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

11-29-2024 03:41 UTC-12

Haddad Leaves Foggin Short

Ryan Lashmar

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Ramez Haddad was all in for around 250,000 and up against Marc Foggin who covered him.

Ramez Haddad: K♣K♦ All in
Marc Foggin: J♠J♣

Haddad remained ahead with the higher pocket pair on the 6♦5♥3♦8♥Q♥ runout to secure the double up through Foggin who was left with a bit under ten big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramez Haddad	575,000 275,000	275,000
Marc Foggin	185,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Marc Foggin Ramez Haddad

11-29-2024 03:52 UTC-12

Foggin Doubles Through Mokrani

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Marc Foggin shoved for 145,000 from the button and was looked up by Mohamed Mokrani who had him covered from the big blind.

Marc Foggin: K♣7♠ All in
Mohamed Mokrani: J♠4♠

Neither player connected with the A♥5♦Q♠3♦9♣ runout. Foggin was good at showdown with king-high and he doubled up through Mokrani.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Foggin	330,000 145,000	145,000
Mohamed Mokrani	190,000 580,000	580,000

Tags: Marc Foggin Mohamed Mokrani

11-29-2024 03:53 UTC-12

Pora's Threes Hold Up

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Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The action folded around to Dumitru Pora in the small blind who shoved for 445,000, and Bogdan Jontulovic called in the big blind.

Dumitru Pora: 3♠3♣ All in
Bogdan Jontulovic: A♣J♠

It was a fair flip that went the way of Pora as his pocket threes held up on the 4♠6♦Q♦5♦Q♣ runout, which brought his stack to around 900,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dumitru Pora	900,000 50,000	50,000
Bogdan Jontulovic	850,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Bogdan Jontulovic Dumitru Pora

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolae Paunescu	2,025,000 125,000	125,000
Felipe Ketzer	1,475,000 25,000	25,000
Kaspars Butans	Busted

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Kaspars Butans Nicolae Paunescu

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 04:07 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 04:10 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 04:19 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.