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Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
$5,300 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$473,800
Total Entries
103
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
89
Players Left
31
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Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Angelos Michael made it 13,000 from under the gun and Mehmet Demirkol three-bet from the hijack to 35,000. Dumitru Pora then shoved for 150,00 from the big blind, which got Michael to fold, but Demirkol called.
Dumitru Pora: K♣K♥ 
Mehmet Demirkol: A♠A♦
"Noooooooo," said Pora upon seeing the aces of Demirkol.
It was the ultimate cooler and Pora couldn't escape from it as the runout of 2♠6♦8♥10♠J♠ meant he was eliminated in the penultimate level of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
A total of 103 players were recorded in the $5,300 High Roller event, which means 13 players will be paid out and share a slice of the $473,800 prizepool.
The eventual champion will walk away with a cool $132,300, while a min-cash is worth $9,500 for those who finish in 10-13th.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $132,300 |
| 2 | $91,500 |
| 3 | $58,800 |
| 4 | $43,600 |
| 5 | $32,000 |
| 6 | $26,000 |
| 7 | $21,400 |
| 8 | $17,100 |
| 9 | $13,100 |
| 10-13 | $9,500 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Dawid Smolka opened to 12,000 from the hijack and Felipe Ketzer called from the big blind.
On the 9♦K♦10♠ flop, Ketzer check-called a bet of 11,000 from Smolka to see the 5♦ turn, which went check-check.
A 4♠ river saw Ketzer lead out for 17,000, and Smolka took his time before he dropped in the call.
Ketzer showed Q♥8♠ for a bluff, and Smolka's J♠10♣ was good for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
440,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
400,000 | |
|
||
|
390,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
380,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
350,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
325,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
300,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
290,000
170,500
|
170,500 |
|
|
||
|
270,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
||
|
240,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
170,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The remaining players are heading on their final 10-minute break of the night.
When they return, two more levels will be played before they bag up for the evening.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
There were already around 70,000 chips in the pot on board of 3♣10♣7♣7♠Q♦ when Aleksandr Kirichenko fired out 37,000 on the river, and Eyal Eshkar made it 125,000.
A lot of time passed and Kirichenko still hadn't acted, so the clock was called a countdown was initiated. With a few seconds to go, Kirichenko tossed his cards into the middle of the table and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
200,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
65,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Kirill Shcherbakov was seen raking in a big pot with Mehdi Chaoui being the one to fork out the chips.
All of the chips were already in the middle on a board of 5♣4♣4♥Q♣J♠ and Shcherbakov had flopped a full house holding 5♠5♥. Chaoui held A♥K♥ but was no good, and Shcherbakov's stack of 133,000 was being counted out for Chaoui to pay out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
|
200,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
With around 40,000 chips in the middle on a flop of 2♠10♦2♣, Angelos Michael checked it over to Chakib M'hiri, who fired 6,000. Michael then raised to 16,000, and M'hiri called.
A 7♥ dropped on the turn and Michael slowed down with a check, then M'hiri fired 16,000. Michael rechecked his cards then decided he didn't want to play them, and he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
300,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
175,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
140,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
