$5,300 High Roller Day 1 | 2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series

11-22-2024 08:23 UTC-12

Mandara on the Right Side of a Cooler Against Ketzer

Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

Ryan Mandara and Felipe Ketzer got into a preflop-raising war which resulted in the two getting their stacks in preflop, with the former at risk for around 100,000.

Ryan Mandara: A♦A♥ All in
Felipe Ketzer: A♠K♥

Mandara was a in fantastic position to double up and got a safe flop of 2♠5♠9♦ to help his cause. A Q♠ on the turn sealed the deal, and the 4♣ river was just a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Mandara	205,000 105,000	105,000
Felipe Ketzer	60,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Ryan Mandara

11-22-2024 08:28 UTC-12

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

Level: 4

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

11-22-2024 08:46 UTC-12

Selected Chip Counts at the Break

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cheng Zhao	200,000
Caner Gunes	170,000
Walid Bou Habib	125,000
Mateusz Wozniak	115,000
Aleksei Gortikov	95,000
Clement Bonnant	90,000
Ran Ilani	90,000
Sadik Alibeyoglu	75,000
Aleksandr Chernikov	65,000

11-22-2024 08:49 UTC-12

Ketzer Gets a Small Rebate

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Felipe Ketzer made it 2,000 to go from middle position and Giorgii Skhulukhiia three-bet the hijack to 6,000. When the action got back to Ketzer, he called.

They saw a flop of 2♣K♥8♣ where Ketzer checked and Skhulukhiia continued with a bet of 3,500. Ketzer then counted out a raise to 9,000, which got the job done as Skhulukhiia folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ketzer	70,000 10,000	10,000
Giorgii Skhulukhiia	50,000

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Giorgii Skhulukhiia

11-22-2024 09:00 UTC-12

Ketzer Recovers to Above Starting Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Yassin Mahmoud raised to 2,200 from under the gun and Joris Ruijs three-bet from the next seat to 6,500. Felipe Ketzer cold-called from the small blind, Giorgii Skhulukhiia called in the big blind, and Mahmoud put in the extra.

The quartet saw a flop of 9♦3♠7♥ where Ketzer led out for 3,500, and all three players behind him called to see the 4♠ drop on the turn. Ketzer stayed aggressive with a bet of 13,500, and one by one, his three opponents mucked their cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yassin Mahmoud	140,000 25,000	25,000
Felipe Ketzer	105,000 35,000	35,000
Joris Ruijs	45,000 50,000	50,000
Giorgii Skhulukhiia	40,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Giorgii Skhulukhiia Joris Ruijs Yassin Mahmoud

11-22-2024 09:17 UTC-12

Spataru Forces Mahmoud Out on the River

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Felipe Ketzer made it 1,800 and Yassin Mahmoud three-bet the cutoff to 4,200. Andrei Spataru then four-balled from the big blind to 14,000, which got Ketzer to fold, but Mahmoud called at lightning speed.

On the K♣7♣A♦ flop, Spataru made a continuation-bet of 7,500 and Mahmoud raised to 16,000. Spataru called.

They both checked the 2♣ turn to see the 6♦ fall on the river, where Spataru announced a bet of 27,000 and threw the chips in. Mahmoud had lost interest in the the pot and quickly folded, which meant Spataru was pushed the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yassin Mahmoud	160,000
Andrei Spataru	120,000

Tags: Andrei Spataru Felipe Ketzer Yassin Mahmoud

Level: 5

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

11-22-2024 09:29 UTC-12

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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11-22-2024 09:38 UTC-12

Alibeyoglu Gets Max Value With a Straight

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a full board of 5♥8♥9♦7♦J♦, there were around 60,000 chips in the pot when the big blind checked over to Sadik Alibeyoglu, who shoved for just over 30,000.

The big blind was in the tank for quite some time and rechecked the bet amount before he tossed calling chips in Alibeyoglu's direction.

Alibeyoglu then showed 10♣8♣ for a straight, and the big blind revealed A♣J♣ before they were mucked by the dealer.