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

03-24-2024 06:40 UTC+3

Day 2 Seat Draw

Ryan Lashmar

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

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Maxime Chilaud	151,500	61
1	2	Lachezar Petkov	110,000	44
1	3	Ceyhan Tezcan	146,000	58
1	4	Leonid Sidelkovskiy	37,500	15
1	5	Khalil Tawil	90,500	36
1	6	Roman Stoika	237,000	95
1	7	Jak Ferman	228,500	91
1	8	Anton Ionel	104,000	42

2	1	Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	233,000	93
2	2	Emrah Akansu	54,000	22
2	3	Dinesh Alt	60,000	24
2	4	Jeremie Zouari	171,500	69
2	5	Pavel Shchitnikov	327,000	131
2	6	Daniel Kyosev	417,000	167
2	7	Halil Tasyurek	52,500	21
2	8	Henrik Brockmann	106,500	43

3	1	Antoine Talvard	156,000	62
3	2	Boris Kolev	248,500	99
3	3	Jonathan Rosenwasser	67,500	27
3	4	Viktor Graf	1,000	1
3	5	Elena Yasyuchenya	181,500	73
3	6	Darko Svesko	295,500	118
3	7	Andrey Pateychuk	304,000	122
3	8	Benjamin Hamnett	128,500	51

4	1	Andras Matrai	345,500	138
4	2	Bart Lybaert	205,000	82
4	3	Victor Yugay	125,000	50
4	4	Sergey Bortsov	429,500	172
4	5	John Doe S	45,000	18
4	6	Kacper Pyzara	444,000	178
4	7	Caner Gunes	394,000	158
4	8	Nenad Dukic	214,500	86

5	1	Manuel Koberl	75,000	30
5	2	Fabio Peluso	146,000	58
5	3	Boris Smuskevicius	359,500	144
5	4	Marcin Puczylow	72,000	29
5	5	Osman Unaldi	181,500	73
5	6	Volodymyr Drokin	250,000	100
5	7	Kemal Aslan	253,500	101
5	8	Zeki Taysi	282,000	113

6	1	Navid Samavati	150,000	60
6	2	Leonid Bozhkov	185,000	74
6	3	Sardor Shagulyamov	350,000	140
6	4	Damir Gabdullin	227,000	91
6	5	Ramzi Karam	233,500	93
6	6	Tony Aziz	200,000	80
6	7	Fausto Tantillo	602,000	241
6	8	Seref Anar	220,000	88

7	1	Ivan Zabiiakin	273,000	109
7	2	Ilia Borisov	65,000	26
7	3	Farrukh Akhmedzhanov	62,500	25
7	4	Andrey Litvinov	171,000	68
7	5	Yunsheng Sun	153,500	61
7	6	Tamer Yelekcioglu	237,000	95
7	7	Herodotos Partakkis	136,000	54
7	8	Milad Langar	112,500	45

8	1	David Vinayagamoorthy	83,500	33
8	2	Danut Chisu	119,500	48
8	3	Jovan Kenjic	547,500	219
8	4	Emmanouil Fountoulakis	163,500	65
8	5	Igor Baliner	62,000	25
8	6	Nemanja Lukovic	263,500	105
8	7	Ahmet Akyun	227,000	91
8	8	Dogan Dinler	274,000	110

9	1	Vadim Volkhonskiy	202,000	81
9	2	Can Miral	265,000	106
9	3	Joseph Mouwad	93,500	37
9	4	Aleksandr Kirichenko	92,000	37
9	5	Muhtar Taysi	76,000	30
9	6	Temur Abbosov	232,500	93
9	7	Darius Neagoe	227,000	91
9	8	Natan Chauskin	314,000	126

10	1	Aleksandr Razinkov	89,000	36
10	2	Dmitrii Astratov	125,500	50
10	3	Saman Nakhjavani	131,500	53
10	4	Abraham Passet	134,000	54
10	5	Michel Habib	276,000	110
10	6	Simeon Spasov	73,000	29
10	7	Miad Shakiba	126,500	51
10	8	Baris Topuz	81,000	32

11	1	Maher Achour	258,000	103
11	2	Fabian Rolli	198,000	79
11	3	Samuel Dray	119,500	48
11	4	Ivan Tukmachev	136,500	55
11	5	Mikhail Zavoloka	227,500	91
11	6	Boris Angelov	183,500	73
11	7	Lyudmil Ivanov	300,000	120
11	8	Alain Hajj	136,000	54

12	1	Habib Kesrwani	220,500	88
12	2	Serge Matta	70,000	28
12	3	Uladzimir Zhyharau	507,500	203
12	4	Nejat Erman	110,000	44
12	5	Stephane Gabarre	307,000	123
12	6	Mihai Tusnea	487,000	195
12	7	Asaf Groofi	73,000	29
12	8	Grigoli Liklikadze	244,000	98

