Main Event Day 3 | 2019 Merit Poker Classic

05-10-2019 13:24 UTC+3

Latest Eliminations

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgii Skhulukhiya	Busted
Naji Tanuri	Busted
Vlada Stojanovic	Busted
Maksim Bukreev	Busted
Charbel Salloum	Busted
Han Yong Kuo	Busted
Qushqar Morad	Busted
Aleksandar Trajkovski	Busted
Andrey Kaygorodtsev	Busted
Amir Touma	Busted

Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

05-10-2019 13:13 UTC+3

First Batch of Pictures

Shirley Ang

Photos by Mickey May/partypoker LIVE

05-10-2019 13:02 UTC+3

Lykov Lobbed Out by Khamidullin

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Timur Khamidullin raised to 16,000 from the hijack and Maxim Lykov shoved from the small blind. Khamidullin asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Lykov had 177,000 behind. Khamidullin made the call for the cards to go on their backs.

Maxim Lykov:
Timur Khamidullin:

The board ran out for Lykov to not get any help of the board as he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timur Khamidullin	490,000	190,000
Maxim Lykov	Busted

Tags: Maxim Lykov Timur Khamidullin

05-10-2019 12:59 UTC+3

Meir Hits the River

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The board read with around 160,000 in the middle already.

Shaul Meir had bet 101,000 from middle position and Timur Khamidullin was in the tank. After a while, Khamidullin decided to make the call but then mucked when he saw Meir held for the rivered trip deuces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaul Meir	1,140,000	134,000
Timur Khamidullin	300,000	-260,000

Tags: Shaul Meir Timur Khamidullin

05-10-2019 12:50 UTC+3

Darie Eliminates Iglesias

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Vlad Darie has just eliminated Miguel Iglesias when his held against the of Iglesias.

Over on the other tables, Maria Lampropulos, Nikolay Fal, and Vytautas Milbutas were also eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vlad Darie	1,405,000	465,000
Vlada Stojanovic	653,000	-15,000
Abdelhakim Zoufri	182,000	18,000
Miguel Iglesias	Busted
Maria Lampropulos	Busted
Nikolay Fal	Busted
Vytautas Milbutas	Busted

Tags: Maria Lampropulos Miguel Iglesias Nikolay Fal Vlad Darie Vytautas Milbutas

05-10-2019 12:46 UTC+3

Levi Loses Some to Kovalenko

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Shahar Levi raised to 16,000 from under the gun and the only person to make the call was Pavel Kovalenko in middle position.

The flop came , Levi continued with a bet of 12,000 which Kovalenko called.

The turn was the , Levi now slowed down and checked. Kovalenko bet 45,000 and Levi took a few seconds before opting to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shahar Levi	990,000	-144,500
Pavel Kovalenko	710,000	-51,000

Tags: Pavel Kovalenko Shahar Levi

05-10-2019 12:33 UTC+3

Early Eliminations

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Haghgou Seyedahmad	Busted
John Five	Busted
Sergey Fedyaev	Busted
Bartlomiej Machon	Busted
Vladimir Komissarov	Busted

05-10-2019 12:30 UTC+3

Jouhkimainen Eliminated

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

partypoker pro Joni Jouhkimainen was seen leaving the tournament area but was kind enough to relate that he had ran his into the of Elvin Sarkarov and got no help of the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elvin Sarkarov	950,000	194,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	Busted

Tags: Elvin Sarkarov Joni Jouhkimainen

05-10-2019 12:21 UTC+3

Abdella Gone Too

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Joep Raemaekers raised to 17,000 from mid-position, Ahmed Abdella three-bet to 46,000 from the button, and Ludovich Geilich shoved from the small blind, having both of them covered. Raemaekers folded and Abdella called quickly.

Ahmed Abdella:
Ludovic Geilich: