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
Entries
649
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000

Taysi Taken Down by Karamanishvili

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

Muhtar Taysi was all-in and at risk as he was covered by Levan Karamanishvili.

Muhtar Taysi: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Levan Karamanishvili: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} for Karamanishvili's higher pocket pair to hold and eliminate Taysi from the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Levan Karamanishvili sk
Levan Karamanishvili
950,000
623,000
623,000
Muhtar Taysi tr
Muhtar Taysi
Busted

Tags: Levan KaramanishviliMuhtar Taysi

Recent Chip Counts

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sergey Baburin ru
Sergey Baburin
1,350,000
35,000
35,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
1,190,000
580,000
580,000
Bassel Alanaz lb
Bassel Alanaz
870,000
293,000
293,000
Vanush Mnatsakyan ru
Vanush Mnatsakyan
720,000
171,000
171,000
Stoyan Obreshkov bg
Stoyan Obreshkov
620,000
448,000
448,000
Joep Raemaekers nl
Joep Raemaekers
435,000
285,000
285,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
360,000
-130,500
-130,500
Milad Oghabian ir
Milad Oghabian
258,000
9,500
9,500
Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
250,000
-273,500
-273,500
WPT 1X Winner
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
173,000
12,000
12,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
74,000
-295,000
-295,000
James Romero us
James Romero
Busted
WPT 1X Winner
Arnaud Enselme fr
Arnaud Enselme
Busted
Fady Kamar lb
Fady Kamar
Busted

Break

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

The 99 remaining players have just been sent for their first 15-minute break of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Vlad Darie ro
Vlad Darie
2,215,000
175,000
175,000
WPT 1X Winner
Kacper Pyzara pl
Kacper Pyzara
2,100,000
1,550,500
1,550,500
Day 1E Chip Leader
Andreas Christoforou cy
Andreas Christoforou
1,670,000
495,000
495,000
Basil Yaiche fr
Basil Yaiche
1,550,000
931,000
931,000
John Two nl
John Two
1,550,000
251,000
251,000
Dragos Trofimov md
Dragos Trofimov
855,000
225,000
225,000
John Three il
John Three
800,000
-89,000
-89,000
Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
700,000
-6,500
-6,500
Vicent Bosca es
Vicent Bosca
680,000
471,000
471,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Geilich Scoops a Huge Pot

Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Ludovic Geilich
Ludovic Geilich

Ray Sumon raised to 28,000 from the early position and was called by Nikita Kalinin and Ludovic Geilich in the blinds.

The flop came {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}, Kalinin and Geilich both checked. Sumon continued with a bet of 35,000 and Kalinin made the call. Geilich raised to 117,000 and now only Sumon made the call.

The turn was the {4-Clubs} and Geilich bet 198,000. Sumon took a few seconds but then decided to announce he was all-in. Geilich snap-called with {k-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for the flopped flush while Sumon held {6-Spades}{6-Clubs} for the flopped set. Geilich just needed to avoid the board pairing up.

The {9-Clubs} completed the board on the river for Geilich to hold. Geilich stack was being counted first and the dealer determined he had 844,000 behind. She then started counting Sumon's stack but he had around 670,000 so he was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
1,800,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
Mehmet Kolgu tr
Mehmet Kolgu
1,380,000
525,500
525,500
Nikita Kalinin ru
Nikita Kalinin
304,000
-65,500
-65,500
Ray Sumon us
Ray Sumon
Busted

Tags: Ludovic GeilichNikita KalininRay Sumon

Farrell Wins Some Back

Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ben Farrell had lost a pot worth around 450,000 earlier with {a-}{j-} against someone's {q-}{8-} and had now bet 75,000 from the small blind on the {q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} board. Hadi Khordbin was in the big blind and was contemplating his options. After a while, he opted to fold to let Farrell pick up the pot.

The hand right after, Farrell raised to 27,000 from the button and was called by [Removed:61] in the big blind. The flop came down {j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{2-Spades} but Youness check-folded to the 30,000 continuation-bet of Farrell.

Player Chips Progress
Kacper Pyzara pl
Kacper Pyzara
2,430,000
-230,000
-230,000
Day 1E Chip Leader
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
1,290,000
330,000
330,000
Ben Farrell gb
Ben Farrell
665,000
-51,000
-51,000
Hadi Khordbin ir
Hadi Khordbin
570,000
113,500
113,500
[Removed:61] us
[Removed:61]
440,000
-456,500
-456,500
John Four lt
John Four
420,000
-112,000
-112,000

Tags: Hadi KhordbinBen Farrell

Filatov Can't Win Against Loeser

Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Anatoly Filatov
Anatoly Filatov

Manig Loeser raised to 25,000 from the button and Anatoly Filatov shoved from the big blind for 262,000 in total. Loeser called with {a-}{7-} suited while Filatov held {a-}{6-}. No help on the board for Filatov and the partypoker pro made his way out of the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
1,118,000
406,000
406,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
Busted

Tags: Anatoly FilatovManig Loeser