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

11-27-2024 00:54 UTC-12

Player	Chips	Progress
Hadi Khordbin	198,000 63,000	63,000
Nikolay Tyurin	Busted

Mustafov Stacks Hajj

Kai Cocklin

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

Alain Hajj opened the button to 2,000 and Fahredin Mustafov made it 7,000 to go from the small blind. Once the action got back to Hajj, he stacked his chips and shoved all of them into the middle — around 40,000. Mustafov snap-called,

Alain Hajj: A♠4♠ All in
Fahredin Mustafov: Q♣Q♦

Hajj did pick up a pair on the J♣3♥4♥ flop, but it wasn't enough as his hand didn't improve on either the 7♣ turn or 9♣ river, which meant he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	145,000 145,000	145,000
Alain Hajj	Busted

Tags: Alain Hajj Fahredin Mustafov

11-27-2024 01:05 UTC-12

He Fires Three Barrels

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Yiannakis Papapetrou opened to 2,000 from under the gun and received calls from Zusheng He in early position, a player in the small blind and Rachid El Yaacoubi in the big blind.

Action checked around to He who bet 3,000 on the Q♣6♦9♦ flop. Only Papapetrou made the call.

He bet another 3,000 when checked to on the Q♠ turn and Papapetrou made the call.

On the 4♦ river Papapetrou checked and He bet 7,000. This time Papapetrou opted to fold and He took the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yiannakis Papapetrou	195,000 70,000	70,000
Zusheng He	105,000
Rachid El Yaacoubi	101,000

Tags: Rachid El Yaacoubi Yiannakis Papapetrou

Level: 5

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

11-27-2024 01:11 UTC-12

M'hiri Folds Trips

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Kai Cocklin

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

With a full board of J♣8♦9♠8♠2♥ showing and around 35,000 chips in the middle, Chakib M'hiri had bet out 15,000 and Emrah Akansu shoved for around 66,000.

M'hiri was deep in the tank pondering what to do, and after thinking it over, he decided to fold and showed the 8♣ for trips. Akansu responded by showing the J♦ and was pushed the pot as he did so.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chakib M'hiri	160,000 160,000	160,000
Emrah Akansu	115,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Chakib M'hiri Emrah Akansu

11-27-2024 01:20 UTC-12

Evagorou Leaves Kose With Crumbs

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Kai Cocklin

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

A pot of around 25,000 chips had already been built on a flop of Q♣2♠K♥ when Evagoras Evagorou bet 6,500 into Bulent Kose, who called.

The 3♦ came on the river and Kose checked, then Evagorou bet 25,000. Kose only had around 12,000 remaining in his stack, and despite having put so much of it into the middle, he elected to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evagoras Evagorou	120,000 120,000	120,000
Bulent Kose	12,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Bulent Kose Evagoras Evagorou

11-27-2024 01:23 UTC-12

More for Tulepbergenov

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Quentin Reaubourg opened to 2,500 from the hijack and received calls from Elie Farah in the cutoff and Azamat Tulepbergenov in the big blind.

All three players checked the K♥10♠3♠ flop leading to the 5♣ turn. Tulepbergenov bet 3,500, Reaubourg folded and Farah called.

Tulepbergenov continued for 16,500 on the 2♦ turn and this time Farah opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elie Farah	215,000 25,000	25,000
Azamat Tulepbergenov	150,000 49,200	49,200
Quentin Reaubourg	121,600 15,600	15,600

11-27-2024 01:32 UTC-12

Amsellem Check-Shoves River on Koering

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Kai Cocklin

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

On a full board of 9♣A♥10♦8♦3♠ with around 18,000 chips in the pot, Paul Amsellem checked it over to Nemo Koering, who fired a pot-sized bet of 18,000.

Amsellem thought for while then moved his entire stack of around 110,000 into the middle in one motion, and Koering quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Amsellem	150,000
Nemo Koering	80,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Nemo Koering Paul Amsellem

11-27-2024 01:36 UTC-12

Chaya Wins Without Showdown

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Ryan Lashmar

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

With three players seeing a board of A♣2♣7♠ and around 10,000 in the middle, Nabil Chaya checked from the small blind, Maxime Chilaud checked from the big blind, Alisa Sibgatova checked from early position and a player on the button bet 7,500. Chaya check-raised to 20,000, Chilaud folded, Sibgatova folded and the button called.

Chaya continued with a 25,000 bet on the Q♥ turn and this time it was enough to force a fold from his opponent.