2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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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 3
Entries
213
Players Left
60
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Kolev Exits the Tournament

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Boris Kolev
Boris Kolev

With everyone in the money now, Boris Kolev raised to 35,000 from middle position before Darius Neagoe three-bet to 90,000 from the hijack. When it got back to Kolev, he four-bet shoved for roughly 520,000 and Neagoe called.

Boris Kolev: A♥Q♠ All in
Darius Neagoe: A♠K♦

Kolev was out-kicked with ace-queen to the Big Slick of Neagoe, and wasn't able to find any help on the 9♠6♥7♠2♥4♠ runout. Kolev headed to the payout desk while Neagoe stack moved up to 1,400,000.

Tags: Boris KolevDarius Neagoe

In The Money!

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

Without needing to go to hand-for-hand play, there were three quick bustouts which brought everybody into the money.

The last of those to be eliminated was the start-of-day chip leader Georgios Tsouloftas!

Eliminations

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

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Shcherbakov Puts Khorchidian in the Blender

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Nichan Khorchidian
Nichan Khorchidian

Kirill Shcherbakov raised to 30,000 from middle position, and Nichan Khorchidian called from the hijack. Andrei Spataru also called, defending from the big blind.

On the K♠9♣A♥ flop, Spataru checked, Shcherbakov bet 35,000, and Khorchidian raised to 100,000. Spataru folded, and Shcherbakov called.

The turn was the 4♠, and both players checked to see the 2♦ land on the river. Shcherbakov led out for 65,000, only to see Khorchidian raise to 250,000. Shcherbakov then moved all in, putting Khorchidian at risk for his remaining 425,000.

Khorchidian went deep into the tank for more than two minutes before eventually letting his hand go. Shcherbakov showed the A♠ as he pulled in the big pot.

Tags: Andrei SpataruKirill ShcherbakovNichan Khorchidian

Estrada Finds a Lucky River to Chop

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Soraya Estrada is a lucky, lucky lady after just finding a miracle river to earn herself a chop!

There were already around 300,000 chips in the middle on a 10♠3♥9♣Q♥ board when Andrei Konopelko checked and Estrada bet 175,000. Konopelko then shoved for 605,000, and Estrada counted out calling chips and slid them forward.

Andrei Konopelko: K♠J♠ All in
Soraya Estrada: Q♣J♦

Konopelko had the nuts and would scoop the pot as long as the river wasn't a king. Fortunately for Estrada, and unfortunately for Konopelko, the river was a K♦ meaning they both had a straight and chopped up the pot.

Tags: Andrei KonopelkoSoraya Estrada

Kirichenko Gets Zhu to Fold

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

There were already around 200,000 chips in the pot on a board of 6♣Q♠8♥J♥ when Aleksandr Kirichenko fired out a bet of 100,000 from under the gun. Jingxuan Zhu was in the hijack and called.

A Q♣ paired the board on the river and Kirichenko kept firing, this time for a bigger size of 290,000. Zhu went into the tank for quite some time but eventually settled on a fold, which allowed Kirichenko's stack to grow to around 1,350,000.

Jakovljevic Triples Up With Pocket Nines

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Gregoire Auzoux raised to 30,000 from early position before Aleksandar Jakovljevic three-bet to roughly 300,000, leaving himself around 20,000 behind. Oleg Netaliev then moved all in from the big blind for 370,000. Auzoux called, covering both players, and Jakovljevic tossed in his last chips to put himself at risk.

Aleksandar Jakovljevic: 9♥9♣ All in
Oleg Netaliev: A♣K♣ All in
Gregoire Auzoux: A♥K♠

Jakovljevic found himself in excellent shape against the two Big Slicks of his opponents. The board ran out clean for his pocket nines, falling 4♥10♦6♥5♣6♣. Jakovljevic secured the triple-up, while Netaliev was left short with roughly 50,000.

Tags: Aleksandar JakovljevicGregoire Auzoux

Spataru Rakes a Small One With Queens

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Andrei Spataru made it 30,000 to go from middle position and Kirill Shcherbakov called in the cutoff. Bart Lybaert also called from the big blind.

The three went to a flop of 9♥9♦7♣ where it checked to Shcherbakov, who bet 30,000. Both Lybaert and Spataru called to see the 2♣ drop on the turn, which checked through.

A 3♠ completed the board and again it checked around. Lybaert instantly mucked without showing, Spataru showed a slowly-played Q♣Q♦, and Shcherbakov mucked.

Tags: Andrei SpataruBart LybaertKirill Shcherbakov

Lahev Fades the River to Double Up

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

After George Tomescu raised from middle position and the cutoff player called, Tomer Lahav squeezed from the small blind with both Tomescu and the cutoff player calling.

With around 325,000 in the middle, the three players saw the flop come down Q♦10♦8♥. Lahev fired out a continuation-bet of 250,000, which only the cutoff player called.

When the 5♥ landed on the turn, Lahev shoved for 280,000. The cutoff player did some inventory and took his time before eventually making the call.

Tomer Lahav: 10♥10♣ All in
Cutoff Player: A♦5♦

Lahev was ahead with his set of tens, but the cutoff player did have a flush draw with one card to come. The 8♠ landed on the river to improve Lahev to a full house and he doubled up.

Tags: George TomescuTomer Lahav

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