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

08-10-2023 11:20 UTC+2

Ustinovich Doubles Through Tasoev, Then Eliminates Him

Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In the cutoff, Eduard Tasoev opened, then Oleg Ustinovich in the small blind three-bet all in for 225,000 chips. The big blind folded, and action came back to Tasoev who took some time before eventually calling.

Oleg Ustinovich: A♠K♣
Eduard Tasoev: A♥Q♥

On J♦7♦7♠3♣A♦, Ustinovich had no issue to double up. A few hands later, there was another “all in and call” situation between the two players.

Eduard Tasoev: A♦8♦
Oleg Ustinovich: K♥K♦

Once again, the winning hand was in Ustinovich’s hands as his kings held on 5♦Q♠9♥J♣2♣, leading to Tasoev’s elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Ustinovich	500,000 220,000	220,000
Eduard Tasoev	Busted

08-10-2023 11:06 UTC+2

Shuffle Up And Deal

Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The tournament staff just said "Shuffle up and deal" into the mic. The cards are in the air on Day 3 of the Merit Poker Retro Series $2,200 Warmup.

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

08-10-2023 10:00 UTC+2

Day 3 of the Merit Poker Retro Series $2,200 Warmup Kicks Off At Noon

Maxime Taldir

The race to the money bubble will be on when Day 3 of the Merit Poker Retro Series $2,200 Warmup will begin at noon local time. At the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino, 809 entrants have been registered for this first event of the festival. After Day 2, 156 players remain, all striving to reach the money. A total of 98 players will be paid and share the $1,124,240 prize pool, with a minimum cash of $2,830.

However, for some players, their minds are already on the first-place prize of $264,400. At the start of Day 3, it is Erdal Gulseven who is the closest to this prize as he is the chipleader with 1,408,000 chips. Behind him, players like Giorgiy Skhulukhiya (1,291,000), Hadi Khadra (1,247,000), and Michael Allen (1,232,000) are also in the running. Ten other players with more than one million chips are also in the race for the win.

End Of Day 2 Top 10

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count	Blinds
1	Erdal Gulseven	Turkey	1,408,000	176
2	Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	Georgia	1,291,000	161
3	Hadi Khadra	Lebanon	1,247,000	156
4	Michael Allen	United Kingdom	1,232,000	154
5	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	1,200,000	150
6	Murat Cakir	Turkey	1,183,000	148
7	Fedor Dedelov	Russia	1,164,000	146
8	Fausto Tantillo	Italy	1,130,000	141
9	Kasparas Klezys	Lithuania	1,125,000	141
10	Roman Gadzhiev	Russia	1,097,000	137

Andrey Pateychuk (1,072,000), Florian Guimond (1,002,000), Finn Zwad (442,000), Dmitry Yurasov (388,000), Ran Koller (318,000), Ori Hasson (281,000), Nicolas Chouity (228,000), Sonny Franco (148,000) or Arie Kliper (89,000) also qualified for Day 3.

The 156 players remaining should play eight more hour-long levels today, with 20-minute breaks every two levels. Play will pick up on Level 17, with blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a 10,000 big blind ante.

As always, PokerNews will be following all the action and providing live updates throughout the day.

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Arie Kliper Dmitry Yurasov Erdal Gulseven Fausto Tantillo Fedor Dedelov Finn Zwad Florian Guimond Giorgiy Skhuluhiya Hadi Khadra Kasparas Klezys Michael Allen Murat Cakir Nicolas Chouity Ori Hasson Ran Koller Roman Gadzhiev Sonny Franco

08-10-2023 09:58 UTC+2

Seat Draw For Day 3

Maxime Taldir

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip count	Blinds
1	1	Orestis Kanakopoulos	Greece	872 000	87
1	2	Anton Markov	Bulgaria	400 000	40
1	3	Alexander Sokolovsky	Russia	188 000	19
1	4	Paul Newey	United Kingdom	283 000	28
1	5	Chakib M'Hiri	Tunisia	570 000	57
1	6	Julien Loire	France	822 000	82
1	7	Vedat Mutlu1	Turkey	302 000	30
1	8	Alexander Savchenko	Russia	460 000	46
1	9	Rachid El Yaacoubi	Morocco	444 000	44

