$3,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series

11-26-2024 01:39 UTC-12

Talvard Fires Three Barrels

Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Antoine Talvard opened from under the gun and received calls from a player in middle position, Kaspars Butans in the small blind and a player in the big blind.

Action checked around to Talvard who bet 3,000 on the K♥J♠10♣ flop. Only Butans called.

Butans check-called another bet from Talvard on the 7♠ turn, this time for 11,000.

On the 10♦ river Butans checked and Talvard bet 35,000. This time Butans opted to fold and Talvard took the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kaspars Butans	210,000 25,000	25,000
Antoine Talvard	125,000

Tags: Antoine Talverd Kaspars Butans

11-26-2024 01:56 UTC-12

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrej Tekel	110,000 110,000	110,000

Munteanu Raises Petkov

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Bogdan Munteanu opened to 2,500 from the button and Lachezar Petkov three-bet to 11,500 from the big blind. Munteanu made the call.

The flop came A♦9♣7♣ and Petkov fired a 7,000 continuation-bet that Munteanu called.

Both players checked the 10♥ turn leading to the 7♥ river. Petkov bet 3,500, Munteanu raised to 25,000 and Petkov folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bogdan Munteanu	195,000 12,000	12,000
Lachezar Petkov	120,000

Tags: Bogdan Munteanu Lachezar Petkov

11-26-2024 02:22 UTC-12

Break Time

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day. The field has grown to 128 entrants and 106 players remain.

Level: 5

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

11-26-2024 02:53 UTC-12

Assorted Chip Counts After Third Break

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessio Isaia	395,000 275,000	275,000

Aytekin Yayla	310,000 140,000	140,000
Fabio Peluso	307,000 29,000	29,000

Nikolay Fal	235,000
Kaspars Butans	235,000 25,000	25,000
Dmitry Gromov	200,000

Kirill Shcherbakov	196,000

Sofia Merkulova	194,000 66,000	66,000
Cristian Ciurea	185,000
Aylar Lie	180,000 3,000	3,000
Andrei Spataru	175,000

11-26-2024 03:05 UTC-12

Taskin versus Gromov

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Ryan Lashmar

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

With two players seeing a board of 3♥2♠J♥5♦ and just over 40,000 in the middle, Kutay Taskin checked from the big blind and called a 10,000 bet from Dmitry Gromov who was in the cutoff.

Both players then checked the A♣ river. Taskin showed second pair with K♣J♣ and Gromov mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Gromov	180,000 20,000	20,000

Kutay Taskin	135,000

Tags: Dmitry Gromov Kutay Taskin

11-26-2024 03:20 UTC-12

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Ryan Lashmar

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

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11-26-2024 03:36 UTC-12

Pateychuk Doubles Through Isaia

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Andrey Pateychuk opened to 2,500 from middle position and received a call from a player in the hijack before Elie Farah three-bet to 7,500 from the button. Alessio Isaia called in the small blind before PAteychuk four-bet shoved for 100,000. Action folded back to Isaia who thought for roughly 90 seconds before sticking in the call.

Andrey Pateychuk: K♣K♥ All in
Alessio Isaia: 10♣10♥