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

11-29-2024 00:48 UTC-12

Hutchison Versus Gromov

Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Dmitry Gromov opened to 24,000 from the hijack and Dean Hutchison defended from the big blind.

The flop came 8♥5♣K♦ and Hutchison check-called a 25,000 bet from Gromov.

Both players then checked the 4♠ turn and A♠ river. Hutchison had a pair with J♥5♥ but Gromov had him beat with K♣Q♠ for second pair to take the pot.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Atilla Saracoglu was recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Gromov	820,000 125,000	125,000

Dean Hutchison	535,000 195,000	195,000
Atilla Saracoglu	Busted

Tags: Dean Hutchison Dmitry Gromov

11-29-2024 00:45 UTC-12

Tekel Survives

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Short-stacked Andrej Tekel shoved for 122,000 from the hijack and was put at risk by Spyridon Apartoglou in the cutoff.

Andrej Tekel: A♣7♠ All in
Spyridon Apartoglou: K♣K♦

Tekel had outs but didn't find any on the 2♥3♣3♦ flop. However, the A♠ turn improved him to top pair and made him a huge favorite to double up. No king arrived on the 3♠ river, and Tekel survived.

Player	Chips	Progress
Spyridon Apartoglou	500,000 200,000	200,000
Andrej Tekel	275,000 155,000	155,000

Tags: Spyridon Apartoglou Andrej Tekel

11-29-2024 00:40 UTC-12

Apartoglou Gets Off Cheaply

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Spyridon Apartoglou opened from under the gun to 24,000 and Fredrico Senno made it 75,000 to go from the next seat. When the action got back to Apartoglou, he called.

They saw a flop of 4♣10♠J♠ where Apartoglou check-called a bet of 40,000 from Senno to see the 6♦ turn. Again, Apartoglou went into check-call mode when Senno fired 90,000.

The river brought a 3♠ and both players quickly checked it down. Apartoglou showed Q♠Q♥, but Senno held K♠K♥ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fredrico Senno	950,000 200,000	200,000
Spyridon Apartoglou	700,000 200,000	200,000
Azamat Tulepbergenov	Busted
Jeremy Saderne	Busted

Tags: Fredrico Senno Spyridon Apartoglou

11-29-2024 00:39 UTC-12

More for Pateychuk

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With three players seeing a board of 10♥10♦7♠ in a single-raised pot with around 100,000 in the middle, Naryman Yaghmaie checked from the small blind and Chakib M'hiri checked from the big blind. Andrey Pateychuk bet 20,000 from the hijack and only Yaghmaie called.

Pateychuk continued for 125,000 when checked to on the 5♦ turn and this time Yaghmaie opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Pateychuk	1,715,000 760,000	760,000

Naryman Yaghmaie	655,000
Chakib M'hiri	321,000

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Chakib M'hiri Naryman Yaghmaie

11-29-2024 00:30 UTC-12

Shcherbakov's Stack Dwindling

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

There were around 400,000 chips already in the pot on a board of 2♠3♠7♣3♣5♥ when Kirill Shcherbakov checked it over to Oleg Ustinovich, who fired a small bet of 80,000. Shcherbakov snap-called.

Ustinovich then revealed trips with J♥3♥, and Shcherbakov mucked.

It's been a rough start of Shcherbakov, who started the day as chip leader, but has lost over two thirds of his mountain and only has around 500,000 chips remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Ustinovich	1,300,000 350,000	350,000
Kirill Shcherbakov	500,000 375,000	375,000

Tags: Kirill Shcherbakov Oleg Ustinovich

11-29-2024 00:23 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Barmpathanasis	2,520,000 145,000	145,000
Ruslan Bakhtiev	2,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Ibrahim Cetiner	2,050,000 1,285,000	1,285,000
Baris Caliskan	1,900,000 335,000	335,000
Nichan Khorchidian	1,700,000 675,000	675,000

Adrian State	1,600,000 997,000	997,000
Assyl Tleuzhanov	1,600,000 397,000	397,000

Nicolae Paunescu	1,500,000 593,000	593,000
Asaf Groofi	1,480,000 684,000	684,000
Roman Gadzhiev	1,250,000 586,000	586,000
Felipe Ketzer	1,230,000 70,000	70,000
Ali Al-Kubasi	1,100,000 91,000	91,000
Simone Andrian	1,015,000 509,000	509,000

Naji Tannoury	967,000 218,000	218,000
Andrey Pateychuk	955,000 75,000	75,000

Oleg Ustinovich	950,000 225,000	225,000
Timur Margolin	935,000 40,000	40,000

Pavel Shchitnikov	900,000 100,000	100,000
Evagoras Evagorou	900,000 475,000	475,000
Spyridon Apartoglou	900,000 365,000	365,000
Kirill Shcherbakov	875,000 705,000	705,000

Yaniv Shushan	850,000 146,000	146,000
Candido Cappiello	835,000 110,000	110,000
Erik Wigg	800,000 114,000	114,000

Vedat Yilmaz	800,000 175,000	175,000

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Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

11-29-2024 00:02 UTC-12

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Players are on their first scheduled break of the day.

11-28-2024 23:54 UTC-12

Barmpathanasis Passes Two Million while Zavoloka Slides Further Down

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Dimitrios Barmpathanasis recently surpassed 2,000,000 chips in a hand that was relayed to Pokernews by his tablemates.

Barmpathanasis opened from the hijack and called a 75,000 three-bet from Mikhail Zavoloka who was in the cutoff. Barmpathanasis then check-called three streets on a board of K♣8♣6x10x10x. Barmpathanasis had kings up with AxKx to take another big pot from Zavoloka, who is now below the chip average after starting the day with the second-largest stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Barmpathanasis	2,375,000 625,000	625,000
Mikhail Zavoloka	400,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Dimitrios Barmpathanasis Mikhail Zavoloka

11-28-2024 23:50 UTC-12

Pora Rivers Foggin

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

It's been a rough last ten minutes for Marc Foggin as he just lost another pot.

Foggin raised to 20,000 from under the gun and Dumitru Pora shoved from the cutoff for around 160,000. When it got back to Foggin, he quickly called.

Dumitru Pora: A♠9♠ All in
Marc Foggin: A♥K♣

Pora was behind but liked the look of the 10♠J♥6♠ flop as he gained a plethora of outs. A 3♣ on the turn was no good, but the 9♦ river gave him a pair and a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Foggin	450,000 150,000	150,000
Dumitru Pora	345,000 173,000	173,000

Tags: Dumitru Pora Marc Foggin