2	1	Denis Vitchenko	Russia	120 000	12
2	2	Ilia Pavlov	Russia	964 000	96
2	3	Adi Rajkovic	Austria	1 024 000	102
2	4	Arie Kliper	Israel	89 000	9
2	5	Ozan Koceroglu	Turkey	395 000	40
2	6	Fredrico Senno	Lebanon	805 000	81
2	7	Azamat Tulepbergenov	Kazakhstan	1 052 000	105
2	8	Kasparas Klezys	Lithuania	1 125 000	113
2	9	Christos Leantzis	Cyprus	977 000	98

3	1	Giovanni Bellini	Italy	535 000	54
3	2	Denis Kapustin	Russia	956 000	96
3	3	Ohad Geiger	Israel	425 000	43
3	4	Sonny Franco	France	148 000	15
3	5	Andrey Koks	Estonia	461 000	46
3	6	Moncef Karoui	Tunisia	879 000	88
3	7	Andrea Ruosi	Italy	656 000	66
3	8	Mehmet Demirkol	Turkey	346 000	35
3	9	Martynas Vitkauskas	Lithuania	946 000	95

4	1	Jenya Gavrilovich	Belarus	420 000	42
4	2	Tjan Tepeh	Slovenia	878 000	88
4	3	Fedor Dedelov	Russia	1 164 000	116
4	4	Abulmuhsin Aydin	France	437 000	44
4	5	Shahar Levi	Israel	507 000	51
4	6	Roman Novoselov	Russia	74 000	7
4	7	Daniel Kyosev	Bulgaria	208 000	21
4	8	Oleg Li	Uzbekistan	422 000	42
4	9	Vasilii Kurguzov	Russia	298 000	30

5	1	Randy Hofmanner	United Kingdom	689 000	69
5	2	Amirreza Roudsari	Iran	355 000	36
5	3	Marcin Lesniewski	Poland	195 000	20
5	4	Gilles Simon	Netherlands Antillies	297 000	30
5	5	Evgenii Nekrasov	Russia	439 000	44
5	6	Seyed Ghavam	Iran	953 000	95
5	7	Anatoly Korochenskiy	Russia	572 000	57
5	8	Ori Hasson	Israel	281 000	28
5	9	Nikolaos Kiourntzidis	Cyprus	185 000	19

6	1	Mustafa Biz	Turkey	704 000	70
6	2	Amine Karami	Lebanon	623 000	62
6	3	Alisa Sibgatova	Russia	469 000	47
6	4	Eduard Tasoev	Russia	308 000	31
6	5	Mikhail Zamiatin	Russia	681 000	68
6	6	Oleg Ustinovich	Russia	280 000	28
6	7	Artem Vezhnekov	Russia	440 000	44
6	8	Alain Hajj	Lebanon	400 000	40
6	9	Nichan Khorchidian	Lebanon	478 000	48

7	1	Giorgii Shkulukhiia	Georgia	1 291 000	129
7	2	Evgenii Katymaev	Russia	508 000	51
7	3	Sergey Nikishov	Russia	213 000	21
7	4	Milos Skrbic	Serbia	361 000	36
7	5	Giovanni Giudice	Italy	481 000	48
7	6	Recep Aydemir	Turkey	173 000	17
7	7	Rachid Amamou	Sweden	332 000	33
7	8	Oleg Eltsov	Russia	586 000	59
7	9	Aleksandr Chernikov	Russia	656 000	66

8	1	Petry Bartagov	Russia	241 000	24
8	2	Adel Naoun	France	313 000	31
8	3	Dori Yacoub	Lebanon	508 000	51
8	4	Nicolas Chouity	Lebanon	228 000	23
8	5	Maxime Chilaud	France	773 000	77
8	6	Amjad Nader	Syria	473 000	47
8	7	Uri Reichenstein	Israel	220 000	22
8	8	Igor Sharaskin	Russia	157 000	16
8	9	Eduard Barsegian	Russia	370 000	37

9	1	Vitalii Pankov	Russia	517 000	52
9	2	Danyel Boyaciyan	Turkey	523 000	52
9	3	Vladislav Doroshkov	Russia	824 000	82
9	4	Koko	Israel	510 000	51
9	5	Ziad Gharios	Lebanon	195 000	20
9	6	Semen Kravets	Russia	333 000	33
9	7	Jean Mikhael	Lebanon	810 000	81
9	8	Dmitry Yurasov	Russia	388 000	39
9	9	Alexey Losev	Russia	355 000	36

