$5,300 High Roller Day 2 | 2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series

11-23-2024 06:53 UTC-12

Margolin's River Shove Gets Through

Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With around 25,000 chips in the pot on a board of 3♣A♥4♠4♦, Timur Margolin checked it over to Antoine Talvard, who bet 6,000. Margolin then made a check-raise 16,500, which Talvard called.

When the A♠ double-paired the board on the river, Margolin took some time before he shoved for around 35,000, and Talvard rechecked his cards but he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Talvard	90,000 23,000	23,000
Timur Margolin	85,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Antoine Talvard Timur Margolin

11-23-2024 07:04 UTC-12

Mustafov and Andrian Clash

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Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A seemingly nothing pot jolted into life when Fahredin Mustafov and Simone Andrian just clashed in the blinds.

Mustafov had limped from the small blind and Andrian checked the big blind to see the 3♥6♣8♦ flop, which checked through to the A♦ turn. Mustafov then made an overbet of 8,000, which Andrian called.

A 7♥ completed the runout and Mustafov again fired big with a pot-sized bet of 22,000, then Andrian shoved. Mustafov had around 50,000 behind and elected to preserve them as he folded his hand relatively quickly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simone Andrian	180,000

Fahredin Mustafov	50,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov Simone Andrian

11-23-2024 07:13 UTC-12

Guimond Times Out

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Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With around 30,000 chips in the pot on a board of 7♣Q♥7♦A♠4♥, Atilla Saracoglu had checked the river and Florian Guimond fired 9,000 into the pot. Saracoglu then put in a raise to 27,000, which sent Guimond deep, deep into the tank.

After several minutes of thinking, Guimond was no closer to making a decision so they clock was eventually called, and a 30-second countdown was started. No decision was made in the alloted time, so Guimond's hand was dead and Saracoglu took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Atilla Saracoglu	375,000 25,000	25,000
Florian Guimond	85,000

Tags: Atilla Saracoglu Florian Guimond

11-23-2024 07:21 UTC-12

Spataru and Tekel Play a Slow Pot

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Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There were already around 75,000 chips in the pot on a full board of 2♦Q♦7♣K♥5♥ when Andrei Spataru checked it over to Andrej Tekel, who was deciding how to proceed. After a long time thinking, Tekel finally put out a bet of 16,000, just as a player at the table called the clock.

Spataru didn't need to wait so long to make a decision, and almost immediately called. Tekel then flipped A♠K♦ for top pair, and Spataru mucked.

"What took you so long?" said one of the table.

"Sorry, next time I will try to be faster," replied Tekel.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrej Tekel	175,000 175,000	175,000
Andrei Spataru	50,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Andrei Spataru Andrej Tekel

11-23-2024 07:26 UTC-12

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

11-23-2024 07:41 UTC-12

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Atilla Saracoglu	370,000 5,000	5,000
Kirill Shcherbakov	350,000 14,500	14,500

Nemo Koering	330,000 25,000	25,000
Fabio Peluso	310,000 185,500	185,500

Mehdi Chaoui	240,000 32,500	32,500
Mehmet Demirkol	230,000 7,500	7,500
Aleksandr Chernikov	225,000 11,500	11,500
Aleksei Gortikov	200,000 49,500	49,500
Alisa Sibgatova	180,000 72,000	72,000
Joris Ruijs	170,000 10,000	10,000
Maxime Chilaud	160,000 160,000	160,000
Felipe Ketzer	140,000 110,500	110,500
Luke Marsh	90,000 90,000	90,000

11-23-2024 07:53 UTC-12

Pora Finds a Three-Outer Against M'hiri

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Kai Cocklin

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Dumitru Pora had his entire stack of around 85,000 in the middle preflop, but was in a dominated position to the hand of Chakib M'hiri.

Dumitru Pora: A♣Q♥ All in
Chakib M'hiri: A♠K♣

M'hiri still had around 55,000 chips behind so wasn't in danger, but would certainly like to hold as the pot was worth around 175,000. Unfortunately for M'hiri, the Q♦5♠4♥ contained a queen, which turned the tables in Pora's favor.

A 4♣ on the turn changed nothing, and neither did the 5♥ river, which meant Pora doubled up, much to the annoyance of M'hiri.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dumitru Pora	175,000 55,000	55,000
Chakib M'hiri	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Chakib M'hiri Dumitru Pora

11-23-2024 08:04 UTC-12

Lie Stays Alive at Belea's Expense

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Kai Cocklin

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Aylar Lie shoved from the cutoff for a little under 20,000 and Razvan Belea, after careful consideration, made the call out of the big blind.

Aylar Lie: A♦Q♦ All in
Razvan Belea: A♥3♦

Lie was in the lead and stayed there after the A♣J♣4♦ flop, despite both players flopping top pair. Belea's best hope was a chop on the J♠ turn, however the 7♥ river was no help, and Lie doubled up.