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

Mar 23, 2025

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.

Tags: Aleksandar Jakovljevic Chady Ojeil

Mar 23, 2025

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♣.

Tags: BLT Good Dawid Smolka Evgenii Chernyi

Mar 23, 2025

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.

Tags: Eimantas Adomavicius Nenad Dukic

Mar 23, 2025

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

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

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Mar 23, 2025

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.

Tags: Ludovic Geilich Soraya Estrada

Mar 23, 2025

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.

Mar 23, 2025

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!

Tags: Konstantin Voronin Ludovic Geilich Soraya Estrada

Mar 23, 2025

Recent Bustouts

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Kai Cocklin

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

Mar 23, 2025

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.

Tags: Daniil Kiselev Gregoire Auzoux