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Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
$5,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$473,800
Total Entries
103
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
54
Players Left
40
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Level 7
: Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Joris Ruijs's stack had dwindled down to a handful of big blinds and he got them into the middle with Giorgii Skhulukhiia putting him at risk.
Joris Ruijs: J♣10♦ 
Giorgii Skhulukhiia: A♦K♠
Ruijs was looking for some help from the board but the 8♣4♣Q♦8♦4♠ didn't deliver anything he needed, which meant his bullet was dusted off and the rest of his stack now belonged to Skhulukhiia.
Level 7
: Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
With around 40,000 chips already in the middle on a board of Q♥J♥3♥6♠, Alisa Sibgatova checked it over to Candido Cappiello, who knuckled back to see the 8♥ drop on the river. Sibgatova put out a bet of 11,000, which was enough to get the job done as Cappielo folded.
Level 7
: Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Level 7
: Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Uladzimir Zhyharau raised the hijack and Aleksandr Kirichenko three-bet the cutoff to 7,500. When the action got back to Zhyharau, he called.
They went to a flop of 10♥2♥8♠ where Zhyharau checked and Kirichenko announced a bet of 7,000. Zhyharau then raised to 17,000, and Kirichenko quickly shoved for almost 50,000. Zhyharau folded at lightning speed.
Level 7
: Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
On a full board of 7♣7♦K♠10♠2♠, there were around 40,000 chips in the pot when Mehdi Chaoui checked it over to Cheng Zhao, who shoved the river. Chaoui had around 65,000 behind and was thinking about how to proceed, but according to his tablemates, he was taking too long to do so as one of them called the clock.
The floor came over and started to give the countdown, then Chaoui said to his opponent, "Will you show me if I fold?". Zhao remained motionless and with just a few seconds to go until his hand would be declared dead, Chaoui called.
"Good call," said Zhao, who then rolled over 8♠6♦ for a bluff. Chaoui flipped J♣J♦ to claim the pot, but still wasn't too impressed the clock was called on him.
"Do you think it's ok to call the clock one minute after I got the count?" he asked.
Either way, Chaoui is the new owner of a lot of chips and has around 170,000 to work with in the penultimate level of the day.
Level: 7
Blinds: 800/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Walid Bou Habib and Fabio Peluso both had similar stacks of around 55,000 and got them into the middle preflop with the latter needing a lot of help.
Fabio Peluso: K♥J♥
Walid Bou Habib: Q♣Q♥
Habib was on track for a double-up and was still well in the lead after the 9♣3♥A♠ flop. A 10♦ on the turn did give Peluso some extra out as any queen would complete Broadway, however it was the K♠ river that earned him a double-up as he made a pair of kings, prompting Habib to launch his cards back to the dealer.
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
There were already around 50,000 chips in the middle of the table on a board of 4♥6♦4♠10♠ when Andrei Spataru checked the turn and Felipe Ketzer fired a small bet of 6,500.
Spataru responded with a shove for over 100,000, which put Ketzer to the test for his stack of a similar amount. After thinking it over for a while, Ketzer elected to fold, and relinquished the pot to Spataru.
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
On a double-paired board of 7♦3♦7♠3♥ with around 8,000 chips in the pot, all three of Alisa Sibgatova, Simone Andrian, and Antoine Talvard checked to see the 9♦ drop in the river. Sibgatova was first to act from the small blind and fired out 3,500, which got Andrian to fold in the big blind position.
When it got to Talvard, he put in a min-raise to 7,000, which Sibgatova called after a short time.
Talvard then flipped over the Cowboys with K♦K♥, and Sibgatova mucked her cards.
