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
Total Entries
649
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Left 1 / 649
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Yacoub Triples On the Bubble

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Mikhail Galitskiy limped in from under the gun and Dori Yacoub completed his small blind. Jeff Hakim raised to 70,000 in the big blind and both opponents called.

The flop came {4-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{7-Hearts}, Yacoub checked, Hakim shoved for 257,000, Galitskiy also shoved with the biggest stack, and Yacoub called for the 225,000 he had behind.

Dori Yacoub: {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Jeff Hakim: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Mikhail Galitskiy: {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

The rest of the board was completed with the {k-Diamonds} on the turn and the {2-Diamonds} on the river for Yacoub to triple up and Hakim to get paid a double for the 32,000 he had left after paying Yacoub.

Tags: Dori YacoubJeff HakimMikhail Galitskiy

Bosca Busts Before the Real Bubble

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ashkan Fattahi raised to 45,000 from the early position and was called by Vicent Bosca in mid-position. Joey Weissman raised to 225,000 in the small blind and Fattahi quickly folded. Bosca took a few seconds and shoved for around 823,000. Weissman quickly called.

Vicent Bosca: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Joey Weissman: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The flop came {j-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for Weissman to flop a straight draw and Bosca to hit a set of jacks.

The turn was the {q-Diamonds} to give Weissman the straight indeed. Bosca needed to pair the board to stay alive but the river completed the board with the {4-Hearts} for Bosca to get eliminated in 73rd place.

Tags: Joey WeissmanVicent Bosca

Boghean Doesn't Make the Bubble

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Andrei Boghean
Andrei Boghean

Andrei Boghean shoved all-in for 215,000 from early position and was called by Anton Morgenstern in mid-position.

Andre Boghean: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Anton Morgenstern: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for Morgenstern's higher pocket pair to hold and eliminate Boghean in 74th place.

As 71 players will be in the money, the bubble is looming.

Tags: Andrei BogheanAnton Morgenstern

Seventy-Five Left

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Basil Yaiche shoved from the button with {7-Spades}{4-Spades} and Garik Tamasyan called in the big blind for 450,000 with {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and held on throughout the board to double up.

Alexandru Papazian was just eliminated with {5-}{5-} when he ran his last chips into the {k-}{q-} of Tobias Duthweiler.

And here are some other chip counts:

Tags: Alexandru PapazianBasil YaicheGarik Tamasyan

Latest Selection of Chip Counts

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Level: 19

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Break

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

The players have been sent for another 15-minute break. Ran Azor was the last one to be eliminated to take the total number of remaining players to 77.

Duta Rivers the Straight

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

Florian Duta raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and was called by Milad Oghabian on the button.

The flop came {7-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, Duta continued with a bet of 42,000 and Oghabian called again.

They both checked through the {5-Hearts} on the turn to the {8-Clubs} on the river. Duta bet 26,000 and Oghabian quickly called and mucked when Duta tabled {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}.

Tags: Florian DutaMilad Oghabian

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.

Tags: Abdelhakim ZoufriAlexandru PapazianShahar LeviVlad DarieVladimir Troyanovskiy