$3,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series

03-21-2025 20:35 UTC+2

Reichenstein Rivers a Straight to Survive

Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

After a cutoff raise to 10,000, Uri Reichenstein jammed his stack of 90,000 into the middle from the button. Safi Haidar moved all in over the top from the small blind, forcing the initial raiser to fold.

Uri Reichenstein: A♣J♥ All in
Safi Haidar: K♣K♦

Reichenstein was in a lot of trouble with ace-jack against the kings of Haidar. However, a fortunate runout of Q♣2♥9♦10♦K♥ improved Reichenstein to the nut straight, and he doubled through Haidar.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Reichenstein	200,000 200,000	200,000
Safi Haidar	150,000 129,000	129,000

Tags: Safi Haidar Uri Reichenstein

03-21-2025 20:26 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Zavoloka	900,000 150,000	150,000
Dinesh Alt	825,000 175,000	175,000
Nenad Dukic	750,000 574,000	574,000

Atanas Malinov	700,000 10,000	10,000
Fahredin Mustafov	550,000 250,000	250,000
Adrian State	300,000 23,500	23,500

03-21-2025 20:21 UTC+2

Voronin Shows His Cards

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Evgenii Chernyi raised from the cutoff to 10,000 with Konstantin Voronin calling on the button, and Anthony Khouzami defending his big blind.

After it checked to Chernyi on the 3♦3♣5♦ flop, he continued with a bet of 15,000. Only Voronin called.

Chernyi decided to check the 7♠ turn and Voronin bet 40,000. Chernyi called.

The Q♠ landed on the river and Chernyi checked to Voronin, who bet 80,000. Chernyi went into the tank and thought for roughly two minutes. Eventually, he folded, and Voronin showed K♦Q♦ for a pair of queens to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Voronin	1,200,000

Anthony Khouzami	800,000 50,000	50,000

Evgenii Chernyi	280,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Anthony Khouzami Evgenii Chernyi Konstantin Voronin

03-21-2025 20:17 UTC+2

Tatar's Queens Good Against Estrada

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Soraya Estrada min-raised from the button and Marek Tatar made it 40,000 to go from the big blind. Estrada called.

The flop came out 9♥A♣6♣ and Tatar continued with a bet of 30,000, which Estrada called to see the 2♥ drop on the turn. Tatar slowed down with a check, Estrada bet 55,000, and Tatar called.

A board-pairing A♥ completed the runout and after Tatar checked, Estrada took her time before she reluctantly checked back. Tatar then showed Q♥Q♦ for a pair of queens, and Estrada mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soraya Estrada	700,000 10,000	10,000
Marek Tatar	400,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Marek Tatar Soraya Estrada

03-21-2025 20:11 UTC+2

Last Level of the Night

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Level 16 has just got underway and is the last level that players will play tonight.

Once the level is over, the remaining players will bag up their chips ready for Day 3 tomorrow.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

03-21-2025 20:04 UTC+2

Burtin Times Out

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Picking up the action on a board of 5♥A♠10♣4♣, a player in middle position fired out a bet of 120,000 into the pot of 200,000 and Kirill Burtin called on the button.

With the pot closing in on the 500,000 mark, the player shoved when the 6♠ hit the river, which gave Burtin a decision for the rest of his 275,000-chip stack. Some time passed and the clock was called, which gave Burtin 30 seconds to make a decision.

No decision was made in that time, so Burtin's hand was declared dead and the pot was pushed in his opponent's direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Burtin	275,000 119,000	119,000

Tags: Kirill Burtin

03-21-2025 20:03 UTC+2

Sidhu Picks Off Novak's Bluff

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The action was picked up on the turn with the board showing 6♥3♥K♦7♠. Kuljinder Singh Sidhu bet 37,000 from early position and Andrii Novak called from the hijack.

The river came the J♠ and Sidhu decided to check. Novak bet 57,000, which Sidhu called. Novak turned over a busted straight draw with 8♦5♦, and lost the pot to Sidhu's A♠K♠ for a pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrii Novak	1,450,000 50,000	50,000
Kuljinder Singh Sidhu	1,000,000

Tags: Andrii Novak Kuljinder Singh Sidhu

03-21-2025 20:03 UTC+2

Leonid Orman

192,000 33,000

Table 7Seat 3

03-21-2025 19:50 UTC+2

Adomkevicius' Stack Keeps Growing

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Aneris Adomkevicius is slowing building his stack and has around 400,000 after shoving the river in the last hand he played.

With around 55,000 in the pot on a 2♦A♠7♦ flop, the action checked through three-ways to the 8♠ turn. When it got to Adomkevicius, he fired 20,000, and only one player in early position called.

A J♠ dropped on the river and Adomkevicius' opponent led out for 42,000.Adomkevicius then ripped in his stack of around 200,000, which earned hiim the pot as his opponent quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aneris Adomkevicius	400,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Aneris Adomkevicius