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

04-11-2025 13:19 UTC+2

Altinbasak Wins With Trip Jacks

Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Three players saw the flop come down 4♦5♥J♠. Kadir Altinbasak was first to act from the small blind and fired out a bet of 50,000, into a pot of around 70,000. The big blind called and Naryman Yaghmaie called from the cutoff.

Altinbasak checked the J♥ turn and the big blind player fired out 75,000. Yaghmaie got out the way, but Altinbasak made the call.

The Q♣ river checked through and Altinbasak took down the pot with trip jacks holding A♠J♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kadir Altinbasak	1,200,000 200,000	200,000
Naryman Yaghmaie	1,050,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Kadir Altinbasak Naryman Yaghmaie

04-11-2025 13:09 UTC+2

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

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04-11-2025 13:05 UTC+2

Haigh Holds on With Top Pair

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ian Bradley came in with a raise to 13,000 under the gun and only Robert Haigh defended out of the big blind.

The flop came down 8♠5♦K♦ and Haigh check-called a bet of 10,000 from Bradley.

The J♠ turn saw Haigh check-call another bet from Bradley, this time for 40,000.

When the 6♣ hit the river, both players checked, and Haigh took down the pot with K♠7♥

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Bradley	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Robert Haigh	900,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Ian Bradley Robert Haigh

Level: 2

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

04-11-2025 12:50 UTC+2

Lie Pays to See a Boat

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The player under the gun raised to 10,000 before Aylar Lie three-bet to 40,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lie's opponent stuck in the call.

The A♣Q♦J♥ flop got checked to Lie and she fired out a continuation-bet of 35,000. The under the gun player called.

After the under the gun player checked the 10♦ turn, Lie fired a second barrel, this time for 105,000. The under the gun player quickly called.

When the board-pairing 10♣ dropped on the river, the under the player led out for 160,000. Lie thought it over for quite some time before making the call. The under the gun player showed a rivered boat with A♦10♠ to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aylar Lie	700,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Aylar Lie

04-11-2025 12:37 UTC+2

Late Arrivals

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Bradley	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Ismail Tas	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Vedat Yilmaz	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Alexandros Kolonias	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Boris Kolev	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Elie Farah	1,000,000

04-11-2025 12:30 UTC+2

Aslan Rivers a Two Outer

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The action was picked up on the turn of a board that showed 10♠J♦7♥3♣. There were roughly 80,000 chips in the middle before Kemal Aslan checked from the small blind. Erik Smith bet 40,000 from the big blind, which Aslan called,

The river came the 8♥ and both players checked. Smith showed top two pair with Jx10x, and was in disbelief after Aslan tabled 8♠8♦ for a rivered set of eights to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kemal Aslan	1,080,000 80,000	80,000
Erik Smith	920,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Erik Smith Kemal Aslan

04-11-2025 12:21 UTC+2

Sabau Picks Up an Early Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Robert Haigh raised to 10,000 from under the gun with Razvan Sabau calling on the cutoff, and Mustafa Ercan calling from the button.

On the 4♥5♥5♦ flop, Haigh put out a continuation-bet of 10,000 and was met by a raise to 35,000 from Sabau. Ercan and Haigh quickly folded, and Sabau picked up an early pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Razvan Sabau	1,050,000 50,000	50,000
Mustafa Ercan	990,000 10,000	10,000
Robert Haigh	980,000 980,000	980,000

Tags: Mustafa Ercan Razvan Sabau Robert Haigh

04-11-2025 12:11 UTC+2

Early Entries

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Razvan Sabau	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Kadir Altinbasak	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Kemal Aslan	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Mustafa Ercan	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Aylar Lie	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Seyed Ghavam	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Erik Smith	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Baltazar Five	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Naryman Yaghmaie	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000