Main Event
Day 4 Started
Main Event
Day 4 Started
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | John Four | Lithuania | 554,000 | 22 |
1 | 2 | Orhan Ates | Turkey | 1,275,000 | 51 |
1 | 3 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 478,000 | 19 |
1 | 4 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russia | 767,000 | 31 |
1 | 5 | Oliver Ruesing | Germany | 94,000 | 4 |
1 | 6 | Mustafa Biz | Turkey | 1,586,000 | 63 |
1 | 7 | Garik Tamasyan | Russia | 1,322,000 | 53 |
1 | 8 | Elie Farah | Lebanon | 271,000 | 11 |
1 | 9 | Aleksandras Voisnis | Lithuania | 280,000 | 11 |
2 | 1 | Daniel Braude | Israel | 1,079,000 | 43 |
2 | 2 | Mehmet Kolgu | Turkey | 136,000 | 5 |
2 | 3 | Pavel Yakobson | Russia | 1,313,000 | 53 |
2 | 4 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 1,044,000 | 42 |
2 | 5 | Assad Ramin | Afghanistan | 791,000 | 32 |
2 | 6 | Moshe Refaelowitz | Israel | 345,000 | 14 |
2 | 7 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 270,000 | 11 |
2 | 8 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 1,765,000 | 71 |
2 | 9 | Sergey Baburin | Russia | 982,000 | 39 |
3 | 1 | Daniil Kiselev | Russia | 449,000 | 18 |
3 | 2 | Joey Weissman | United States | 2,494,000 | 100 |
3 | 3 | Hasan Dogan | Turkey | 741,000 | 30 |
3 | 4 | Nikita Kalinin | Russia | 258,000 | 10 |
3 | 5 | Tobias Duthweiler | Germany | 544,000 | 22 |
3 | 6 | Anton Morgenstern | Germany | 1,200,000 | 48 |
3 | 7 | Ulan Dzholdoshbekov | Russia | 759,000 | 30 |
3 | 8 | Jacek Ladny | Poland | 2,125,000 | 85 |
4 | 1 | John Three | Israel | 979,000 | 39 |
4 | 2 | Aleksandr Kopasov | Russia | 846,000 | 34 |
4 | 3 | Joep Raemaekers | Netherlands | 628,000 | 25 |
4 | 4 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 3,055,000 | 122 |
4 | 5 | John Two | Netherlands | 747,000 | 30 |
4 | 6 | Edgard Raffoul | Lebanon | 202,000 | 8 |
4 | 7 | Uri Reichenstein | Israel | 1,800,000 | 72 |
4 | 8 | Ludovic Geilich | Germany | 2,147,000 | 86 |
5 | 1 | Anatoly Suvorov | Russia | 350,000 | 14 |
5 | 2 | Dragos Trofimov | Moldova | 887,000 | 35 |
5 | 3 | Kacper Pyzara | Poland | 3,000,000 | 120 |
5 | 4 | Lachezar Petkov | Slovenia | 303,000 | 12 |
5 | 5 | Basem Abudavas | Kuwait | 778,000 | 31 |
5 | 6 | Arnas Dzedulionis | Lithuania | 646,000 | 26 |
5 | 7 | Ben Farrell | United Kingdom | 463,000 | 19 |
5 | 8 | Karwan Hasan | Iraq | 1,381,000 | 55 |
6 | 1 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | 592,000 | 24 |
6 | 2 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 2,318,000 | 93 |
6 | 3 | Hadi Khordbin | Iran | 90,000 | 4 |
6 | 4 | Christian Bauer | Germany | 233,000 | 9 |
6 | 5 | Selahaddin Bedir | Turkey | 2,383,000 | 95 |
6 | 6 | Ashkan Fattahi | Iran | 1,000,000 | 40 |
6 | 7 | Vlad Darie | Romania | 460,000 | 18 |
6 | 8 | Florian Duta | Romania | 516,000 | 21 |
7 | 1 | Andreas Christoforou | Cyprus | 2,000,000 | 80 |
7 | 2 | Hady El Asmar | Lebanon | 300,000 | 12 |
7 | 3 | Andrei Razov | Russia | 579,000 | 23 |
7 | 4 | Bassel Alanaz | Lebanon | 1,378,000 | 55 |
7 | 5 | Ugur Secilmis | Turkey | 265,000 | 11 |
7 | 6 | Stoyan Obreshkov | Bulgaria | 724,000 | 29 |
7 | 7 | Basil Yaiche | France | 746,000 | 30 |
7 | 8 | Timur Khamidullin | Russia | 357,000 | 14 |
8 | 1 | Nariman Yaghmai | Iran | 722,000 | 29 |
8 | 2 | Aleksei Istomin | Russia | 224,000 | 9 |
8 | 3 | Elvin Sarkarov | Azerbaijan | 2,793,000 | 112 |
8 | 4 | Dori Yacoub | Lebanon | 810,000 | 32 |
8 | 5 | Shahar Levi | Israel | 1,437,000 | 57 |
8 | 6 | Pavel Kovalenko | Russia | 3,162,000 | 126 |
8 | 7 | Milad Oghabian | Iran | 364,000 | 15 |
8 | 8 | Tarek Yassine | Lebanon | 550,000 | 22 |
The penultimate day of the Merit Poker Classic $5,300 Main Event kicks off at noon local time with 66 players returning to their seats out of 649 entries in total. They will be challenging each other on the felt to see who will make it to the final day. Everyone is guaranteed at least $9,270 but will all be trying to get their hands on a bigger piece of the $2,990,267 prize pool.
