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Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,832,640
Total Entries
664
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
185
Players Left
83
Players Left 1 / 664
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Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Players are now on their third 15-minute break of the evening. The field has grown to 174 total entrants of which 119 players remain.
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
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Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Boris Smuskevicius opened to 3,000 from under the gun and received a call from Irina Zheleznyak from the next seat over and another player on the button.
All three players checked the J♠10♥7♠ flop leading to the 2♥ turn. Smuskevicius checked, Zheleznyak bet 7,000, the button called and Smuskevicius folded.
Zheleznyak bet again on the 6♦ river, this time for 13,000. Once again her opponent made the call. Zheleznyak turned over A♠A♦ for a pair of aces which was good enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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268,000
41,000
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41,000 |
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107,000
8,000
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8,000 |
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Fausto Tantillo opened to 3,300 from middle position and receieved calls from a player in the hijack, a player in the cutoff, Dawid Smolka in the small blind and Dinesh Alt in the big blind.
All five players checked the A♦6♦4♣ flop leading to the 8♠ turn. Smolka bet 13,000, forcing a fold from Alt while the other three players all made the call.
Smolka moved all in for 76,600 on the 3♠ river. Tantillo made the call with a covering stack while the other two players got out of the way. Smolka could only show 5♥5♠ for a pair of fives turned into a bluff. Tantillo turned over 6♣6♠ for a set to take down a gargantuan pot and the current chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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554,000
448,000
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448,000 |
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204,000
38,000
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38,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level: 6
Blinds: 700/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Felipe Ketzer opened to 2,500 from the hijack and Irina Zheleznyak three-bet to 7,500 from the cutoff. Ketzer made the call.
The flop came 9♣7♥6♥ and Ketzer lead out with a bet of 5,000. Zheleznyak made the call.
Ketzer fired a second barrel for 15,000 on the 4♥ turn and this time it was enough to force a fold from Zheleznyak.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
228,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
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99,000
99,000
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99,000 |
Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
A player in the cutoff opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and Anton Markov three-bet to 8,000 from the small blind. Ali Zebarjad made the call in teh big blind while Markov got out of the way.
The flop came 6♦4♦2♠. Markov fired a 7,000 continuation bet only for Zebarjad to raise to 25,000. Markov moved all in for just over 50,000 and Zebarjad called with a covering stack to put Markov at risk.
Anton Markov: K♦K♥ 
Ali Zebarjad: A♦7♦
Markov was ahead with an overpair but still had to fade some outs from Zebarjad who had the nut-flush draw and a live ace. Zebarjad picked up more outs with a straight draw on the 3♥ turn and the 5♠ river completed the straight to give Zebarjad the pot while Markov was sent to the rail in brutal fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
129,000
1,000
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1,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
With two players seeing a board of K♠6♣5♣10♠ and roughly 8,000 in the middle, Andrea Dato checked from under the gun and his opponent bet 3,800 from the cutoff. Dato made the call.
Both players checked the A♣ river. Dato tabled A♥9♣ for a rivered pair of aces. His opponent looked visibly frustrated as he threw his cards into the muck and Dato took down a decent pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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87,000
22,000
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22,000 |
|
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Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
309,000
8,900
|
8,900 |
|
296,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
282,000
282,000
|
282,000 |
|
271,000
271,000
|
271,000 |
|
252,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
243,500
243,500
|
243,500 |
|
|
242,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
225,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
219,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
212,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
|
||
|
174,000
137,400
|
137,400 |
|
170,200
170,200
|
170,200 |
|
170,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
145,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
142,000
44,300
|
44,300 |
|
127,000
4,400
|
4,400 |
|
|
106,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
65,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
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|
11,600
88,400
|
88,400 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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