2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$210,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,188,640
Total Entries
646
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
105
Players Left
9
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Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Yuan Wins a Sweaty Flip Against Van Gent

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Yilu Yuan
Yilu Yuan

There was an open from the hijack to 120,000 and Yilu Yuan shoved the cutoff for around 1,100,000. Cornelis Van Gent was in the big blind and after a short tank, he made the call, and the initial raiser folded.

Yilu Yuan: AK All in
Cornelis Van Gent: 99

It was a classic coinflip that Yuan needed to win as he was the at-risk player. A flop of KQ8 kept things interesting as Yuan flopped top pair but van Gent picked up a flush draw. The 5 turn was red, but not the kind the van Gent needed, and the 2 river was as bricky as they come.

Tags: Cornelis Van GentYilu Yuan

Eliminations

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Hallay's Aces Beat Grigorev's Kings

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Axel Hallay
Axel Hallay

Iurii Grigorev picked up a premium hand, but was disappointed to see that he was up against a slightly better hand held by Axel Hallay after the two got their chips in preflop blind-on-blind.

Axel Hallay: AA All in
Iurii Grigorev: KK

Hallay had the shorter stack and managed to double it up as the 793J5 runout kept his bullets in the lead. Grigorev, however, dropped down to around 700,00—even with Hallay.

Tags: Axel HallayIurii Grigorev

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Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Lupuleac Four-Bet Shoves, Rabbit Hunting Gets Discussed

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

Jan Petersen made an open to 150,000 from the cutoff and Aren Bezhanyan three-bet to 375,000 on the button. Alexandru Lupuleac was in the big blind and four-bet shoved for around 1,250,000, which got a quick fold out of Petersen.

Bezhanyan didn't fold so quickly and was in the tank for some time before he reluctantly tossed his cards into the middle.

"Show the five," joked Petersen to Lupuleac.

Lupuleac didn't oblige and returned his cards face down to the dealer, which brought up the topic of a new ability the players have here at Merit Poker — rabbit hunting!

At the start of each major tournament, players receive a single Rabbit Hunting card, which they can redeem at any time to reveal the turn or river after they've folded. However, the card can't be used preflop to see a full runout—it's only valid when a player folds on the flop or turn, allowing them to satisfy their curiosity about what might have been.

Tags: Alexandru LupuleacAren BezhanyanJan Petersen

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