2019 Merit Poker Classic

Main Event
Day: 4
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
Players Left 1 / 649
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Loeser Doubles Through Yakobson

Level 20 : 12,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Manig Loeser
Manig Loeser

Pavel Yakobson raised from the button, Manig Loeser three-bet from the small blind and Yakobson responded with a shove which Loeser called for the 1,114,000 he had behind.

Manig Loeser; {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Pavel Yakobson: {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}

The board ran out {k-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades} for Loeser to flop a pair of aces to score the huge double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Manig Loeser
2,278,000
1,234,000
1,234,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Pavel Yakobson ru
Pavel Yakobson
170,000
1,143,000
1,143,000

Tags: Manig LoeserPavel Yakobson

Ruesing Eliminates Voisnis

Level 20 : 12,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Aleksandras Voisnis showed up more than half an hour late so was blinded down to less than four big blinds and raised to 60,000 from under the gun. Action folded to Oliver Ruesing in the cutoff who three-bet to 130,000. The rest of the table folded and Voisnis flicked in his last 26,000 for the call.

Aleksandras Voisnis: {7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}
Oliver Ruesing: {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}

The board ran out {10-Spades}{k-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades} for Ruesing to bust Voisnis and add more chips to his stack again.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Oliver Ruesing de
Oliver Ruesing
814,000
576,000
576,000
Profile photo of Aleksandras Voisnis lt
Aleksandras Voisnis
Busted
Profile photo of Ashkan Fattahi ir
Ashkan Fattahi
Busted
Profile photo of Hady El Asmar lb
Hady El Asmar
Busted
Profile photo of Mehmet Kolgu tr
Mehmet Kolgu
Busted

Tags: Aleksandras VoisnisOliver Ruesing

Secilmis Doubles Through Tamasyan

Level 20 : 12,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Ugur Secilmis shoved from the hijack and Garik Tamasyan asked for a count from the big blind and then made the call.

Ugur Secilmis: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Garik Tamasyan: {q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} for Tamasyan to flop a pair of queen and Secilmis to pick up the flush draw.

The turn was the {q-Spades} to now give Tamasyan trip queens but the {2-Diamonds} on the river saved Secilmis' tournament life as he hit the flush to double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Garik Tamasyan
1,230,000
92,000
92,000
Profile photo of Ugur Secilmis tr
Ugur Secilmis
417,000
152,000
152,000

Tags: Garik TamasyanUgur Secilmis

Suvorov Doubles Through Trofimov

Level 20 : 12,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

[Removed:510] had called Anatoly Suvorov's all-in for 351,000 from the small blind while Suvorov was sitting on the button.

Anatoly Suvorov: {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
[Removed:510]: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}

The board ran out [tchcthqsjs] for Suvorov to hit a full house on the river to double up.

Over on the other tables, a slew of people was eliminated. Christian Bauer ran his {4-}{4-} into the {5-}{5-} of Nariman Yaghmai.

Player Chips Progress
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Anatoly Suvorov
752,000
402,000
402,000
Profile photo of [Removed:510]
[Removed:510]
500,000
387,000
387,000
Profile photo of Christian Bauer de
Christian Bauer
Busted
Profile photo of Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
Busted
Profile photo of Nikita Kalinin ru
Nikita Kalinin
Busted
Profile photo of Karwan Hasan cy
Karwan Hasan
Busted

Tags: Anatoly SuvorovNariman YaghmaiChristian Bauer

Istomin Falls To Bedir

Level 20 : 12,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Aleksei Istomin
Aleksei Istomin

Aleksei Istomin shoved from the hijack for 199,000 and was called by Selahaddin Bedir on the button. The blinds quickly folded for the cards to go on their backs.

Aleksei Istomin: {a-Spades}{5-Clubs}
Selahaddin Bedir: {a-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {4-Spades}{k-Spades}{9-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for Bedir to hit a pair of nines on the flop to seal Istomin's fate and eliminate him in 62nd place.

Over on the other tables, Timur Khamidullin and Edgard Raffoul were also eliminated

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Selahaddin Bedir tr
Selahaddin Bedir
2,507,000
124,000
124,000
Profile photo of Edgard Raffoul lb
Edgard Raffoul
Busted
Profile photo of Aleksei Istomin ru
Aleksei Istomin
Busted
Profile photo of Timur Khamidullin ru
Timur Khamidullin
Busted

Tags: Aleksei IstominSelahaddin Bedir

Level: 20

Blinds: 12,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000