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

08-10-2023 18:40 UTC+2

New Players Eliminated (44th to 59th)

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 18:55 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 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

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

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

08-10-2023 19:37 UTC+2

"I Snap Call You"

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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 19:55 UTC+2

Double Up For Taheri

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Maxime Taldir

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

In early position, Mehmet Dalkilic opened. But in the cutoff, Afshin Taheri raised all in for 540,000 chips. All the other players folded to Dalkilic, who called.

Afshin Taheri: A♥Q♦
Mehmet Dalkilic: 10♠10♦

A queen appeared directly on the flop 2♠Q♥2♦ to give the best pair to Taheri. This situation stayed the same after the turn J♠ and the river 8♠, and Taheri secured a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehmet Dalkilic	1,700,000 600,000	600,000
Afshin Taheri	1,200,000 415,000	415,000

Tags: Mehmet Dalkilic Afshin Taheri

08-10-2023 20:10 UTC+2

Five Millions For Aydin

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Maxime Taldir

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

Under the gun, Abulmuhsin Aydin opened to 160,000. He was called by a player in middle position and by Fedor Dedelov in the big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of 3♣2♣Q♣, and Aydin continued with a bet of 400,000. The player in the middle position folded, but Fedor Dedelov did not and instead check-raised all in for approximately 1,500,000 chips. Aydin snap-called.

Fedor Dedelov: 7♣6♣
Abulmuhsin Aydin: A♠A♣

Dedelov hit a flush on the flop to crack the aces. However, the 4♣ on the turn gave a better flush to Aydin. The 5♠ landed on the river, and Aydin took the pot, becoming one of the chipleaders with 5,000,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abulmuhsin Aydin	5,000,000
Fedor Dedelov	Busted

Tags: Abulmuhsin Aydin Fedor Dedelov

08-10-2023 20:15 UTC+2

Last Eliminations (36th to 43rd)

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Maxime Taldir

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Dedelov	Busted
Tomer Lahav	Busted
Fausto Tantillo	Busted
Sergey Fedyaev	Busted
Kasparas Klezys	Busted

Shahar Levi	Busted
Andreas Christoforou	Busted
Ziad Gharios	Busted

08-10-2023 20:16 UTC+2

Dinner Break

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Maxime Taldir

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

There are 35 players remaining in the 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series $2,200 Warmup. They just left to go on a 45-minute dinner break. When they'll come back, they'll play two more levels for today.