2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1cd
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 1cd
Entries
162
Players Left
88
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M'hiri Folds Trips

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Chakib M'hiri
Chakib M'hiri

With a full board of J8982 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.

Tags: Chakib M'hiriEmrah Akansu

Level: 5

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

He Fires Three Barrels

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 Q69 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.

Tags: Rachid El YaacoubiYiannakis Papapetrou

Mustafov Stacks Hajj

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: A4 All in
Fahredin Mustafov: QQ

Hajj did pick up a pair on the J34 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.

Tags: Alain HajjFahredin Mustafov

Khordbin Sends Off Tyurin

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

Nikolay Tyurin shoved from under the gun for 5,300 and was called by Hadi Khordbin who had him covered from the hijack.

Nikolay Tyurin: A3 All in
Hadi Khordbin: A10

Tyurin was dominated with a smaller ace and found no help on the 72577 runout, resulting in his elimination while Khordbin claimed his remaining chips.

Gunes' Stack on the Rise

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

There was a raise from under the gun, which got called by the player in the next seat. Mehmet Karsli called, as did Caner Gunes in the cutoff, then Daniel Bauerschmidt made it 9,000 from the button. After the two early position players folded, Karsli and Gunes called.

They went to a flop of J108 which checked through to the 8 turn. Karsli checked, Gunes fired 13,000, Bauerschmidt called, and Karsli folded.

When the 10 double-paired the board on the river, Gunes fired another bet of 20,000, which sent Bauerschmidt into the tank. After careful consideration, Bauerschmidt elected to fold and preserve his stack of around 75,000.

Tags: Caner GunesDaniel BauerschmidtMehmet Karsli

Tulepbergenov Versus Tabiyev

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

Azamat Tulepbergenov opened to 2,000 from under the gun and Boris Tabiyev called from the small blind.

The flop came 849 and Tabiyev check-called a 1,200 bet from Tulepbergenov.

The two players then checked down the 7 turn and 2 river. Tabiyev had rivered a flush with 106 which was good to take the pot.

Tags: Azamat TulepbergenovBoris Tabiyev

Sibgatova Takes it Down on the River

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

Alisa Sibgatova opened up the action from middle position with a raise to 2,200, which Fredrico Senno called from the cutoff. Jalal Jafari called in the small blind, as did Nabil Chaya in the big blind.

The four saw a flop of 410A which checked to Sibgatova, who then fired out a 6,000-chip continuation-bet. Senno folded, Jafari called, and Chaya folded.

On the Q turn, both players checked to the J river, which put four to a straight on board. Jafari checked, then Sibgatova bet out 10,000. Jafari rechecked his cards and after a few moments, he made the fold.

Tags: Alisa SibgatovaFredrico SennoJalal JafariNabil Chaya

Selected Chip Counts at First Break

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

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000