$5,300 High Roller Day 2 | 2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series

03-17-2025 22:03 UTC+2

Lodden Flops Two Pair to Bust Geilich

Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ludovic Geilich opened the hijack to 8,000 and Johnny Lodden defended out of the big blind.

After the flop came down 5♠3♦6♦, and after some betting and raising, all of Geilich's 120,000 or so chips got into the middle with Lodden snap-calling to put him at risk.

Ludovic Geilich: 8♥8♦ All in
Johnny Lodden: 5♦3♠

Ludovic's overpair was behind to the bottom two pair of Lodden. The K♠ came on the turn and the A♦ hit the river. Lodden won the pot with his two pair, and Geilich was out

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Lodden	520,000 305,000	305,000
Ludovic Geilich	Busted

Tags: Ludovic Geilich Johnny Lodden

03-17-2025 21:49 UTC+2

Van Rooij Wins a Multi-Way Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

There was a raise to 8,000 from Grigoriy Rodin under the gun with Merijn van Rooij calling from the next seat and Hassan Nashar defending out of the big blind.

Three players checked the A♣10♦J♠ flop to see the 4♥ land on the turn. Nashar checked, and Rodin checked bet 10,000. Both Van Rooij and Nashar called.

The action checked the Van Rooij on the 6♦ river and he fired out a bet of 60,000. This is enough to get both of his opponents to fold, and Van Rooij dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Nashar	520,000 30,000	30,000
Merijn van Rooij	390,000 276,500	276,500
Grigoriy Rodin	200,000 171,000	171,000

Tags: Hassan Nashar Merijn van Rooij Grigoriy Rodin

03-17-2025 21:42 UTC+2

Plenty of Action Ahead at Merit Poker!

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Don’t miss any of the exciting poker action at Merit this spring, as both the Merit Millions and Mediterranean Poker Party are on the way.

The special Merit Millions event will run from April 8-13, with a buy-in of $10,400 over four starting flights. The champion will earn $1,000,000, with the rest of the prize pool distributed between players at the final table.

The Mediterranean Poker Party (MPP) returns to Merit from May 3-13, bringing with it more than $10 million in guaranteed prize pools, including a monster-sized $5,300 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed MPP Main Event.

Featuring four flights, the MPP Main Event runs from May 8-12 and could see the champion reel in a million-dollar score. In 2024, some 1,260 entries resulted in a $6,048,000 prize pool, much more than the advertised $5 million guarantee.

Look out for satellites running on GGPoker and win your way to Merit this spring!

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03-17-2025 21:34 UTC+2

Some Updated Chip Counts After Dinner

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Peters	590,000 50,000	50,000

Yayun Liu	575,000 232,500	232,500
Hassan Nashar	550,000 200,000	200,000
Kirill Burtin	515,000 175,000	175,000
Paul Lagan	500,000 60,000	60,000

Vladislav Ivanov	480,000 30,000	30,000
Aren Bezhanyan	460,000 276,500	276,500
Baltazar Five	450,000 30,000	30,000
Georgios Tsouloftas	440,000 110,000	110,000

Danut Chisu	420,000 395,000	395,000
Fahredin Mustafov	400,000 100,000	100,000
Anton Danilov	390,000 135,000	135,000
Henrik Brockmann	380,000 380,000	380,000
Zoran Sesum	375,000
Arunas Sapitavicius	370,000 370,000	370,000
Dmitry Kataev	340,000 40,000	40,000
Samuel Ju	310,000 70,000	70,000
Johnny Lodden	215,000 75,000	75,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

03-17-2025 21:00 UTC+2

Dinner Break

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The players are now on a 30-minute dinner break and will return at 21:30. At the end of this break late registration will officially close.

03-17-2025 20:51 UTC+2

Nashar Flops Quads and Gets Paid by Tsouloftas

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Arriving at the table to see a healthy pot already had been built. Aleksandr Kirichenko was all-in and there was still action on the side between Hassan Nashar and Georgios Tsouloftas. The board showed 3♦3♣3♠2♦ and Nashar bet 30,000 from the cutoff. Georgios Tsouloftas called from the button.

When the 2♥ appeared on the river, Nashar put out a bet of 75,000 and said "I have a full house!", much to the amusement of the rest of the table since there was already a full house on the board.

Tsouloftas was less amused after he called the bet, as Nashar to turn over J♦3♥ for a flopped quads. Tsouloftas mucked, and Kirichenko showed AxQx as he headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Nashar	350,000 350,000	350,000
Georgios Tsouloftas	330,000 290,000	290,000

Aleksandr Kirichenko	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Kirichenko Georgios Tsouloftas Hassan Nashar

03-17-2025 20:43 UTC+2

The River Saves Sibgatova

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Alisa Sibgatova shoved her stack of 30,000 into the middle from under the gun. The rest of the table folded all the way around to Andrey Pateychuk in the big blind, who took a quick peek at his cards and then instantly called.

Alisa Sibgatova: A♠J♠ All in
Andrey Pateychuk: A♥K♣

Sibgatove needed to find a jack or some spades if she was to survive. The flop of 6♦6♥3♥ offered up so chop options, and the 10♠ turn gave a few more. Sibgatova began to get out of her chair until the J♦ dropped on the river to give her the winner with a pair of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Pateychuk	150,000 30,000	30,000

Alisa Sibgatova	65,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Andrey Pateychuk

03-17-2025 20:33 UTC+2

Varnaev Doubles With Big Slick

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Aleksandr Chernikov raised to 6,000 from early position and Sergei Varnaev three-bet to 24,000 on the button. Chernikov four-bet ripped it for roughly 110,000 and Varnaev called.

Sergei Varnaev: A♦K♣ All in
Aleksandr Chernikov: A♥Q♣

Chernikov had slightly more chips than Varnaev, so Varnaev was the player at risk. Chernikov couldn't find the queen he needed to send Varnaev to the rail as the board ran out J♣8♣5♣5♠A♠. Varnaev doubled up, and Chernikov was left with crumbs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Varnaev	210,000 124,000	124,000
Aleksandr Chernikov	12,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Aleksandr Chernikov Sergei Varnaev

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000