$3,300 Main Event Day 4 | 2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series

03-23-2025 20:17 UTC+2

Achour RIvers the Winner to Double Through Kiselev

Tim Baker

Level 31 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Daniil Kiselev raised to 300,000 on the button, and Maher Achour three-bet to 2,700,000 from the small blind, leaving just 50,000 behind. Kiselev moved all in, and Achour flicked in his last 50,000.

Maher Achour: K♥J♣ All in
Daniil Kiselev: 4♥4♦

Achour got out of his chair with his tournament life on the line. The flop came 10♦6♠6♦, giving him some counterfeit outs. The 5♣ turn added a few more, and the K♠ river delivered the winner—top pair for Achour to score a crucial double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniil Kiselev	6,800,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Maher Achour	5,600,000 2,900,000	2,900,000

Tags: Daniil Kiselev Maher Achour

03-23-2025 20:11 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Zavoloka	10,500,000 500,000	500,000
Daniil Kiselev	8,500,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Soraya Estrada	7,500,000 500,000	500,000
Leonid Orman	5,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Dawid Smolka	4,000,000 250,000	250,000
Maher Achour	2,700,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Ludovic Geilich	1,800,000 100,000	100,000

03-23-2025 20:07 UTC+2

Smolka Three-Bet Shoves the Flop on Geilich

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Tim Baker

Level 31 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Dawid Smolka raised to 300,000 on the button, and Ludovic Geilich defended his big blind.

The flop came 5♦J♥3♠, and Geilich checked. Smolka continued for 225,000, but Geilich responded with a check-raise to 775,000. Smolka went into the tank and used a few time extensions before three-bet shoving for roughly 2,300,000.

Geilich quickly folded, and Smolka dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dawid Smolka	3,750,000 950,000	950,000
Ludovic Geilich	1,900,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Tags: Ludovic Geilich Dawid Smolka

03-23-2025 20:04 UTC+2

Andrei Spataru Eliminated in 15th Place ($25,800)

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Tim Baker

Level 31 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Daniil Kiselev raised to 300,000 from the hijack, and Andrei Spataru shoved for roughly 2,200,000 from the big blind. Kiselev made the call to try and bust him.

Andrei Spataru: A♠K♦ All in
Daniil Kiselev: J♥J♦

Spataru needed to connect with his Big Slick to stay in the hunt for the final table. But the board ran out Q♥6♦8♥6♣J♣, giving Kiselev a full house on the river and ending Spataru’s Main Event run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniil Kiselev	9,800,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Andrei Spataru	Busted

Tags: Andrei Spataru Daniil Kiselev

03-23-2025 20:00 UTC+2

Tuna Chipping Up

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Chady Ojeil made it 325,000 to go from the hijack and Akin Tuna called in the big blind.

Both saw the 3♦J♦9♦ flop where Tuna check-called a bet of 175,000 from Ojeil to see the 4♠ turn. Again Tuna went into check-call mode when Ojeil fired 450,000.

A 4♣ paired the board on the river and both knuckled the table, with Tuna taking the pot with a pair of nines holding K♥9♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chady Ojeil	10,000,000 1,375,000	1,375,000
Akin Tuna	9,000,000 1,800,000	1,800,000

Tags: Akin Tuna Chady Ojeil

03-23-2025 19:58 UTC+2

Isaia Pushes Han Han Out

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Alessio Isaia raised from middle position and Han Han called from the big blind.

On the 9♦2♦9♥ flop, both checked to the 5♦ turn, where Han Han checked and Isaia bet 250,000. Han Han then raised to 700,000, which Isaia called to the Q♣ river. Han Han then checked, Isaia bet 850,000, and Han Han folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Han Han	6,900,000 400,000	400,000
Alessio Isaia	4,200,000 1,850,000	1,850,000

Tags: Alessio Isaia Han Han

03-23-2025 19:52 UTC+2

Kirill Shcherbakov Eliminated in 16th Place ($22,400)

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Tim Baker

Level 31 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Nenad Dukic raised to 300,000 from the cutoff, and Kirill Shcherbakov jammed for 2,800,000 from the small blind. Mikhail Zavoloka moved all in over the top for roughly 7,000,000 from the big blind, prompting Dukic to fold.

Kirill Shcherbakov: A♥5♥ All in
Mikhail Zavoloka: Q♠Q♦

Shcherbakov was behind and looking for hearts or an ace to stay alive. But the 6♣Q♣8♠ flop gave Zavoloka a set of queens, and the 8♣ turn filled him up, leaving Shcherbakov drawing dead. The 7♦ river was irrelevant, and Shcherbakov hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Zavoloka	10,000,000 4,300,000	4,300,000
Nenad Dukic	7,800,000 200,000	200,000

Kirill Shcherbakov	Busted

Tags: Kirill Shcherbakov Mikhail Zavoloka Nenad Dukic

03-23-2025 19:46 UTC+2

Tuna Calls For a Chop

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Akin Tuna made it 350,000 from he cutoff and got called by Leonid Orman in the small blind & Dmitrii Kopyl in the big blind.

On the A♥3♦4♠ flop, it checked to Tuna, who fired out 475,000. Orman called and Kopyl folded.

Both watched the 2♠ hit the turn and checked to the 5♠ river, which put a straight on board and brought in the backdoor flush draw. Orman used some extra time before he bet 1,175,000. which also prompted Tuna to use a time bank. After close to a minute of thinking, Tuna called.

Orman showed A♣J♥ and was playing the board, as was Tuna with his K♣K♥ so they chopped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Akin Tuna	7,200,000 800,000	800,000
Leonid Orman	6,000,000 200,000	200,000
Dmitrii Kopyl	3,800,000 375,000	375,000

Tags: Akin Tuna Dmitrii Kopyl Leonid Orman

03-23-2025 19:39 UTC+2

Dukic Wins a Four-Way Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 31 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Nenad Dukic raised to 300,000 from early position with Dawid Smolka calling on the button, Han Han calling from the small blind, and Ludovic Geilich defending his big blind.

Four players saw the flop come down Q♣A♥2♠ and the action checked to Dukic, who fired out a bet of 300,000. Only Smolka and Geilich called to see a turn.

Geilich and Dukic checked the A♠ turn, and Smolka threw out a bet of 500,000. Geilich folded, but Dukic called.

The 6♣ on the river checked through and Dukic took down the pot with A♣10♥ for trip aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nenad Dukic	8,000,000 900,000	900,000

Han Han	7,300,000 500,000	500,000
Ludovic Geilich	3,300,000 600,000	600,000

Dawid Smolka	2,800,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Dawid Smolka Han Han Ludovic Geilich Nenad Dukic

03-23-2025 19:31 UTC+2

Han Han Flops a Set

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Mikhail Zavoloka opened the button to 300,000 and got called by Dawid Smolka in the small blind & Han Han in the big blind.

All three checked the 5♦J♣4♣ flop to the 6♣ turn, where Smolka led for 350,000. Both Han Han and Zavoloka called.

A Q♦ hit the river and after Smolka checked, Han Han bet 625,000. Zavoloka got out of the way, but Smolka called.

Han Han then showed a flopped set with 5♠5♣, and Smolka mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Han Han	7,800,000 3,700,000	3,700,000
Mikhail Zavoloka	5,700,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Dawid Smolka	3,700,000 1,800,000	1,800,000

Tags: Dawid Smolka Han Han Mikhail Zavoloka