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

03-23-2025 17:04 UTC+2

Ojeil's Cowboys End Jakovljevic's Main Event

Tim Baker

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

After a bit of a raising war preflop, Aleksandar Jakovljevic got his 1,950,000 in the middle, with Chady Ojeil looking to send him to the rail.

Aleksandar Jakovljevic: A♦K♥ All in
Chady Ojeil: K♠K♦

It was a brutal cooler for Jakovljevic, though he still had an overcard to stay alive. But the flop came K♣9♠7♠, giving Ojeil top set and leaving Jakovljevic nearly drawing dead. The board ran out Q♠8♦, and all of Jakovljevic’s stack was shipped over to Ojeil.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chady Ojeil	6,150,000 2,250,000	2,250,000
Aleksandar Jakovljevic	Busted

Tags: Aleksandar Jakovljevic Chady Ojeil

03-23-2025 17:01 UTC+2

Smolka Rivers a Straight

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Kai Cocklin

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Dawid Smolka opened to 200,000 from the cutoff and BLT Good called on the button. Evgenii Chernyi also called from the big blind.

On the 7♦J♥2♠ flop, Chernyi checked and Smolka bet 200,000. BLT Good called, and Chernyi folded.

A 9♥ on the turn was checked through to the 8♠ river, where Smolka bet 250,000. BLT Good called then mucked when Smolka showed a straight with 10♠9♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dawid Smolka	5,700,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
BLT Good	3,100,000 200,000	200,000
Evgenii Chernyi	2,000,000 930,000	930,000

Tags: BLT Good Dawid Smolka Evgenii Chernyi

03-23-2025 16:54 UTC+2

Adomavicius Doubles With Jacks

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Nenad Dukic raised to 200,000 from early position, and Eimantas Adomavicius three-bet to 1,600,000 from the big blind, leaving just 250,000 behind. Dukic moved all in, and Adomavicius called off the rest.

Eimantas Adomavicius: J♣J♦ All in
Nenad Dukic: 10♦10♥

Adomavicius was ahead with pocket jacks and needed to fade a ten to stay alive. The board ran out 8♥8♦3♦5♣7♣, clean for the jacks, and Adomavicius doubled through Dukic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eimantas Adomavicius	3,350,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Nenad Dukic	2,800,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Eimantas Adomavicius Nenad Dukic

03-23-2025 16:45 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Akin Tuna	4,900,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Nichan Khorchidian	4,900,000 300,000	300,000
Paul Amsellem	4,200,000 700,000	700,000
Maher Achour	4,200,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Dawid Smolka	4,100,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Chady Ojeil	3,900,000
BLT Good	3,300,000 1,750,000	1,750,000
Dmitrii Kopyl	3,200,000 700,000	700,000
Mikhail Zavoloka	2,800,000 850,000	850,000
Traian Stanciu	2,700,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Aleksandar Jakovljevic	1,950,000 485,000	485,000
Kirill Shcherbakov	1,900,000 1,190,000	1,190,000

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

03-23-2025 16:34 UTC+2

Geilich Gets Value With Queens

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

While the rest of the field went on break, Ludovic Geilich and Soraya Estrada were playing out a pot.

Geilich opened the cutoff to 165,000 and Estrada called to see a flop of 6♣8♣10♦, where she check-called a bet of 185,00 from Geilich.

Both checked the 2♣ turn to the board-pairing 10♠ river, where Estrada knuckled the table again. Geilich then bet 885,000, sending Estrada into the tank. After around a minute of thinking, she decided to call.

Geilich then rolled over a pair of queens with Q♠Q♣, and Estrada tapped the table before she mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soraya Estrada	6,800,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Ludovic Geilich	6,600,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Ludovic Geilich Soraya Estrada

03-23-2025 16:25 UTC+2

Break Time

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The remaining players are now on a 20-minute break.

03-23-2025 16:24 UTC+2

Estrada Check-Shoves on Voronin

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

With around 1,000,000 in the pot on a 9♣2♦6♦5♠ board, Soraya Estrada checked from the big blind and Konstantin Voronin bet 845,000. Ludovic Geilich folded the button and after some thinking, Estrada shoved.

Voronin had around 1,400,000 behind and was in the tank for some time before he eventually decided to fold.

Estrada now has around 8,000,000!

Player	Chips	Progress
Soraya Estrada	8,000,000 3,700,000	3,700,000
Konstantin Voronin	1,400,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Tags: Konstantin Voronin Ludovic Geilich Soraya Estrada

03-23-2025 16:17 UTC+2

Recent Bustouts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ghassan Bitar	Busted
Gregoire Auzoux	Busted
Maxim Toldin	Busted
Daniel Foldesi	Busted
Vladislav Ivanov	Busted
Vladas Tamasauskas	Busted
Grzegorz Kozieja	Busted
Marek Tatar	Busted

03-23-2025 16:13 UTC+2

Auzoux Hits the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Gregoire Auzoux put his last 75,000 in from middle position, and Daniil Kiselev raised to 250,000 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way, and the cards were tabled with Auzoux looking for a triple-up.

Gregoire Auzoux: K♥5♠ All in
Daniil Kiselev: Q♣Q♥

Auzoux needed to spike a king to stay alive in the Main Event, but the board ran out 9♣3♦6♦8♦3♣, and Kiselev’s pair of queens held to win the pot. Auzoux was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniil Kiselev	2,900,000 1,250,000	1,250,000
Gregoire Auzoux	Busted

Tags: Daniil Kiselev Gregoire Auzoux