13	1	Nan Zhu	121,000	48
13	2	Nikolay Fal	345,500	138
13	3	Issam Tannouri	152,500	61
13	4	Azar Huseynov	92,000	37
13	5	Ali El-Siblani	341,000	136
13	6	Irfan Vurucu	41,500	17
13	7	Yulian Kolev	45,500	18
13	8	Grigoriy Rodin	195,500	78

14	1	Rashad Iskandarov	46,500	19
14	2	Yevhen Buhaichuk	330,000	132
14	3	Bakhos Joumaa	111,000	44
14	4	Ali Yilmaz	95,000	38
14	5	Georgios Skarparis	30,000	12
14	6	Eduard Tasoev	107,000	43
14	7	Dmitry Gromov	312,000	125
14	8	Anton Markov	110,000	44

15	1	Andrea Dato	276,000	110
15	2	Cristinel Dumitru	292,000	117
15	3	Walid Bou Habib	276,000	110
15	4	Irina Zheleznyak	128,000	51
15	5	Ehsan Gorji	95,000	38
15	6	Andreas Mavrikioy	85,500	34
15	7	Noel Broadbent	95,000	38
15	8	Damir Zhugralin	215,500	86

16	1	Umutcan Ipekoglu	425,000	170
16	2	Felipe Ketzer	164,500	66
16	3	Dogan Gungor	124,500	50
16	4	Razvan Belea	96,500	39
16	5	Yassin Mahmoud	100,000	40
16	6	Rabih El-Hachem	588,500	235
16	7	Georges Azar	147,000	59
16	8	Ali Zebarjad	283,000	113

17	1	Alper Kerim	546,000	218
17	2	Renan Bruschi	154,500	62
17	3	Marcin Dziubdziela	195,500	78
17	4	Razvan Sabau	268,500	107
17	5	Naji Azar	121,000	48
17	6	Asem Tageldin	34,500	14
17	7	Christos Leantzis	191,500	77
17	8	Antoine Hasbani	246,500	99

18	1	Youssef El Khazen	126,000	50
18	2	Eduard Norel	68,500	27
18	3	Antonio Aversa	101,500	41
18	4	Roman Gadzhiev	288,000	115
18	5	Hakan Pamukcu	82,000	33
18	6	Danil Rafikov	179,000	72
18	7	Jenya Gavrilovich	364,500	146
18	8	Ihor Kaliahin	291,000	116

19	1	Edgard Raffoul	438,000	175
19	2	Hadi Khordbin	243,000	97
19	3	Toni Kaukua	234,500	94
19	4	John Doebs	234,500	94
19	5	Aleksandar Tot	559,000	224
19	6	Robert Burlacu	240,000	96
19	7	Aleksandr Ivanov	133,000	53
19	8	Mario Scalia	348,500	139

20	1	Milos Skrbic	404,000	162
20	2	Frederic Popot	286,500	115
20	3	Onur Aydin	59,000	24
20	4	Iulian-Remus Blebea	120,000	48
20	5	Candido Cappiello	202,000	81
20	6	Volkan Yucel	131,000	52
20	7	Tulga Bahadir	158,500	63
20	8	Serkan Solak	164,500	66

21	1	Aziz Efe	175,500	70
21	2	Alekseev Vladimir	270,000	108
21	3	Ruslan Bakhtiev	454,000	182
21	4	Alisa Sibgatova	661,000	264
21	5	Maan El Hachem	82,500	33
21	6	Denis Vlasov	131,500	53
21	7	Onur Ozgur	262,000	105
21	8	Agharazi Babayev	67,000	27

22	1	Azamat Tulepbergenov	281,000	112
22	2	Bassel Moussa	323,000	129
22	3	Atanas Kodinov	223,500	89
22	4	Tomasz Sczerbinski	245,000	98
22	5	Matthew Davenport	97,500	39
22	6	Bogdan Jontulovic	134,000	54
22	7	Mehdi Chaoui	280,000	112
22	8	Amir Saeid	202,000	81

23	1	Ran Azor	91,500	37
23	2	Darius Samual	288,000	115
23	3	George Tomescu	514,000	206
23	4	Mustafa Biz	92,500	37
23	5	Tahsin Cankurtaranli	124,500	50
23	6	Samir Moukawem	211,000	84
23	7	Georges Hanna	321,500	129
23	8	Adrian State	358,500	143

