$3,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series

08-16-2023 15:49 UTC+2

It Is Over For Bellini

Maxime Taldir

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Erdem Gundogan opened to 40,000 from the hijack, then Giovanni Bellini three-bet all in for 150,000 in the cutoff. The button and the blinds folded, and Gundogan called.

Giovanni Bellini: A♠10♠
Erdem Gundogan: 6♣6♥

The board 2♠6♦3♥10♦J♥ brought no help for Bellini, who lost his flip and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erdem Gundogan	720,000 167,000	167,000
Giovanni Bellini	Busted

Tags: Erdem Gundogan Giovanni Bellini

08-16-2023 15:40 UTC+2

First Players In The Money (130th to 143rd, $4,390)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cenk Nigbolu	Busted
Giuseppe Cripta	Busted
Dario Pieruzzini	Busted
Timofey Asmolov	Busted
Ondrej Drozd	Busted
Milos Skrbic	Busted
Jonatan Samuel	Busted
Andrey Litvinov	Busted
Ralph Takchi	Busted
Vedat Mutlu	Busted
Parham Ghadamgahi	Busted
Mehdi Chaoui	Busted

Sergey Bortsov	Busted
Oshri Lahmani	Busted

08-16-2023 15:29 UTC+2

Samuel Kabelitz Eliminated On The Bubble

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Maxime Taldir

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The hand after Yiannakis Papapetrou's double up, Samuel Kabelitz moved all in from middle position, and he was called by Bernard Boutboul in the small blind.

Samuel Kabelitz: 10♦10♠
Bernard Boutboul: Q♣Q♥

Kabelitz still had outs thanks to the flop 7♦8♦4♦, which gave him a flush draw. But the 7♥ turn didn't complete it, nor did the Q♠ river.

Samuel Kabelitz is the bubble boy of the 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series $3,300 Main Event. The other 143 players are in the money, with a minimum cash prize of $4,390.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Boutboul	1,100,000 50,000	50,000
Samuel Kabelitz	Busted

Tags: Bernard Boutboul Samuel Kabelitz

08-16-2023 15:13 UTC+2

Papapetrou Saves Himself

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Maxime Taldir

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

"Camera, camera" said a player on table 1 to report an all in and a call. Yiannakis Papapetrou under the gun had the shortest stack with 160,000 chips. He faced one of the chipleaders, Temirlan Zhakenov, who was in the big blind.

Yiannakis Papapetrou: K♦J♦
Temirlan Zhakenov: A♥K♥

Papapetrou was lucky enough to find two pairs on the flop on K♠6♠J♣4♥5♦. "Congratulations, you are all in the money", said the tournament director, who missunderstood the bord. "By bad, it's a double up", he apologized, with the whole room laughing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Temirlan Zhakenov	2,000,000 1,256,000	1,256,000
Yiannakis Papapetrou	370,000 181,000	181,000

Tags: Yiannakis Papapetrou Temirlan Zhakenov

08-16-2023 15:00 UTC+2

One Elimination And One Double Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

At table 10, there was an "all in and call" situation for the first time involving Orthodoxos Orthodoxou (at risk) and Razvan Sabau.

Orthodoxos Orthodoxou: A♠K♠
Razvan Sabau: Q♠J♣

On the board 9♦2♠Q♦J♥2♥, Sabau hit two pairs, and Orthodoxou was eliminated.

Simultaneously, Randy Hofmanner went all in for 880,000 chips on Q♦2♣8♦4♠, with more than 300,000 chips already in the pot. He was called by Oshri Lahmani.

Randy Hofmanner: Q♥Q♣
Oshri Lahmani: Q♠8♥

Hofmanner hit a set on the flop, while Lahmani had only two pairs. So after the river 4♠, Hofmanner doubled up and left Lahmani with only 85,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Hofmanner	2,300,000 1,877,000	1,877,000
Razvan Sabau	1,400,000 48,000	48,000
Oshri Lahmani	85,000 1,015,000	1,015,000
Orthodoxos Orthodoxou	Busted

Tags: Orthodoxos Orthodoxou Oshri Lahmani Randy Hofmanner Razvan Sabau

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

08-16-2023 14:42 UTC+2

Eychenne Four-Bets

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Thomas Eychenne opened from middle position, then the hijack three-bet to 110,000. Action back to him, Eychenne decided to four-bet to 300,000.

Struggling, the hijack went deep in the tank. He counted his stack several times, while the other tables were waiting for him to start the next hand. And after more than two minutes, he eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	1,600,000 340,000	340,000

Tags: Thomas Eychenne

08-16-2023 14:30 UTC+2

Bubble Time

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

There are 145 players left for 143 places in the money. The tournament director put the clock on pause to start the hand-for-hand procedure.

08-16-2023 14:29 UTC+2

Gadzhiev Out Of The Money

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

At three players left from the money, Roman Gadzhiev moved all in for 285,000 chips. All the other players at the table folded to Chinguun Bolor-Erdene, who made the call.

Roman Gadzhiev: J♠J♦
Chinguun Bolor-Erdene: K♠Q♦

A king came on the flop, and another one on the river on 6♠K♥10♦3♦K♦, giving trips to Bolor-Erdene. As a result, Gadzhiev was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chinguun Bolor-Erdene	1,050,000 533,000	533,000
Roman Gadzhiev	Busted

Tags: Roman Gadzhiev

08-16-2023 14:15 UTC+2

Full On The Turn For Dukic

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Nenad Dukic opened from middle position to 35,000, and he was called by Gabi Livshitz on the button and Zulfiya Kolgu in the big blind.

On the flop A♥A♦9♠, Dukic made a continuation bet of 25,000. He was called twice, once again.

The Q♦ came on the turn. This time, Kolgu took the lead, betting 75,000 chips. Dukic quickly called, but Livshitz folded at this point.

Finally, when the 7♣ landed on the river, Kolgu moved all in for her last 300,000 chips. Dukic snap-called.

Zulfiya Kolgu: A♣3♣
Nenad Dukić: A♠Q♣

Kolgu hit trips on the flop, but Dukic did too and even made a full house on the turn. He claimed the pot and is now one of the chipleaders, with 2,100,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nenad Dukic	2,100,000 1,337,000	1,337,000
Gabi Livshitz	450,000 256,000	256,000

Zulfiya Kolgu	Busted

Tags: Gabi Livshitz Nenad Dukic Zulfiya Kolgu