2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q5
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

Diaz Forces Two Folds

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Adria Diaz opened to 20,000 from early position and received calls from Alisa Sibgatova in middle position and Anton Ionel in the big blind.

The flop came J82. Ionel checked, Diaz fired a 17,000 continuation bet, Sibgatova called and Ionel called.

All three players checked the 10 turn leading to the A river. Action checked around to Diaz who bet 60,000 and this time both of his opponents opted to fold.

Elsewhere in the tournament area. Andrea Dato was recently eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Adria Diaz es
Adria Diaz
1,048,000
Alisa Sibgatova ru
Alisa Sibgatova
835,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Anton Ionel ro
Anton Ionel
645,000
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Adria DiazAlisa SibgatovaAndrea DatoAnton Ionel

Azar Takes from Zyharau

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Uladzimir Zhyharau opened to 16,000 from under the gun and Naji Azar three-bet to 40,000 from middle position. Zhyharau made the call.

The flop came K65 and Zhyharau check-called a 80,000 continuation bet from Nazar.

Nazar moved all in for roughly 230,000 on the 5 river and this time Zhyharau quickly folded.

Despite the minor setback Zhyharau still holds one of, if not the biggest chip stack in the room.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Yunsheng Sun and Aleksandar Tot were recently eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Uladzimir Zhyharau by
Uladzimir Zhyharau
1,275,000
436,000
436,000
Naji Azar lb
Naji Azar
492,000
66,000
66,000
Yunsheng Sun cn
Yunsheng Sun
Busted
Aleksandar Tot me
Aleksandar Tot
Busted

Tags: Naji AzarUladzimir Zhyharau

Ionel Reduces the Field by One

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A player in middle position had three-bet to 40,000 versus a previous open only for Ivan Tukmachev to move all in for 110,000 from the hijack. Anton Ionel called from the cutoff with a covering stack and after some deliberation the middle position player got out of the way.

Ivan Tukmachev: AQ All in
Anton Ionel: AK

Tukmachev was in rough shape against the bigger ace and couldn't catch up on the A67J8 runout resulting in his elimination while Ionel collected a healthy pot.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Benjamin Hamnett was recently eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Ionel ro
Anton Ionel
658,000
Ivan Tukmachev ru
Ivan Tukmachev
Busted
Benjamin Hamnett us
Benjamin Hamnett
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Anton IonelBenjamin HamnettIvan Tukmachev