2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 5
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Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
3♥3♣
Prize
$401,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,431,560
Total Entries
881
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 5
Entries
9
Players Left
1
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Estrada Stays Alive

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 38 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Nenad Dukic / Soraya Estrada
Nenad Dukic / Soraya Estrada

Nenad Dukic shoved from the small blind and Soraya Estrada called in the big blind for her last 6,200,000.

Soraya Estrada: A♣2♠ All in
Nenad Dukic: Q♦6♥

Estrada was ahead and needed to stay there, otherwise there would only be three players remaining. The flop ran out 4♦4♥J♦, keeping Estrada's ace-high in the lead, and the 8♥ turn put her a step closer to survival. Dukic couldn't find the outs he needed on the 5♥ river, and Estrada stayed alive.

Tags: Nenad DukicSoraya Estrada

Estrada's Big Bet Gets Punished

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 38 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Soraya Estrada made it 1,600,000 to go from under the gun and Akin Tuna called on the button.

On the K♥8♠4♠ flop, Estrada made a big bet of 4,100,000, then Tuna shoved! Estrada quickly folded.

Tags: Akin TunaSoraya Estrada

Dukic Bets Out Zavoloka

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 38 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Mikhail Zavoloka raised to 2,300,000 from the small blind and Nenad Dukic called in the big blind.

When the flop came down 4♣9♥8♣, Zavoloka bet 2,300,000 and after some thinking, Dukic called to see the 6♥ hit the turn. Zavoloka slowed down with a check, then Dukic bet 3,000,000. After burning through a time bank, Zavoloka elected to fold.

Tags: Mikhail ZavolokaNenad Dukic

Tuna Flops a Set

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 38 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Akin Tuna made it 1,800,000 from under the gun in the first hand back from dinner and Soraya Estrada called in the big blind.

On the 7♣2♣8♦ flop, Estrada check-called a bet of 2,000,000 from Tuna to see the Q♣ hit the turn. Estrada checked again, then Tuna unloaded 6,000,000 into the pot. Estrada quickly folded.

Tuna was kind enough to show that he flopped a set with 8♠8♥ as he raked the pot.

Tags: Akin TunaSoraya Estrada

Level: 38

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 800,000

Updated Chip Counts

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Zavoloka Spikes a Three-Outer to Survive

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Mikhail Zavoloka Nenad Dukic
Mikhail Zavoloka Nenad Dukic

Soraya Estrada opened to 1,200,000 from under the gun and Mikhail Zavoloka shoved for 11,700,000 from the small blind. When it got back to Estrada. she went deep, deep into the tank.

One, two, three, four, five, six time banks later, Estrada pulled back her raise and dropped in a stack of green chips, worth 500,000 each, and made the call.

Mikhail Zavoloka: A♠9♥ All in
Soraya Estrada: A♥J♣

Estrada had made the right call and was a clean runout away of bringing the Main Event down to its final three. However, a twist emerged as Zavoloka paired his nine on the 3♥9♠4♣ flop to take the lead. No help arrived for Estrada on the 7♣5♦ runout, and Zavoloka scored a huge double-up.

Tags: Mikhail ZavolokaSoraya Estrada

Updated Chip Counts

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 37 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
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