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

03-22-2024 16:41 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts After Second Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yassin Mahmoud	497,000 497,000	497,000
Antoine Hasbani	415,000 415,000	415,000
Hadi Khordbin	312,500 216,500	216,500
Mustafa Biz	309,000 41,000	41,000
Can Miral	295,000 5,000	5,000
Sergey Baranski	275,000 63,000	63,000
Anatoly Nikitin	230,000 161,800	161,800
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	214,000 80,000	80,000
Mario Scalia	211,300 46,700	46,700
Dawid Smolka	58,000 58,000	58,000
Aylar Lie	36,500 63,500	63,500

Level: 5

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

03-22-2024 16:21 UTC+2

Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day. The field has grown to 149 total entrants of which 112 players remain.

03-22-2024 16:11 UTC+2

Miral Soars with Rockets

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Can Miral opened to 2,200 from the hijack only for Mustafa Biz to three-bet to 6,500 from the cutoff. Aleksandar Tot called from the button before Eddy Khoury put in a four-bet to 30,500 from the small blind. Miral and Tot called while Biz got out of the way.

The flop came 3♣3♦4♦ and Khoury moved all in for 31,000. Miral called with a covering stack while Tot opted to fold.

Eddy Khoury: 5♦5♠ All in
Can Miral: A♣A♥

Miral was in excellent shape with the bigger overpair and remained ahead on the J♠ turn and 7♥ river to scoop a colossal pot while Khoury made his exit from the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Can Miral	290,000 290,000	290,000
Mustafa Biz	268,000 268,000	268,000
Aleksandar Tot	177,000 24,000	24,000
Eddy Khoury	Busted

Tags: Aleksandar Tot Can Miral Eddy Khoury Mustafa Biz

03-22-2024 15:57 UTC+2

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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03-22-2024 15:36 UTC+2

Ivanov Picks Off a Bluff

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Lyudmil Ivanov opened to 2,500 from early position and was called by a player in the big blind.

The flop came A♣10♠4♣ and the big blind check-called a 3,000 continuation bet from Ivanov.

Ivanov bet again when checked to on the 10♥ turn, this time for 8,500.

The river was the 10♦. The big blind lead out with a bet of 12,000 and Ivanov snap-called.

The big blind could only show Q♠7♠ for a bluff while Ivanov showed down A♥K♦ for tens full of aces to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lyudmil Ivanov	194,500 194,500	194,500

Tags: Lyudmil Ivanov

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

03-22-2024 15:17 UTC+2

Sancak Puts Nikitin to the Test

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With two players seeing a board of K♠4♥7♦ and roughly 20,000 in the middle, Anatoly Nikitin bet 5,000 from early position. Mustafa Sancak then moved all in for 38,000 from middle position, sending Nikitin into the tank.

After a couple minutes Nikitin threw his hand into the muck and Sancak took the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Nikitin	68,200 16,800	16,800
Mustafa Sancak	63,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Anatoly Nikitin Mustafa Sancak

03-22-2024 15:06 UTC+2

Skhulukhiya Applies Pressure

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With two players seeing a board of 6♥6♣3♠ and roughly 3,500 in the middle, Sakis Andrianopoulos bet 2,200 from early position and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya raised to 5,300 from the button. Andrianopoulos made the call.

Skhulukhiya bet again when checked to on the 3♣ turn, this time for 7,000. Andrianopoulos contemplated for about 30 seconds before making the fold and Skhulukhiya took down a decent pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	134,000 134,000	134,000
Sakis Adrianopoulos	127,000

Tags: Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Sakis Andrianopoulos

03-22-2024 14:49 UTC+2

Gabdullin Takes Down Multiway Pot

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Alisa Sibgatova opened to 2,000 from early position and received calls from Mario Scalia in the cutoff, a player in the small blind and Damir Gabdullin in the big blind.

The flop came K♣J♥4♣ and action checked ar ound to Sibgatova who fired a 4,500 continuation bet. Scalia and the small blind got out of the way while Gabdullin made the call.

On the A♣ turn Gabdullin lead out with an 11,500 bet. Sibgatova opted to fold and Gabdullin took down a decent pot without showdown.