2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♦5♥
Prize
$338,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,832,640
Entries
664
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
172
Players Left
41
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Skhulukhiya Runs into Rockets

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya opened to 225,000 from under the gun, committing slightly under half his stack. Sardor Shagulyamov moved all in from the button with a covering stack and Skhulukhiya made the call to put himself at risk.

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: 5♠5♣ All in
Sardor Shagulyamov: A♥A♦

Skhulukhiya picked up a flush draw on the 2♠3♠8♠ flop but found no help on the K♦ turn or 8♥ river and was sent to the rail in one of the final hands of the night while Shagulyamov collected a sizable pot.

Player Chips Progress
Sardor Shagulyamov ch
Sardor Shagulyamov 		1,295,000
795,000
 795,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya 		Busted

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaSardor Shagulyamov

Doebs Comeback Denied by Blebea

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

A player from under the gun opened to 60,000 and John Doebs moved all in for 170,000 from the cutoff. His opponent called with a covering stack to put him at risk.

John Doebs: 5♠5♦ All in
Opponent: Q♥J♥

Doebs held with the pocket fives on the A♦K♦4♥8♠3♠ runout to secure a full double up.

A couple hands later, Iulian-Remus Blebea opened to 60,000 from middle position. John Doebs shoved for 415,000 from the next seat over and Blebea called to put Doebs at risk again.

John Doebs: A♣K♥ All in
Iulian-Remus Blebea: 9♥9♠

This time Doebs could not pull ahead on the 7♥4♠8♥4♦6♣ runout and was sent to the rail courtesy of Blebea who collected the last of his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Iulian-Remus Blebea ro
Iulian-Remus Blebea 		1,050,000
887,000
 887,000
John Doebs tr
John Doebs 		Busted

Tags: Iulian-Remus BlebeaJohn Doebs

Zhu Falls to Ketzer

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Nan Zhu moved all in for 465,000 from the cutoff and was called by Felipe Ketzer on the button who held a covering stack.

Nan Zhu: 7♥7♣ All in
Felipe Ketzer: 9♣9♥

Ketzer was in excellent shape with the bigger pocket pair and remained ahead on the J♥3♦Q♥8♥J♠ runout to send Zhu to the rail and continue to accumulate chips.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer 		2,040,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Nan Zhu cn
Nan Zhu 		Busted

Tags: Felipe KetzerNan Zhu

Suvorov on Right Side of Massive Flip

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Yuri Suvorov
Yuri Suvorov

After a flurry of action from multiple players YuriSuvorov found himself all in preflop with a covering stack against another player for a pot worth approximately 2,500,000.

Opponent: A♠K♠ All in
Iurii Suvorov: Q♠Q♣

It was a classic preflop race that Suvorov got the better of on the 10♥5♦5♣J♠4♠ runout to take down a pot worth nearly 90 big blinds.

Candido Cappiello had committed a significant percentage of his stack in this hand before folding preflop and would be eliminated shortly afterwards.

Player Chips Progress
Yuri Suvorov ru
Yuri Suvorov 		2,600,000
2,600,000
 2,600,000
Candido Cappiello it
Candido Cappiello 		Busted

Tags: Candido CappielloIurii Suvorov

Greineisen Eliminates Markov to Burst the Money Bubble

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Anton Markov, down to his last 25,000, called from under the gun. Tomy Greineisen raised to 90,000 from the button and all other players folded leaving Markov at risk.

Anton Markov: A♣5♠ All in
Tomy Greineisen: K♣J♣

The board ran out 7♥9♥10♠6♠8♥. Greineisen made a straight on the river to sent Markov to the rail on the stone bubble.

The remaining 80 players are now in the money.

Player Chips Progress
Tomy Greineisen at
Tomy Greineisen
635,000
578,000
 578,000
Anton Markov bg
Anton Markov 		Busted

Tags: Anton MarkovTomy Greineisen

Diaz Falls to Pateychuk

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Andrey Pateychuk
Andrey Pateychuk

With two players seeing a board of 2♥8♠7♦Q♥8♣ and roughly 500,000 already in the middle, Andrey Pateychuk checked from the big blind and Adria Diaz bet 225,000 from the button, leaving just 150,000 behind. Pateychuk moved all in with a covering stack and Diaz made the call.

Diaz had K♥8♥ for trips but Pateychuk turned over Q♦8♦ for a full house to take down a massive pot while Diaz, who started the day with the second-largest stack, was sent to the rail.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Victor Yugay was recently eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk 		1,900,000
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Adria Diaz es
Adria Diaz 		Busted
Victor Yugay uz
Victor Yugay 		Busted

Tags: Adria DiazAndrey PateychukVictor Yugay

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