2019 Merit Poker Classic

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Zoufri Won't Cash

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Abdelhakim Zoufri was forced all-in from the big blind and Vladimir Troyanovskiy (cutoff) and Shahar Levi (small blind) were playing for a side pot of 64,000 when the board already read {6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}. Levi bet 16,000 and Troyanovskiy called.

The river completed the board with the {8-Clubs}, Levi bet another 16,000 which Troyanovskiy called.

Levi tabled {k-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} for the rivered pair of eights, Troyanovskiy tabled {a-Clubs}{8-Spades} for the same pair of eights but with the higher kicker to pick up the side pot. But Zoufri held {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} to triple up to 15,000.

The hand right after, Vlad Darie raised to 35,000 from mid-position and it folded to Zoufri who went all-in from the small blind for 15,000. Alexandru Papazian folded in the big blind.

Abdelhakim Zoufri: {8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}
Vlad Darie: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {3-Spades}{2-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for Zoufri to turn a pair of fives but Darie to river a pair of queens to take the Dutchman out of the running before the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Shahar Levi il
Shahar Levi
1,300,000 310,000
Vlad Darie ro
Vlad Darie
WPT 1X Winner
1,110,000 227,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
580,000 220,000
Abdelhakim Zoufri nl
Abdelhakim Zoufri
Busted

Tags: Abdelhakim ZoufriAlexandru PapazianShahar LeviVlad DarieVladimir Troyanovskiy