Main Event Day 1c | 2019 Merit Poker Classic

05-08-2019 17:08 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Morgenstern	550,000 130,000	130,000

Georges Hanna	458,000 -53,000	-53,000
Jeff Hakim	275,000 95,000	95,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos	195,000 65,000	65,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	165,000 165,000	165,000

Fady Kamar	160,000 50,000	50,000
Mihai Niste	131,000 31,000	31,000
Anatoly Filatov	122,000 22,000	22,000
Nicolas Chouity	120,000 55,000	55,000

Guillaume Diaz	115,000 115,000	115,000
Aleksandr Gofman	115,000 115,000	115,000
Kacper Pyzara	89,000 -7,000	-7,000

Alexander Lakhov	88,000 -12,000	-12,000

Anton Wigg	85,000 29,000	29,000

Danut Chisu	80,000 -12,000	-12,000
Bulent Sahin	65,000 -25,000	-25,000
Garik Tamasyan	62,000 -19,000	-19,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	61,000 -14,000	-14,000

Ramez Haddad	60,000 -50,000	-50,000
Ali Reza Fatehi	56,000 -44,000	-44,000
Javier Fernandez	32,000 -43,000	-43,000

More Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Gromov	330,000 330,000	330,000

Shaul Meir	285,000 153,000	153,000

Kyriakos Papadopoulos	270,000 31,000	31,000
Viktor Shegay	250,000 -45,000	-45,000
Aleksandr Gofman	220,000 105,000	105,000
Vlad Darie	158,000 58,000	58,000

Aristeidis Moschonas	150,000 10,000	10,000
Oshri Lahmani	140,000 140,000	140,000
Freek Scholten	140,000 140,000	140,000
Ionut Voinea	140,000 67,000	67,000
Martins Adeniya	100,000 56,000	56,000
Garik Tamasyan	100,000 38,000	38,000
Milad Oghabian	99,000 -500	-500
Toni Judet	47,000 -28,000	-28,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

05-08-2019 17:39 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Wigg	192,000 107,000	107,000

Vlad Darie	175,000 17,000	17,000

Liviu Ignat	102,000 -8,000	-8,000
Ali Reza Fatehi	34,700 -21,300	-21,300

Oghabian Wins From Shegay

Shirley Ang

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

Milad Oghabian limped in from the cutoff and Viktor Shegay raised to 6,800 from the small blind. Aleksandr Denisov called in the big blind and so did Oghabian.

The flop came , Shegay continued with a bet of 20,500 which only Oghabian called.

The turn was the , Shegay barreled another bet over the line, now for 30,200 which Oghabian called again.

The completed the board on the river and Shegay put in an orange chip worth 25,000 for the bet and Oghabian calmly made the call for the last time. Shegay tabled for the rivered two pair of jacks and fives but those couldn't beat the of Oghabian who had flopped two pair but improved to the higher two pair on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Milad Oghabian	237,900 138,900	138,900
Viktor Shegay	165,100 -84,900	-84,900
Aleksandr Denisov	75,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Milad Oghabian Viktor Shegay

05-08-2019 18:17 UTC+3

Chip Counts Before the Last Break

Shirley Ang

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Gromov	505,000 175,000	175,000

Anton Morgenstern	450,000 -100,000	-100,000

Vlad Darie	350,000 175,000	175,000

Jack O'Neill	334,000 54,000	54,000
Jeff Hakim	300,000 25,000	25,000
Saar Wilf	291,000 291,000	291,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	220,000 -20,000	-20,000
Uri Gilboa	210,000 111,000	111,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	200,000 35,000	35,000

Garik Tamasyan	190,000 90,000	90,000
Christophe De Meulder	183,000 -27,000	-27,000
Michael Sklenicka	180,000 50,000	50,000
Anatoly Filatov	150,000 28,000	28,000
Guillaume Diaz	130,000 15,000	15,000
Paul Newey	115,000 82,000	82,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	104,000 43,000	43,000

Hossein Ensan	104,000 4,000	4,000

Dragos Trofimov	70,000 -40,000	-40,000
Danut Chisu	65,000 -15,000	-15,000
Javier Fernandez	55,000 23,000	23,000
Mihai Manole	44,000 -41,000	-41,000
Ali Reza Fatehi	Busted

05-08-2019 18:25 UTC+3

Break

Shirley Ang

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

The tournament clock is showing 200 entries in total for today up will now and the 126 remaining players have just been sent for their last 10-minute break of the day.

Level: 7

Blinds: 900/1,800

Ante: 1,800

05-08-2019 18:50 UTC+3

Chip Counts And Bustouts

Shirley Ang

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Shegay	230,000 64,900	64,900
Nicolas Chouity	200,000 80,000	80,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	165,000 61,000	61,000

Shaul Meir	140,000 -145,000	-145,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	134,000 -66,000	-66,000

Kacper Pyzara	52,000 -37,000	-37,000

Freek Scholten	35,000 -105,000	-105,000
Ramez Haddad	Busted
Mihai Niste	Busted
Danut Chisu	Busted
Alexander Lakhov	Busted

05-08-2019 19:06 UTC+3

Filatov Shoves

Shirley Ang

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

The player in mid-position raised to 4,000 and the player in the small blind called. Anatoly Filatov three-bet to 16,000 from the big blind and only the initial raiser called.

The flop came , Filatov continued with a bet of 11,000 which his opponent called.

They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Filatov now shoved and his opponent asked for a count. The dealer confirmed Filatov had 36,200 behind and the initial raiser opted to fold after checking his cards and his own stack a few times.