$3,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Mar 21, 2024

Gabdullin Pipped by Heart

Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Damir Gabdullin opened to 2,000 from middle position and Richard Heart three-bet to 8,200 from the small blind. Gabdullin moved all in for roughly 70,000 and Heart snap-called to put Gabdullin at risk.

Damir Gabdullin: J♣J♦ All in
Richard Heart: Q♣Q♥

Gabdullin was in rough shape with the lower pocket pair and couldn't find a jack on the A♠10♠2♠5♣9♦ runout. Heart's pocket queens were good at showdown and he took in a sizable pot while Gabdullin made his exit.

Tags: Damir Gabdullin Richard Heart

Mar 21, 2024

Some Updated Chip Counts after First Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Mar 21, 2024

Break Time

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day. The field has grown to 114 total entrants of which 111 players remain.

Mar 21, 2024

Peluso Fires Two Barrels on Monotone Board

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Fabio Peluso opened to 1,200 from middle position and was called by Ceyhan Tezcan in the hijack.

The flop came A♠Q♠7♠. Peluso bet 1,000 and Tezcan made the call.

Peluso bet again on the J♠ turn, this time for 1,300 which was enough to force a fold from his opponent.

Tags: Ceyhan Tezcan Fabio Peluso

Mar 21, 2024

Erman Doesn't Show

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With two players seeing a board of A♠A♥Q♥J♠ and roughly 32,000 in the middle, Nejat Erman checked from the small blind and Agharazi Babayev checked from the button.

Erman considered his options for a minute on the 9♦ river before betting 16,200. Babayev went into the tank.

"Show if I fold?" Babayev asked his opponent after roughly 90 seconds. Erman did not reply.

Ultimately Babayev opted to fold. Erman slid his winning hand into the muck without showing before scooping in a healthy pot.

Tags: Agharazi Babayev Nejat Erman

Mar 21, 2024

Koray Korkmaz Claims First Title of 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Yesterday featured the final day of the first event of the 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series: The $2,200 Mystery Bounty 6-Handed. Koray Korkmaz emerged victorious from that event, last defeating Sergei Sokharev in heads-up play to take home the top prize of $43,000 and an additional $42,000 in bounties.

Damir Zhugralin also won big in that event after pulling the $50,000 top bounty.

Merit Poker Carmen Series Mystery Bounty Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Koray Korkmaz	Turkey	$43,000
2	Sergei Sokharev	Russia	$31,540
3	Mustafa Ercan	Turkey	$19,500
4	Tomy Greineisen	Germany	$14,300
5	Walid Habib	Lebanon	$10,800
6	Maximilian Silz	Germany	$8,600

Tags: Damir Zhugralin Koray Korkmaz Maximilian Silz Mustafa Ercan Sergei Sokharev Tomy Greineisen Walid Habib

Level: 2

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Mar 21, 2024

Tezcan Off to a Good Start

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 1 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Marcin Puczylowski opened to 1,200 from the cutoff and received calls from Ceyhan Tezcan on the button and Aleksandr Kirichenko in the big blind.

The flop came K♥10♠2♦. Kirichenko checked, Puczylowski fired a 1,600 continuation bet, Tezcan called and Kirichenko got out of the way.

Puczylowski slowed down with a check on the 7♠ turn. Tezcan bet 6,000 and Puczylowski's cards hit the muck.

Tags: Aleksandr Kirichenko Ceyhan Tezcan Marcin Puczylowski

Mar 21, 2024

Sancak Applies Pressure

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 1 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With two players seeing a board of 6♠J♥10♠2♣9♦ and roughly 45,000 already in the middle, Mustafa Sancak thought for a minute before moving all in, covering Reilly who had roughly 55,000 behind.

Reilly didn't take long to find a fold and Sancak dragged in a massive early pot worth just under 100 big blinds without showdown.

Tags: Mustafa Sancak