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

03-22-2025 16:55 UTC+3

Pateychuk Binks the River to Survive

Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Andrey Pateychuk raised from the cutoff and Mantas Bagocius called in the small blind before Uri Reichenstein squeezed to 100,000 in the big blind. Pateychuk then shoved for around 220,000, Bagocius reshoved around 650,000, and Reichenstein folded.

Andrey Pateychuk: 10♥10♠ All in
Mantas Bagocius: AxAx

Pateychuk was on the verge of being eliminated and didn't get much help on the J♦4♠6♥ flop, A K♣ on the turn left him with just one more chance at spiking one of his two out. The river did provide one of those two outs as the 10♣ improved Pateychuk to a set and kept him alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Reichenstein	1,100,000 959,000	959,000
Andrey Pateychuk	575,000 325,000	325,000

Mantas Bagocius	420,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Mantas Bagocius Uri Reichenstein

03-22-2025 16:48 UTC+3

Ivanov Gives Up on the Bluff

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Tim Baker

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Andrei Stoenescu raised the button to 27,000 and Vladislav Ivanov defended from the big blind.

The flop came down A♥J♥K♦, prompting Ivanov to check. Stoenescu fired a continuation-bet of 36,000 and Ivanov called.

When the J♦ landed on the turn, Ivanov led out for 50,000, which Stoenescu called.

The 4♣ river checked through and Ivanov showed a bluff with Q♥9♠. Stoenescu had that beat with A♣8♠ for top pair to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Stoenescu	550,000 269,000	269,000
Vladislav Ivanov	400,000 267,000	267,000

Tags: Andrei Stoenescu Vladislav Ivanov

03-22-2025 16:45 UTC+3

Blebea Puts a Dent in Geilich's Mountain

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ludovic Geilich opened from middle position and Iulian Blebea made it 85,000 to go from the cutoff. When it got back to Geilich, he put in a four-bet to 213,000. Blebea responded with a five-bet shove to 701,000, which gave Geilich something to think about.

"Are you gonna show me a five?" Geilich kept repeating to himself. "Or king-queen?" he added. After some time, Geilich did make the call, which left Blebea at risk.

Iulia Blebea: Q♠Q♦ All in
Ludovic Geilich: A♥10♦

Blebea had the lead with his queens but it's never comfortable seeing that overcard of your opponent when you're all-in. However, Blebea had nothing to fear as the J♣8♥3♣6♣9♥ runout kept his Ladies in the lead, and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	2,400,000 200,000	200,000

Iulian Blebea	1,440,000 692,000	692,000

Tags: Ludovic Geilich Iulian Blebea

03-22-2025 16:36 UTC+3

Mustafov's Value Bet Gets Paid

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Tim Baker

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With around 200,000 already in the pot and the board showing 6♣8♣Q♠4♦2♣, Georgios Tsouloftas checked from the big blind. Fahredin Mustafov bet just under the size of the pot, sending Tsouloftas deep into thought. Eventually, Tsouloftas carved out the chips and slid in a call.

Mustafov revealed K♣Q♣ for a king-high flush, which was good as Tsouloftas mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Tsouloftas	1,700,000 400,000	400,000

Fahredin Mustafov	700,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov Georgios Tsouloftas

03-22-2025 16:31 UTC+3

Konopelko Hits a Milly

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Andrei Konopelko is going along nicely and just won a pot that brought his stack to around 1,000,000.

There were already around 75,000 chips in the pot on a 3♥Q♦8♣ flop when Konopelko bet 25,000 from the small blind and Alexandras Rusinovas called in the big blind.

A 2♥ dropped on the turn and Konopelko kept firing, this time with a sizing of 85,000. Rusinovas only had around 275,000 behind and elected to fold, allowing Konopelko to rake in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Konopelko	1,000,000 200,000	200,000
Alexandras Rusinovas	275,000 245,000	245,000

Tags: Alexandras Rusinovas Andrei Konopelko

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

03-22-2025 16:17 UTC+3

Tuna Runs Into Trouble as Brockmann Nets the Pot

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Akin Tuna, who has been involved in lots of pots today, just played another that cost him a chunk of his stack.

Tuna raised to 20,000 from middle position and Ori Elul, who has spun up a stack from just a few big blind, three-bet to 55,000 in the hijack. Henrik Brockmann called in the cutoff, and Tuna also called.

The trio saw a flop of 7♣6♠3♥ where Tuna checked and Elul bet 40,000, Both Brockmann and Tuna called to see the K♣ land on the turn, where both Tuna and Elul checked. Brockmann then slid forward a stack of chips for a bet of 225,000, which after some thinking, Tuna called. Elul got out of the way.

A 9♠ completed the runout and Brockmann moved his last 49,000 in the middle out of turn. The chips were called back into his stack and then Tuna made the decision to shove. Brockmann snap-called.

Tuna then revealed a busted combo draw with A♣4♣. but Brockmann had the winner holding A♦K♦ to scoop the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Akin Tuna	1,200,000 100,000	100,000
Henrik Brockmann	850,000 486,000	486,000
Ori Elul	275,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Akin Tuna Henrik Brockmann Ori Elul

03-22-2025 16:09 UTC+3

Rusinovas Takes from Menicanin

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alexandras Rusinovas raised to 20,000 under the gun with Mario Menicanin calling from the hijack, and Andrei Konopelko defending out of the big blind.

The action checked to Menicanin on the 4♠J♣5♦ flop, and he bet 19,000. Konopelko called, but Rusinovas folded.

The action went check-check on the 3♠ turn to see the 5♠ land on the river. Konopelko led out for 75,000, forcing Menicanin to fold his cards quickly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Konopelko	800,000
Mario Menicanin	700,000 549,000	549,000
Alexandras Rusinovas	520,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Alexandras Rusinovas Andrei Konopelko Mario Menicanin

03-22-2025 16:01 UTC+3

Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdullah Al-shanti	Busted
Alain Hajj	Busted
Alisa Sibgatova	Busted
Arni Gunnarsson	Busted
Aytekin Yayla	Busted
Azamat Rakaev	Busted
Bogdan Jontulovic	Busted
Carmen Zainescu	Busted

Charbel Salloum	Busted
Karl Sandoff	Busted
Liviu Ignat	Busted
Mohamad El-Sayed	Busted
Niko Koop	Busted
Osman Ihlamur	Busted
Rashad Iskandarov	Busted
Roman Kolotiuk	Busted
Sadik Alibeyoglu	Busted
Samir Moukawem	Busted
Samuel Dray	Busted
Sandra Cotescu	Busted
Shai Zurr	Busted

Tahsin Cankurtaranli	Busted
Tamazi Skhirtladze	Busted
Yasen Dichev	Busted
Clement Bonnant	Busted

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03-22-2025 15:55 UTC+3

BLT Good Doubles Through Geilich

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With a stack of roughly 160,000. BLT Good came in with a raise from early position before Ludovic Geilich three-bet to 78,000 from the small blind. BLT Good four-bet jammed and Geilich called.

BLT Good: K♠Q♣ All in
Ludovic Geilich: A♣J♠

Geilich was ahead, but BLT Good had some live cards to work with. The K♣3♦3♠ flop catapulted BLT Good into the lead with a pair of kings. The 9♣ turn meant only an ace on the river would end BLT Good's Main Event. A clean 5♦ came on the river and BLT Good doubled through Geilich.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	2,600,000 450,000	450,000

BLT Good	340,000 97,000	97,000

Tags: BLT Good Ludovic Geilich