2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$307,700
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,694,640
Total Entries
614
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
149
Players Left
55
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Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Ruijs Versus Tsouloftas

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

With three players seeing a board of Q23J and around 20,000 in the middle, Joris Ruijs checked from the big blind and Georgios Tsouloftas bet 18,000 from under the gun. A player in the cutoff folded before Ruijs made the call.

Tsouloftas continued with a 63,000 bet when checked to on the Q river and this time it was enough to force a fold from Ruijs.

Tags: Georgios TsouloftasJoris Ruijs

Baranski Wins Without Showdown

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

A player from the hijack opened to 4,000 and was called by Elie Farah on the button before Sergey Baranski squeezed to 20,000 from the big blind. The original raiser called while Farah got out of the way.

The flop came A87. Baranski bet 5,000 and was called by his opponent.

Baranski moved all in with a covering stack on the 3 turn. The hijack, who had around 30,000 behind, opted to fold and Baranski took the pot without showdown.

Tags: Elie FarahSergey Baranski

Max Pressure from Kirichenko

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

With two players seeing a board of 5J79 and just under 40,000 in the middle, Aleksandr Kirichenko bet 20,500 from the big blind and [Removed:544] called from the hijack.

Kirichenko shoved for roughly 88,000 on the 7 river. This time [Removed:545] opted to fold and Kirichenko took the pot.

Tags: Aleksandr Kirichenko

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Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
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Level: 6

Blinds: 800/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Shushan PIcks Off a Bluff

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

With three players seeing a board of 7JQ and around 8,000 in the middle, Gihad Ismail checked from the big blind and Yaniv Shushan bet 2,500 from under the gun. Sandra Cotescu called from the hijack while Ismail got out of the way.

Cotescu called a 5,500 bet from Shushan on the 3 turn leading to the 6 river. Shushan checked and Cotescsu bet 25,000. Shushan made the call.

Cotescu had A10 for ace-high and a missed combo draw while Shushan had top pair with Q10 to take the pot.

Tags: Gihad IsmailSandra CotescuYaniv Shushan

Pascucci Shoves into Hu

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

Zhewen Hu opened to 2,500 from the button and Simone Pascucci three-bet to 13,500 from the big blind. Hu responded with a four-bet to 30,000, only for Pascucci to five-bet shove, covering Hu who had around 30,000 behind.

Hu mucked his hand and Pascucci took down a decent pot without having to see a flop.

Tags: Simone PascucciZhewen Hu