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

08-10-2023 17:38 UTC+2

New Eliminations (60th to 72nd)

Maxime Taldir

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Iraklis Manikaros	Busted
Vitalii Pankov	Busted
Amine Karami	Busted
Martynas Vitkauskas	Busted
Amir Sonsino	Busted
Georges Ghossan	Busted
Mikhail Katykhin	Busted
Paul Newey	Busted
Vasile Anghel	Busted
Anthony Khouzami	Busted
Berc Sindiroglu	Busted
Denis Vitchenko	Busted
Parahat Nurmuhammedov	Busted

08-10-2023 17:26 UTC+2

Lucky Flush For Pak

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Maxime Taldir

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

At his new table, Ivan Kuziv saw Aleksandr Pak going all in for 305,000 in the hijack. From the button, Kuziv reshoved, and the blinds folded.

Aleksandr Pak: Q♥8♥
Ivan Kuziv: A♣K♦

On the flop J♥4♦5♥, Pak had a flush draw. And the third heart he needed came on the turn with the 9♥. The K♥ completed the board, and Pak doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Pak	685,000 352,000	352,000
Ivan Kuziv	650,000 350,000	350,000

Tags: Aleksandr Pak Ivan Kuziv

08-10-2023 17:13 UTC+2

Kuziv Takes The Pot With Jacks

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Maxime Taldir

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

Murat Altas and his big beard opened to 60,000 from the cutoff. However, in the small blind, Ivan Kuziv decided to three-bet to 190,000. Altas was the only one to call.

The flop 7♣Q♠A♥ brought no more action as both players checked. Then, on the turn Q♣, Kuziv bet 60,000 chips. Altas called but checked back on the river 4♥.

First to reveal his cards, Ivan Kuziv showed J♦J♣. It was enough, as Altas mucked his cards.

On the very next hand, Bogdan Jontulovic opened from the middle position and was called three times. Everybody checked on 4♠8♥3♠ to see the turn 4♣. Jontulovic bet 115,000. His three opponents folded, and he showed K♠6♠. "For PokerNews!" he said. Moments later, the table broke.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bogdan Jontulovic	1,100,000 612,000	612,000
Ivan Kuziv	1,000,000 698,000	698,000
Murat Altas	300,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Bogdan Jontulovic Ivan Kuziv Murat Altas

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

08-10-2023 16:57 UTC+2

Kravets Finds A Double Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

On the feature table, Or Nezer opened to 50,000 from under the gun. On the button, Semen Kravets three-bet all in for 255,000 chips, and Nezer quickly called.

Semen Kravets: Q♣10♣
Or Nezer: K♦Q♥

In a very bad situation, Semen Kravets could only hope for a ten. It didn't come on 8♦2♠Q♠8♣, but the 10♥ landed on the river to save him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Or Nezer	2,300,000 1,170,000	1,170,000

Semen Kravets	560,000 227,000	227,000

Tags: Or Nezer Semen Kravets

08-10-2023 16:50 UTC+2

Latest Eliminations (73rd to 89th)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxim Brovko	Busted
Pavlos Tofi	Busted
Giovanni Giudice	Busted
Damir Zhugralin	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted

Adel Naoun	Busted
Jean Mikhael	Busted
Erdal Gulseven	Busted

Erdem Gundogan	Busted
Alexander Savchenko	Busted
Federico Macori	Busted
Jenya Gavrilovich	Busted
Mekan Yusupov	Busted
Mustafa Biz	Busted
Oleg Li	Busted
Roman Gadzhiev	Busted

Viktor Yugay	Busted

08-10-2023 16:40 UTC+2

Cakir Doubles Through Newey

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Paul Newey raised to 50,000 from the cutoff, then Murat Cakir in the big blind moved all in for 410,000 chips. Action back to him, Newey called.

Murat Cakir: A♥3♠
Paul Newey: 10♠10♦

Cakir needed an ace. He had two, on the flop and the river on 4♣A♣8♠6♠A♠, and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Murat Cakir	855,000 328,000	328,000
Paul Newey	300,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Murat Cakir Paul Newey

08-10-2023 16:36 UTC+2

Beginning Of The Stream

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

08-10-2023 16:23 UTC+2

David Against Goliaths

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

From the middle position, Huseyin Kaba went all in for 155,000 chips. After some time, Denis Kapustin seated on his left raised to 300,000. But Andrey Koks on the button decided to jump into the pot too, and called.

On the flop A♥10♦4♠, Kapustin bet another 300,000. On the other side of the table, Koks with the biggest stack at the table took a few seconds before folding.

Huseyin Kaba: A♣9♦
Denis Kapustin: J♣J♠

Kaba was lucky enough to have the best hand with a pair of aces. The 7♠ on the turn and the 6♠ on the river didn't change anything, and the smallest stack of all three players involved in the hand tripled up.