$2,200 Warm Up Day 3 | 2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series

11-22-2024 05:02 UTC-12

Redraw of the Final Three Tables (full)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	[Removed:544]	Austria	600,000	12
1	2	Ruslan Bakhtiev	Russian Federation	1,675,000	34
1	3	Apostolos Stylianou	Cyprus	955,000	19
1	4	Ziad Menhem	Lebanon	1,150,000	23
1	5	Hadi Khordbin	Iran	3,600,000	72
1	6	Evagoras Evagorou	Cyprus	850,000	17
1	7	Sandra Cotescu	Romania	1,700,000	34
1	8	Viktor Iarilov	Russian Federation	900,000	18

2	1	Amir Hassan	Tunisia	1,200,000	24
2	2	Florian Guimond	France	2,500,000	50
2	3	Danielle Noja	Australia	1,150,000	23
2	4
2	5	Bogdan Munteanu	Romania	1,575,000	32
2	6	Aleksandr Pak	Uzbekistan	1,900,000	38
2	7	Pouya Ranjehdel	Iran	1,650,000	33
2	8	Roman Kolotiuk	Russian Federation	1,150,000	23

3	1	Julien Rouquet	France	1,910,000	38
3	2	Samuel Dray	France	2,270,000	45
3	3	Timur Margolin	Israel	2,900,000	58
3	4	Dawid Smolka	Poland	4,500,000	90
3	5	Victor Fryda	France	3,325,000	67
3	6	Daniele Grasso	Italy	4,200,000	84
3	7	Georges Chehade	Lebanon	1,475,000	30
3	8	Zhen Chen	China	2,450,000	49

Player	Chips	Progress
Dawid Smolka	4,500,000 925,000	925,000
Daniele Grasso	4,200,000 875,000	875,000

Hadi Khordbin	3,600,000 600,000	600,000
Victor Fryda	3,325,000 600,000	600,000
Timur Margolin	2,900,000 1,370,000	1,370,000

Florian Guimond	2,500,000 440,000	440,000

Zhen Chen	2,450,000
Samuel Dray	2,270,000 1,270,000	1,270,000
Julien Rouquet	1,910,000 1,135,000	1,135,000
Aleksandr Pak	1,900,000 130,000	130,000
Sandra Cotescu	1,700,000 175,000	175,000
Ruslan Bakhtiev	1,675,000 125,000	125,000
Pouya Ranjehdel	1,650,000 20,000	20,000
Bogdan Munteanu	1,575,000 325,000	325,000
Georges Chehade	1,475,000 130,000	130,000
Amir Hassan	1,200,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Ziad Menhem	1,150,000 20,000	20,000
Danielle Noja	1,150,000 110,000	110,000
Roman Kolotiuk	1,150,000 925,000	925,000
Apostolos Stylianou	955,000 460,000	460,000
Viktor Iarilov	900,000 65,000	65,000
Evagoras Evagorou	850,000 990,000	990,000
[Removed:544]	600,000 675,000	675,000

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11-22-2024 05:08 UTC-12

Dinner Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The final 22 players are now on a 45-minute dinner break and will be expected back around 8:55 p.m. local time.

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

11-22-2024 06:04 UTC-12

Samuel Dray Eliminated in 23rd Place ($7,175)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Julien Rouquet opened to 225,000 from the button and Samuel Dray three-bet shoved for 1,250,000 from the small blind. Rouquet called with a covering stack to put Dray at risk.

Samuel Dray: A♠7♠ All in
Julien Rouquet: A♥J♥

Dray was behind with a dominated ace and couldn't catch up on the 10♥3♣2♠Q♠K♦ runout, resulting in his elimination while Rouquet claimed the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Rouquet	4,015,000 2,105,000	2,105,000
Samuel Dray	Busted

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11-22-2024 06:16 UTC-12

Apostolos Stylianou Eliminated in 22nd Place ($7,175)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

[Removed:544] opened from the cutoff, Apostolos Stylianou three-bet shoved for around 725,000 from the small blind and [Removed:545] called with a covering stack to put him at risk.

Apostolos Stylianou: K♠J♣ All in
[Removed:544]: A♠10♣

The board ran out 9♦A♥6♥4♣J♠ giving [Removed:545] top pair to send Stylianou to the rail and take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:544]	2,100,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Apostolos Stylianou	Busted

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11-22-2024 06:21 UTC-12

Evagorou Evades Elimination

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Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The action folded around to Hadi Khordbin in the small blind who shoved, which gave Evagoras Evagorou a decision for his stack of around 250,000. After thinking it over, Evagorou decided to put himself at risk.

Evagoras Evagorou: J♥10♠ All in
Hadi Khordbin: A♥J♦

Evagorou was way behind but did pick up some extra outs on the 5♦K♣Q♣ flop as he improved to an open-ended straight draw. A 9♥ on the turn completed his straight, and the K♦ river was safe, which meant Evagorou doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hadi Khordbin	2,000,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Evagoras Evagorou	550,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Evagoras Evagorou Hadi Khordbin

11-22-2024 06:27 UTC-12

Another Double for Evagorou

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Ruslan Bakhtiev opened to 120,000 from the hijack, Evagoras Evagorou three-bet shoved for 520,000 from the small blind and Bakhtiev called with a covering stack to put Evagorou at risk.

Evagoras Evagorou: A♥9♠ All in
Ruslan Bakhtiev: K♣Q♦

The board ran out A♠2♣6♣4♠J♣ giving Evagorou top pair to score another double up, this time through Bakhtiev.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruslan Bakhtiev	2,300,000 625,000	625,000
Evagoras Evagorou	1,160,000 610,000	610,000

Tags: Evagoras Evagorou Ruslan Bakhtiev

11-22-2024 06:33 UTC-12

Danielle Noja Eliminated in 21st Place ($8,005)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Danielle Noja shoved from the button for around 825,000 and was looked up by Aleksandr Pak who had him covered from the big blind.

Danielle Noja: K♦9♣ All in
Aleksandr Pak: A♣10♦

Pak made a full house on the A♥10♠5♠10♣3♠ runout to send Noja to the rail and take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Pak	2,400,000 500,000	500,000
Danielle Noja	Busted

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11-22-2024 06:50 UTC-12

Roman Kolotiuk Eliminated in 20th Place ($8,005)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of K♦5♣3♥2♣Q♠ and around 800,000 in the middle, Florian Guimond was in the big blind and moved all in, covering Roman Kolotiuk on the button who had around 800,000 behind. Kolotiuk made the call.

Guimond had two pair with K♣5♥ which was enough to send Kolotiuk to the rail and take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Guimond	4,200,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Roman Kolotiuk	Busted

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11-22-2024 07:04 UTC-12

Evagoras Evagorou Eliminated in 19th Place ($8,005)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

With two players seeing a board reading K♣8♠6♠9♠ Evagoras Evagorou shoved from out of position and was called by Viktor Iarilov, who was barely covered.

Viktor Iarilov: Q♠4♠ All in
Evagoras Evagorou: J♠10♥

Evagorou was semi-bluffing with a jack-high flush draw but drawing dead against Iarilov's queen-high flush. The 2♠ river changed nothing and Iarilov doubled up while Evagorou was left with one T-5,000 chip.

A few hands later Evagorou got his last chip in against Ruslan Bakhtiev who covered him.

Evagoras Evagorou: 10♦2♦ All in
Ruslan Bakhtiev: A♦A♥

Evagorou couldn't crack Bakhtiev's aces on the 7♥J♠7♠8♥Q♣ runout and was sent to the rail.