Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
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
First Break
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
After two levels, the 83 players of the High Roller are on a 15-minute break.
Chaoui Doubles With Kings
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The player under the gun opened, and Uri Reichenstein, seated on his left, called. The next player to act, Mehdi Chaoui, chose to squeeze to 16,500. All the other players folded, including the initial raiser.
With the action back to him, Reichenstein took a few seconds and moved all in. Chaoui snap called with his smallest stack (98,000).
Mehdi Chaoui: K♣K♥
Uri Reichenstein: 10♦10♥
On the board 8♣2♣A♠3♣3♦, Chaoui's kings stayed ahead, and he doubled up to 206,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
206,000 | |
|
120,000 |
Second Pair For Guimond
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Florian Guimond entered on Day 2 and quickly doubled up, thanks to a pair of kings against a flush draw. A few hands later, he opened from the hijack and received a call from Aleksandr Chernikov on the button.
On the flop 9♣3♦6♦, Guimond bet 9,000 chips into the pot. But Chernikov didn't back down and called. There was no more action on the turn A♠, as both players checked. The situation remained the same after they checked once again on the river 5♥.
First player to show his cards, Guimond revealed 10♥9♥ for a pair of nines. Seeing that, Chernikov mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Kiselev Doubles On His First Hand
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Table 4, action was caught when Daniil Kiselev, in middle position, was at risk against Liviu Ignat in the small blind.
Daniil Kiselev: Q♥Q♣
Liviu Ignat: A♣K♦
On J♣J♠8♦2♣6♣, Kiselev won his flip and doubled up. "How much do you have?" asked Ignat. "100,000. I just sat down. It is my first hand," answered Kiselev, amused.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000 | |
|
6,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
A Four-Bet Pot For Kenjic
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
After an open to 3,000 by Aliaksandr Hirs from under the gun, who was called once, Fausto Tantillo in the hijack squeezed to 16,500. However, when he looked at his cards in the small blind, Jovan Kenjic seemed interested. And indeed, he was interested, as he four-bet to 45,000 chips.
Clicking the "fold" button was easy for Hirs and the player who had called him. Tantillo struggled a little bit more. He glanced at his cards again but eventually folded as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
58,500
|
58,500 |
|
170,000 |
Early Elimination For Aoun
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Erdem Gundogan opened to 3,500 from under the gun, but was raised to 9,500 by Carlos Aoun on the hijack. Gundogan quickly called, and a 9♥4♠J♥ was revealed on the felt.
Aoun made a continuation bet of 5,000, but Gundogan decided to check-raise to 35,000. With 40,000 chips, Aoun moved all in, and Gundogan called.
Carlos Aoun: Q♦Q♣
Erdem Gundogan: K♥10♥
Gundogan hit his flush directly on the turn 5♥. After the river 10♦, Aoun was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | |
|
Busted |
Shuffle Up And Deal
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
The cards are in the air for the $10,500 High Roller. Already ten players have entered or reentered the tournament before the beginning of Day 2.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500