$2,200 Warm Up Day 3 | 2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series

03-16-2025 18:03 UTC+2

Kirill Burton Eliminated in 21st Place ($10,145)

Kai Cocklin

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Kirill Burtin made it 1,000,000 to go from the hijack and Humberto Galindo three-bet from the next seat to isolate. When it got back to Burtin, he flicked in his last few chips.

Kirill Burtin: A♣J♦ All in
Humberto Galindo: A♠A♦

Burtin seemed to know his fate before he even saw the hand of his opponent, and he wasn't given much hope on the K♣2♣K♠ flop. A J♥ on the turn gave him a sliver of hope, but the 9♦ river meant he was on his way to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Humberto Lopes Galindo	8,300,000 8,300,000	8,300,000
Kirill Burtin	Busted

Tags: Humberto Galindo Kirill Burtin

03-16-2025 17:57 UTC+2

Iurii Grigorev Eliminated in 22nd Place ($9,075)

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Iurii Grigorev raised from under the gun to 1,000,000 with roughly 250,000 behind. Atanas Pavlov called from the hijack and the rest of the table folded.

Upon seeing the dealer fan out the flop of 9♠2♣6♥, Grigorev shoved his last chips into the middle and Pavlov called to put him at risk.

Iurii Grigorev: Q♣J♣ All in
Atanas Georgiev Pavlov: A♣J♥

Grigorev was behind with queen-high and needed some help from the dealer to survive. However, the rest of the board ran out 4♦6♣ to give Pavlov the winner with his ace-high, sending Grigorev to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Atanas Pavlov	5,800,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Iurii Grigorev	Busted

Tags: Atanas Pavlov Iurii Grigorev

03-16-2025 17:52 UTC+2

Jan Petersen Eliminated in 23rd Place ($9,075)

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Jan Petersen raised to 550,000 from middle position with just one T-25,000 chip behind. When it folded to Rui Querido Martins in the big blind, he got a count from the dealer before raising to put Petersen all in. Petersen tossed in his last chip and the cards were revealed.

Jan Petersen: K♦K♣ All in
Rui Querido Martins : Q♦9♦

Peterson had found pocket kings at the perfect time and looked likely to double-up to just over ten big blinds. The flop of 6♣J♦5♠ meant only running cards would end Petersen's tournament. The 8♣ hit the turn giving Martins a backdoor straight draw. The straight completed for Martins on the 7♣ river, and Petersen was sent to the cashier's desk in brutal fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Querido Martins	3,900,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Jan Petersen	Busted

Tags: Jan Petersen Rui Querido Martins

03-16-2025 17:45 UTC+2

Vladislav Doroshkov Eliminated in 24th Place ($9,075)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Vladislav Doroshkov shoved from the cutoff for 800,000 and Humberto Galindo called from the button.

Vladislav Doroshkov: 6♦6♥ All in
Humberto Galindo: A♠A♣

Doroshkov was in huge danger of being eliminated and the chances of him going home increased when the flop came 3♦2♣A♥, giving Galindo a set. A 5♠ on the turn did give Doroshkov a gutshot, but the 8♥ river was a brick.

Player	Chips	Progress
Humberto Lopes Galindo	5,700,000 5,700,000	5,700,000
Vladislav Doroshkov	Busted

Tags: Humberto Galindo Vladislav Doroshkov

03-16-2025 17:25 UTC+2

Three Table Redraw

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

After Radoslav Stoyanov just busted, there will now be a three table redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Radoslav Stoyanov	Busted

03-16-2025 17:10 UTC+2

Spisak, Sabau, and Madani Hit the Rail

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Three more eliminations were recorded after the break with Krzysztof Spisak being one of the players to hit the rail.

Spisak had his last few big blinds in the middle on a flop of 2♠7♠6♥ and was put at risk by Jan Petersen.

Krzysztof Spisak: 5♣5♠ All in
Jan Petersen: Q♠4♠

Spisak was in the lead but was left drawing dead when the 9♠ landed on the turn. A meaningless 10♠ dropped on the river, and Spisak joined Ehsan Madani & Razvan Nicolae Sabau on the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Petersen	3,000,000 500,000	500,000
Ehsan Madani	Busted
Krzysztof Spisak	Busted
Razvan Nicolae Sabau	Busted

Tags: Ehsan Madani Jan Petersen Krzysztof Spisak Razvan Nicolae Sabau

03-16-2025 16:23 UTC+2

More Bustouts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuliyan Kolev	Busted

Timothy Kenyon	Busted
Konstantin Kvashin	Busted
Francisco Moreno	Busted
Alexandru Papazian	Busted

Kristaps Vismanis	Busted
Najib Khalaf	Busted
Baltazar Five	Busted
Yilu Yuan	Busted
Axel Hallay	Busted
Cornelis Van Gent	Busted
Clement Michaud	Busted
Damir Gabdullin	Busted
Boris Angelov	Busted

03-16-2025 16:17 UTC+2

Kvashin Hits the Rail

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Kai Cocklin

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Konstantin Kvashin moved his stack of around 1,100,000 into the middle from middle position and Kirill Burtin took one peek at his cards in the big blind and called.

Konstantin Kvashin: Q♠J♠ All in
Kirill Burtin: A♥Q♣

Kvashin was dominated but did pick up a bit of hope in the form of backdoor draws on the Q♥4♣9♠ flop. However, the backdoor was quickly sealed off as the 3♣ dropped on the turn, leaving Kvashin with just three outs. None of those appeared on the 4♠ river, and Kvashin had his marching orders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Burtin	2,600,000 600,000	600,000

Konstantin Kvashin	Busted

Tags: Kirill Burtin Konstantin Kvashin

03-16-2025 16:14 UTC+2

Moreno's Stack Hits Zero

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Kai Cocklin

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Francisco Moreno was short-stacked for most of the day and got his last 290,000 in the middle after Rui Querido Martins had opened the hijack. Once the blinds folded, Martins called to leave Moreno at risk.

Francisco Moreno: A♠7♣ All in
Rui Querido Martins: A♥K♣

Moreno needed some help from the runout and despite flopping some chop outs, he couldn't stay alive on the 9♠5♥5♣3♠6♦ board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Querido Martins	2,100,000 800,000	800,000
Francisco Moreno	Busted

Tags: Francisco Moreno Rui Querido Martins

03-16-2025 15:57 UTC+2

Shcherbakov Storms to the Top of the Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Kirill Shcherbakov knows exactly how to play pocket jacks and it sent his stack storming to the top of the leaderboard.

Yilu Yuan opened the button to 175,000 and Shcherbakov three-bet from the small blind to 700,000. After the big blind folded, Yuan shoved for around 2,000,000, and Shcherbakov quickly called.

Yilu Yuan: A♥5♥ All in
Kirill Shcherbakov: J♥J♣

Yuan still had decent equity and picked up four more outs when the flop came down 10♦3♦2♣ as he improved to a wheel draw. A 2♦ on the turn kept the jacks of Shcherbakov in the lead, and Yuan was eliminated when the 10♠ dropped on the river.

Big, big pot for Shcherbakov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Shcherbakov	4,600,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Yilu Yuan	Busted

Tags: Kirill Shcherbakov Yilu Yuan