$2,200 Warmup Day 2 | 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series

08-09-2023 14:25 UTC+2

Li Finds a Triple Up

Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With 50,000 chips, Oleg Li in middle position found himself at risk against the player on his left, and Hadi Khordbin in the cutoff who had the biggest stack.

Middle position player: Q♣J♣
Oleg Li: 8♥8♦
Hadi Khordbin: A♥Q♠

On 6♦9♣3♠5♣4♦, Li's pair of eights stayed ahead, and he tripled up, while his neighbor was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hadi Khordbin	410,000 120,000	120,000
Oleg Li	150,000 177,000	177,000

Tags: Hadi Khordbin Oleg Li

08-09-2023 14:11 UTC+2

Gulseven Over One Million Chips

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

After the break, Erdal Gulseven decided to call in the big blind after an open by the button.

On 6♣8♣4♦, both players checked. Then on the turn A♥, Gulseven check-called a bet of 9,000. The 3♥ came on the river, and Gulseven checked for the third time. The button checked-back, then mucked his cards when Gulseven showed K♦6♥ for a pair of six.

Gulseven took the pot and added his new chips to his stack which is now above 1,000,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erdal Gulseven	1,100,000 592,500	592,500

Tags: Erdal Gulseven

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

08-09-2023 13:38 UTC+2

First Break Of The Day

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Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

After two levels, the 310 players remaining are on a 20-minute break.

08-09-2023 13:32 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Gadzhiev	765,000 14,500	14,500

Ori Hasson	550,000 164,500	164,500

Florian Guimond	410,000 41,500	41,500
Rachid El Yaacoubi	340,000 199,500	199,500
Volodymyr Drokin	255,000 86,500	86,500
Mehdi Chaoui	220,000 3,500	3,500
Sonny Franco	200,000 200,000	200,000
Danut Chisu	155,000 90,000	90,000
Tjan Tepeh	115,000 135,000	135,000

Anze Smajd	106,000 18,000	18,000
Maxime Chilaud	81,000 57,500	57,500

08-09-2023 13:20 UTC+2

Margolin Doubles Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

With his avocado bob hat on the head, Timur Margolin decided to go all in with 34,500 chips, and received a call by Recep Aydemir.

Timur Margolin: 8♥8♦
Recep Aydemir: A♥4♥

Aydemir found a flush draw after the flop 7♠5♣5♥ and the turn 7♥. But the K♣ on the river didn't change anything, and Margolin doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Recep Aydemir	265,000 10,000	10,000
Timur Margolin	93,000 93,000	93,000

Tags: Recep Aydemir Timur Margolin

08-09-2023 13:05 UTC+2

Korkmaz Goes All In On The Turn

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Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

After an open in middle position by Mihai Niste, Koray Korkmaz three-bet to 15,000 from the cutoff. Christos Leantzis on the button, as well as the big blind, called. However, there were too many players in the pot for Niste, who folded.

The dealer revealed the flop 3♥J♠4♥, where Korkmaz continued with a bet of 15,000. His two opponents didn't let down and called. On the turn 6♥, Korkmaz counted his stack, then moved all in. Leantzis quickly folded, while the big blind seemed unhappy but eventually folded as well, revealing 7♥7♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christos Leantzis	830,000 830,000	830,000
Koray Korkmaz	250,000
Mihai Niste	68,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Christos Leantzis Koray Korkmaz Mihai Niste

08-09-2023 12:45 UTC+2

Small Pot With Kings For Iermolcheva

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Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Edgard Raffoul opened from under the gun to 5,500 and received a quick call from Olga Iermolcheva seated on his left. All the other players folded, and a 7♣2♥A♥ flop was revealed by the dealer.

Both players checked this first street, then Raffoul bet 6,000 on the turn 9♥. Iermolcheva called once again before checking back on the river 2♦.

Raffoul showed 4♦4♣ and hoped it would be the winning hand. But it was not, as Iermolcheva flipped a tricky K♦K♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edgard Raffoul	250,000 79,500	79,500
Olga Iermolcheva	200,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Edgard Raffoul Olga Iermolcheva

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

08-09-2023 12:30 UTC+2

Nigbolu With Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was caught when Cenk Nigbolu flipped his cards preflop with a bigger stack than his opponent, who only had around 60,000 chips left.

Opponent: A♦K♣
Cenk Nigbolu: A♥A♠

Nigbolu didn't have to worry as he held the best possible hand. After the board 3♠3♦10♣6♥6♦, he took the pot and climbed to 230,000 chips, above average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cenk Nigbolu	230,000 230,000	230,000