Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$5,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$1,242,000
Entries
270
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
39
Players Left
1
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Level 22
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Players are in a 15-minute break.
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Dawid Smolka opened up the action with a min-raise and Petar Andreev shoved for his last 250,000. Natan Chauskin called behind, and Smolka got out of the way.
Petar Andreev: 3♥3♦ 
Natan Chauskin: A♥J♣
It was a classic flip that Andreev needed to win to stay alive. The Serbian player was ahead until the river, but the Q♥10♥2♠6♥9♥ board gave Chauskin a flush, leaving Andreev out in 23rd.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,100,000
140,000
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140,000 |
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Busted |
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The action was picked up on the turn with around 200,000 in the middle on a board of 7♠4♣K♣8♣. Angelos Michael had checked from the big blind and Kyosuke Nagami bet 200,000, which was all that Michael had remaining. After burning through four time banks, Michael called.
Angelos Michael: A♥8♦
Kyosuke Nagami: 4♥4♦
Michael was drawing dead as Nagami had flopped a set of fours. The meaningless 9♥ dropped on the river, and Michael was sent on his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,100,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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Busted |
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Iurii Grigorev | Russia | 400,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Simas Karaliunas | Lithuania | 2,300,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Dawid Smolka | Poland | 2,100,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Johnny Lodden | Norway | 620,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 720,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Petar Andreev | Serbia | 250,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Natan Chauskin | Belarus | 960,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Maxime Chilaud | France | 750,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Atanas Malinov | Russia | 600,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Dmitry Kataev | Russia | 1,400,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Peteris Enders | Latvia | 1,500,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russia | 1,800,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Merijn van Rooij | Netherland | 2,100,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Kirill Shcherbakov | Russia | 2,300,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Cedric Schwaederle | France | 2,400,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Martynas Vitkauskas | Lithuania | 700,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Paul Lagan | Ireland | 350,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Oleg Svintsov | Russia | 900,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Charbel Salloum | Lebanon | 2,100,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Soraya Estrada | Spain | 420,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Angelos Michael | Cyprus | 300,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Axel Hallay | France | 1,300,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Clement Michaud | France | 500,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Kyosuke Nagami | Japan | 800,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,400,000
1,590,000
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1,590,000 |
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2,300,000
130,000
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130,000 |
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2,300,000
1,465,000
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1,465,000 |
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2,100,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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2,100,000
1,050,000
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1,050,000 |
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2,100,000 | |
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1,800,000
1,410,000
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1,410,000 |
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1,500,000
575,000
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575,000 |
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1,400,000
440,000
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440,000 |
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1,300,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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960,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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900,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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800,000
740,000
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740,000 |
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750,000
270,000
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270,000 |
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720,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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700,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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620,000 | |
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600,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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500,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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420,000
370,000
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370,000 |
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400,000
550,000
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550,000 |
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350,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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300,000
165,000
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165,000 |
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250,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Henrik Brockmann opened from late position to 60,000 before Fahredin Mustafov three-bet shoved for around 400,000 from the next position. Axel Hallay moved all in over the top with the covering stack, which forced Brockmann to fold. The cards were cutrned over with Mustafov at risk.
Fahredin Mustafov: A♥K♦
Axel Hallay: J♣J♥
Mustafov had to find some help from the dealer with his Big Slick. The flop came down Q♠9♣Q♣ which kept Hallay in the lead. The 4♠ turn didn't change anything, and neither did the Q♥ river. Hallay took down the pot and Mustafov headed to the cashier's desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,150,000
565,000
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565,000 |
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350,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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Busted |
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Mario Colavita raised to button to 60,000 and Charbel Salloum shoved from the big blind. The raise for Colavita's remaining 450,000 and after doing some inventory Colavtia called.
Mario Colavita: 6♥6♦
Charbel Salloum: A♥K♥
It was a flip that Colavita needed to win to stay alive. However, the board ran out in Salloum's favor as it came A♠5♥5♠7♣9♠ to give him a pair of aces, sending Colavita to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,100,000
1,160,000
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1,160,000 |
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Busted |
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Merijn van Rooij raised to 50,000 from the cutoff with Paul Lagan calling from the small blind. Ibrahim Ghasan squeezed to 225,000 out of the big blind, and Van Rooij shoved for roughly 500,000. Lagan took a while before folding, but Ghasan made the call to put Van Rooij at risk.
Merijn van Rooij: A♣A♦
Ibrahim Ghasan: K♣Q♠
Van Rooij was in a great spot to double up to over a million chips. The 10♥5♦2♥ flop meant only running cards could end Van Rooij's tournament. The 7♥ turn left Ghasan drawing dead as the 8♠ landed on the river. Van Rooij doubled up, while Lagan was furious at himself for folding pocket sevens as he would have turned a set and won a huge pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,050,000
205,000
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205,000 |
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600,000
455,000
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455,000 |
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470,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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