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

08-10-2023 16:50 UTC+2

Latest Eliminations (73rd to 89th)

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 16:57 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

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

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

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 17:38 UTC+2

New Eliminations (60th to 72nd)

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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 17:57 UTC+2

15-Minute Break

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Maxime Taldir

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

There are 57 players remaining in the 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series $2,200 Warmup, who are on a 15-minute break.

The next break will be a 45-minute dinner break. Then, two more levels will be played before the end of the day.

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

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Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

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