Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,500
Ante: 3,500
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,694,640
Entries
614
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
368
Players Left
120
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Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break.
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of 2♠3♣5♣ a player from under the gun was all in, having started the hand with around 65,000. He was up against Jeffrey Hubbell who had him covered from the big blind.
Opponent: K♣J♣ 
Jeffrey Hubbell: 6♣4♣
Hubbell had the nut-straight with a flush draw while his opponent had a higher flush draw. The 2♣ turn completed his opponent's king-high flush draw but also gave Hubbell a straight flush, leaving his opponent drawing dead and after the 6♠ river he made his exit from the tournament area while Hubbell claimed the last of his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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241,000
241,000
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241,000 |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jakub Michalak opened from middle position and Grigoli Liklikadze called on the button. Daniele Grasso also came along from the big blind.
All three checked the 4♦K♠6♣ flop to see the J♦ hit the turn, where Grasso checked and Michalak bet 8,500. Liklikadze called, and after a while, Grasso folded.
An 8♥ came on the river and Michalak fired out 18,000, which got the job done as Liklikadze mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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450,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
340,000
223,000
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223,000 |
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210,000
126,500
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126,500 |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
In a five-bet pot, both Kirill Shcherbakov on the button and Georgios Tsouloftas in the hijack had seen a flop of 5♥9♠Q♦ where Tsouloftas check-called a bet of 40,000 from Shcherbakov.
Both players knuckled the table on the 5♦ turn and saw the 7♠ land on the river. Again, Tsouloftas checked to his opponent, and Shcherbakov shoved. Tsouloftas had around 220,000 behind and was in the tank for quite some time before he eventually decided to put himself at risk and called.
Shcherbakov then revealed pocket kings with K♣K♦, and Tsouloftas' hero call with 4♥4♦ didn't get rewarded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
178,000
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178,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Oleg Ustinovich opened to 6,000 from under the gun and Chady Ojeil defended from the big blind.
The flop came 8♦3♠10♦ and Ojeil check-called an 8,500 bet from Ustinovich.
Both players checked the 7♥ turn leading to the 4♣ river. Ojeil checked, Ustinovich bet 26,500 and Ojeil snap-called.
Ustinovich had top pair with J♦10♥ which was enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
456,500
66,500
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66,500 |
|
68,000
155,500
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155,500 |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Samuel Dray opened from middle position and was called by a player in the big blind.
The flop came 6♥4♦4♣. The big blind checked, Dray bet 5,000, the big blind check-raised to 18,000 and Dray called.
Dray called a 25,000 bet from his opponent on the 5♣ turn. On the J♠ river the big blind bet 82,000 and Dray went deep into the tank. Several minutes went by before the clock was called.
"Show if I fold?" Dray asked his opponent, who indicated that he would show one. With five seconds remaining Dray stuck in the call.
The big blind knocked on the table, told Dray he had made a good call, and mucked his hand face down allowing Dray to take the pot without having to reveal his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
365,000
222,000
|
222,000 |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
95,000
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95,000 |
|
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700,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
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500,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
450,000
359,000
|
359,000 |
|
450,000
384,500
|
384,500 |
|
400,000
57,500
|
57,500 |
|
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355,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
350,000
78,500
|
78,500 |
|
250,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
240,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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95,000 | |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Henrik Brockmann opened to 6,500 from middle position and Amir Hassan called from the button.
The flop came 8♥4♥J♦ and Brockmann fired a 7,500 continuation-bet that Hassan called.
Brockmann continued for 13,500 on the Q♦ turn. Hassan raised to 40,000 and Brockmann opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
585,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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560,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Chips went flying in on a flop of A♥4♦8♦ between Denis Kapustin, Murat Bayyurt, and Stefanos Kechagias.
Murat Bayyurt: K♦J♦
Stefanos Kechagias: 8♥8♣
Denis Kapustin: A♣4♣
Kapustin had the biggest stack of the trio, but was in the worst shape as his two pair was way behind the set of Kechagias. Bayyurt had the shortest stack and needed to make a flush without the board pairing in order to triple up.
The turn brought a 3♣, which changed nothing, but it was the unlikely A♦ on the river that improved Kapustin to a full house, ending both Bayyurt and Kechagias.
Bayyurt momentarily thought he had won with a flush, but it was soon pointed out that both of his opponents had a full house.
With that pot, Kapustin joins the chip leaders with around 900,000!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
365,000
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365,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
