2019 Merit Poker Classic

Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Lybaert Doubles, Loeser Joins

Level 6 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Bart Lybaert
Bart Lybaert

Manig Loeser has just entered the tournament after arriving in Cyprus yesterday from Monte Carlo and got seated at the same table as Bart Lybaert.

Lybaert shoved from under the gun for 26,400 and was called by the player in the small blind. Loeser quickly folded his big blind in his first hand of the day.

Bart Lybaert: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Small Blind: {10-Spades}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {q-Clubs}{k-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{k-Hearts} for Lybaert to flop a pair of queens and improve to two pair on the river to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
56,000
-27,000
-27,000

Tags: Bart LybaertManig Loeser

Daher Off to a Good Start

Level 6 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Albert Daher has taken his seat and is off to a great start as he told the PokerNews live reporting team that he won two hands immediately.

Player Chips Progress
Garik Tamasyan am
Garik Tamasyan
209,000
114,000
114,000
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
160,000
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas gr
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas
138,200
-41,800
-41,800
Denis Kushnerov by
Denis Kushnerov
72,000
-28,000
-28,000
Andrey Kozlenko ua
Andrey Kozlenko
41,000
9,000
9,000

Tags: Albert Daher

Level: 7

Blinds: 900/1,800

Ante: 1,800

Even More For Kolev

Level 7 : 900/1,800, 1,800 ante

Boris Kolev raised to 4,000 from under the gun and the only person to make the call was Ioannis Angelou-Konstas in the cutoff.

The flop came {3-Clubs}{j-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, Kolev check-called the 4,500 bet of Angelou-Konstas.

They both checked through the {k-Diamonds} on the turn to the {9-Diamonds} on the river. Kolev bet 20,000 without hesitating.

"I don't know why I keep on trying!" Angelou-Konstas said while folding. Kolev laughed.

Player Chips Progress
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
260,000
85,000
85,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas gr
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas
135,000
-3,200
-3,200
Andrey Kozlenko ua
Andrey Kozlenko
33,000
-8,000
-8,000

Tags: Boris KolevIoannis Angelou-Konstas

Pohl Pushed Out by Lybaert

Level 7 : 900/1,800, 1,800 ante

The board read {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{j-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} with 57,000 in the middle already.

Markus Pohl checked in the small blind and Bart Lybaert shoved from the big blind with the bigger stack. Pohl contemplated for a while and then flicked in a chip for the call. Lybaert turned over {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for the rivered flush and Pohl quickly got up from his chair and made his way out of the tournament area without flipping over his hole cards. The dealer showed Pohl held {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for the flopped top pair.

Player Chips Progress
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
238,000
182,000
182,000
Markus Pohl at
Markus Pohl
Busted

Tags: Bart LybaertMarkus Pohl

Mnatsakyan Hits the River

Level 7 : 900/1,800, 1,800 ante

Vanush Mnatsakyan raised to 3,600 from under the gun and was called by the player in the cutoff. Aleksandr Gofman three-bet to 18,900 from the small blind which Mnatsakyan called and the cutoff-player folded.

They both checked through the whole {8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{j-Hearts} board. Gofman tabled {a-Hearts}{q-Spades} but couldn't beat the {q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} of Mnatsakyan who had rivered a pair of jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Andrey Kaygorodtsev ru
Andrey Kaygorodtsev
257,000
185,000
185,000
Vicent Bosca es
Vicent Bosca
204,000
54,000
54,000
Vanush Mnatsakyan ru
Vanush Mnatsakyan
135,000
-49,000
-49,000
Aleksandr Gofman ru
Aleksandr Gofman
62,000
2,000
2,000
Christian Rudolph de
Christian Rudolph
Busted

Tags: Aleksandr GofmanVanush Mnatsakyan

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000