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Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
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
Total Entries
614
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
368
Players Left
120
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Damir Zhugralin opened to 5,000 from early position and was called by a player in the big blind.
The flop came A♣K♥4♠ and the big blind check-called a 5,000 continuation-bet from Zhugralin.
Zhugralin bet 20,000 when checked to on the 4♣ turn and this time it was enough to force a fold from his opponent.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The action was unknown but Zhewen Hu just doubled up against Nemo Koering.
All the chips were already in the middle at showdown on a board of 9♠6♠3♥5♥J♣ and Koering had rivered top pair with K♠J♠, but Hu had the winner as he turned two pair holding 6♥5♠ to double up.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Candido Cappiello opened to 5,500 from under the gun and received calls from Ahmad Naall in the cutoff and a player in the big blind.
All three players checked the A♣3♣3♠ flop leading to the 6♦ turn. Action checked around to Naall who bet 6,500 and only the big blind called.
Both players then checked the 10♦ river. Naall had aces up with A♦2♦ and his opponent mucked his hand.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
With around 8,000 in the pot on a board of 8♣3♦2♠K♦, Simone Andrian had overbet 15,000 from the small blind, and Andrei Spataru made the call out of the big blind.
The river brought a 2♣ and Andrian slowed down with a check, then Spataru fired a bet of 12,500. Without much hesitation, Andrian tossed his cards into the muck.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Felipe Ketzer opened to 5,500 from early position and Arian Kashani three-bet to 17,000 from the cutoff. Ketzer made the call.
The flop came 8♥7♥2♥ and Ketzer check-called an 8,500 bet from Kashani.
Both players checked the J♦ turn leading to the 5♦ river. Ketzer bet 38,500 and Kashani called.
Ketzer tabled a set of fives with 5♠5♣ and Kashani's hand hit the muck.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The chips were already in the middle on a board of 8♦9♣K♥4♥Q♣ with Salah Assi's two pair holding K♦9♥ were no good against the rivered straight of Assyl Tleuzhanov, who held J♠10♥.
Assi hit the rail and Tleuzhanov, who topped the Day 1d chip counts, now has a stack of around half a million to work with.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
In a preflop confrontation Francisco Moreno was all in from under the gun having started the hand with around 165,000. He was up against Dauren Zhaparov who had him covered from the small blind.
Francisco Moreno: A♥K♦ 
Dauren Zhaparov: J♥J♦
Zhaparov got the best of the preflop race when his jacks held up on the 4♠5♣8♦10♣7♦ runout and he took the pot while Moreno was sent to the rail.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Walid Bou Habib opened from the hijack and the button flatted.
On the all-diamond 7♦4♦8♦ flop, both players tapped the table to see an A♣ land on the turn, where Habib checked and the button fired 21,000. Habib then put in a check-raise to 63,000, which was enough to get the job done as his opponent let it go.
