$2,200 Warm Up | 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

11-26-2023 21:50 UTC+2

Ahuja and Govorov Exchange Raises

Ryan Lashmar

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Ankit Ahuja opened to 1,000,000 from the small blind with A♥J♣ and Ivan Govorov defended from the big blind with Q♠8♠.

Ahuja checked the Q♣10♦6♥ flop and Govorov bet 400,000. Ahuja check-raised to 1,600,000 and Govorov three-bet to 4,000,000, forcing a fold from Ahuja.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Govorov	18,400,000 3,100,000	3,100,000
Ankit Ahuja	11,600,000 -1,800,000	-1,800,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Ivan Govorov

11-26-2023 21:42 UTC+2

Sun Four-Bet Shoves

Ryan Lashmar

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Yunsheng Sun opened to 600,000 from the cutoff with A♠4♠ and Ankit Ahuja three-bet to 1,700,000 from the small blind with A♦5♠. Sun moved all in for 7,100,000 and Ahuja's hand hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	13,400,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000
Yunsheng Sun	9,400,000 4,000,000	4,000,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Yunsheng Sun

11-26-2023 21:26 UTC+2

Daniliuk Doubles in the Blinds

Ryan Lashmar

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Yunsheng Sun moved all in for 9,185,000 from the small blind and was called by Andrei Daniliuk in the big blind who committed his entire stack of 3,750,000 to put himself at risk.

Andrei Daniliuk: A♥K♣
Yunsheng Sun: K♠5♥

Daniliuk was in great shape to double up with the bigger ace and had his opponent drawing dead by the turn on the 10♦A♣9♣J♠2♣ runout to secure a much-needed double up at Sun's expense.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Daniliuk	7,800,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Yunsheng Sun	5,400,000 -4,800,000	-4,800,000

Tags: Andrei Daniliuk Yunsheng Sun

11-26-2023 21:08 UTC+2

Govorov Forces Two Folds

Ryan Lashmar

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Ivan Govorov opened to 600,000 from the cutoff with Q♦8♦ and Andrei Daniliuk called in the small blind with K♥J♥. Ankit Ahuja also called from the big blind holding K♠6♠.

The flop came 10♣7♦5♥ and action checked around to Govorov who fired a 1,400,000 continuation bet. Both Daniliuk and Ahuja opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Govorov	15,300,000 400,000	400,000
Ankit Ahuja	14,400,000 -300,000	-300,000
Andrei Daniliuk	6,200,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Andrei Daniliuk Ankit Ahuja Ivan Govorov

Level: 32

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000

11-26-2023 21:01 UTC+2

Sun Pressures Daniliuk

Ryan Lashmar

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Yunsheng Sun opened to 500,000 from the cutoff with Q♥Q♣ Andrei Daniliuk three-bet to 1,350,000 from the button with A♥J♠. Sun moved all in, covering Daninliuk who had roughly 6,000,000 behind. Daniliuk briefly considered his options before folding and Sun took down the pot, bringing his stack above ten million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunsheng Sun	10,200,000 2,500,000	2,500,000

Andrei Daniliuk	6,000,000 -1,400,000	-1,400,000

Tags: Andrei Daniliuk Yunsheng Sun

11-26-2023 20:51 UTC+2

A Round of Updated Chip Counts

Ryan Lashmar

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Govorov	14,900,000 -100,000	-100,000
Ankit Ahuja	14,700,000 -2,150,000	-2,150,000
Yunsheng Sun	7,700,000 1,690,000	1,690,000

Andrei Daniliuk	7,400,000 -50,000	-50,000

11-26-2023 20:29 UTC+2

Martynas Vitkauskas Eliminated in 5th Place ($41,900)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Ankit Ahuja opened to 525,000 from the cutoff and Martynas Vitkauskas moved all in from the big blind for 985,000. Ahuja snap-called to put Vitkauskas at risk.

Martynas Vitkauskas: A♦2♦
Ankit Ahuja: 5♣5♥

Vitkauskas took the lead with trips on the 2♣K♦2♠ flop but Ahuja drilled a full house on the 5♦ turn, leaving Vitkauskas drawing only to the case 2♥ for his only out to preserve his tournament life. The K♠ river sealed his fate and he was sent to the rail while Ahuja overtook Ivan Govorov for the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	16,850,000 3,250,000	3,250,000
Ivan Govorov	15,000,000 250,000	250,000
Andrei Daniliuk	7,450,000 -650,000	-650,000

Yunsheng Sun	6,010,000 -1,020,000	-1,020,000

Martynas Vitkauskas	Busted

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Martynas Vitkauskas

11-26-2023 20:18 UTC+2

Bernard Boutboul Eliminated in 6th Place ($33,600)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Andrei Daniliuk opened to 600,000 from the button and Ankit Ahuja three-bet to 1,900,000 from the small blind. Bernard Boutboul called off from the big blind for his last 700,000 and Daniliuk got out of the way leaving Boutboul all in and at risk against Ahuja.

Bernard Boutboul: J♣8♣
Ankit Ahuja: K♥K♦

Boutboul picked up a lot of equity in the form of an open-ended straight draw on the 9♠10♥A♣ flop. He was unable to make his straight on the 6♠ turn or 5♥ river and was forced to settle for sixth place while Ahuja continued to close the gap between himself and chip leader Ivan Govorov.