Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,832,640
Entries
664
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
123
Players Left
68
Samual Takes from Skhulukhiya
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of J♥6♣A♣7♣ and just over 20,000 in the middle, Darius Samual checked from the cutoff and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya bet 11,000 from the button. Samual made the call.
On the J♣ river Samual checked again and Skhulukhiya bet 44,000. Samual moved all in for approximately 140,000 and Skhulukhiya quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
230,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
PokerNews Podcast: Nik Airball 20-Minute Tank, Pet Peeves & Corey Eyring's Quest for $1,000,000
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
In the 822nd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by WPT Global, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz & Kyna England come to you from Level 9 Studios in Las Vegas to discuss the latest poker news, stories, and gossip.
That includes Nik Airball's 20-minute tank in a big hand on The Lodge Poker Live Stream, which prompted Doug Polk to take action. That led to a discussion on pet peeves at the table, and in Mike's case, the pet part is quite literal.
The crew also plays the first edition of PokerNews Plinko, discusses Chad's poker thrift store "Tweet of the Week," and talks about the current state of poker given Bitcoin is at an all-time high. From there, they dive into the wild journey of poker vlogger Corey Eyring, who is risking his entire net worth in an attempt to win $500,000 by the end of the year. Whatever amount he ends up with, the plan is to place it all on a single roulette bet of either red or black. Chad chatted with Eyring about his crazy quest and highlighted various clips throughout the episode.
Finally, the crew once again touches on Kevin Martin's 24/7 stream while attempting to win $5,000 playing online, which came to an unceremonius end.
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Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
El-Siblani Cracks Aces
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Tomasz Sczerbinski opened to 3,000 from early position and Ali El-Siblani clicked it back to 6,000 from middle position. Hassan Dahmani then four-bet to 15,000 from the hijack, forcing Sczerbinski out of the hand while El-Siblani made the call.
The flop came 9♥7♥Q♣. El-Siblani moved all in, covering Dahmaniwho had roughly 50,000. Dahmani snap-called and was at risk.
Hassan Dahmani: A♥A♦ 
Ali El-Siblani: Q♠Q♦
Dahmani was in dire shape against El-Siblani's set of queens with only two outs to extend his tournament life. He could not catch an ace on the 2♠ turn or 10♣ river and made his exit from the tournament area while El-Siblani dragged in a sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
318,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
265,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
Busted |
Assorted Chip Counts After Final Break
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
357,000
257,000
|
257,000 |
|
317,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
310,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
290,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
289,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
215,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
170,000
101,400
|
101,400 |
|
90,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
||
|
76,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Final Break
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Players are on their second and final 15-minute break of the day. The field has grown to 112 total entrants of which 77 players remain.
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Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
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Bahadir Forces Two Folds
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
A player in early position opened to 3,500 and received a call from Tulga Bahadir in the hijack before Matthew Davenport three-bet to 13,500 from the cutoff. Both opponents made the call.
All three players checked the Q♦9♥3♦ flop leading to the 9♠ turn. The original raiser bet 5,000 and both Bahadir and Davenport called.
On the 8♦ river the early position player checked. Bahadir bet 40,000 and both Davenport and the original raiser opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
164,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
86,800
86,800
|
86,800 |