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

03-25-2024 13:05 UTC+3

Shuffle Up and Deal

Ryan Lashmar

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

Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the $3,300 Merit Poker Carmen Series Main Event

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

03-25-2024 11:11 UTC+3

Fausto Tantillo Leads the Final 172 Players in Day 3 of $3,300 Main Event

Ryan Lashmar

The penultimate day is upon us in the 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series Main Event here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. Italian pro Fausto Tantillo ended Day 2 with the largest stack in the room, bagging 1,158,000 chips at the end of the night. That stack will be worth 193 big blinds going into Day 3 today. Tantillo is most closely followed by Spain's Adria Diaz (1,102,000) and Poland's Kacper Pyzara (1,024,000).

Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Fausto Tantillo	Italy	1,158,000	193
2	Adria Diaz	Spain	1,102,000	184
3	Kacper Pyzara	Poland	1,024,000	171
4	Adrian State	Romania	935,000	156
5	Alisa Sibgatova	Russia	898,000	150
6	Razvan Sabau	Romania	845,000	141
7	Uladzimir Zhyharau	Belarus	839,000	140
8	Kemal Aslan	Turkey	833,000	139
9	Rashad Iskandarov	Azerbaijan	815,000	136
10	Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	Georgia	807,000	135

Day 2 of the Main Event began with 242 survivors from the four Day 1 starting flights. Five more levels of late registration were available at the start of Day 2 which attracted a further 162 entrants, creating a total field size of 664 and prize pool of $1,832,640.

Some notable players to advance to Day 3 include Day 1b chip leader Alisa Sibgatova (898,000), Andrey Pateychuk (802,000), Dmitry Gromov (646,000), Milos Skrbic (627,000), Simone Andrian (533,000), Felipe Ketzer (462,000), Boris Kolev (462,000), Day 1c chip leader Rabih El-Hachem (439,000), Halil Tasyurek (392,000), Alexandru Papazian (320,000), Vladimir Bozinovic (318,000), Aylar Lie (193,000), Renan Bruschi (185,000), Andrea Dato (182,000), Benjamin Hamnett (112,000) and Fabio Peluso (81,000).

Day 3 of the Main Event will start at 12:00 p.m. local time. The money bubble will burst today with the top 80 finishers being guaranteed at least a min-cash of $4,580 but all eyes will be on the title and top prize of $338,500. The blinds will start at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante.

As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the updates for this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned tomorrow, March 26 on the final day.

Tags: Adria Diaz Adrian State Alexandru Papazian Alisa Sibgatova Andrea Dato Andrey Pateychuk Aylar Lie Benjamin Hamnett Boris Kolev Dmitry Gromov Fabio Peluso Fausto Tantillo Felipe Ketzer Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Halil Tasyurek Kacper Pyzara Kemal Aslan Milos Skrbic Rabih El-Hachem Rashad Iskandarov Razvan Sabau Renan Bruschi Simone Andrian Uladzimir Zhyharau Vladimir Bozinovic

03-25-2024 11:10 UTC+3

Day 3 Seat Draw

David Salituro

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Alexandru Papazian	320,000	53
1	2	Christophe Panetti	171,000	29
1	3	Irina Zheleznyak	256,000	43
1	4	Georges Hanna	480,000	80
1	5	Andrei-Sorin Spataru	205,000	34
1	6	Dmitrii Andreev	409,000	68
1	7	Ozcan Barut	324,000	54
1	8	John Woods	269,000	45
1	9	Nemanja Lukovic	263,000	44

2	1	Carmel Haloon	378,000	63
2	2	Cristinel Dumitru	302,000	50
2	3	Iulian-Remus Blebea	163,000	27
2	4	John Doebs	1	0
2	5	Denis Vlasov	350,000	58
2	6	Tomasz Szczerbinski	244,000	41
2	7	Kemal Aslan	833,000	139
2	8	Candido Cappiello	227,000	38
2	9	Ivan Zabiiakin	217,000	36

3	1	Bulut Celik	147,000	25
3	2	Ramez Haddad	178,000	30
3	3	Mario Scalia	161,000	27
3	4	Kacper Pyzara	1,024,000	171
3	5	Fabio Peluso	81,000	14
3	6	Dinesh Alt	240,000	40
3	7	Erdal Gulseven	302,000	50
3	8	Razvan Belea	85,000	14
3	9	Milos Petakovic	64,000	11

4	1	Arne Coulier	303,000	51
4	2	Yiannakis Papapetrou	76,000	13
4	3	Bassel Moussa	202,000	34
4	4	Boris Smuskevicius	359,000	60
4	5	Parham Ghadamgahi	429,000	72
4	6	Simone Andrian	533,000	89
4	7	Tomy Greineisen	57,000	10
4	8	Agharazi Babayev	580,000	97
4	9	Anton Markov	300,000	50

5	1	Caner Gunes	497,000	83
5	2	Bogdan Jontulovic	759,000	127
5	3	Georges Azar	412,000	69
5	4	Rabin El-Hachem	439,000	73
5	5	Sergey Baranski	156,000	26
5	6	Ramzi Karam	602,000	100
5	7	Mehdi Chaoui	286,000	48
5	8	O I	460,000	77
5	9	Roman Gadzhiev	304,000	51

6	1	Milad Langar	222,000	37
6	2	Rachid El-Yaacoubi	436,000	73
6	3	Sardor Shagulyamov	500,000	83
6	4	Maciej Komorowski	611,000	102
6	5	Stephane Gabarre	743,000	124
6	6	Seref Anar	400,000	67
6	7	Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	807,000	135
6	8	Navid Samavati	145,000	24
6	9	Darius Samual	582,000	97

