$2,200 Warmup
Day 3 Started
$2,200 Warmup
Day 3 Started
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 |
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.
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.
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
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.
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 |
Recep Aydemir on the button and Rachid Amamou in the small blind both moved all in, with Amamou having a slightly smaller stack of 242,000 chips.
Rachid Amamou: A♠9♣
Recep Aydemir: A♣J♣
On the flop Q♠10♣6♦ and the turn 5♣, Amamou was ready to leave the area. But the 9♠ on the river saved him, leaving Aydemir with only 60,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rachid Amamou |
504,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
Recep Aydemir |
60,000
-113,000
|
-113,000 |
Action was caught when Adel Naoun in the small blind revealed his cards, putting his 212,000 chips at risk against Eduard Barsegian in the cutoff.
Adel Naoun: A♠K♠
Eduard Barsegian: A♥J♣
Naoun secured his win with a king appearing on the flop of 10♠K♥3♦9♣4♦. The Frenchman claimed the pot and doubled up, now holding a total of 465,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eduard Barsegian |
575,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
Adel Naoun |
465,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Or Nezer opened to 25,000 on the button, and he received a call from Aleksandr Kirichenko in the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 2♠7♣J♦, and Nezer made a continuation bet of 50,000. Kirichenko check-called, and checked again on the turn K♥. Nezer checked back.
The A♦ came on the river, and Kirichenko took the lead with a bet of 113,000. Nezer took a few seconds, but eventually folded, showing the A♠.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Or Nezer |
1,130,000
710,000
|
710,000 |
|
||
Aleksandr Kirichenko |
960,000
790,000
|
790,000 |