$10,400 Merit Millions Day 1b | 2025 Merit Millions

04-10-2025 16:38 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts After Break

Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Petersen	2,700,000 2,200,000	2,200,000
Andrei Boghean	2,200,000 100,000	100,000
Abdullah Alajmi	2,100,000 500,000	500,000
Semen Sorkin	1,900,000 100,000	100,000
Joseph Haddad	1,800,000 600,000	600,000
Giorgiy Skhuluhiya	1,700,000 750,000	750,000
Onur Ozgur	1,500,000 200,000	200,000
Antoine Hasbani	1,400,000 450,000	450,000
Mehdi Chaoui	1,300,000 150,000	150,000
Damir Zhugralin	1,300,000 200,000	200,000
Daniel Shademanpour	1,200,000 100,000	100,000

Chady Ojeil	1,000,000 100,000	100,000
Krasimir Yankov	950,000 150,000	150,000
Mario Colavita	900,000 100,000	100,000
Traian Stanciu	770,000 330,000	330,000
Dawid Smolka	750,000 250,000	250,000
Johnny Lodden	750,000 300,000	300,000
Joris Ruijs	650,000 50,000	50,000
Josef Vogel	650,000 250,000	250,000
Nikita Kalinin	600,000 40,000	40,000
Konstantin Voronin	505,000 995,000	995,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

04-10-2025 16:18 UTC+2

Break Time

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Players are now on a 20-minute break.

04-10-2025 16:10 UTC+2

Zhugralin Pays to See Yankov's Set

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Damir Zhugralin raised to 20,000 under the gun and got called by Krasimir Yankov in the cutoff, Chady Ojeil from the button, and Onur Ozgur out of the big blind.

Four players saw the flop come down Q♦3♠5♣ and the action checked around for the 9♥ to drop on the turn. Kalinin checked, and Zhugralin put out a delayed continuation-bet of 35,000. Yankov and Ojeil called, but Ozgur folded.

Zhugralin checked when the A♦ landed on the river and Yankov put out a big bet of 335,000. Ojeil thought it about for quite some time before folding, but Zhugralin tossed in the call.

Yankov tabled 3♣3♥ for a flopped set to win the pot, as Zhugralin mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Onur Ozgur	1,700,000 600,000	600,000
Damir Zhugralin	1,100,000 250,000	250,000
Krasimir Yankov	1,100,000 220,000	220,000
Chady Ojeil	900,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Chady Ojeil Damir Zhugralin Krasimir Yankov Onur Ozgur

04-10-2025 15:54 UTC+2

Gromov's Bullets Send Gungoren to the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Abdullah Alajmi limped under the gun before Dmitry Gromov raised to 40,000 from the next seat. Joseph Haddad called on the button, Gurcan Gungoren called from the small blind, and Alajmi called as well.

When the flop came down J♦6♠5♦, Gungoren shoved for 465,000 and only the initial raiser Gromov called.

Gurcan Gungoren: J♠10♥ All in
Dmitry Gromov: A♠A♣

Gromov had the goods this time with the bullets and had Gungoren on the ropes with top pair. The rest of the board ran out 4♥5♠ and Gungoren was out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdullah Alajmi	1,600,000 300,000	300,000
Dmitry Gromov	1,500,000 500,000	500,000

Joseph Haddad	1,200,000 100,000	100,000
Gurcan Gungoren	Busted

Tags: Dmitry Gromov Gurcan Gungoren Joseph Haddad

04-10-2025 15:43 UTC+2

Some New Arrivals

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chady Ojeil	1,000,000
Dawid Smolka	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Maher Nouira	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Dmitry Gromov	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

04-10-2025 15:38 UTC+2

Voronin Wants a Bigger Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Konstantin Voronin’s love for the 2025 Merit Millions Event is undeniable. After surviving Day 1a with a healthy stack of 950,000, he was among the first to register for Day 1b, eager to improve his chances of claiming the $1,000,000 first-place prize.

His determination is paying off as he now sits with roughly 1,500,000 chips, proving once again his passion for poker and his commitment to making a deep run at Merit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Voronin	1,500,000

Tags: Konstantin Voronin

Level: 5

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

04-10-2025 15:26 UTC+2

Haddad Barrels Every Street

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Gurcan Gungoren raised under the gun to 16,000 and Abdullah Alajmi called on the button. Joseph Haddad squeezed to 56,000 from the big blind, which both Gungoren and Alajmi called.

Haddad put out a continuation-bet of 52,000 on the 10♠10♣7♦ flop and only Gungoren flicked in the call.

The 9♦ came on the turn and Hadded bet again, this time for 37,000. Gungoren called again.

When the 9♠ dropped on the river, Haddad fired a third and final bullet, throwing 43,000 into the middle. Gungoren counted a raise, and then changed his mind and opted to fold his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdullah Alajmi	1,900,000 100,000	100,000
Joseph Haddad	1,300,000
Gurcan Gungoren	700,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Abdullah Alajmi Gurcan Gungoren Joseph Haddad

04-10-2025 15:14 UTC+2

Sorkin Shoves on Voronin

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Konstantin Voronin raised to 20,000 under the gun with Damir Zhugralin calling from middle position and Antoine Hasbani calling from the cutoff. Semen Sorkin squeezed to 120,000 and only Voronin called.

After Voronin checked the Q♥6♦10♣ flop, Sorkin bet 60,000. Voronin check-raised to 225,000, which Sorkin called.

The turn came the 2♥ and Voronin fired out a bet of 435,000. Sorkin counted out his stack and then shoved for 781,000 total. Voronin got a count from the dealer before another player at the table called the clock on him. Eventually, he folded and surrendered the pot to Sorkin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Semen Sorkin	1,800,000 800,000	800,000
Konstantin Voronin	1,400,000 600,000	600,000
Damir Zhugralin	1,350,000 50,000	50,000
Antoine Hasbani	950,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Antoine Hasbani Damir Zhugralin Konstantin Voronin Semen Sorkin