$2,200 Warmup Day 3 | 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series

08-10-2023 12:33 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Chernikov	2,200,000 1,544,000	1,544,000
Denis Kapustin	1,600,000 644,000	644,000
Ilya Pavlov	1,550,000 586,000	586,000
Seyed Ghavam	1,500,000 547,000	547,000
Roman Gadzhiev	1,460,000 363,000	363,000

Michael Allen	1,400,000 168,000	168,000

Jean Mikhael	1,350,000 540,000	540,000
Murat Altas	1,100,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Fahredin Mustafov	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Florian Guimond	560,000 442,000	442,000
Volodymyr Drokin	500,000 34,000	34,000
Ori Hasson	360,000 79,000	79,000

Yacoub Takes From Chilaud

Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Dori Yacoub opened to 28,000 from the button, and Maxime Chilaud defended from the big blind.

Both players agreed to check the flop 6♣10♦K♥. Then, on the turn 6♥, Yacoub bet 65,000. After taking some time, Chilaud check-called and the 5♠ was revealed on the river.

The French player checked once again, but mucked his cards when Yacoub placed a bet of 135,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dori Yacoub	900,000 392,000	392,000
Maxime Chilaud	330,000 443,000	443,000

Tags: Dori Yacoub Maxime Chilaud

08-10-2023 12:59 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Samir Mrad	Busted
Rachid El Yaacoubi	Busted
Petry Bartagov	Busted
Dmitry Yurasov	Busted

Georges Sultanem	Busted
Halil Tasyurek	Busted
Amir Hassan	Busted
Kairat Karakeev	Busted
[Removed:553]	Busted
Uri Reichenstein	Busted
Liron Shapira	Busted
Evgenii Katymaev	Busted
Vasilii Kurguzov	Busted
Artem Vezhnekov	Busted
Stefan Atanasov	Busted
Danyel Boyaciyan	Busted
Eli Saad	Busted
Recep Aydemir	Busted
Amjad Nader	Busted
Mukhtor Nasiradinov	Busted
Alexander Sokolovsky	Busted
Sonny Franco	Busted
Arie Kliper	Busted
Chakib M'Hiri	Busted
Aleksandr Ivanov	Busted

Players On A Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

After two levels on Day 3, there are 121 players remaining. They just stood up to go on a 15-minute break.

Level: 19

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

08-10-2023 13:35 UTC+2

Sixes Aren't Good For Ghazarian

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

After a player went all in for 90,000 chips in early position, Harout Ghazarian re-raised all in from middle position with only 50,000 chips. Everybody else folded, including the big blind, who hesitated.

Harout Ghazarian: 6♥6♣
Opponent: K♥3♥

The flop revealed K♣7♥8♠, giving Ghazarian's opponent the top pair. And after the turn Q♦ and the river 10♦, Ghazarian was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harout Ghazarian	Busted

08-10-2023 13:49 UTC+2

Massive Stack For Ran Koller

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Table 12, both Fahredin Mustafov and Roman Gadzhiev had stacks of over one million chips before the break. However, this is no longer the case. At the same time, Ran Koller multiplied his stack by ten. Starting with 318,000 chips, he now has 3,100,000 chips.

He just reached the three-million spot thanks to a pot against Mustafov. On 5♠6♥J♥A♥4♠, with more than 500,000 chips in the pot, Koller on the button bet 520,000 on the river. In the big blind, Mustafov took some time, and eventually called. But he had to muck his cards as Koller showed 4♥3♥ for a flush.

At another table, Wael Sarkis also have more than 3 millions chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Koller	3,100,000 2,782,000	2,782,000

Roman Gadzhiev	700,000 760,000	760,000

Fahredin Mustafov	360,000 740,000	740,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov Ran Koller Roman Gadzhiev

08-10-2023 14:10 UTC+2

Sarkis Extends His Lead

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Chipleader with Ran Koller, Wael Sarkis utilizes his stack to apply pressure on his opponents. For instance, following an opening betto 30,000 by the player under the gun, he called from the big blind.

On the flop Q♦9♥4♣, he once again called a continuation bet of 30,000. Then, on the turn 8♦, he faced a decision as his opponent fired a second barrel of 90,000. However, thanks to his big stack, he opted to raise to 275,000. There was nothing to do for the under the gun player after that, and he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wael Sarkis	3,400,000 2,826,000	2,826,000

Tags: Ran Koller Wael Sarkis

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

08-10-2023 14:27 UTC+2

Mutlu Eliminated By Loire

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Maxime Taldir

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

In the middle position, Julien Loire opened to 40,000. Seated on his left, Vedat Mutlu three-bet to 175,000. Then Loire chose to go all in for a total of 820,000 chips. Mutlu took a few seconds and called.

Vedat Mutlu: Q♠Q♦
Julien Loire: A♠K♥

Loire hit an ace directly on the flop J♣8♣A♥. The 2♠ came on the turn, and the 4♣ on the river, and he won the pot. Slightly covered, Mutlu was eliminated.

Five more players need to be eliminated to reach the money.