$2,200 Merit Poker Cup Day 2 | 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

03-29-2024 16:12 UTC+2

Sidelkovskiiy Has the Bigger Ace to Double Off Spataru

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Leonid Sidelkovskiy moved all in for his last 107,000 from the button and was up against Andrei Spataru in early position.

Leonid Sidelkovskiy: A♦K♠ All in
Andrei Spataru: A♣4♣

Sidelkovskiy had Spataru dominated heading to the flop, which came 10♥6♦9♥. The 8♣ turn was safe, while the river was the 8♦ and Sidelkovskiy doubled up with his king-kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonid Sidelkovskiy	220,000 73,500	73,500
Andrei Spataru	60,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Andrei Spataru Leonid Sidelkovskiy

03-29-2024 16:24 UTC+2

Dahmani Falling Fast as Tusnea Doubles

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Heads-up on a flop of Q♦J♠9♦, [Removed:504] bet 15,000 from the hijack before Hassan Dahmani moved all in from middle position. Tusnea called for his last 121,000.

[Removed:504]: A♠Q♥ All in
Hassan Dahmani: K♥5♥

Tusnea had top pair, while Dahmani was looking to complete a straight draw. The 6♥ turn and A♥ river missed Dahmani and Tusnea doubled up, knocking Dahmani, who had more than 700,000 at one point during the previous level, down to around 120,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:504]	260,000 210,000	210,000
Hassan Dahmani	120,000 380,000	380,000

Tags: Hassan Dahmani

03-29-2024 16:34 UTC+2

Vlasov Calls Down Astratov

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Heads-up on a board of 9♠8♠J♣5♠, Dmitrii Astratov bet 30,000 from under the gun and Denis Vlasov called in the cutoff.

The river was the 2♣ and Astratov bet another 55,000. Vlasov again called and Astratov showed A♣Q♠ for ace-high.

Vlasov turned over K♦J♥ for a pair of jacks to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Vlasov	400,000 216,000	216,000
Dmitrii Astratov	240,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Denis Vlasov Dmitrii Astratov

03-29-2024 16:40 UTC+2

Bortsov Fires Three Barrels

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Sergey Bortsov bet 19,000 on a flop of 10♣8♣7♠ and Kerem Turuskan called in middle position.

The turn was the J♣ and Bortsov bet another 12,000. Turuskan again called and the 10♦ fell on the river.

Bortsov then bet 25,000 and Turuskan quickly called. Bortsov turned over A♣9♣ for the nut flush and Turuskan flashed the 9♥ as he mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Bortsov	480,000 480,000	480,000
Kerem Turuskan	40,000 124,000	124,000

Tags: Kerem Turuskan Sergey Bortsov

03-29-2024 16:51 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Edgard Raffoul	820,000 130,000	130,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko	750,000 450,000	450,000
Huseyin Akgul	700,000 20,000	20,000

Zafer Sener	620,000 200,000	200,000
Emad Ghadamian	560,000 120,000	120,000
Murad Cakir	530,000 170,000	170,000
Koray Korkmaz	450,000 170,000	170,000

Maksim Skripkin	430,000 292,500	292,500
Temur Abbosov	350,000 20,000	20,000
Victor Yugay	350,000 114,000	114,000
Boris Angelov	330,000 10,000	10,000
Simeon Spasov	320,000 20,000	20,000

Alexandru Papazian	320,000 20,000	20,000

Florian Guimond	310,000 31,500	31,500
Nan Zhu	300,000 25,500	25,500
Ufuk Kortan	280,000 250,000	250,000
Toni Kaukua	270,000 50,000	50,000

Dmitrii Kuzin	250,000 100,000	100,000
Alessandro Pichierri	250,000

Andrey Pateychuk	240,000 240,000	240,000

Candido Cappiello	220,000 25,000	25,000
Dmitry Gromov	180,000 105,000	105,000

Fabio Peluso	160,000 48,000	48,000

Halil Tasyurek	150,000 251,500	251,500
Grigorii Rodin	150,000

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03-29-2024 16:57 UTC+2

Break Time

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Players are headed on another 20-minute break.

Late registration closes once action resumes. There are currently 445 total entries, with 160 players remaining.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

03-29-2024 17:26 UTC+2

Aversa Wins Another Massive Three-Way All In

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Aleksandr Razinkov bet 40,000 from middle position on a flop of 4♥5♥9♠ and Hassan Dahmani then raised to 80,000 in the hijack. Antonio Aversa moved all in for 300,000 under the gun, Razinkov reshoved, and Dahmani called for around 200,000 more.

Hassan Dahmani: 5♠5♦ All in
Antonio Aversa: 9♦9♣ All in
Aleksandr Razinkov: A♦A♥

Aversa was ahead with top set against Dahmani's set of fives and Razinkov's two aces. The board ran out 10♠Q♠ and Aversa scooped the entire pot, doubling up off Razinkov and sending Dahmani to the rail.