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

03-16-2025 15:34 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Lupuleac	Busted
Mario Colavita	Busted
Bassel Moussa	Busted
Abdullah Al-Shanti	Busted
Paul Amsellem	Busted
Cristinel Dumitru	Busted
Ming Xi	Busted
Berik Mussin	Busted
Aytekin Yayla	Busted
Michel Habib	Busted
Gerard Santamaria	Busted
Nikita Kalinin	Busted
Danut Chisu	Busted
Lev Margolin	Busted
Dean Hutchinson	Busted
Viktor Iarilov	Busted
Toni Kaukua	Busted
Nina Krasilnikova	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyosuke Nagami	Busted
Farbod Nazari	Busted
Jakub Michalak	Busted
Arunas Sapitavicius	Busted
Frederic Popot	Busted
Daniel Henriques	Busted
Azamat Tulepbergenov	Busted
Haghgou Seyedahmad	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted
Nenad Dukic	Busted

Frankowski Collects the Last of Kalinin's Stack

Kai Cocklin

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Nikita Kalinin's stack had dwindled to just over 200,000 and he put them all at risk from early position after Wojciech Frankowski had opened to 100,000 from under the gun. Everybody else at the table folded, and Frankowski stuck in a chip to call.

Nikita Kalinin: K♦J♦ All in
Wojciech Frankowski: A♥K♣

An all-spade flop of 3♠5♠10♠ didn't offer any help to either player as neither held a spade, but the Q♥ turn did give Kalinin an open-ended straight draw. However, the 8♦ river was a brick, and he made his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wojciech Frankowski	850,000 660,000	660,000
Nikita Kalinin	Busted

Tags: Nikita Kalinin Wojciech Frankowski

03-16-2025 14:39 UTC+2

Hutchinson Runs Into Malinov's Aces

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Kai Cocklin

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Dean Hutchison piled his stack of 540,000 into the middle from the hijack and Atanas Malinov took his time before he called from the cutoff.

Dean Hutchison: A♣9♠ All in
Atanas Malinov: A♠A♦

Hutchinson had run into the bullets and didn't seem like he could dodge them after the 10♠6♥6♣ flop. A K♣ on the turn sealed the deal as Hutchinson was already up on his feet, and the meaningless 3♠ completed the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Atanas Malinov	2,100,000 1,740,000	1,740,000
Dean Hutchison	Busted

Tags: Atanas Malinov Dean Hutchison

03-16-2025 14:26 UTC+2

Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Daniliuk	Busted
Vladimir Lipnitskii	Busted
Kamran Hassanzadehbarani	Busted
Mikhail Zavoloka	Busted
Zhao Cheng	Busted
Bakhos Alalam	Busted
Michel Molenaar	Busted
Simeon Spasov	Busted

Ramazan Akyel	Busted
Andrey Litvinov	Busted
Sina Milani	Busted
Petar Andreev	Busted
Timur Mukhamedaminov	Busted
Dmitrii Orlov	Busted
Adem Marjanovic	Busted
Martynas Vitkauskas	Busted
Andrey Pateychuk	Busted

03-16-2025 13:56 UTC+2

Van Gent's Aces Send Michalak Home

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Cornelis Van Gent opened the cutoff to 80,000 and Jakub Michalak launched his stack of around 400,000 into the middle from the big blind. Van Gent snap-called.

Jakub Michalak: A♣10♠ All in
Cornelis Van Gent: A♦A♥

Michalak was in a world of pain and needed to find some backdoor action when the flop fell J♣8♥3♦. A Q♦ did open up some of those backdoor opportunties, but the 4♣ on the river swiftly closed them, ending Michalak's run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cornelis Van Gent	2,100,000 1,275,000	1,275,000
Jakub Michalak	Busted

Tags: Cornelis Van Gent Jakub Michalak

03-16-2025 13:42 UTC+2

Galindo Spins Up a Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Humberto Galindo is on a heater and has boosted his stack up to around 1,300,000 after stacking multiple opponents in a short space of time.

