Level: 5
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,431,560
Entries
881
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
179
Players Left
94
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Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Felipe Ketzer, who is ranked tenth on Brazil's all-time money list and is a regular at Merit Poker stops, took his seat just after the break and was quickly involved in a pot.
There were around 20,000 in the middle on a board of 6♦2♦Q♥9♥ when Ketzer bet 16,000 from middle position. A player in the hijack called, and the button folded.
When the A♦ completed the front door flush draw on the turn, Ketzer went big with a sizing of 55,200, and his opponent quickly mucked.
Ketzer has final tabled the Merit Poker Classic Main Event on three different occasions, coming 2nd, 3rd, and 9th. The player that Ketzer lost to heads-up in last year's Carmen Main Event is none other than Elie Farah, who is also chasing a bag in Day 1c.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 |
Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Sofia Merkulova just pushed Haghgou Seyedahmad out of a pot on the river to add a little more to her stack.
The flop read 4♦2♠3♦ with around 7,500 in the pot when Merkulova bet 2,500 and Seyedahmad called to see the 9♥ drop on the turn, which both checked.
Merkulova fired 6,500 on the 3♠ river and after a few seconds of thinking, Seyedahmad let his hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000
5,000
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5,000 |
|
50,000 |
Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
With around 17,000 in the pot on a 6♣5♣3♦ flop, the action checked to Kristaps Vismanis, who bet 10,000 from the cutoff. Only Edgar Yamin in middle position called.
Yamin check-called again for 25,000 on the 5♥ turn then they both watched the 4♥ put a four-liner on board. After Yamin checked, Vismanis eventually knuckled back and Yamin took the pot with 7♥7♠ for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | |
|
90,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | |
|
310,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
260,000 | |
|
250,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
180,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
160,000 | |
|
140,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break.
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Adrian State is fresh off a victory in Italy just a few days ago and is already getting stuck into the Main Event here in Cyprus.
Four-ways to a flop of 9♠J♦4♠, all four checked to the 10♥ turn where a player in middle position bet 3,300. Alfred Nader called, then State made it 21,000 on the button. Two folds later it was back on Nader, and he stuck in the call.
An A♦ dropped on the turn and after Nader checked, State bet 50,000. After a long time, Nader eventually tossed in the call and then immediately mucked when State showed the nuts with K♥Q♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | |
|
70,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
There was a raise from the hijack to 1,200 and both Ramez Haddad in the small blind and Sofia Merkulova in the big blind called.
They went to a flop of 7♦9♠8♥ where it checked to the hijack, who bet 2,500. Both Haddad and Merkulova called to see the 6♥ drop on the turn, where all three checked.
A 2♦ came on the river and Haddad led out for 4,500, then Merkulova raised to 12,000. The hijack folded, and after some consideration, Haddad's cards also hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
100,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
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