$2,200 Warm Up Day 1a | 2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series

03-13-2025 20:34 UTC+3

Tamasauskas Can't Find the Fold Button

Kai Cocklin

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

Aliaksandr Hirs raised the cutoff to 4,000 and got called by Jakub Michalak & Vladas Tamasauskas from the blinds.

All three checked the J♣10♦J♦ flop to the 8♣ turn, where Michalak led out for 6,500. Tamasauskas and Hirs both called.

An A♥ landed on the river and after Michalak checked, Tamasauskas bet 25,500. Hirs quickly folded, then Michalak slid a stack of around 140,000 into the middle. Tamasauskas had 63,000 behind after his bet, and went deep in the tank while he decided how to proceed.

After a long think, Tamasauskas threw in a chip to signify a call. Michalak then showed a flopped full house with 10♥10♠, and Tamasauskas revealed he rivered a straight with K♥Q♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksandr Hirs	325,000 35,000	35,000
Jakub Michalak	250,000 140,000	140,000
Vladas Tamasauskas	Busted

Tags: Aliaksandr Hirs Jakub Michalak Vladas Tamasauskas

03-13-2025 16:41 UTC+3

Tirca Scoops a Big Pot and Dispatches Sood

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A huge pot just went Tiberiu Tirca's way, which boosted his stack to around a quarter of a million.

Tirca opened from middle position to 2,500 and Arun Sood called from the next seat. Rui Querido Martins then squeezed to 10,000 on the button and got a call from the big blind. Both Tirca and Sood also came along.

The flop came down 3♠5♦6♠ where the action checked to Sood, who fired out 20,000. Martins called, the big blind folded, then Tirca shoved for around 90,000. Sood snap-called with a slightly smaller stack and then waved his hand to usher Martins out of the pot, who eventually obliged and showed J♦J♠ when he folded.

Arun Sood: 6♣3♣ All in
Tiberiu Tirca: 3♥3♦

Sood couldn't believe it when he saw that he only had two outs, and was screaming for a six to come. Instead, the 4♦ dropped on the turn, which put an open-ended straight draw on board. However, despite the extra outs, Sood couldn't survive as the 10♦ completed the board, keeping Tirca's flopped set in the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tiberiu Tirca	250,000 250,000	250,000
Rui Querido Martins	110,000 110,000	110,000
Arun Sood	Busted

Tags: Arun Sood Rui Querido Martins Tiberiu Tirca

03-13-2025 15:54 UTC+3

Feurle Bricks Off Against Eminoglu

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Yucel Eminoglu, or as he is better known "The Mad Turk", hadn't long been in his seat before he sent one of his opponents packing.

There were around 8,000 chips in the pot on a 9♦Q♠6♦ flop when Daniel Feurle checked from early position and Eminoglu bet 4,000 from the hijack. Feurle then bumped it up to 20,000, which sent Eminoglu into the tank.

"Don't take it out on me, take it out on him" said Eminoglu, probably referring to an earlier hand. "I have a big hand, just don't be annoyed if I out-draw you" he added before he called.

The turn brough a 7♣ and Feurle wasted no time in shoving for just over 45,000. Eminoglu needed just a few seconds to make the call.

Daniel Feurle: Q♦10♦ All in
Yucel Eminoglu: A♦Q♥

Feurle had flopped a flush draw and turned a gutshot that he needed to connect with on the river in order to stay alive. A ten would also do the trick, but instead the K♠ rolled off, which earned Eminogu the pot and sent Feurle packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yucel Eminoglu	200,000 200,000	200,000
Daniel Feurle	Busted

Tags: Daniel Feurle Yucel Eminoglu