First, Galindo had his stack of 210,000 in the middle and at risk against Vladimir Lipnitskii, who had just 10,000 more.

Humberto Galindo: A♣4♣ All in
Vladimir Lipnitskii: 10♣9♣

A safe board of K♠J♦J♣J♠2♦ saw Galindo double up, and left Lipnitskii super short-stacked.

Moments later, a three-way all-in pot between Andrei Daniliuk, Lipnitskii, and Galindo played out after the former shoved the cutoff for around 400,000, Lipnitskii called, and Galindo put his chips in with a covering stack.

Vladimir Lipnitskii: 4♣3♣ All in
Andrei Daniliuk: A♥8♥ All in
Humberto Galindo: J♥J♠

Galindo was made to sweat a little more on this runout as the flop of 7♥6♠2♥ gave Daniliuk a flush draw to go along with his overcard. However, the 9♣ turn and 2♣ river didn't change anything, and Galindo scored the double knockout.

Just as he was getting comfortable with his new stack, Galindo added yet more chips when a short-stacked player shoved for less than 200,000, and Galindo called.

Opponent: A♣4♠ All in
Humberto Galindo: K♣K♦

The board came 5♥3♠9♥10♦J♦. and just liek that, Galindo's stack grew some more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Humberto Lopes Galindo	1,300,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Andrei Daniliuk	Busted
Vladimir Lipnitskii	Busted

Tags: Andrei Daniliuk Humberto Galindo Vladimir Lipnitskii

03-16-2025 13:09 UTC+2

Nashar Bubbles the Warm Up

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The bubble has burst before hand-for-hand play could even begin!

Everybody folded until the action got to Hassan Nashar in the small blind, who bumped it up to 90,000 from his stack of around 550,000. Konstantin Kvashin was in the big blind with a stack worth around double, and he shoved. Nashar, not one to shy away from risky situations, called for his tournament life.

Hassan Nashar: Q♦J♣ All in
Konstantin Kvashin: K♥Q♠

Kvashin was well ahead with a dominating hand and got a safe flop when the dealer fanned 7♣10♥2♠. There wasn't much for Nashar to work with and he didn't pick up any extra outs when the 4♦ landed on the turn, which meant he had to find a jack on the river to survive. No jack appeared as the 8♦ rolled off, which meant Nashar was the last person to leave empty-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Kvashin	1,800,000 1,085,000	1,085,000
Hassan Nashar	Busted

Tags: Hassan Nashar Konstantin Kvashin

03-16-2025 12:54 UTC+2

Eliminations Pre Bubble

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	Busted
Joseph Houayek	Busted
Milos Skrbic	Busted
Aliaksandr Hirs	Busted
Vladimir Alekseev	Busted
Rosen Apostolov	Busted
Akin Guven	Busted
Imad Saab	Busted
Anton Danilov	Busted
Sergei Varnaev	Busted
Cedric Schwaederle	Busted
Viktor Aleksandrov	Busted
Nerses Sargsian	Busted
Bekir Tolga Sivritepe	Busted
Iulian-Remus Blebea	Busted

03-16-2025 12:22 UTC+2

Nagami Stacks Alexsandrov

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Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

It was a short Day 3 for Viktor Aleksandrov, who was eliminated by Kyosuke Nagami in one of the opening hands.

Aleksandrov had committed his stack of 250,000 into the pot from late position and Nagami put his opponent at risk.

Viktor Aleksandrov: A♣J♣ All in
Kyosuke Nagami: Q♦Q♠

Sets of queens seem to be trending so far today as the Q♥5♥6♦ flop gave Nagami a huge lead in the hand and left Aleksandrov needing running cards to survive. No such miracle occurred, though, as the 6♥ turn gave Nagami an unbeatable full house. Alexsandrov was already on his feet when he watched the K♣ land on the river, and he made his way to the exit.