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

Mar 22, 2025

Plenty of Action Ahead at Merit Poker!

Kai Cocklin

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

Don’t miss any of the exciting poker action at Merit this spring, as both the Merit Millions and Mediterranean Poker Party are on the way.

The special Merit Millions event will run from April 8-13, with a buy-in of $10,400 over four starting flights. The champion will earn $1,000,000, with the rest of the prize pool distributed between players at the final table.

The Mediterranean Poker Party (MPP) returns to Merit from May 3-13, bringing with it more than $10 million in guaranteed prize pools, including a monster-sized $5,300 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed MPP Main Event.

Featuring four flights, the MPP Main Event runs from May 8-12 and could see the champion reel in a million-dollar score. In 2024, some 1,260 entries resulted in a $6,048,000 prize pool, much more than the advertised $5 million guarantee.

Look out for satellites running on GGPoker and win your way to Merit this spring!

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Mar 22, 2025

Tammel Chips Up With Trips

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Tim Baker

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

Maher Achour raised from early position to 40,000 with Safi Haidar calling on the button, and Tarmo Tammel defending his big blind.

All three players checked the 8♠8♥6♠ flop to see the 2♥ land on the turn. Tammel led out for 65,000, which only Achour called.

Tammel fired 55,000 on the Q♠ river and Achour instantly called. Tammel tabled 10♦8♦ for trips and Achour mucked his cards.

Tags: Maher Achour Safi Haidar Tarmo Tammel

Mar 22, 2025

Recent Bustouts

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Kai Cocklin

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

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Mar 22, 2025

Smolka Pays the Price For Big Shove

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Kai Cocklin

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

Dawid Smolka just made a big shove and paid a hefty price for it.

Leonid Orman opened to 40,000 from early position and a player in the cutoff called with a stack of around 900,000. Henrik Brockmann called on the button, then Smolka shoved 1,800,000 from the big blind. Orman thought for some time before he committed his stack of around 600,000, and both the cutoff and Brockmann folded.

Leonid Orman: A♠Q♦ All in
Dawid Smolka: A♦3♦

Smolka was looking for threes or diamonds but couldn't find much to work with on the 8♦8♣4♠ flop. A 9♣ on the turn brought some more chop possibilties, but the 7♠ was a brick, meaning Orman doubled up.

Tags: Dawid Smolka Henrik Brockmann Leonid Orman

Mar 22, 2025

BLT Good More Than Doubles With Queens; Pavlov Hits the Rail

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Tim Baker

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

Ludovic Geilich raised to 40,000 from the hijack before Atanas Pavlov three-bet to 290,000 from the cutoff, leaving himself just 5,000 behind. BLT Good then jammed from the big blind for 790,000 total, and the action was back on Geilich.

Geilich asked for a count from the dealer and thought about the spot for a few moments. Eventually, he made the call with a covering stack to put both opponents at risk. Pavlov quickly flicked in his last T-5,000 chip, and all three players tabled their cards.

BLT Good: Q♠Q♥ All in
Atanas Pavlov: A♣J♠ All in
Ludovic Geilich: 10♠10♣

Geilich could move his stack up to close to 4,500,000 if he could spike a ten on the runout. However, the board came K♠9♠5♦8♣7♠, keeping BLT Good's queens ahead the entire time. Pavlov hit the rail, while BLT Good's stack increased to just under two million.

Tags: Atanas Pavlov BLT Good Ludovic Geilich

Mar 22, 2025

Play Ends at the End of Level 24

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Kai Cocklin

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

The players have been told that play will halt at the end of Level 24.

Mar 22, 2025

Simon Sends Xi Home

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Kai Cocklin

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

Ming Xi's Main Event run is over as he just got eliminated by [Removed:553].

Nenad Dukic opened up the action with a raise to 45,000 from early position and Xi called on the button. Simon also called from the big blind.

The three saw a flop of 3♠9♦Q♣ where it checked to Xi, who fired out 70,000. Simon dropped in the call, and Dukic folded.

On the 4♦ turn, Simon checked once again and Xi immediately moved his last 125,000 into the middle. Simon snap-called.

Ming Xi: Q♦J♦ All in
[Removed:553]: 9♥9♣

Xi was drawing to a flush but couldn't find it as the 8♣ peeled off, sending him to the rail and giving Simon a stack of around 2,000,000.

Tags: Ming Xi Nenad Dukic

Mar 22, 2025

Leonid Orman

680,000 343,000

Table 4Seat 6

Mar 22, 2025

Ivanov Sends Xu Home

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Tim Baker

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

When it folded to Lyudmil Ivanov in the small lblind he shoved to put Qiang Xu all in from the big blind. Xu made the call for his last 120,000 and the cards were turned over.

Qiang Xu: J♥10♠ All in
Lyudmil Ivanov: Q♥7♠

Xu was slightly behind and needed a good runout to keep his Main Event hopes alive. The board came Q♣10♦6♥Q♠4♣, which improved Ivanov to trips, sending Xu to the rail.

Tags: Lyudmil Ivanov Qiang Xu

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000