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
Total 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.

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.

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.

Tags: Garik TamasyanUgur Secilmis

Down to Six Tables

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

Milad Oghabian and Stoyan Obreshkov were the last to get eliminated and the tournament is now down to the last six tables.

Tags: Milad OghabianStoyan Obreshkov

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.

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

Tags: Aleksei IstominSelahaddin Bedir

Three Gone

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

Elie Farah, Hadi Khordbin, and Moshe Refaelowitz have just been eliminated so Table #8 has been broken down to balance the other tables out.

Ruesing Doubles Up Immediately

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

Oliver Ruesing shoved from the hijack and was called by Elie Farah in the small blind.

Oliver Ruesing: {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Elie Farah: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{k-Spades}{6-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{q-Clubs} for Ruesing this the straight on the turn to stay alive.

Tags: Oliver RuesingElie Farah

Level: 20

Blinds: 12,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000