠9♣ and roughly 85,000 in the middle, Razvan Sabau moved all in for 71,000 and received a call from Can Miral who covered.

Miral tabled 8♣8♥ for a set of eights but Sabau turned over A♥6♠ for a ten-high straight to take down a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Can Miral	277,000 -51,500	-51,500
Razvan Sabau	230,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Can Miral Razvan Sabau

03-22-2024 21:27 UTC+3

Three Streets of Value for Sibgatova

Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sergey Bortsov opened to 4,000 from under the gun and received calls from Alisa Sibgatova in early position, Vadim Volkhonskiy in middle position and a player in the hijack.

The flop came K♥10♣5♥. Bortsov checked, Sibgatova bet 10,000, Volkhonskiy called and the other two players got out of the way.

Sibgatova bet again on the 2♣ turn, this time for 15,000. Once again Volkhonskiy made the call.

On the 4♠ river Sibgatova sized down with a bet of 5,000. Volkhonskiy called. Sibgatova tabled K♦10♠ for top two pair which was good enough to take down a healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisa Sibgatova	402,000 106,000	106,000

Sergey Bortsov	330,000 102,000	102,000
Vadim Volkhonskiy	145,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Sergey Bortsov Vadim Volkhonskiy

03-22-2024 21:49 UTC+3

Small Pair Does the Job for Sun

Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Fabio Peluso opened to 4,000 from under the gun and Miad Shakiba clicked it to 6,000 from middle position. Yunsheng Sun called from the button and Peluso called as well.

The flop came A♣3♣7♥. Peluso checked, Shakiba bet 5,000, Sun called and Peluso folded.

Both players then checked the 2♦ turn and 7♠ river. Sun tabled 6♣6♠ for just a pair of sixes to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunsheng Sun	208,000 42,000	42,000
Fabio Peluso	163,000 -90,500	-90,500

Miad Shakiba	67,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Fabio Peluso Miad Shakiba Yunsheng Sun

03-22-2024 21:54 UTC+3

Final Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Players are on the last 15-minute break of the evening. The field currently stands at 165 total entrants of which 84 players currently remain.

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

03-22-2024 22:10 UTC+3

Assorted Chip Counts after Final Break

Ryan Lashmar

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Edgard Raffoul	535,000
Alisa Sibgatova	414,000 12,000	12,000

Ruslan Bakhtiev	410,000
Nikolay Fal	375,000 288,000	288,000
Dmitrii Andreev	360,500 7,500	7,500
Aleksandar Tot	343,000 123,000	123,000
Razvan Sabau	312,000 82,000	82,000
Yassin Mahmoud	241,500 -203,500	-203,500
Yunsheng Sun	223,000 15,000	15,000
Antoine Hasbani	185,000 -190,000	-190,000
Fabio Peluso	182,000 19,000	19,000

Aleksandr Kirichenko	130,000 27,000	27,000
Andrey Pateychuk	127,000 -123,000	-123,000

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	88,000 -126,000	-126,000
Yiannakis Papapetrou	83,000 -22,000	-22,000
Aylar Lie	40,000 -45,000	-45,000

03-22-2024 22:17 UTC+3

Gabdullin and Baranski Play a Classic Flip

Ryan Lashmar

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

In a preflop confrontation Damir Gabdullin was all in from the small blind for 158,500 and was up against Sergey Baranski on the button who held a covering stack.

Damir Gabdullin: Q♦Q♣ All in
Sergey Baranski: A♦K♦

Baranski took the lead with top pair on the K♥9♣3♠ flop leaving Gabdullin drawing to just two outs. The 6♦ turn changed nothing but the Q♥ river gave Gabdullin a set to score a massive double up at Baranski's expense.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Gabdullin	323,000 93,000	93,000
Sergey Baranski	181,000 -247,000	-247,000

Tags: Damir Gabdullin Sergey Baranski

03-22-2024 22:29 UTC+3

Bortsov Gets All of It

Ryan Lashmar

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

With two players seeing a final board of 2♦K♥9♥4♣K♣ and roughly 150,000 already in the middle, Antoine Hasbani moved all in from early position for roughly 90,000 and was quickly called by Sergey Bortsov from the next seat over who had a covering stack.

Bortsov tabled K♠9♠ for kings full of nines to take down one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far while Hasbani made his exit from the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Bortsov	475,000 145,000	145,000
Antoine Hasbani	Busted

Tags: Antoine Hasbani Sergey Bortsov

03-22-2024 22:39 UTC+3

Pateychuk Flushes Out Dinler

Ryan Lashmar

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

In a preflop confrontation Dogan Dinler was all in for 111,000 from the button and up against Andrey Pateychuk who had a covering stack in the small blind.

Dogan Dinler: Q♣Q♥ All in
Andrey Pateychuk: K♣10♣

Dinler was ahead with the premium pocket pair but the 6♣2♠4♣ flop gave Pateychuk plenty of outs in the form of a flush draw and live king. The 3♦ turn brought some further outs to chop the pot and the 7♣ river brought the flush in for Pateychuk who took down a sizable pot while Dinler was sent to the rail late in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Pateychuk	275,000 148,000	148,000

Dogan Dinler	Busted

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Dogan Dinler

03-22-2024 22:52 UTC+3

Sibgatova Spikes the River

Ryan Lashmar

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

With two players seeing a board of Q♣7♥3♣5♦ and 16,000 already in the middle, Sari Haddad bet 5,500 from the small blind and Alisa Sibgatova raised to 12,000 from middle position. Haddad moved all in for approximately 100,000 and Sibgatova snap-called with a covering stack.

Sari Haddad: 6♦4♦ All in
Alisa Sibgatova: 7♦7♠

Both players had monsters. Sibgatova had flopped a set only for Haddad to take the lead with a straight on the turn. The Q♥ river improved Sibgatova to a full house and she collected another massive pot while Haddad made his exit from the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisa Sibgatova	595,000 181,000	181,000

Sari Haddad	Busted

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Sari Haddad