7	1	Yevhen Buhaichuk	229,000	38
7	2	Aleksandar Tot	615,000	103
7	3	Uladzimir Zhyharau	839,000	140
7	4	Alper Kerim	393,000	66
7	5	Boris Angelov	114,000	19
7	6	Jovan Kenjic	537,000	90
7	7	Boris Kolev	462,000	77
7	8	Hala Karam	76,000	13
7	9	Mario Menicanin	130,000	22

8	1	Safi Haidar	252,000	42
8	2	Walid Bou Habib	279,000	47
8	3	Benjamin Hamnett	112,000	19
8	4	Jenya Gavrilovich	1	0
8	5	Ali Zebarjad	353,000	59
8	6	Saar Wilf	106,000	18
8	7	Grzegorz Popiolek	477,000	80
8	8	Muhtar Taysi	84,000	14
8	9	Damir Gabdullin	380,000	63

9	1	Aleksandr Razinkov	72,000	12
9	2	Alisa Sibgatova	898,000	150
9	3	Grigoli Liklikadze	611,000	102
9	4	Andrey Pateychuk	802,000	134
9	5	Robert Rbeiz	687,000	115
9	6	Ivan Tukmachev	151,000	25
9	7	Ionel Anton	510,000	85
9	8	Vladimir Alekseev	64,000	11
9	9	Artur Vyborov	322,000	54

10	1	Amir Saeid	252,000	42
10	2	Aylar Lie	193,000	32
10	3	Mete Ustuay	350,000	58
10	4	Andrei Daniliuk	87,000	15
10	5	Vladimir Bozinovic	318,000	53
10	6	Adrian State	935,000	156
10	7	Aleksandr Ivanov	211,000	35
10	8	Rashad Iskandarov	815,000	136
10	9	Daniel Henriques	57,000	10

11	1	Omar Lakhdari	80,000	13
11	2	Elena Yasyuchenya	125,000	21
11	3	Dmitry Gromov	646,000	108
11	4	Kalidou Sow	755,000	126
11	5	Roman Stoica	657,000	110
11	6	Dmitrii Astratov	616,000	103
11	7	David Vinayagamoorthy	353,000	59
11	8	Tahsin Cankurtaranli	104,000	17
11	9	Elie Farah	166,000	28

12	1	Herodotos Partakkis	150,000	25
12	2	Serkan Solak	154,000	26
12	3	Toni Kaukua	397,000	66
12	4	Grigorii Rodin	426,000	71
12	5	Danut Chisu	450,000	75
12	6	Umutcan Ipekoglu	505,000	84
12	7	Atilla Saracoglu	406,000	68
12	8	Milad Souderjani	315,000	53
12	9	Michel Habib	504,000	84

13	1	Mateusz Wozniak	671,000	112
13	2	Ilia Borisov	210,000	35
13	3	Milos Skrbic	627,000	105
13	4	Tamer Yelekcioglu	220,000	37
13	5	Mihai Tusnea	570,000	95
13	6	Andreas Mavrikioy	160,000	27
13	7	Maan El Hachem	50,000	8
13	8	Alain Hajj	286,000	48

14	1	Gabriel Akiki	483,000	81
14	2	Aleksandr Kirichenko	270,000	45
14	3	Natan Chauskin	464,000	77
14	4	Miad Shakiba	451,000	75
14	5	Yassin Mahmoud	480,000	80
14	6	Iurii Suvorov	211,000	35
14	7	Mustafa Ercan	313,000	52
14	8	Ihor Kaliahin	372,000	62

15	1	Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	247,000	41
15	2	Andrea Dato	182,000	30
15	3	Nenad Dukic	212,000	35
15	4	Felipe Ketzer	462,000	77
15	5	Tulga Bahadir	483,000	81
15	6	Lyudmil Ivanov	280,000	47
15	7	Viktor Yugay	71,000	12
15	8	Robert Burlacu	221,000	37

16	1	Jonathan Rosenwasser	437,000	73
16	2	Saro Tekyildiz	492,000	82
16	3	Frederic Popot	237,000	40
16	4	Fausto Tantillo	1,158,000	193
16	5	Andrey Litvinov	536,000	89
16	6	Ahmet Akyun	796,000	133
16	7	Antonio Aversa	111,000	19
16	8	Mikhail Zavoloka	551,000	92

17	1	Anatoly Nikitin	89,000	15
17	2	Gregoire Auzoux	553,000	92
17	3	Renan Bruschi	185,000	31
17	4	Mohamad El-Sayed	200,000	33
17	5	Hani El Assaad	469,000	78
17	6	Samir Moukawem	174,000	29
17	7	Halil Tasyurek	392,000	65
17	8	Maher Achour	232,000	39

18	1	Yunsheng Sun	223,000	37
18	2	Nikolay Fal	610,000	102
18	3	Razvan Sabau	845,000	141
18	4	Andreas Christoforou	160,000	27
18	5	Darko Svesko	95,000	16
18	6	Daniel Kyosev	765,000	128
18	7	Georgios Skarparis	204,000	34
18	8	Ali El-Siblani	666,000	111

19	1	Adria Diaz	1,102,000	184
19	2	Marcin Dziubdziela	74,000	12
19	3	Aleksandr Koshelev	108,000	18
19	4	Bart Lybaert	352,000	59
19	5	Traian Stanciu	748,000	125
19	6	Maximilian Silz	746,000	124
19	7	Chady Ojeil	704,000	117
19	8	George Panagides	85,000	14

20	1	Jeremie Zouari	361,000	60
20	2	Hasan Basol	383,000	64
20	3	Naji Azar	426,000	71
20	4	Can Miral	653,000	109
20	5	Nan Zhu	613,000	102
20	6	Matthew Davenport	268,000	45
20	7	Youssef El Khazen	147,000	25
20	8	George Tomescu	359,000	60

$3,300 Main Event

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