10	1	Michael Allen	United Kingdom	1 232 000	123
10	2	Volodymyr Drokin	Ukraine	534 000	53
10	3	Ercan Gundogan	Turkey	324 000	32
10	4	Murat Cakir	Turkey	1 183 000	118
10	5	Anthony Khouzami	Lebanon	785 000	79
10	6	Akin Guven	Turkey	220 000	22
10	7	Par Gunnar Dybeck	Sweden	224 000	22
10	8	Ran Ilani	Israel	474 000	47
10	9	Heshmat Davoudi	Iran	306 000	31

11	1	Aleksandr Kirichenko	Russia	170 000	17
11	2	Unknown	Iran	409 000	41
11	3	Liron Shapira	Israel	164 000	16
11	4	Finn Zwad	Germany	442 000	44
11	5	Huseyin Kaba	Turkey	733 000	73
11	6	Mehdi Chaou	Morocco	119 000	12
11	7	Mehmet Dalkilic	Turkey	962 000	96
11	8	Or Yaaqov Nezer	Israel	420 000	42
11	9	Harout Ghazarian	Lebanon	384 000	38

12	1	Hadi Khadra	Lebanon	1 247 000	125
12	2	Amir Hassan	Tunisia	329 000	33
12	3	Berc Sindiroglu	Turkey	739 000	74
12	4	Andrey Litvinov	Russia	137 000	14
12	5	Ran Koller	Israel	318 000	32
12	6	Kristaps Vismanis	Latvia	100 000	10
12	7	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	1 200 000	120
12	8	Danut Chisu	France	540 000	54
12	9	Georges Sultanem	Lebanon	146 000	15

13	1	Ali Rashid Pour	Iran	1 071 000	107
13	2	Damir Zhugralin	Kazakhstan	836 000	84
13	3	Samir Mrad	Lebanon	281 000	28
13	4	Aleksandr Ivanov	Russia	301 000	30
13	5	Vasile Anghel	Romania	822 000	82
13	6	Parahat Nurmuhammedov	Turkmenistan	460 000	46
13	7	Aleksandr Pak	Uzbekistan	333 000	33
13	8	Maxim Brovko	Russia	619 000	62

14	1	Eli Saad	Lebanon	250 000	25
14	2	Mukhtor Nasiradinov	Russia	516 000	52
14	3	Dmitry Gromov	Russia	290 000	29
14	4	Afshin Taheri	Iran	627 000	63
14	5	Mekan Yusupov	Turkmenistan	928 000	93
14	6	Andreas Christoforou	Cyprus	394 000	39
14	7	Pavlos Tofi	Cyprus	296 000	30
14	8	Roman Gadzhiev	Russia	1 097 000	110

15	1	Viktor Yugay	Uzbekistan	143 000	14
15	2	Bogdan Jontulovic	Serbia	488 000	49
15	3	Andrey Pateychuk	Russia	1 072 000	107
15	4	Stefan Atanasov	Bulgaria	122 000	12
15	5	Selahaddin Bedir	Turkey	362 000	36
15	6	Erdal Gulseven	Turkey	1 408 000	141
15	7	Elias Abou Saleh	Lebanon	203 000	20
15	8	Mikhail Katykhin	Russia	230 000	23

16	1	Ivan Kuziv	Ukraine	302 000	30
16	2	Rudolf Domin	Russia	199 000	20
16	3	Andrei Daniliuk	Russia	88 000	9
16	4	Naryman Yaghmaie	Iran	710 000	71
16	5	Kairat Karakeev	Kyrgyzstan	526 000	53
16	6	Hamza Ben Fkih Ali	Tunisia	320 000	32
16	7	Pouria Anbarlouyi	Iran	457 000	46
16	8	Tomer Lahav	Israel	977 000	98

17	1	Federico Macori	Italy	275 000	28
17	2	Amir Sonsino	Israel	856 000	86
17	3	Iraklis Manikaros	Greece	691 000	69
17	4	Erdem Gundogan	Turkey	271 000	27
17	5	Sergey Fedyaev	Russia	656 000	66
17	6	Cenk Nigbolu	Turkey	450 000	45
17	7	Dragoljub Martinovic	Serbia	713 000	71
17	8	Georges Ghossan	Lebanon	390 000	39

18	1	Wael Sarkis	Lebanon	574 000	57
18	2	Florian Guimond	France	1 002 000	100
18	3	Maksim Shornikau	Belarus	309 000	31
18	4	Navid Samavati	Iran	180 000	18
18	5	Murat Altas	Turkey	770 000	77
18	6	Fausto Tantillo	Italy	1 130 000	113
18	7	Goku	Israel	600 000	60
18	8	Halil Tasyurek	Turkey	358 000	36

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