Pavel Kovalenko will start the day at the top of the chip counts with 3,162,000 in chips. He’s seated at the same table as Elvin Sarkarov who also sports a stack of over 100 big blinds. The other players at the table are Nariman Yaghmai, Aleksei Istomin, Dori Yacoub, Shahar Levi, Milad Oghabian, and Tarek Yassine. According to The Hendon Mob this table is worth almost $3 million in cashes.
Another Pavel follows Kovalenko in the chip counts, Pavel Plesuv bagged 3,055,00 at the end of Day 3 and he starts the day on Table #4 which features two anonymous players, “John Two” and “John Three”. But the more familiar names will be the partypoker pro Ludovic Geilich and Uri Reichenstein. Kacper Pyzara was leading the chip counts together with Kovalenko during the latter part of Day 3 but ended up third in the leader board. The more recognizable names on his table include Dragos Trofimov, Lachezar Petkov, and Ben Farrell.
But with 66 players left in the field, every table features some poker world stars like another partypoker pro Kristen Bicknell, Andrey Pateychuk, Manig Loeser, Kenny Hallaert, Joey Weissman, Anton Morgenstern, Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Vlad Darie, Florian Duta, and Stoyan Obreshkov for example.
Six levels of 75 minutes each are scheduled for today with a 15-minute break after every two levels. When players return, they will play Level 20 which has a small blind of 12,000, big blind of 25,000, and a big blind ante of 25,000.
Day 4 Structure
Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | BB Ante |
---|---|---|---|---|
20 | 75 | 12,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
21 | 75 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Break | 15 | |||
22 | 75 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
23 | 75 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Break | 15 | |||
24 | 75 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
25 | 75 | 40,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
Make sure to return at noon to follow all the action from the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand with you to see who will make it to the final day.
Level: 20
Blinds: 12,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
The floor has welcomed the players back to the tables and instructed the dealers to shuffle up and deal.
Oliver Ruesing shoved from the hijack and was called by Elie Farah in the small blind.
Oliver Ruesing:
Elie Farah:
The board ran out for Ruesing this the straight on the turn to stay alive.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Oliver Ruesing | 238,000 | 144,000 |
Elie Farah | 154,000 | -117,000 |
Elie Farah, Hadi Khordbin, and Moshe Refaelowitz have just been eliminated so Table #8 has been broken down to balance the other tables out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Elie Farah | Busted | |
Hadi Khordbin | Busted | |
Moshe Refaelowitz
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Busted |
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:
Selahaddin Bedir:
The board ran out 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 |
---|---|---|
Selahaddin Bedir | 2,507,000 | 124,000 |
Edgard Raffoul | Busted | |
Aleksei Istomin | Busted | |
Timur Khamidullin | Busted |
Dragos Trofimov had called Anatoly Suvorov's all-in for 351,000 from the small blind while Suvorov was sitting on the button.
Anatoly Suvorov:
Dragos Trofimov:
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 into the of Nariman Yaghmai.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anatoly Suvorov | 752,000 | 402,000 |
Dragos Trofimov | 500,000 | -387,000 |
Christian Bauer | Busted | |
Albert Daher | Busted | |
Nikita Kalinin | Busted | |
Karwan Hasan | Busted |
Milad Oghabian and Stoyan Obreshkov were the last to get eliminated and the tournament is now down to the last six tables.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stoyan Obreshkov | Busted | |
Milad Oghabian | Busted |