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

03-15-2025 20:01 UTC+2

Payouts

Tim Baker

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With 646 entries recorded in the $2,200 Warm Up, the prize pool totaled $1,188,640 and 87 players will be paid. A min-cash is worth $3,015, while the eventual champion will walk away with $210,000.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$210,000	16-18	$11,455
2	$142,100	19-21	$10,145
3	$98,575	22-24	$9,075
4	$71,030	25-26	$8,005
5	$52,530	27-35	$7,055
6	$42,020	36-44	$6,110
7	$35,015	45-53	$5,275
8	$28,015	54-63	$4,440
9	$21,010	64-72	$3,845
10-12	$16,330	73-81	$3,370
13-15	$13,120	82-87	$3,015

03-15-2025 19:51 UTC+2

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Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

03-15-2025 19:44 UTC+2

Burtin Raises Marjanovic on the Turn

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Adem Marjanovic raised to 21,000 from the cutoff with Kirill Burtin calling on the button and the player in big blind calling.

After it checked to Marjanovic on the A♥J♠4♥ flop, he bet 25,000. Only Burtin called.

Marjanovic continued with a bet of 76,000 on the Q♣ turn. Burtin raised to 280,000, which caused Marjanovic to toss his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Burtin	2,000,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Adem Marjanovic	600,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Adem Marjanovic Kirill Burtin

03-15-2025 19:37 UTC+2

Nashar Pressures Shornikau Out

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Hassan Nashar opened from early position to 22,000 and only Maksim Shornikau defended from the big blind.

The flop came down 8♥5♠3♠ and Shornikau cheeck-called a bet of 35,000 from Nashar.

Shornikau checked again on the J♦ turn, but opted to fold after Nashar fired a second barrel of 75,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Nashar	920,000 120,000	120,000
Maksim Shornikau	250,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Hassan Nashar Maksim Shornikau

03-15-2025 19:24 UTC+2

Orlov Doubles Through Varnaev

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

When it folded to Sergei Varnaev on the button, he raised to 20,000. Dmitrii Orlov three-bet jammed for 157,000 out of the small blind and Varnaev made the call.

Dmitrii Orlov: 10♥10♦ All in
Sergei Varnaev: K♠Q♣

Orlov was in a flip with pocket tens for his tournament life. The flop of A♥9♦J♠ gave Varnaev a few additional outs, but the 9♥ turn removed them. The 4♥ fell on the river and Orlov stayed alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Varnaev	370,000 94,000	94,000
Dmitrii Orlov	330,000 113,000	113,000

Tags: Dmitrii Orlov Sergei Varnaev

03-15-2025 19:14 UTC+2

Burtin Wins the Pot by Playing the Board

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

There was a raise to 20,000 from the cutoff and only Kirill Burtin called from the big blind,

Both players checked the Q♦Q♥5♣ flop to see the 6♦ fall on the turn, Burtin bet 35,000 and his opponent slid in the call.

The Q♠ landed on the river and both players checked. Burtin sheepishly turned over 4♥3♣ and was playing the board. The cutoff player mucked their hand, which meant Burtin pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Burtin	900,000

Tags: Kirill Burtin

03-15-2025 19:00 UTC+2

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kadir Altinbasak	1,250,000 1,080,000	1,080,000
Razvan Nicolae Sabau	1,200,000 100,000	100,000
Erdal Gulseven	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Bart Lybaert	960,000 90,000	90,000
Iulian-Remus Blebea	900,000 110,000	110,000
Ali Zebarjad	860,000 650,500	650,500
Michel Attalah	820,000 820,000	820,000
Kirill Burtin	820,000 732,500	732,500

Hassan Nashar	800,000 300,000	300,000
Jenya Gavrilovich	800,000 200,000	200,000
Adem Marjanovic	775,000 75,000	75,000
Azamat Tulepbergenov	770,000 520,000	520,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	700,000 100,000	100,000

Najib Khalaf	700,000 377,500	377,500
Vladislav Doroshkov	690,000 495,500	495,500
Aren Bezhanyan	600,000 20,000	20,000