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

Aug 10, 2023

"I Snap Call You"

Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

In the cutoff, Or Nezer raised to 100,000. On his left, Kristaps Vismanis three-bet to 275,000. But Nezer didn't slow down after this action, as he called.

On the 8♦7♦A♦ flop, both players checked. But on the Q♦ turn, Vismanis decided to bet 200,000. Nezer check-called to see the river 2♣, where he checked once again.

Vismanis seemed to hesitate, but checked back. "If you bet, I snap call you", said Nezer while showing 8♣8♥ for a set. But he didn't need to do so, because Vismanis mucked his cards.

Tags: Kristaps Vismanis Or Nezer

Aug 10, 2023

Ilani Makes An Elimination With Kings

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Maxime Taldir

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

In middle position, Shahar Levi shoved for 820,000 chips. Then in the cutoff, Ran Ilani reraised all in for a little bit more. Nobody else called, and they both flipped their cards.

Shahar Levi: A♦J♦
Ran Ilani: K♦K♠

The board 10♠10♥10♦3♣8♣ didn't help Levi at all, as it didn't bring him the ace or the diamonds he needed. Slightly covered, he has been eliminated.

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Aug 10, 2023

Big Pot For Kanakopoulos

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Maxime Taldir

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

At the same feature table, Maxime Chilaud raised from the cutoff to 80,000. On the button, Orestis Kanakopoulos three-bet to 250,000. The blinds folded, and Chilaud called.

The dealer fanned a flop of 10♠3♣3♠, where Kanakopoulos made a continuation bet of 300,000. Chilaud raised to 725,000, then heard the words "all in" said by Kanakopoulos. Chilaud quickly called with the smaller stack (1,580,000).

Maxime Chilaud: A♥10♣
Orestis Kanakopoulos: J♠J♦

The turn 9♣ and the river 8♦ didn't change anything, and Chilaud was eliminated.

Tags: Maxime Chilaud Orestis Kanakopoulos

Aug 10, 2023

Skrbic Out Of The Tournament

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Maxime Taldir

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

With a delay, the stream revealed the elimination of Milos Skrbic at the feature table. The hand started with Naryman Yaghmaie, who opened to 80,000 from under the gun. He was called by Julien Loire in middle position. But in the big blind, Skrbic three-bet allin for 610,000 chips. Yaghmaie asked for the count and reraised all in for 1,470,000 chips. After him, Loire took a few seconds and folded his tens.

Milos Skrbic: A♠J♥
Naryman Yaghmaie: A♦Q♠

Skrbic's elimination was almost immediately confirmed, with Yaghmaie hitting a king on the flop on Q♥K♠7♥4♣6♥.

Tags: Julien Loire Milos Skrbic

Aug 10, 2023

New Players Eliminated (44th to 59th)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Aug 10, 2023

Chernikov Makes A Strike

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Maxime Taldir

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Down to 245,000 chips, Volodymyr Drokin moved all in from middle position. In the small blind, Aleksandr Chernikov decided to call, while Ori Hasson in the big blind said "all in", with approximately 1,000,000 chips. Chernikov snap-called.

Volodymyr Drokin: K♠10♠
Ori Hasson: K♣J♥
Aleksandr Chernikov: A♠K♦

Drokin found a flush draw on the flop 2♠7♠8♣. However, after the turn 3♥ and the river 7♥, it was Chernikov with his simple ace-high who took the pot. Both covered, Drokin and Hasson were eliminated.