2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.
The field has grown to 102 total entrants of which 95 players remain.
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Robert Burlacu opened to 1,500 from middle position and received calls from Sergey Baranski in the hijack and a player in the big blind.
The flop came K♥Q♥4♦ and action checked around to Baranski who bet 1,800. The big blind called only for Burlacu to put in a check-raise to 10,200, forcing a fold from both of his opponents.
Christos Leantzis opened to 1,200 from under the gun and Miad Shakiba three-bet to 4,300 from the next seat over. A player in middle position then four-bet to 9,500, forcing Leantzis out of the pot while Shakiba made the call.
The flop came 8♦7♣2♥. The early position player checked and called a 6,500 bet from Shakiba.
Both players checked the 4♦ turn leading to the 6♣ river, Shakiba bet 7,800 and was called by his opponent.
Shakiba turned over Q♦Q♠ for an overpair which was good enough to take down the pot.
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Anatoly Nikitin opened to 1,200 from under the gun and received calls from a player in the small blind and Sergey Bortsov in the big blind.
The flop came Q♣10♠9♠ and action checked around to Nikitin who fired a 2,200 continuation bet. The player in the small blind got out of the way while Bortsov made the call.
Both remaining players checked the 9♦ turn leading to the 8♦ river. Bortsov checked, Nikitin bet 8,000 and Bortsov called.
Nikitin tabled 8♣7♣ for Eights and Nines after missing his straight draw. Bortsov showed down Q♥5♠ for a better two pair to take the pot.
Darius Samual had raised from the hijack versus an early position limper and received a call from a late position player before Aleksandar Tot three-bet from the small blind. Samuel made the call while the other two players got out of the way.
Samual called a small continuation bet from Tot on the Q♦10♣7♦ flop creating a pot of 47,000 heading into the Q♥ turn. Tot checked, Samual bet 20,000 and Tot called.
On the 2♠ river Tot checked again and Samual bet 27,200, leaving a single white T-25,000 chip behind. Tot moved all in with a covering stack and Samual made the call.
Samuel showed A♥A♦ for aces up but Tot turned over Q♠Q♣ for quad queens to score the early knockout and a full double up.
With two players seeing a board of 7♠9♣A♥6♣ and roughly 3,500 in the middle, Viktor Graf bet 1,000 from the small blind and Mustafa Sancak called from the button.
On the 5♣ river Graf bet again, this time for 2,400 and once again Sancak made the call.
Graf could only show K♠3♠ for a bluff while Sancak turned over 10♣10♦ for a pair of tens to take the pot.