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

11-21-2024 04:34 UTC-12

Buhaichuk Turns the Nuts

Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A player in the cutoff opened to 12,000 and Yevhen Buhaichuk defended from the big blind.

Both players checked the K♥10♥8♦ flop leading to the 7♠ turn. Buhaichuk bet 8,000 and the cutoff called.

Buhaichuk continued for 20,000 on the 3♥ river and was once again called by his opponent. Buhaichuk turned over J♣9♣ for the nut-straight to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yevhen Buhaichuk	395,000 15,000	15,000

11-21-2024 04:45 UTC-12

Noja Fires Three Streets into Tot

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Danielle Noja made it 10,000 from the cutoff and Aleksandar Tot called on the button. The big blind also came along.

The trio saw a flop of 7♠K♦9♠ where the big blind checked, and Noja continued for 13,000. Tot called, and the big blind got out of the way.

A 2♥ dropped on the turn and Noja showed no signs of slowing down with a bet of 28,000, which again Tot called.

An A♣ filled out the board and Noja gathered chips for a third time and fired 57,000 into the pot. Tot took one more peek at his cards before deciding they were no good, and tossed them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandar Tot	600,000 95,000	95,000
Danielle Noja	575,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Aleksandar Tot Danielle Noja

11-21-2024 04:59 UTC-12

Two Streets of Value for Kyprianou

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Stefanos Kyprianou opened to 10,000 from the cutoff and Alisa Sibgatova defended from the big blind.

The flop came J♣5♠8♥ and Sibgatova check-called a 7,000 continuation-bet from Kyprianou.

Sibgatova check-called another bet on the 4♠ turn, this time for 18,000.

Both players checked the 4♠ river. Sibgatova had 9♣6♣ for a pair of sixes and missed gutshot. Kyprianou turned over top pair with K♣J♠ to take the pot.

Marco Leonzio is also at this table and with just over 1,000,000 chips is one of, if not the biggest stack in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Leonzio	1,085,000 767,000	767,000
Stefanos Kyprianou	665,000 130,000	130,000
Alisa Sibgatova	545,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Marco Leonzio Stefanos Kyprianou

11-21-2024 05:10 UTC-12

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

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11-21-2024 05:20 UTC-12

Dinner Break

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Players are on a 45-minute dinner break.

Play will resume at just after 8 p.m. local time.

11-21-2024 05:41 UTC-12

Chip Counts at Dinner

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	1,330,000 930,000	930,000
Sandra Cotescu	1,165,000 365,000	365,000
Dori Yacoub	1,075,000 523,000	523,000
Traian Stanciu	1,030,000 30,000	30,000
Antonios Onoufriou	970,000 120,000	120,000
Zhen Chen	950,000 200,000	200,000
Marco Leonzio	925,000 160,000	160,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko	910,000 770,000	770,000
Victor Fryda	855,000 45,000	45,000
Florian Guimond	840,000 518,000	518,000

Bakhos Joumaa	775,000 405,000	405,000
Iurii Saiapin	755,000 20,000	20,000
Dumitru Pora	750,000 442,000	442,000
Candido Cappiello	700,000 50,000	50,000

Daniele Grasso	675,000 105,000	105,000

Yaniv Shushan	615,000 65,000	65,000
Nikolay Fal	615,000
Adlan Vikayev	610,000 180,000	180,000
Ryan Mandara	598,000 148,000	148,000
Danielle Noja	581,000 6,000	6,000
Yevhen Buhaichuk	575,000 180,000	180,000
Alessio Isaia	550,000 150,000	150,000

Viktor Iarilov	550,000 550,000	550,000
Timur Margolin	545,000 185,000	185,000

Darius Neagoe	525,000 225,000	225,000

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Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

11-21-2024 06:19 UTC-12

Shushan Rivers a Flush to Send Montagnolli Out

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Daniel Montagnolli made it 12,000 to go from middle position and Yaniv Shushan defended his big blind.

They went to a flop of K♣9♣8♠ where Shushan check-called a bet of 18,000 from Montagnolli to see the 6♥ drop on the turn, where Shushan checked again. Montagnolli then shoved for 66,000, and Shushan had a decision to make.

"I have a pair and a flush draw," said Shushan, which seem to unsettle Montagnolli and made the table laugh.

"Do you want me to call?" Shushan asked. "Sure," replied Montagnolli. So, Shushan did stick in the call.

Daniel Montagnolli: A♥A♠ All in
Yaniv Shushan: J♣6♣

"Run it twice?" joked Shushan.

Unfortunately for Montagnolli, running it twice wasn't an option, but he would have liked it to be as the 10♣ on the river eliminated him as Shushan improved to a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaniv Shushan	740,000 125,000	125,000
Daniel Montagnolli	Busted

Tags: Daniel Montagnolli Yaniv Shushan

11-21-2024 06:21 UTC-12

Smuskevicius Gets Thin Value

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Boris Smuskevicius opened to 12,000 from the hijack and was called by a player on the button and Gihad Ismail in the big blind.

All three players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of 9♥Q♦K♣A♣7♥. Ismail checked, Smuskevicius bet 6,000, the button called and Ismail folded.

Smuskevicius showed down second pair with K♠8♠ which was enough to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Smuskevicius	335,000 147,500	147,500
Gihad Ismail	276,000

Tags: Boris Smuskevicius Gihad Ismail

11-21-2024 06:31 UTC-12

Prizepool and Payouts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With a total of 463 entries being recorded in the $2,200 Warm Up Event, a prize pool of $920,000 was generated.

The eventual champion will walk away with $179,650. A min-cash is worth $3,410 and 63 players will be paid.

Place	Prize (USD)	Place	Prize (USD)
1	$179,650	13-15	$10,670
2	$125,500	16-18	$9,200
3	$80,300	19-21	$8,005
4	$60,300	22-24	$7,175
5	$45,150	25-26	$6,345
6	$36,200	27-35	$5,520
7	$30,150	36-44	$4,785
8	$24,100	45-53	$4,050
9	$18,050	54-63	$3,410
10-12	$13,155