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Level 38
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Down to six, the finalists of the Main Event are on a break.
2023 Merit Poker Retro Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2023 Merit Poker Retro Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$3,375,480
Total Entries
1,223
Level
41
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 1,223
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Level 38
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
On the button, Nenad Dukic opened to 1,300,000 chips. From the big blind, David Hu three-bet all in for 11,575,000 chips, and Dukic called.
David Hu: A♦9♦
Nenad Dukic: A♠K♠
Far behind, Hu saw a flush draw coming to help him on the flop 10♦Q♠4♦. And the flush was completed with the turn 7♦. So after the river 3♣, Hu doubled up to 23,800,000 chips.
Level 38
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
In a blind versus blind situation, Nenad Dukic raised to 1,800,000 from the small blind, and Dominik Panka defended his big blind.
On the flop 9♦8♦8♣, Dukic checked, and Panka checked back. However, when the 6♥ came on the turn, Dukic bet 2,800,000. Panka took his time, then moved all in for 9,425,000 chips. Dukic snap-called.
Dominik Panka: K♦9♣
Nenad Dukic: A♦8♠
Panka had top pair on the flop, but Dukic hit trips. So after the river 4♣, Panka’s tournament came to an end, and he finished 7th for $95,900.
Level 38
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Level 38
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Michel Atallah opened to 1,200,000 from the hijack and was called by Nenad Dukic on the button.
The dealer revealed a flop of 8♠10♥8♥, and Atallah checked. To apply pressure on his opponent with his big stack, Dukic bet 1,000,000. Atallah made the call.
The A♥ came on the turn, and Dukic fired a second barrel of 5,000,000. After some time, Atallah check-called once again.
Finally, on the river 3♥, which added a fourth heart to the board, Atallah took the lead and bet 4,000,000.
Dukic eventually called with 5♥5♠ for a flush. However, Atallah held A♦K♥ for a better flush and won this big pot. As a result, both players are around 30 millions chips.
Level 38
: 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
After he eliminated Eychenne and Melkisetian, Nenad Dukic in the small blind raised to 3,000,000. Ruslan Volkov, who limped from the hijack, then three-bet to 7,000,000 chips.
Dukic called, and the dealer revealed a A♣3♣Q♦ flop where Volkov made a continuation bet of 5,000,000 chips, and Dukic check-called.
The turn was the 3♦, but both players checked. They checked again on the river 5♠, and Dukic won the pot with K♣Q♣ for a pair against Volkov’s K♦10♣.
After this hand, Dukic's chip stack climbed to 47,200,000 chips.
Level: 38
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
Level 36
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
On the button, Ara Melkisetian moved all in for 7,350,000 chips. Then, in the small blind, Thomas Eychenne reshoved for 7,850,000 chips. And in the big blind, Nenad Dukic faced a tough decision but eventually called.
Ara Melkisetian: 5♦5♠
Thomas Eychenne: A♦Q♣
Nenad Dukic: J♦J♥
With the biggest stack, Dukic was the favorite in this three-way all-in. And he maintained his lead on the flop 10♥7♣10♦, the turn K♠, and the river K♥.
Thanks to this hand, he eliminated both opponents simultaneously and has now a massive chiplead of 34,000,000 chips.
With the smallest stack, Ara Melkisetian finished 9th for $56,700. Thomas Eychenne takes $76,300 from 8th place.
Level 36
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
From early position, Nenad Dukic raised to 1,000,000. In the hijack, David Hu three-bet to 2,500,000. However, Michel Atallah also had a hand, so he shoved for 12,400,000 chips in the small blind.
Dukic didn’t take much time to fold. But Hu was more patient. And after some time, he folded A♥K♦ preflop for the second time today. Atallah had the same hand.
Level 36
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
After the first eight hands of the final table, a flop appeared only twice, but the action didn’t continue further both times.
But there were three-bets, like on the ninth hand when Michel Atallah opened to 1,200,000 from the middle position. Dominik Panka three-bet in the small blind to 3,600,000 chips. Then Atallah used a time bank, but eventually folded 9♠9♣. A good fold, because Panka was waiting for him with Q♥Q♦.