24	1	Adria Diaz	278,500	111
24	2	Koray Korkmaz	88,000	35
24	3	Naji Tannoury	440,500	176
24	4	Gregoire Auzoux	321,500	129
24	5	Armand Matti	219,500	88
24	6	Mario Menicanin	345,000	138
24	7	Milad Souderjani	186,000	74
24	8	Nuri Hadioglu	75,500	30

25	1	Maciej Komorowski	521,000	208
25	2	Dmitrii Andreev	349,000	140
25	3	Aleksandr Koshelev	156,000	62
25	4	Daniel Henriques	316,500	127
25	5	Eddy Khoury	110,000	44
25	6	Omar Lakhdari	270,000	108
25	7	Sergey Baranski	195,000	78
25	8	Kalidou Sow	531,000	212

26	1	Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	161,000	64
26	2	Parham Ghadamgahi	340,000	136
26	3	Vladimir Bozinovic	309,000	124
26	4	Arne Coulier	312,500	125
26	5	Carmel Haloon	48,500	19
26	6	Beyazit Zorlu	244,000	98
26	7	Caner Toker	206,000	82
26	8	Mateusz Wozniak	116,000	46

27	1	Boris Tabiyev	63,000	25
27	2	Yiannakis Papapetrou	126,500	51
27	3	Ozcan Barut	213,000	85
27	4	George Phiniotis	188,000	75
27	5	Saar Wilf	75,000	30
27	6	Andrei Spataru	225,000	90
27	7	Alexandru Papazian	46,000	18
27	8	Hala Karam	31,000	12

28	1	Azad Jabrayilov	28,000	11
28	2	Artur Vyborov	36,000	14
28	3	Denislav Petkov	117,500	47
28	4	Elie Farah	199	0
28	5	Dmitrii Kuzin	647,500	259
28	6	Saro Tekyildiz	358,500	143
28	7	Bulut Celik	70,500	28
28	8	Traian Stanciu	236,000	94

29	1	Aylar Lie	208,500	83
29	2	Alexandru Cinca	96,000	38
29	3	Maximilian Silz	405,500	162
29	4	Mario Khalil	195,000	78
29	5	Suat Egilli	254,000	102
29	6	Dawid Smolka	155,000	62
29	7	Yuri Suvorov	198,000	79

30	1	Akin Guven	130,500	52
30	2	Simone Andrian	436,500	175
30	3	Chady Ojeil	238,000	95
30	4	Robert Rbeiz	145,500	58
30	5	Christophe Panetti	274,500	110
30	6	Osman Ihlamur	188,500	75
30	7	Florian Guimond	448,500	179

$3,300 Main Event

Day 1cd Completed

03-23-2024 23:25 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Alper Kerim	546,000	456,000
Kalidou Sow	531,000	531,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	233,000	233,000
Ahmet Akyun	227,000	227,000
Milad Souderjani	186,000	186,000
Serkan Solak	164,500	164,500
Navid Samavati	150,000	150,000
Herodotos Partakkis	136,000	136,000
Iulian-Remus Blebea	120,000	120,000
Bakhos Joumaa	111,000	111,000
Alexandru Cinca	96,000	96,000
Andreas Mavrikioy	85,500	85,500
David Vinayagamoorthy	83,500	83,500
Alexandru Papazian	46,000	46,000
John Doe S	45,000	45,000
Irfan Vurucu	41,500	41,500

Chilaud, Gromov and Hamnett Advance in Day 1c of Merit Poker Carmen Series Main Event

Ryan Lashmar

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

The curtain has fallen on Day 1c of the 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series Main Event here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus.

Lebanon's Rachid El-Hachem finished with the biggest stack of the third starting flight, ending with 588,500, worth just over 235 big blinds heading into Day 2. El-Hachem is most closely followed by Poland's Maciej Komorowski and Switzerland's Sardor Shagulyamov.

Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Rabih El-Hachem	Lebanon	588,500	235
2	Maciej Komorowski	Poland	521,000	208
3	Sardor Shagulyamov	Switzerland	350,000	140
4	Ali El-Siblani	Lebanon	341,000	136
5	Pavel Shchitnikov	Russian Federation	327,000	131
6	Bassel Moussa	Lebanon	323,000	129
7	Georges Hanna	Lebanon	321,500	129
8	Daniel Henriques	Portugal	316,500	127
9	Natan Chauskin	Belarus	314,000	126
10	Dmitry Gromov	Russian Federation	312,000	125

Day 1c Highlights

The third of four starting flights attracted 123 entrants, bringing the total field size so far to 474. Of those 123 entrants, 68 players were able to find a bag at the end of the night and advance to tomorrow's Day 2 after nine 40-minute levels of play.

