More Familiar Faces
Level 2
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
2019 Merit Poker Classic
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Merit Poker Classic
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$2,990,267
Entries
649
Level
35
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Darie Takes One
Level 2
: 400/800, 800 ante
Michel Habib raised from mid-position and was called by Vlad Darie in the big blind.
Darie checked when the 
came on the flop and Habib continued with a bet of 1,400 which Darie called.
They then both proceeded to check through the 
on the turn and the 
on the river for Darie to pick up the pot with 
for the flopped pair of nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
95,000 | |
|
82,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Three More to Follow
Level 2
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 |
Wigg and Fernandez Chop
Level 2
: 400/800, 800 ante
Georgios Sotiropoulos and Anton Wigg have just taken their seats and Wigg was drawn onto the same table as Ionut Voinea, Eyal Eshkar, Boris Mondrus, and Javier Fernandez.
In the first hand after sitting down, Wigg raised to 2,000 from the cutoff and was called by Javier Fernandez in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Fernandez check-called Wigg's continuation-bet of 1,200.
They both checked through the 
on the turn and the 
on the river. Fernandez tabled 
while Wigg showed 
for them to split the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
102,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
100,600 | |
|
||
|
100,000 | |
|
||
|
96,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
87,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
82,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
New Entries and Some Chip Counts
Level 2
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
106,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
100,000 | |
|
||
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
89,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
85,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
79,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
||
Break
Level 2
: 400/800, 800 ante
The players have all been sent for their first 10-minute break of the day.
Level: 3
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Some More New Entries
Level 3
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 |
Koop Falls to Utrobin
Level 3
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The player in the under-the-gun position raised to 2,300 and was called by the player in the early position. Niko Koop three-bet to 9,500 from mid-position and action folded to Viktor Utrobin in the big blind who four-bet to 23,000. Both the initial raiser and the early position player folded while Koop made the call.
The flop came 
and Utrobin bet another 20,000 which Koop called.
The turn was the and now Utrobin checked. Koop shoved for 46,800 and Utrobin snap-called.
Niko Koop:
Viktor Utrobin: 
Koop had flopped top pair and turned two pair while Utrobin had turned a set of queens.
Koop needed another ace on the river to stay alive but he bricked it and made his way out of the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
189,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
|
Busted |
Simunic Joins In Too
Level 3
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Team partypoker member Josip Simunic has just taken his seat at the table which also includes Timur Margolin and Vanush Mnatsakyan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |