$3,300 Main Event
Day 3 Started
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,694,640
Entries
614
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
120
Players Left
29
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| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Status | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Damir Zhugralin | Kazakhstan | 480,000 | 60 |
| 1 | 2 | Hakan Demirci | Turkey | 508,000 | 64 |
| 1 | 3 | Antonios Poziadis | Greece | 468,000 | 59 |
| 1 | 4 | Seref Anar | Turkey | 804,000 | 101 |
| 1 | 5 | Adrian State | Romania | 603,000 | 75 |
| 1 | 6 | Aleksandar Tot | Montenegro | 455,000 | 57 |
| 1 | 7 | Erik Wigg | Sweden | 686,000 | 86 |
| 1 | 8 | Charbel Salloum | Lebanon | 422,000 | 53 |
| 2 | 1 | Elie Farah | Lebanon | 420,000 | 53 |
| 2 | 2 | Vladimir Alekseev | Russia | 310,000 | 39 |
| 2 | 3 | Denis Kapustin | Russia | 735,000 | 92 |
| 2 | 4 | Alexandru Cinca | Romania | 708,000 | 89 |
| 2 | 5 | Mahmut Sanli | Turkey | 115,000 | 14 |
| 2 | 6 | Daniyar Aubakirov | Kazakhstan | 512,000 | 64 |
| 2 | 7 | Nikolay Fal | Russia | 546,000 | 68 |
| 2 | 8 | Roman Gadzhiev | Russia | 664,000 | 83 |
| 3 | 1 | Andrey Litvinov | Russia | 205,000 | 26 |
| 3 | 2 | Sandra Cotescu | Romania | 322,000 | 40 |
| 3 | 3 | Walid Bou Habib | Lebanon | 234,000 | 29 |
| 3 | 4 | Mehmet Karsli | Turkey | 493,000 | 62 |
| 3 | 5 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | 521,000 | 65 |
| 3 | 6 | Andrej Tekel | Slovakia | 307,000 | 38 |
| 3 | 7 | Marian Cantea | Romania | 75,000 | 9 |
| 3 | 8 | Fredrico Senno | Lebanon | 775,000 | 97 |
| 4 | 1 | Mohamed Mokrani | Algeria | 346,000 | 43 |
| 4 | 2 | Ramez Haddad | Lebanon | 334,000 | 42 |
| 4 | 3 | Adria Diaz Dalmau | Spain | 146,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 4 | Senol Ardic | Turkey | 615,000 | 77 |
| 4 | 5 | Volodymyr Drokin | Ukraine | 107,000 | 13 |
| 4 | 6 | Naji Azar | Lebanon | 178,000 | 22 |
| 4 | 7 | Marc Foggin | United Kingdom | 500,000 | 63 |
| 4 | 8 | Zhao Cheng | China | 635,000 | 79 |
| 5 | 1 | Pavel Shchitnikov | Russia | 866,000 | 108 |
| 5 | 2 | Shahin Norouzian | Canada | 412,000 | 52 |
| 5 | 3 | Andreas Christoforou | Cyprus | 222,000 | 28 |
| 5 | 4 | Ali Al-Kubasi | Iraq | 1,009,000 | 126 |
| 5 | 5 | Evagoras Evagorou | Cyprus | 596,000 | 75 |
| 5 | 6 | Maxime Chilaud | France | 326,000 | 41 |
| 5 | 7 | Roman Kolotiuk | Russia | 206,000 | 26 |
| 5 | 8 | Milad Souderjani | Iran | 460,000 | 58 |
| 6 | 1 | Ruslan Bakhtiev | Russia | 1,323,000 | 165 |
| 6 | 2 | Robert Heidorn | Germany | 860,000 | 108 |
| 6 | 3 | Florian Guimond | France | 103,000 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | Dauren Zhaparov | Kazakhstan | 486,000 | 61 |
| 6 | 5 | Nicolae Paunescu | Romania | 907,000 | 113 |
| 6 | 6 | Majid Majidi | Iran | 278,000 | 35 |
| 6 | 7 | Henrik Brockmann | Netherlands | 690,000 | 86 |
| 6 | 8 | Jeremy Saderne | France | 330,000 | 41 |
| 7 | 1 | Yahya Oguz. | North Cyprus | 160,000 | 20 |
| 7 | 2 | Yiannakis Papapetrou | Cyprus | 686,000 | 86 |
| 7 | 3 | Elena Iakovleva | Russia | 202,000 | 25 |
| 7 | 4 | Safi Haidar | Lebanon | 285,000 | 36 |
| 7 | 5 | Dawid Smolka | Poland | 630,000 | 79 |
| 7 | 6 | Baris Caliskan | Turkey | 1,192,000 | 149 |
| 7 | 7 | Bassel Moussa | Lebanon | 198,000 | 25 |
| 7 | 8 | Yusuf Romano | Turkey | 571,000 | 71 |
| 8 | 1 | Assyl Tleuzhanov | Kazakhstan | 1,203,000 | 150 |
| 8 | 2 | Clement Bonnant | France | 645,000 | 81 |
| 8 | 3 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 116,000 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | Asaf Groofi | Israel | 796,000 | 100 |
| 8 | 5 | Oleg Ustinovich | Russia | 725,000 | 91 |
| 8 | 6 | Anton Rusev Markov | Bulgaria | 240,000 | 30 |
