Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
2023 Merit Poker Retro Series
$10,500 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 Merit Poker Retro Series
Buy-in
$10,500
Prize Pool
$1,407,600
Entries
153
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
83
Players Left
22
New break
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
There are 48 players remaining at the end of Level 15. They are actually on a 15-minute break. When they’ll come back, they’ll play until the money or the end of Level 19.
Straight On The Flop For Reichenstein
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
From the cutoff, Uri Reichenstein opened to 13,000. Then in the small blind, Giovanni Giudice three-bet to 50,000. The big blind folded, and Reichenstein called.
On the flop 4♥2♦3♣, Giovanni Giudice made a continuation bet of 26,000. An after a long moment Reichenstein called to find the K♠ on the turn.
Giudice took some time to make a decision. But he eventually fired out a second barrel of 89,000. Reichenstein thought about it for a full minute too, and called again.
Finally, the J♥ came on the river and Giovanni Giudice moved all in. Reichenstein snap called with his last 140,000 chips and showed 6♣5♣ for a straight hit on the flop. Quite unhappy, Giudice revealed K♥3♥ and is down to 55,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
55,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
Sabe Loses His Flip
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With only 67,000 chips, Joseph Sabe shoved from the cutoff and was called by Damir Zhugralin on the button.
Joseph Sabe: A♥J♣
Damir Zhugralin: 8♣8♦
Sabe hoped to win the flip, but on 10♥Q♠5♠Q♣6♦, he didn’t succeed and was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
455,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
Busted |
Ponomarev's Kings Hold
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On a 7♣7♥5♣ flop, Nikolay Ponomarev made a continuation bet of 12,000 from middle position. In the small blind, Dawid Smolka check-raised to 40,000. But Ponomarev wasn't done yet, and he raised again to 80,000. After that, Smolka moved all in for 170,000 chips, and Ponomarev called.
Dawid Smolka: 8♥8♠
Nikolay Ponomarev: K♥K♣
Ponomarev needed to avoid eights. And that’s what happened with the turn 6♦ and the river 3♣, which led to Smolka’s elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
590,000
291,500
|
291,500 |
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Updated Chip Counts
Level 14
: 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000 | |
|
600,000 | |
|
600,000 | |
|
510,000 | |
|
410,000 | |
|
400,000 | |
|
||
|
390,000 | |
|
|
320,000 | |
|
|
280,000 | |
|
240,000 | |
|
190,000 | |
|
180,000 | |
|
||
|
160,000 | |
|
150,000 | |
|
115,000 | |
|
90,000 | |
Tantillo Out
Level 14
: 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
On the button, Fausto Tantillo moved all in for 63,000 chips. The small blind folded, but in the big blind, Jovan Kenjic looked at his cards and called.
Fausto Tantillo: 4♥4♦
Jovan Kenjic: A♠7♣
Immediately on the flop J♦K♦A♣, Kenjic had a pair of aces to take the lead. He maintained it on the turn 8♥ and the river K♥, and sent Tantillo to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Nurmuhammedov Gives Up On The River
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Parahat Nurmuhammedov took 10,000 chips from his stack and bet from the cutoff. The big blind was the only one to call to see the flop J♦2♣J♥.
Both players checked on this first street. Then on the turn 2♦, the big blind took the lead and bet 26,000. After some time, Nurmuhammedov called. But when the 5♥ came on the river, Nurmuhammedov decided to fold after a bet of 35,000 by the big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000 |