$10,400 Merit Millions Day 2 | 2025 Merit Millions

04-12-2025 22:05 UTC+2

Kirichenko Wins it With a Small River Bet

Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Ali Al-Kubasi made it 225,000 to go from the hijack and Aleksandr Kirichenko three-bet to 1,025,000 from the big blind. Al-Kubasi called to see a flop.

Kirichenko bet 750,000 on the 5♣4♠J♣ flop and was met by a raise to 2,100,000 from Al-Kubasi. Kirichenko called.

The 10♥ turn checked through for the 8♣ to land on the river. Kirichenko now bet out for 1,100,00, causing Al-Kubasi to go into the tank. After burning through a time extension card, Al-Kubasi folded and the pot was sent to Kirichenko.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Kirichenko	14,500,000 7,500,000	7,500,000

Ali Al-Kubasi	7,500,000 5,500,000	5,500,000

Tags: Aleksandr Kirichenko Ali Al-Kubasi

04-12-2025 21:53 UTC+2

Aslanli Shoves of Ketzer

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Rafael Aslanli made it 200,000 from the hijack and Felipe Ketzer three-bet to 500,000 from the cutoff with roughly 1,500,000 behind. When it got back to Aslanli, he called to see a flop.

Aslanli checked the 2♣3♠8♦ flop and Ketzer put out a bet of 250,000. Aslanli quickly called.

The 5♠ turn checked through to see the Q♠ hit the river. After a few moments, Aslanli shoved to put Ketzer all in. Ketzer instantly folded and Aslanli won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafael Aslanli	9,000,000 500,000	500,000
Felipe Ketzer	1,200,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Rafael Aslanli

04-12-2025 21:40 UTC+2

Cowboys Help Khorchidian to Double

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Felipe Ketzer made it 200,000 to go from middle position with Nichan Khorchidian calling from the hijack. When it got to Fahredin Mustafov in the small blind, he squeezed all in with a stack that covered both players. Ketzer folded, but Khorchidian snap-called for his remaining 3,040,000.

Nichan Khorchidian: K♠K♦ All in
Fahredin Mustafov: 8♣8♥

Khorchidian was in the perfect spot to double up if his Cowboys could hold up. A clean runout of 5♥3♣A♣6♦2♣ came out, and Khorchidian doubled up, leaving Mustafov with around one big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nichan Khorchidian	6,700,000 3,100,000	3,100,000
Felipe Ketzer	1,900,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Fahredin Mustafov	100,000 3,200,000	3,200,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov Felipe Ketzer Nichan Khorchidian

04-12-2025 21:32 UTC+2

Toma Takes from Minkov

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Nikola Minkov raised from early position to 200,000 with only Nicolae Toma defending from the big blind.

Toma opted to check-call a bet of 180,000 from Minkov on the Q♥A♥4♣ flop.

The turn came the 8♠ and Toma check-called another bet from Minkov, this time for 600,000.

Both players checked the 2♦ river and much to his surprise, Toma took down the pot with 9♥4♥ for a pair of fours on the flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolae Toma	3,700,000 700,000	700,000
Nikola Minkov	3,500,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Tags: Nicolae Toma Nikola Minkov

04-12-2025 21:28 UTC+2

Busted Players

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Boghean	Busted
Aylar Lie	Busted
Giorgiy Skhuluhiya	Busted
Dakar1	Busted
Samuel Ju	Busted
Mark Steven Smith	Busted
Eliyusha	Busted
Stephen Song	Busted

Jan Petersen	Busted
Onur Ozgur	Busted
Alessio Isaia	Busted

Vladas Tamasauskas	Busted
Rashad Iskandarov	Busted

04-12-2025 21:19 UTC+2

Colavita Flops the Nuts

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Kemal Aslan raised to 200,000 from middle position and Mario Colavita three-bet shoved for 850,000 from the hijack. After thinking for a few moments, Aslan called to put Colavita at risk.

Mario Colavita; A♣3♣ All in
Kemal Aslan: 10♦9♦

Colavita was slightly ahead, but Aslan had some live cards to work with. However, the monotone flop of 9♣5♣Q♣ gave Colavita the nut flush and left Aslan pretty much drawing dead. The rest of the board ran out K♣3♥ and Colavita doubled again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kemal Aslan	3,400,000 800,000	800,000
Mario Colavita	1,900,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Kemal Aslan Mario Colavita Mario Colavita;

04-12-2025 21:10 UTC+2

Some Big Stacks After the Break

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kolev	13,500,000

Ali Al-Kubasi	13,000,000
Damir Zhugralin	12,900,000
Andrey Pateychuk	9,600,000

Rafael Aslanli	9,500,000
Baltazar Five	8,500,000
Harout Ghazarian	8,000,000
Romans Lihacovs	7,300,000
Konstantin Voronin	7,300,000
Oleg Semionov	6,800,000

Chady Ojeil	6,400,000
Maksim Shornikau	6,200,000
Mustafa Ercan	5,900,000
Natan Chauskin	5,500,000
Kemal Aslan	4,200,000