| 8 | 7 | Alfred Nader | Lebanon | 153,000 | 19 |
| 8 | 8 | Kirill Shcherbakov | Russia | 1,715,000 | 214 |
| 9 | 1 | Nichan Khorchidian | Lebanon | 1,025,000 | 128 |
| 9 | 2 | Aleksandr Pak | Uzbekistan | 527,000 | 66 |
| 9 | 3 | Maksim Skripkin | Ukraine | 816,000 | 102 |
| 9 | 4 | Ibrahim Cetiner | Turkey | 765,000 | 96 |
| 9 | 5 | Dimitrios Barmpathanasis | Greece | 1,115,000 | 139 |
| 9 | 6 | Konstantinos Ioannidis | Greece | 463,000 | 58 |
| 9 | 7 | Tugce Hursoz | North Cyprus | 635,000 | 79 |
| 9 | 8 | Osman Ihlamur | Turkey | 478,000 | 60 |
| 10 | 1 | Timor Margolin | Israel | 871,000 | 109 |
| 10 | 2 | Naryman Yaghmaie | Iran | 483,000 | 60 |
| 10 | 3 | Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | 361,000 | 45 |
| 10 | 4 | Ehsan Gorji | Iran | 486,000 | 61 |
| 10 | 5 | Jakub Michalak | Poland | 172,000 | 22 |
| 10 | 6 | Candido Cappiello | Italy | 776,000 | 97 |
| 10 | 7 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russia | 577,000 | 72 |
| 10 | 8 | Hasan Basol | Turkey | 272,000 | 34 |
| 11 | 1 | Atilla Saracoglu | Turkey | 357,000 | 45 |
| 11 | 2 | Igor Abelmasov | Russia | 706,000 | 88 |
| 11 | 3 | Shai Zurr | Israel | 472,000 | 59 |
| 11 | 4 | Grigoli Liklikadze | Georgia | 364,000 | 46 |
| 11 | 5 | Abdelhakim Zoufri | Netherlands Antillies | 313,000 | 39 |
| 11 | 6 | Mukhtor Nasiradinov | Russia | 583,000 | 73 |
| 11 | 7 | Naji Tannoury | Lebanon | 749,000 | 94 |
| 11 | 8 | Vytautas Milbutas | Lithuania | 176,000 | 22 |
| 12 | 1 | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | 1,005,000 | 126 |
| 12 | 2 | Zhen Chen | China | 1,005,000 | 126 |
| 12 | 3 | Dean Joseph Hutchison | United Kingdom | 420,000 | 53 |
| 12 | 4 | Mehmet Muratli | Turkey | 400,000 | 50 |
| 12 | 5 | Traian Stanciu | Romania | 330,000 | 41 |
| 12 | 6 | Yuksel Savsa | Turkey | 449,000 | 56 |
| 12 | 7 | Dmitry Gromov | Russia | 361,000 | 45 |
| 12 | 8 | Bogdan Munteanu | Romania | 312,000 | 39 |
| 13 | 1 | Ahmad Rami Naall | Syria | 401,000 | 50 |
| 13 | 2 | Bogdan Jontulovic | Serbia | 497,000 | 62 |
| 13 | 3 | Azamat Tulepbergenov | Kazakhstan | 456,000 | 57 |
| 13 | 4 | Dumitru Pora | Romania | 172,000 | 22 |
| 13 | 5 | Daniele Grasso | Italy | 821,000 | 103 |
| 13 | 6 | Kaspars Butans | Latvia | 238,000 | 30 |
| 13 | 7 | Vedat Yilmaz | Turkey | 625,000 | 78 |
| 13 | 8 | Sevket Muduroglu | Turkey | 164,000 | 21 |
| 14 | 1 | Joseph Mouwad | Lebanon | 285,000 | 36 |
| 14 | 2 | Iliyas Mukhamedzhanov | Kazakhstan | 158,000 | 20 |
| 14 | 3 | Chakib M'Hiri | Tunisia | 371,000 | 46 |
| 14 | 4 | Aytekin Yayla | North Cyprus | 166,000 | 21 |
| 14 | 5 | Simone Andrian | Italy | 506,000 | 63 |
| 14 | 6 | Mikalai Kuzniatsou | Belarus | 274,000 | 34 |
| 14 | 7 | Yaniv Shushan | Israel | 704,000 | 88 |
| 14 | 8 | Luke Kyle Marsh | United Kingdom | 663,000 | 83 |
| 15 | 1 | Maksim Shornikau | Belarus | 291,000 | 36 |
| 15 | 2 | Spyridon Apartoglou | Greece | 535,000 | 67 |
| 15 | 3 | Tommy Kemter | Netherlands | 390,000 | 49 |
| 15 | 4 | Benjamin Winsor | United Kingdom | 371,000 | 46 |
| 15 | 5 | Mikhail Zavoloka | Russia | 1,542,000 | 193 |
| 15 | 6 | Andrei Daniliuk | Russia | 482,000 | 60 |
| 15 | 7 | Radu Pitic | Romania | 374,000 | 47 |
| 15 | 8 | Aleksei Gortikov | Russia | 339,000 | 42 |
The action is heating up in the 2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series $3,300 Main Event, with just 120 players remaining from a field of 614 entrants. Kirill Shcherbakov finished Day 2 with the overall chip lead at 1,715,000, a stack that will be worth 286 big blinds to start the day. Shcherbakov is most closely followed by start-of-Day 2 chip leader Mikhail Zavoloka with 1,542,000 while Ruslan Bakhtiev rounds out the top three with 1,323,000.
