$10,500 High Roller Day 2 | 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Kyosev	413,000 413,000	413,000
Suat Egilli	351,000 351,000	351,000
George Alahwal	350,000 350,000	350,000
Nikolay Ponomarev	298,500 298,500	298,500
Uri Reichenstein	284,000 284,000	284,000
Petry Bartagov	273,000 273,000	273,000
Kemal Aslan	258,000 258,000	258,000
Aleksandr Chernikov	249,000 249,000	249,000
Mustafa Biz	226,500 226,500	226,500
Michael Allen	219,000 219,000	219,000
Ilya Pavlov	214,000 214,000	214,000
Yusuf Tekin	210,000 210,000	210,000
Sonny Franco	205,000 205,000	205,000
Andrey Pateychuk	196,500 196,500	196,500

Vlado Banicevic	196,500 196,500	196,500
Kanan Taherkhani	195,000 195,000	195,000
Rachid Amamou	180,000 180,000	180,000
Damir Zhugralin	179,000 179,000	179,000
Fausto Tantillo	170,000 170,000	170,000
Ivan Bryksin	164,500 164,500	164,500
Aziz Efe	159,500 159,500	159,500
Toni Kaukua	158,000 158,000	158,000
Selahaddin Bedir	153,000 153,000	153,000
Jovan Kenjic	151,500 151,500	151,500
Tzur Levy	145,000 145,000	145,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Daniel Kyosev

413,000

Suat Egilli

351,000

George Alahwal

350,000

Nikolay Ponomarev

298,500

Uri Reichenstein

284,000

Petry Bartagov

273,000

258,000

249,000

226,500

219,000

214,000

Yusuf Tekin

210,000

Sonny Franco

205,000

Andrey Pateychuk

196,500

196,500

195,000

180,000

179,000

170,000

164,500

159,500

158,000

153,000

151,500

145,000

While the $2,200 Warm Up comes to an end, the 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino is far from being over. The day continues with Day 2 of the $10,500 High Roller.

After the first eight levels played on Day 1, 84 entrants were registered, and 56 players put chips in their bags. And at the end of this first day of action, it is Daniel Kyosev who is the chip leader with 413,000 chips, a little bit more than four starting stacks. He is followed by Suat Egili (351,000) and George Alahwal, the two other players who qualified with more than 200 big blinds.

Day 1 Chip count

RANK	PLAYER	CHIP COUNT	BLINDS
1	Daniel Kyosev	413,000	275
2	Suat Egilli	351,000	234
3	George Alahwal	350,000	233
4	Nikolay Ponomarev	298,500	199
5	Uri Reichenstein	284,000	189
6	Petry Bartagov	273,000	182
7	Kemal Aslan	258,000	172
8	Aleksandr Chernikov	249,000	166
9	Mustafa Biz	226,500	151
10	Michael Allen	219,000	146

After a deeprun in the Warm Up (20th, $12,055), Aleksandr Chernikov will try to do even better in the High Roller. He will start Day 2 with 249,000 chips, slightly more than Michael Allen (219,000). Sonny Franco (205,000), Andrey Pateychuk (196,500), Mehdi Chaoui (118 000) or Denis Kapustin (105,500) are also part of the 56 players who made it through Day 1. But the number of entrants will continue to increase, as there are four more levels left to reentry.

Day 2 will start at 8 p.m. local time on Level 9 (1,000/1,500 BB Ante 1,500), with 40-minute levels and 15-minute breaks every two levels.

As it has been the case throughout the series, PokerNews will be on cite to bring you all of the action.

Tags: Aleksandr Chernikov Andrey Pateychuk Daniel Kyosev Denis Kapustin George Alahwal Kemal Aslan Mehdi Chaoui Michael Allen Mustafa Biz Nikolay Ponomarev Sonny Franco Suat Egili Suat Egilli Uri Reichenstein