Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$2,200 NL Warmup
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,124,240
Entries
611
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
126
Players Left
21
Murat Altunok Eliminated in 27th Place ($6,350)
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Murat Altunok moved all in for 715,000 and Boris Angelov called on the button.
Murat Altunok: 
Boris Angelov: 
Altunok didn't get any help on the 
board and was eliminated in 27th place as he tapped the felt and wished his tablemates luck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,900,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
Busted |
Deuces Leap Gromov Into the Lead
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Dmitry Gromov and Koray Korkmaz had already built a pot of around 800,000 heading to the river on a board of 
. Gromov, in the cutoff, bet 750,000 and Korkmaz, under the gun, asked for an exact count before he threw in a chip to call.
Gromov turned over 
for the flopped set that was good enough to win the massive pot as he's now approaching 6,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,800,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
||
|
1,900,000
-1,200,000
|
-1,200,000 |
Table 3 Chip Update
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,300,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
|
3,100,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
2,800,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
2,000,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
1,500,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
1,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
700,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
500,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Table 2 Chip Update
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,300,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
2,500,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
1,800,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
1,700,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
1,700,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
1,700,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,650,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
1,600,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
800,000
-1,200,000
|
-1,200,000 |
Bindel Hits the Turn to Double
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Luc Bindel was all in for 520,000 from the button and up against Saman Nakhjavani in the big blind.
Luc Bindel: 
Saman Nakhjavani: 
Bindel was looking for help but didn't get it on the 
flop. The turn, though, brought the 
as Bindel jumped into the lead with a pair of queens.
The river 
was safe for Bindel as he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Khabbazeh Goes For the Double Check-Raise
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Kubanychbek Abakirov bet 105,000 from the cutoff on a flop of 
before Basel Khabbazeh, in the big blind, raised to 255,000.
Abakirov called to see the 
on the turn as Khabbazeh checked again. Abakirov fired out another 215,000 and Khabbazeh came back with an all-in shove.
Abakirov, with around 900,000 remaining, tanked for about two minutes before releasing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
900,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
Korkmaz Survives a Classic Flip
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Koray Korkmaz three-bet to 360,000 from the hijack as action folded around to Viktor Ustimov in the small blind, who moved all in. The rest of the table folded, but Korkmaz quickly called for his last 1,715,000.
Koray Korkmaz: 
Viktor Ustimov: 
It was a classic flip with more than 3,000,000 in the middle, and Korkmaz would come out on top as the board came 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
|
|
2,300,000
-1,600,000
|
-1,600,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Final Break of the Day
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
The remaining 28 players are now on the final 15-minute break of Day 3.
They'll play two more levels tonight before bagging up their chips for the final day.