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

11-26-2024 02:53 UTC-12

Assorted Chip Counts After Third Break

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

Level: 5

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

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.

11-26-2024 02:11 UTC-12

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 01:56 UTC-12

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

Talvard Fires Three Barrels

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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 01:21 UTC-12

Salloum Gets a Lucky Double Through Yurasov

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Ryan Lashmar

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

With two players seeing a board of 6♥8♠4♠, Charbel Salloum found himself all in from the big blind, having started the hand with 79,800. He was up against Dmitry Yurasov who covered him from the hijack.

Charbel Salloum: J♠2♠ All in
Dmitry Yurasov: A♠6♠

Salloum had a jack-high flush darw but was in big trouble against Yurasov who had the nut-flush draw and a pair of sixes. The 9♥ river changed nothing for either player but Salloum hit one of his three outs on the J♦ river to double up through Yurasov, who was left with just 6,000. Yurasov busted soon after before quickly reentering.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charbel Salloum	162,000 82,000	82,000
Dmitry Yurasov	100,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Charbel Saloum Dmitry Yurasov

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

11-26-2024 01:05 UTC-12

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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11-26-2024 00:51 UTC-12

Okten Forces Two Folds

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Charbel Salloum opened to 1,600 from under the gun and received calls from Sercan Okten in early position before Dmitry Yurasov three-bet to 8,000 from the cutoff. Both Salloum and Okten made the call.

All three players checked the 8♠10♠3♦ flop leading to the 2♠ turn. Salloum bet 9,400 and both opponents called.

Salloum checked the 2♣ river and Okten bet 16,500. Yurasov folded, Salloum folded and Okten took the pot.