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$2,200 Warmup
Day 3 Completed
2023 Merit Poker Retro Series
$2,200 Warmup
Day: 3
Event Info
2023 Merit Poker Retro Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,488,560
Total Entries
809
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
156
Players Left
25
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Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| TABLE | SEAT | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ran Koller | Israel | 1,380,000 | 14 |
| 1 | 2 | Bogdan Jontulovic | Serbia | 5,390,000 | 54 |
| 1 | 3 | Aleksandr Chernikov | Russia | 3,110,000 | 31 |
| 1 | 4 | Alain Hajj | Lebanon | 4,865,000 | 49 |
| 1 | 5 | Huseyin Kaba | Turkey | 1,240,000 | 12 |
| 1 | 6 | Abulmuhsin Aydin | France | 2,090,000 | 21 |
| 1 | 7 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Georgia | 4,105,000 | 41 |
| 1 | 8 | Wael Sarkis | Lebanon | 1,575,000 | 16 |
| 1 | 9 | Vladislav Doroshkov | Russia | 3,065,000 | 31 |
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| 2 | 1 | Oleg Eltsov | Russia | 2,505,000 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Oleg Ustinovich | Russia | 4,500,000 | 45 |
| 2 | 3 | Andrey Koks | Estonia | 1,610,000 | 16 |
| 2 | 4 | Hadi Khadra | Lebanon | 3,385,000 | 34 |
| 2 | 5 | Orestis Kanakopoulos | Greece | 5,975,000 | 60 |
| 2 | 6 | Mikhail Zamiatin | Russia | 3,125,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 7 | Afshin Taheri | Iran | 6,360,000 | 64 |
| 2 | 8 | Ran Ilani | Israel | 1,740,000 | 17 |
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| 3 | 1 | Maksim Shornikau | Belarus | 1,250,000 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | Rudolf Domin | Russia | 1,390,000 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | Kristaps Vismanis | Latvia | 1,895,000 | 19 |
| 3 | 4 | Murat Cakir | Turkey | 2,260,000 | 23 |
| 3 | 5 | Ercan Gundogan | Turkey | 985,000 | 10 |
| 3 | 6 | Goku | 1,150,000 | 12 | |
| 3 | 7 | Or Nezer | Israel | 6,150,000 | 62 |
| 3 | 8 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 8,735,000 | 87 |
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
After a long Day 3, there are only 25 players left in the 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series $2,200 Warm-Up at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. They are the last players out of a field of 809 entrants, the last ones who can still win the $264,400 prize that will be offered to the winner.
Thanks to a massive pot win in the last levels, it is Nicolas Chouity who ended the day as the chipleader with 8,735,000 chips. The 2010 EPT Monte-Carlo champion is followed by Afshin Taher (6,360,000) and Or Nezer (6,150,000), the other two players with over six million chips.
End of Day 3 Chip Count
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip count | Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 8,735,000 | 87 |
| 2 | Afshin Taheri | Iran | 6,360,000 | 64 |
| 3 | Or Nezer | Israel | 6,150,000 | 62 |
| 4 | Orestis Kanakopoulos | Greece | 5,975,000 | 60 |
| 5 | Bogdan Jontulovic | Serbia | 5,390,000 | 54 |
| 6 | Alain Hajj | Lebanon | 4,865,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Oleg Ustinovich | Russia | 4,500,000 | 45 |
| 8 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Georgia | 4,105,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Hadi Khadra | Lebanon | 3,385,000 | 34 |
| 10 | Mikhail Zamiatin | Russia | 3,125,000 | 31 |
Orestis Kanakopoulos will not be far behind with 5,975,000 chips. In the second position of the chipcount at the beginning of Day 3, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya is also qualified for Day 3, with a stack of 4,105,000 chips. Holding the largest stack in the field just before the bubble, Wael Sarkis didn't keep his stack of 3 million chips. However, he still had half of it at the end of the day and is still in cthe race for victory with 1,575,000 chips.
Finally, in the last positions, WSOP champion Ran Koller bagged 1,380,000 chips, while Ercan Gundogan will come back on Day 4 with the smallest stack of 985,000 chips.
Play will resume at noon local time tomorrow, Friday, August 11th. Blinds will pick up in Level 27, at 50,000-100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante. Then, Day 4 will continue until a winner is crowned.
PokerNews will follow the action all the way until the end!
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Bags are on the tables: Day 3 of the 2023 Merit Retro Series $2,200 Warm Up has concluded. Twenty-five players still have chips and will return for Day 4.
Stay tuned on PokerNews for the chip counts and the recap!
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
There are 14 minutes remaining on the clock, but the tournamen director decided to put it on pause. The 27 players left in the $2,200 Warm Up will play four more hands today.
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
In early position, Ilya Pavlov opened. However, from the cutoff, Nicolas Chouity chose to three-bet. The action went back to Pavlov, who moved all in with almost 4,000,000 chips. Chouity quickly called.
Ilya Pavlov: KxQx
Nicolas Chouity: A♥A♠
Pavlov's risky move wasn't successful, as Chouity had the best possible hand. A queen came on the flop, giving Pavlov a pair. But it wasn't enough. And after the board Q♠6♣3♥8♣4♦, he was eliminated.
Nicolas Chouity won this pot of 8,100,000 chips, and took the chiplead just a few minuts before the end of the day. After the hand, the clock was stopped to gather the 27 players left on the last three tables.
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Under the gun, Vladislav Doroshkov moved all in for 810,000. Without asking for the count, Maksim Shornikau, seated on his left, called, and all the other players folded.
Vladislav Doroshkov: K♠Q♠
Maksim Shornikau: A♥K♣
Both players had a straight draw on the flop 10♦5♦J♠. The situation remained the same after the turn 8♣. But the straight was completed for Doroshkov on the river 9♥. He collected the 1,820,000 chips in the pot, while Alain Hajj was laughing watching the action. "So much drama at the table", he said, before sitting down.
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
From the hijack, Wael Sarkis shoved for 660,000 chips. Everybody else folded to Andrey Koks in the big blind who called.
Wael Sarkis: 10♠9♠
Andrey Koks: A♦Q♥
Far behind, Sarkis found a nine on 9♦2♣J♦K♠8♠ to save him and keep him in the tournament with 1,440,000 chips.
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
The 31 players remaining just entered Level 26. It is the last level of the day.
