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

11-29-2024 04:37 UTC-12

Foggin's Rollercoaster Continues, Jontulovic Doubles

Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Marc Foggin opened from early position to 50,000 and Bogdan Jontulovic shoved for 345,000 from the small blind. After thinking for a moment, Foggin called.

Bogdan Jontulovic: 7♥7♣ All in
Marc Foggin: A♣J♥

Foggin was involved yet again and had a chance to send his stack north of the one-million chip mark, but failed to do so when Jontulovic improved to a full house on the 9♣9♠6♠7♦4♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bogdan Jontulovic	750,000
Marc Foggin	450,000

Tags: Bogdan Jontulovic Marc Foggin

11-29-2024 04:31 UTC-12

Pateychuk Flops a Set and Gets Value From Andrian

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

There were already around 400,000 chips in the pot on a board of 4♠A♣5♠J♣9♦ when Simone Andrian checked it over to Andrey Pateychuk, who fired a pot-sized bet of 425,000.

Andrian snap-called and mucked when he was shown 4♥4♣ by Pateychuk, who had flopped a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Pateychuk	1,900,000 185,000	185,000

Simone Andrian	380,000 820,000	820,000

Tags: Simone Andrian Andrey Pateychuk

11-29-2024 04:21 UTC-12

Khorchidian Continues to Climb

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Nichan Khorchidian opened to 50,000 from middle position and was called by Dmitry Gromov on the button.

Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of K♥7♣6♣10♦4♠. Khorchidian bet 100,000 and Gromov called.

Khorchidian turned over a set with 4♦4♥ and Gromov's hand hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nichan Khorchidian	3,900,000 950,000	950,000

Dmitry Gromov	750,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Dmitry Gromov Nichan Khorchidian

11-29-2024 04:19 UTC-12

Cinca Puts Bullets to Good Use

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Alexandru Cinca opened the button to 50,000 and Tugce Hursoz called in the small blind before Kirill Shcherbakov made a squeeze from the big blind. Cinca shoved 320,000, Hursoz folded, and Shcherbakov called.

Alexandru Cinca: A♣A♥ All in
Kirill Shcherbakov: K♥Q♠

Cinca had the bullets and was looking to fire his stack up the leaderboard, but first had to dodge some outs as the Q♣4♦5♥ flop gave Shcherbakov a pair. The 6♣ river was clean for Cinca, as was the 4♣ river, and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tugce Hursoz	1,450,000 500,000	500,000
Kirill Shcherbakov	800,000 450,000	450,000

Alexandru Cinca	750,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Alexandru Cinca Kirill Shcherbakov Tugce Hursoz

11-29-2024 04:10 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Mokrani	Busted
Chakib M'hiri	Busted
Kaspars Butans	Busted
Yahya Oguz	Busted
Daniyar Aubakirov	Busted
Cheng Zhao	Busted
Daniele Grasso	Busted
Ali Al-Kubasi	Busted
Tommy Kemter	Busted
Mikhail Zavoloka	Busted

Dawid Smolka	Busted
Mahmut Sanli	Busted
Ahmad Rami Naall	Busted
Spyridon Apartoglou	Busted

11-29-2024 04:07 UTC-12

Foggin Back on Track

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Scratch that, Marc Foggin is back on track! After tripling up with queen-eight suited against two players, Foggin put Volodymyr Drokin at risk, who had less than 100,000 in his stack.

Volodymyr Drokin: K♥J♠ All in
Marc Foggin: 7♣7♠

Foggin's sevens held up on the 3♦2♦A♠10♦9♠ runout, which sent Drokin to the rail and got Foggin back to almost 700,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Foggin	680,000 480,000	480,000
Volodymyr Drokin	Busted

Tags: Marc Foggin Volodymyr Drokin

11-29-2024 04:01 UTC-12

Foggin's Run Bad Continues

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Joseph Mouwad was all-in for his last 405,000 from the button and Marc Foggin had him at risk from the small blind.

Marc Foggin: Q♥Q♣ All in
Joseph Mouwad: A♣10♣

Foggin's queens were way ahead, but were soon way behind as the 10♠3♦10♥ flop gave Mouwad trip tens. A 5♥ on the turn changed nothing, and Foggin couldn't find his two-outer on the J♦ river, which meant Mouwad doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Mouwad	850,000 350,000	350,000
Marc Foggin	200,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Joseph Mouwad Marc Foggin

11-29-2024 04:00 UTC-12

Butans Eliminated by Paunescu

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Kaspars Butans shoved for 305,000 from the cutoff and Nicolae Paunescu three-bet shoved for 2,025,000 from the small blind, folding out Felipe Ketzer in the big blind to leave Butans at risk.

Kaspars Butans: A♣10♠ All in
Nicolae Paunescu: Q♣Q♦

Butans was in bad shape against Paunescu's pocket queens and found no help on the 2♣4♣4♠6♦8♣ runout, resulting in his elimination while Paunescu claimed the last of his chips.