2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 3
Event Info
2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j5
Prize
$167,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$833,520
Entries
453
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
79
Players Left
16
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Karaarslan Sends Ihlamur to the Rail

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of J59, Osman Ihlamur found himself all in for roughly 280,000 against Feyzullah Karaarslan who held a covering stack..

Osman Ihlamur: 96
Feyzullah Karaarslan: AJ

Karaarslan had top pair but was flipping against Ihlamur's flush draw with second pair. The 5 turn and 7 river were clean for Karaarslan allowing him to take down a healthy pot while Ihlamur was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Feyzullah Karaarslan tr
Feyzullah Karaarslan
1,325,000
137,000
137,000
Profile photo of Osman Ihlamur tr
Osman Ihlamur
Busted

Tags: Feyzullah KaraarslanOsman Ihlamur

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Kaliahin Gets a Big Double

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Action was opened to 30,000 from middle position before Ihor Kaliahin put in a cold three-bet from the cutoff to 100,000. The action was then on Leonid Sidelkovskiy on the button who put in a tiny four-bet to 175,000. The original raiser folded and then Kaliahin moved all in.

Sidelkovskiy snap called and the cards hit their backs with Kaliahin all in and at risk.

Ihor Kaliahin: AK
Leonid Sidelkovskiy: AQ

Kaliahin drilled two pair on the 8KA flop. The dealer would still give a sweat when the 3 rolled off on the turn giving Sidelkovskiy the nut flush draw. However, the 4 river was safe and Kaliahin held to get a double in a big spot right after the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Leonid Sidelkovskiy ru
Leonid Sidelkovskiy
1,550,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Ihor Kaliahin ua
Ihor Kaliahin
1,000,000
616,000
616,000

Tags: Ihor KaliahinLeonid Sidelkovskiy

Joumaa Extends his Lead

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Leonid Sidelkovskiy opened to 30,000 from middle position and received calls from Bakhos Joumaa on the button and Guoliang Wei in the big blind.

All three players checked the 1087 flop leading to the 3 turn. Wei checked, Sidelkovskiy bet 40,000, Joumaa raised to 120,000, Wei folded and Sidelkovskiy called.

Both remaining players checked the A river. Sidelkovskiy tabled J8 for third pair while Joumaa showed down A2 for a rivered top pair to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bakhos Joumaa lb
Bakhos Joumaa
4,625,000
760,000
760,000
Profile photo of Leonid Sidelkovskiy ru
Leonid Sidelkovskiy
1,475,000
900,000
900,000
Profile photo of Guoliang Wei
Guoliang Wei
425,000
275,000
275,000

Tags: Bakhos JoumaaGuoliang WeiLeonid Sidelkovskiy

Meitanis Rivers the Goods

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

George Meitanis moved all in from early position for 130,000 and was called by Osman Ihlamur on the button who held a covering stack.

George Meitanis: 76
Osman Ihlamur: AJ

Ihlamur was ahead and remained so on the QK8 flop. The 9 turn did give Meitanis an open-ended straight draw, but only the five would help as the ten would give Ihlamur a broadway straight. Meitanis got excactly what he needed on the 5 river and secured a full double up at Ihlamur's expense.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Osman Ihlamur tr
Osman Ihlamur
365,000
294,000
294,000
Profile photo of George Meitanis cy
George Meitanis
305,000
85,000
85,000

Tags: George MeitanisOsman Ihlamur

Brutal Set Over Set to Burst the Bubble

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Giorgiy Skhuluhiya
Giorgiy Skhuluhiya

Oleg Netaliev opened under the gun to 35,000 before getting called by Giorgiy Skhulukhiya in middle position, by the cutoff, and by Rachid Yaacoubi in the big blind.

The 26K flop landed and action checked to Netaliev who continued for 35,000. Skhulukhiya called, the cutoff called, and then Yaacoubi check-raise jammed for 115,000.

Netaliev tanked for a minute and then called before Skhulukhiya also called and the cutoff folded.

The players were heads up to a 4 turn and Netaliev slowed down with a check. Skhulukhiya tanked and then put in a large bet of 215,000. Netaliev thought it over but eventually found a fold. The cards hit their backs and the cooler was real.

Rachid Yaacoubi: 22
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: 66

It was set over set for a massive cooler and Yaacoubi would only have one out going to the river. That card would not come as the dealer put the 8 out to finish the board. Yaacoubi hit the rail on the stone bubble after a brutal cooler.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Oleg Netaliev ru
Oleg Netaliev
1,900,000
1,204,000
1,204,000
Profile photo of Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
825,000
308,000
308,000
Profile photo of Rachid Yaacoubi fr
Rachid Yaacoubi
Busted

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaOleg NetalievRachid Yaacoubi

Rajkovic and Sidelkovskiy Play a Classic Tournament Flip

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Benjamin Hamnett opened to 30,000 from under the gun and Leonid Sidelkovskiy three-bet to 85,000 from middle position. Adi Rajkovic four-bet shoved for 440,000, forcing Hamnett out of the pot while Sidelkovskiy made the call with a covering stack.

Adi Rajkovic: AK
Leonid Sidelkovskiy: QQ

The board ran out J8396. Sidelkovskiy's queens held and he collected a healthy pot while Rajkovic was sent to the rail a few spots shy of making the money.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Leonid Sidelkovskiy ru
Leonid Sidelkovskiy
2,375,000
525,000
525,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Hamnett us
Benjamin Hamnett
350,000
290,000
290,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Adi Rajkovic at
Adi Rajkovic
Busted

Tags: Adi RajkovicBenjamin HamnettLeonid Sidelkovskiy