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

08-10-2023 19:37 UTC+2

"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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Or Nezer	3,780,000 1,125,000	1,125,000

Kristaps Vismanis	2,550,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Kristaps Vismanis Or Nezer

08-10-2023 19:20 UTC+2

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Ilani	1,750,000 1,276,000	1,276,000
Shahar Levi	Busted

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

08-10-2023 19:05 UTC+2

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orestis Kanakopoulos	5,900,000 2,440,000	2,440,000
Maxime Chilaud	Busted

Tags: Maxime Chilaud Orestis Kanakopoulos

08-10-2023 18:55 UTC+2

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♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naryman Yaghmaie	2,200,000
Julien Loire	1,800,000
Milos Skrbic	Busted

Tags: Julien Loire Milos Skrbic

08-10-2023 18:40 UTC+2

New Players Eliminated (44th to 59th)

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Maxime Taldir

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Hofmanner	Busted
Nichan Khorchidian	Busted
Heshmat Davoudi	Busted
Milos Skrbic	Busted
Ori Hasson	Busted

Volodymyr Drokin	Busted
Ivan Kuziv	Busted
Semen Kravets	Busted
Christos Leantzis	Busted
Aleksandr Pak	Busted
Denis Kapustin	Busted
Andrey Pateychuk	Busted

Ali Rashid Pour	Busted
Seyed Ghavam	Busted
Tjan Tepeh	Busted

08-10-2023 18:27 UTC+2

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Chernikov	4,200,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Ori Hasson	Busted

Volodymyr Drokin	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Chernikov Ori Hasson Volodymyr Drokin

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

08-10-2023 18:05 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Chouity	4,550,000 4,322,000	4,322,000

Ran Koller	3,500,000 400,000	400,000

Orestis Kanakopoulos	3,460,000 2,588,000	2,588,000
Aleksandr Chernikov	3,000,000 800,000	800,000
Wael Sarkis	2,870,000 530,000	530,000
Or Nezer	2,655,000 355,000	355,000

Kristaps Vismanis	2,500,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Andrey Koks	2,350,000 250,000	250,000
Mehmet Dalkilic	2,300,000 1,338,000	1,338,000
Michael Allen	2,050,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Julien Loire	2,045,000 495,000	495,000
Maxime Chilaud	1,940,000 1,610,000	1,610,000
Abulmuhsin Aydin	1,800,000 1,363,000	1,363,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	1,690,000 399,000	399,000
Oleg Eltsov	1,600,000 1,014,000	1,014,000
Fausto Tantillo	1,570,000 440,000	440,000
Naryman Yaghmaie	1,470,000 760,000	760,000
Amirreza Roudsari	1,450,000 1,095,000	1,095,000
Fedor Dedelov	1,300,000 136,000	136,000
Randy Hofmanner	1,200,000 591,000	591,000
Vladislav Doroshkov	1,180,000 356,000	356,000
Andreas Christoforou	1,165,000 771,000	771,000
Maksim Shornikau	1,100,000 791,000	791,000
Murad Cakir	830,000 830,000	830,000
Ziad Gharios	825,000 630,000	630,000