$2,200 Warm Up Day 1bc | 2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series

11-19-2024 23:38 UTC-12

El Yaacoubi Versus Ercan

Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With two players seeing a board of 9♠Q♦2♥3♣ and around 13,000 in the middle, Mustafa Ercan checked from the big blind and Rachid El Yaacoubi bet 8,500 from under the gun. Ercan made the call.

Ercan checked again on the 2♣ river and El Yaacoubi sized up with a 35,000 bet. This time Ercan opted to fold, asking El Yaacoubi to show one card as he did so.

El Yaacoubi declined to show, but told Ercan that he had ace-queen while taking the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rachid El Yaacoubi	115,000 15,000	15,000
Mustafa Ercan	93,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Mustafa Ercan Rachid El Yaacoubi

11-19-2024 23:54 UTC-12

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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11-20-2024 00:08 UTC-12

Break time

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players are on the first 15-minute break of the day. The field has grown to 108 entrants and 100 players currently remain.

Level: 3

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

11-20-2024 00:37 UTC-12

Assorted Chip Counts After First Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Shcherbakov	220,000 220,000	220,000
Iurii Saiapin	210,000 110,000	110,000
Julien Rouquet	205,000 205,000	205,000
Tiberiu Zamfirache	205,000 205,000	205,000
Cristian Ciurea	180,000 180,000	180,000
Nikolay Fal	170,000 63,000	63,000
Azamat Tulepbergenov	170,000 170,000	170,000
Sergey Bortsov	160,000 60,000	60,000
Erdem Akmert	155,000 155,000	155,000
Sandra Cotescu	131,000 26,000	26,000
Dmitry Gromov	130,000 130,000	130,000

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	92,000 92,000	92,000

11-20-2024 00:56 UTC-12

Vikayev Gets Value with Aces

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 4♣4♥6♣8♦ and just over 25,000 in the middle, Adlan Vikayev bet 15,000 from the hijack and was called by an opponent on the button.

Vikayev continued with a 25,000 bet on the 6♠ turn and was once again called by his opponent. Vikayev showed down A♦A♠ for two pair which was enough to drag in a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adlan Vikayev	250,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Adlan Vikayev

11-20-2024 01:12 UTC-12

Biz Flops a Set and Gets Paid

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A player from under the gun opened to 2,500 and was called by Mustafa Biz in middle position before a player in the small blind three-bet to 7,000. Both opponents made the call.

The small blind bet 3,000 on the A♣Q♣4♣ flop and only Biz called. The small blind then continued for 10,000 on the K♥ turn and once again Biz made the call.

On the 2♥ river the small blind checked and Biz bet 21,000. The small blind thought for about 30 seconds before flicking in the call.

Biz showed a set with Q♦Q♥ which was enough to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustafa Biz	167,000 167,000	167,000

Tags: Mustafa Biz

Level: 4

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

11-20-2024 01:28 UTC-12

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Level 4 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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11-20-2024 01:51 UTC-12

Cotescu Eliminated by Moukawem

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Elias Moukawem opened to 3,000 from middle position and was called by Sandra Cotescu on the button before a player in the big blind three-bet to 10,000. Both Moukawem and Cotescu made the call.

The flop came J♣10♦5♠ and the big blind continued for 11,000, once again receiving calls from both opponents.

Action checked around to Cotescu on the 3♣ turn and she bet 30,000. The big blind got out of the way while Moukawem made the call.

Moukawem quickly shoved on the Q♥ river, covering Cotescu who had around 50,000 behind. Cotescu briefly considered her options before calling off with the rest of her stack.

Cotescu had a set with J♦J♠ but Moukawem had rivered a Broadway straight with A♣K♦ to send Cotescu to the rail and take the pot.