2019 Merit Poker Classic

Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2019 Merit Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$565,157
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$2,990,267
Entries
649
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000

Morgenstern Calls the Bluff

Level 5 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante
Anton Morgenstern
Anton Morgenstern

Anton Morgenstern has a substantially bigger stack than earlier and was kind enough to relate what had happened before the break:

He had opened from under the gun with {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and the player in the early position three-bet. The players in mid-position and the lojack called and so did Morgenstern.

They all checked through the {k-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{8-Hearts} on the flop to the {q-Hearts} on the turn. Morgenstern and the player in the early position checked again. The mid-position player bet half the pot which the lojack snap-called. Morgenstern also called while the early position player folded.

The river completed the board with the {6-Clubs} for Morgenstern to hit a pair on the river. He checked again and so did the mid-position player. The lojack bet half the pot and Morgenstern called, strongly believing his opponent was bluffing. The mid-position player tanked and then folded (claiming he folded a king afterward). Morgenstern was right to make the call as the lojack held {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for the missed flush draw and this pot took Morgenstern to over 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
420,000
318,000
318,000
Day 1C Chip Leader

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