Top Ten Chip Stacks
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirill Shcherbakov | Russia | 1,715,000 | 286 |
| 2 | Mikhail Zavoloka | Russia | 1,542,000 | 257 |
| 3 | Ruslan Bakhtiev | Russia | 1,323,000 | 221 |
| 4 | Assyl Tleuzhanov | Kazakhstan | 1,203,000 | 201 |
| 5 | Baris Caliskan | Turkey | 1,192,000 | 199 |
| 6 | Dimitrios Barmapathanasis | Greece | 1,115,000 | 186 |
| 7 | Nichan Khorchidian | Lebanon | 1,025,000 | 171 |
| 8 | Ali Al-Kubasi | Iraq | 1,009,000 | 168 |
| 9 | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | 1,005,000 | 168 |
| 10 | Zhen Chen | China | 1,005,000 | 168 |
Day 2 of the Main Event began with 213 survivors survivors from the first four starting flights. Five more levels of late registration were available from the start of Day 2 which attracted a further 155 entrants, bringing the total field size to 614.
Notable players to advance to Day 3 include Nichan Khorchidian (1,025,000), Felipe Ketzer (1,005,000), Timur Margolin (871,000), Andrey Pateychuk (577,000), Nikolay Fal (546,000), Simone Andrian (506,000), Dmitry Yurasov (361,000) and Dmitry Gromov (361,000).
Day 3 kicks off at noon local time with the blinds at 4,000/8,000 and an 8,000 big blind ante, with the money bubble expected to burst midway through the day. As always, stay tuned to Pokernews as we bring you all the action from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned on the final day, taking place December 01.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the $3,300 Main Event!
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
79 total players will make the money in the Main Event, with a min-cash being worth $4,470 and the winner taking home $307,700.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $307,700 | 16-18 | $16,600 |
| 2 | $211,400 | 19-21 | $14,565 |
| 3 | $142,470 | 22-24 | $13,040 |
| 4 | $102,570 | 25-26 | $11,515 |
| 5 | $76,930 | 27-35 | $10,160 |
| 6 | $61,640 | 36-44 | $8,805 |
| 7 | $51,300 | 45-53 | $7,615 |
| 8 | $40,930 | 54-62 | $6,430 |
| 9 | $30,770 | 63-71 | $5,580 |
| 10-12 | $23,545 | 72-79 | $4,470 |
| 13-15 | $19,140 |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Shai Zurr had opened from the cutoff and Mukhtor Nasiradinov defended from the big blind.
They went to a flop of 4♣4♥Q♦ where Nasiradinov checked and Zurr fired 15,000. Nasiradinov then made it 50,000, and Zurr called.
On the 4♦ turn, both players checked to see the 6♦ roll off on the river. Nasiradinov bet out 100,000, and Zurr called.
Nasiradinov confidently flipped over 9♣9♠ for a full house, but Zurr had a bigger boat with A♥Q♥ to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
625,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
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450,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Robert Heidorn opened from the hijack and Majid Majidi came along from the big blind.
They saw a flop of 10♠4♥K♣ where Majidi check-called a bet of 13,000 from Heidorn to see the 6♠ turn, which went check-check.
On the Q♠ river, Majidi checked and Heidorn threw out a bet of 35,000. Without much hesitation, Majidi called.
Heidorn quickly flipped K♥3♥ for a pair of kings, but was beaten by the kicker of Majidi who had K♠J♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
300,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Bogdan Munteanu opened to 16,000 from middle position and Felipe Ketzer three-bet to 42,000 from the hijack. Zhen Chen four-bet to 86,000 from the cutoff, Munteanu folded and Ketzer called.
The flop came K♦9♠7♠ and Ketzer check-called a 55,000 bet from Chen.
Chen bet 160,000 when checked to on the 4♣ turn and one again Ketzer called.
Both players checked the 6♥ river. Ketzer turned over 7♣6♣ for two pair and Chen mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,285,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
680,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
410,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
