2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$2,200 Merit Poker Cup
Day: 3
Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$167,100
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$844,560
Total Entries
459
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
108
Players Left
20
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Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Saiapin Surpasses One Million

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Iurii Saiapin (left) and Temur Abbosov
Iurii Saiapin (left) and Temur Abbosov

Iurii Saiapin opened to 30,000 from early position and Temur Abbosov shoved for a bit over 250,000 from middle position. Saiapin called to put Abbosov at risk.

Temur Abbosov: 1010 All in
Iurii Saiapin: AK

Saiapin took the lead on the AQ6 runout and remained ahead on the 4 turn and Q river to send Abbosov to the rail and take down a sizable pot.

Tags: Iurii SaiapinTemur Abbosov

Sibgatova Runs Into Raffoul's Aces

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

Razvan Sabau raised to 20,000 on the button before Edgard Raffoul three-bet to 82,000 in the small blind. Alisa Sibgatova then moved all in for around 100,000 in the big blind, Sabau folded, while Raffoul called.

Alisa Sibgatova: AQ All in
Edgard Raffoul: AA

Raffoul had woken up with aces and stayed in the lead through the 566J7 board to send Sibgatova to the rail.

Elsewhere, Halil Tasyurek was eliminated by Damir Gabdullin who moved up to 1,500,000. According to Tasyurek, he flopped two pair with Kx4x against Gabdullin's two aces, but the board paired deuces on the river to give Gabdullin the pot.

Tags: Alisa SibgatovaDamir GabdullinEdgard RaffoulHalil TasyurekRazvan Sabau

Dziubdziela Has the Bigger Ace to Bust Blebea

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Iulian-Remus Blebea
Iulian-Remus Blebea

Iulian-Remus Blebea raised to 20,000 in early position before Marcin Dziubdziela three-bet to 44,000 on the button. Blebea then moved all in for 178,000 and Dziubdziela called.

Iulian-Remus Blebea: A9 All in
Marcin Dziubdziela: AQ

Dziubdziela has Blebea dominated as the flop came A56, giving both players top pair but keeping Dziubdziela in the lead with his queen-kicker. The rest of the board came K8 and Dziubdziela took the pot to send Blebea to the rail.

Tags: Iulian-Remus BlebeaMarcin Dziubdziela

Tasyurek Forces a Fold

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

Temur Abbosov opened to 20,000 from the hijack and was called by Halil Tasyurek in the big blind.

The flop came K75. Tasyurek checked and Abbosov fired a 15,000 continuation bet. Tasyurek check-raised to 45,000 and Abbosov's hand hit the muck.

Tags: Halil TasyurekTemur Abbosov

Bozhkov Survives a Flip After Raffoul

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

Razvan Sabau raised to 20,000 on the button before Leonid Bozhkov moved all in for 243,000 in the small blind. Edgard Raffoul reshoved in the big blind and Sabau folded.

Leonid Bozhkov: 88 All in
Edgard Raffoul: AJ

"Good luck, my friend," Raffoul told Bozhkov as they headed to the flop, which came 5Q3 to keep Bozhkov's eights in the lead. The rest of the board came 69 and Raffoul couldn't improve as Bozhkov doubled up.

Tags: Edgard RaffoulLeonid BozhkovRazvan Sabau

Hajj Gives Most of It Back to Zavoloka

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

A few hands after busting Nuri Hadiolgu, Alain Hajj and Mikhail Zavoloka became tangled in a massive pot that saw Zavoloka get his 550,000 in the middle from the cutoff as Hajj put him at risk from under the gun.

Mikhail Zavoloka: KK All in
Alain Hajj: QQ

Hajj had run his queens into Zavoloka's kings and found no help on the 102448 board as Zavoloka doubled up in a more than 1,000,000-chip pot, leaving Hajj nursing an extreme short stack.

Tags: Alain HajjMikhail Zavoloka

Hajj Holds On to Bust Hadioglu

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

Heads-up on a flop of A29, Nuri Hadioglu bet 40,000 from early position, Alain Hajj moved all in from middle position, and Hadioglu called for around 180,000.

Nuri Hadioglu: KQ All in
Alain Hajj: AQ

Hajj had top pair and needed to hold against Hadioglu's flush draw. The 5 turn was safe, while the river came the K to send Hadioglu to the rail.

Tags: Alain HajjNuri Hadioglu

Skhulukhiya Gets Paid by Shornikau

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

Heads-up on a board of JQ64, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya bet 55,000 from early position and Maksim Shornikau called in the small blind.

The river was the 4 and Skhulukhiya bet another 135,000. Shornikau tanked for a minute before calling again.

Skhulukhiya then turned over QJ for two pair and Shornikau mucked.

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaMaksim Shornikau