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Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
2023 Merit Poker Retro Series
$2,200 Warmup
Day: 3
Event Info
2023 Merit Poker Retro Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,488,560
Total Entries
809
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
156
Players Left
25
Players Left 1 / 809
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Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
After the bubble burst, eight players have been eliminated. There are 90 players left, who are on a 20-minute break.
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Busted |
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
In middle position, Erdem Gundogan raised to 125,000, keeping only 10,000 chips in his hand. In the small blind, Afshin Taheri called, then check-called when Gundogan moved all in on the flop 6♥A♥5♦.
Erdem Gundogan: A♦5♣
Afshin Taheri: K♣4♣
It was a perfect flop for Gundogan, who hit two pairs to survive. After the turn 8♣ and the river Q♦, he doubled up to 280,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,500,000
873,000
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873,000 |
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280,000
9,000
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9,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
After several hands with no "all in and call" situations, Alisa Sibgatova moved all in for 200,000 chips from the hijack after Alain Hajj's open from under the gun. The cutoff, button, and blinds folded, but Hajj called.
Alisa Sibgatova: Q♦Q♣
Alain Hajj: K♠K♣
Despite fighting with a small stack all day to try to reach the money, Sibgatova didn't succeed, as her queens stayed behind on 10♥5♦7♥7♣8♠. She is the bubble girl of the tournament. All the other players are now in the money, with a minimum cash prize of $2,830.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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560,000
160,000
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160,000 |
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Busted |
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The field is down to 99 players remaining. It means that one player needs to be eliminated to be in the money.
The clock has been stopped to play hand-for-hand.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Down to 95,000 chips, "Koko" moved all in and was called by Wael Sarkis.
Koko: A♦7♦
Wael Sarkis: 10♣10♥
Koko couldn't find any help on the 6♥6♣J♠3♠K♥ board. He was eliminated just before the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,400,000 | |
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Busted |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,550,000
728,000
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728,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
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 |
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3,400,000
2,826,000
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2,826,000 |
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 |
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3,100,000
2,782,000
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2,782,000 |
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700,000
760,000
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760,000 |
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360,000
740,000
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740,000 |
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