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Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,832,640
Total Entries
664
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
166
Players Left
74
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Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
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 161 entrants of which 100 players remain.
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
With two players seeing a board of 7♥7♠J♠4♣ Dmitry Gromov, who had committed nearly his entire stack of roughly 15,000 on a previous street, moved all in for his last 1,500 which he had left behind. Armand Matti made the call to put Gromov at risk.
Dmitry Gromov: K♣J♦ 
Armand Matti: A♣10♦
Gromov was well ahead after connecting with the jack and just needed to fade an ace to avoid elimination. The 5♥ river was clean and Gromov secured a much-needed double up through Matti.
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
A player from under the gun opened to 3,000 only for Andrei Daniliuk to three-bet to 9,000 from the cutoff.
The flop came K♣8♦4♥. The early position player checked, Daniliuk bet 3,500 and his opponent made the call.
Both players checked the 8♣ turn leading to the 3♥ river. Daniliuk bet 8,000 when checked to and this time it was enough to force a fold from his opponent.
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Yiannakis Papapetrou opened to 3,000 from middle position and Fabio Peluso moved all in for 23,200 from the hijack. Boris Tabiyev called from the button with a covering stack and Papapetrou got out of the way.
Fabio Peluso: J♦J♣
Boris Tabiyev: A♥K♦
Tabiyev was drawing dead by the turn on the J♠3♥5♥3♦7♠ runout. Peluso's full house was good at showdown and he scored a full double up.
Just a couple hands later, in another preflop confrontation, Peluso found himself all in and at risk for 53,100 and was up against Miad Shakiba who covered.
Fabio Peluso: A♦K♣
Miad Shakiba: A♣Q♣
Peluso was in great shape with the bigger ace and remained ahead on the 5♥4♥7♥2♥10♦ runout to score a second full double, effectively quadrupling his stack from what it was at just a few hands prior.
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
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You can read everything Dwan had to say in our feature article here but suffice it to say he didn't give clear answers. Some say he spouted a word salad to most of the questions, and our crew took a look at some clips and offered their thoughts. We also asked Dwan point blank if he's ever been kidnapped by the Triads, an urban legend of sorts in the poker world.
Mike and Kyna then talked about their respective tournament successes since the last show, which led to a larger talk about women in poker and how the industry sometimes struggles to market to such a large segment of the population. From there, it was on to a discussion about the recent uptick of poker-related names venturing into the reality TV space including Boston Rob Mariano, Brantzen Poker, and Athena Jett.
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Level: 6
Blinds: 700/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
With two players seeing a board of 10♣5♥6♦2♠ and roughly 30,000 already in the middle, Yiannakis Papapetrou bet 13,000 from the big blind and was called by Lyudmil Ivanov in middle position.
On the J♣ river Papapetrou bet 25,500, leaving just under 5,000 behind. Ivanov moved all in with a covering stack and Papapetrou made the call.
Ivanov tabled 5♠5♣ for a set of fives but Papapetrou turned over 4♣3♦ for a six-high straight to score a full double up at Ivanov's expense.
Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
A player opened to 2,400 from under the gun and was called by Yassin Mahmoud on the button.
Both players checked the 6♠5♠4♠ flop leading to the 2♥ turn. The under the gun player check-called a 5,000 bet from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud bet again for 5,000 when checked to on the 9♠ river and was once again called by his opponent. Mahmoud tabled 10♠7♠ for a ten-high flush and his opponent promptly mucked.
