$5,300 High Roller Day 2 | 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

11-28-2023 02:05 UTC+2

Aydemir Gets Trappy

Jeremy Geist

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The action folded all the way to Recep Aydemir in the small blind who flat called and then action was on the big blind who raised to 23,000. Aydemir called and they were heads up to a flop.

The 7♦2♣3♠ board landed and Aydemir check-called an 18,000 continuation bet from his opponent.

The 7♠ rolled off on the turn and Aydemir checked again. The big blind sized-up and wagered 50,000 but Aydemir quickly put in the call.

The 8♣ hit the river and action checked through.

Aydemir tabled 10♥10♣ and his opponent smiled and commented that Aydemir was getting "trappy trappy" with his pocket pair. He dragged the pot and is continuing to run well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Recep Aydemir	510,000

11-28-2023 01:37 UTC+2

Strigunas Gets a Count; Rips It In

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Jeremy Geist

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action folded all the way to current chip leader Rytis Strigunas in the small blind who leaned past the dealer and asked for a count of Maksim Skripkin's stack who was sitting in the big blind. After no more than a second he moved all in.

Skripkin checked his cards and put in the chips to put him at risk.

Maksim Skripkin: K♠J♠
Rytis Strigunas: A♣Q♠

The full board ran out Q♥8♥J♦3♣Q♦ and Skripkin hit the rail before the money. Strigunas continues to accumulate late in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rytis Strigunas	800,000 25,000	25,000
Maksim Skripkin	Busted

Tags: Maksim Skripkin Rytis Strigunas

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

11-28-2023 01:13 UTC+2

Break Time

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Jeremy Geist

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Players are now on a 10-minute break

11-28-2023 01:12 UTC+2

American Football is Always on the Hunt for Punters

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Jeremy Geist

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Shuang Luo opened from late position to 12,000 before the action made it to Nikolay Ponomarev in the small blind who put in a cold three-bet to 42,000.

The big blind thought over a call for a good bit before folding and the action moved back to Luo who snap-ripped it in for about 190,000.

Ponomarev shook his head, shrugged, and tossed in a chip. He then got the good news.

Shuang Luo: A♣J♠
Nikolay Ponomarev: Q♥Q♠

The full board ran out 7♥6♥3♣7♦K♥ and Ponomarev sent Luo to the rail and dragged in a massive 65 big blind pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Ponomarev	460,000
Shuang Luo	Busted

Tags: Nikolay Ponomarev Shuang Luo

11-28-2023 01:01 UTC+2

Updated Chips

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Jeremy Geist

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rytis Strigunas	775,000 75,000	75,000
Sebastian Ferreira	475,000 399,500	399,500
Nikolay Ponomarev	460,000 255,000	255,000
Natan Chauskin	425,000 85,000	85,000
Dawid Smolka	350,000 10,000	10,000
Guo Liang Wei	340,000 5,000	5,000
Dmitry Yurasov	310,000 50,000	50,000

Yunsheng Sun	230,000 130,000	130,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	200,000 200,000	200,000
Danut Chisu	175,000 25,000	25,000
Viktor Yugay	148,000 52,000	52,000
Halil Tasyurek	145,000 10,000	10,000
Navid Samavati	130,000 90,500	90,500
Maksim Skripkin	75,000 75,000	75,000
Aziz Efe	75,000 75,000	75,000
Ivan Govorov	Busted
Damir Gabdullin	Busted
Alisa Sibgatova	Busted
Ankit Ahuja	Busted
Kamal Bejjani	Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

11-28-2023 00:36 UTC+2

The Payouts Have Been Announced

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Jeremy Geist

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A total of 121 players took their shot at the $5,300 High Roller. Regestration has come to a close and the floor has announced that 15 places will be paid.

The min-cash is coming in at $8,900 and moves all the way up to the first-place prize of $149,200.

Place	Payout
1	$149,200
2	$104,500
3	$67,200
4	$49,750
5	$37,300
6	$29,850
7	$24,800
8	$19,850
9	$14,900
10	$10,850
11	$10,850
12	$10,850
13	$8,900
14	$8,900
15	$8,900

Which of the remaining 48 players will win it all?

11-28-2023 00:09 UTC+2

The Rich Get Richer

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Jeremy Geist

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The action was picked up on the river with a board of 8♠9♦2♣J♦7♦. It was checked to the current overwhelming chip leader Rytis Strigunas who sat in the tank for close to two minutes before he finally landed on a 3/4 pot bet of 65,000.

His opponent in the big blind was in the blender. He seemed to be going back and forth with his options but after about three minutes in the tank he finally released his hand back to the dealer.

Strigunas scooped and is now sitting with about four times the average stack.