Bassel Moussa got off to a hot start today after taking down a five-bet pot in the third Level. Moussa would ride that momentum all the way to the end of the night where he would finish with a top-ten chip stack.

Defending champion Maxime Chilaud had a rough start to the day. By Level 6 he was in for two bullets and short-stacked. Chilaud would make an admirable comeback after doubling up with a straight and would ultimately finish the night in the middle of the pack with 151,500.

Ali El-Siblani established himself as one of the top stacks in the room after getting max value with top set late in the evening. From that point El-Siblani never looked back and would finish the night with the fourth-largest stack.

Other notables to advance to Day 2 from today's starting flight include Aylar Lie (208,500), Bart Lybaert (205,000), Giorgiy Skhulukhiya (161,000) and WPT champions Dmitry Gromov (312,000) and Benjamin Hamnett (128,500). Gromov advancing with a top-ten stack is particularly notable as he was the runner up in the 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series Main Event this past December for $217,500. The Russian pro will be a force to be reckoned with on Day 2 as he seeks to surpass that finish with a victory in this event.

Some players who played in Day 1c but were not fortunate enough to advance to Day 2 include Bakhos Joumaa, Frederico Senno and Mustafa Ercan.

As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your live coverage needs for this event until a winner is crowned on March 26.

Tags: Ali El-Siblani Aylar Lie Bakhos Joumaa

03-23-2024 22:34 UTC+3

End of Night Chip Counts (full)

Ryan Lashmar

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Rabih El-Hachem	588,500	588,500
Maciej Komorowski	521,000	-16,000
Sardor Shagulyamov	350,000	40,000
Ali El-Siblani	341,000	150,000
Pavel Shchitnikov	327,000	327,000
Bassel Moussa	323,000	6,000
Georges Hanna	321,500	221,500
Daniel Henriques	316,500	316,500
Natan Chauskin	314,000	314,000
Dmitry Gromov	312,000	224,000
Roman Gadzhiev	288,000	288,000
Darius Samual	288,000	48,000
Zeki Taysi	282,000	282,000
Christophe Panetti	274,500	274,500
Dogan Dinler	274,000	274,000
Omar Lakhdari	270,000	270,000
Onur Ozgur	262,000	-28,000
Maher Achour	258,000	258,000
Suat Egilli	254,000	254,000
Antoine Hasbani	246,500	56,500
Tomasz Sczerbinski	245,000	-28,000
Grigoli Liklikadze	244,000	244,000
John Doebs	234,500	131,300
Ramzi Karam	233,500	233,500
Aylar Lie	208,500	-6,500

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03-23-2024 19:46 UTC+3

Play Concludes

Ryan Lashmar

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

The action has come to a close for Day 1c of the Main Event. Stay tuned for a full recap of the night's action.

03-23-2024 19:31 UTC+3

Komorowski Keeps Climbing

Ryan Lashmar

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

Onur Aydin opened to 5,500 from under the gun and received calls from players in the hijack and cutoff as well as Maciej Komorowski in the big blind.

The flop came 10♠9♣6♣ and action checked around to Aydin who fired a 10,500 continuation bet. Only Komorowski made the call.

Both remaining players checked the K♠ turn and 7♥ river. Komorowski tabled Q♥10♥ for second pair to take the pot and continue adding chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maciej Komorowski	537,000	30,000
Onur Aydin	93,000	93,000

Tags: Maciej Komorowski Onur Aydin

03-23-2024 19:28 UTC+3

Final Four Hands

Ryan Lashmar

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

The tournament staff have announced that four more hands will be played tonight,

03-23-2024 19:21 UTC+3

Babayev Wins Without Showdown

Ryan Lashmar

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

Agharazi Babayev opened to 5,000 from the button and received a call from a player in the big blind.

The flop came A♥Q♣10♣. The big blind checked and Babayev fired a 6,000 continuation bet which was enough to take down the pot.

Also seated at this table is Maciej Komorowski who has been building a massive stack over the past few level which, at just over 500,000 is potentially the biggest stack in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maciej Komorowski	507,000	507,000
Agharazi Babayev	94,000	5,000

Tags: Agharazi Babayev Maciej Komorowski

03-23-2024 18:58 UTC+3

Sczerbinski Makes a Move

Ryan Lashmar

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

With three players seeing a flop of 7♥8♠10♦ and roughly 25,000 in the middle, Tomasz Sczerbinski checked from early position and Ali El-Siblani bet 13,000 from middle position. Bart Lybaert called from the hijack before Sczerbinski put in a check-raise to 45,000 which was enough to force a fold from both opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Sczerbinski	273,000	-45,000
Ali El-Siblani	191,000	-74,000
Bart Lybaert	118,000	42,000