2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship

€1,650 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,650
Entries
143
Players Left
78
Average Chip Stack
183,333
Total Chips
14,300,000
Level Info
Level
8
Blinds
1,000 / 2,000
Ante
2,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
143
Players Left
78
Players Left 78 / 143

Kudryavtsev Folds to Shalneva's River Shove

Level 7 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Viktoria Shalneva
Viktoria Shalneva

On a flop of 98Q, there were around 20,000 in the pot when Viktoria Shalneva checked the small blind and Sergey Kudryavtsev checked the big blind.

Genrik Alekian then bet 8,500 from under the gun, which Shalneva called. Kudryavtsev then raised to 25,000, which drove Alekian out, but Shalneva stuck around.

A J turn saw Shalneva check again, only for Kudryavtsev to bet 37,000. After around a minute, Shalneva called.

The board-pairing 9 completed the runout and Shalneva took some more time before she shoved for around 85,000. Kudryavtsev had around 100,000 behind, but quickly made the laydown.

Shalneva then showed QJ for top two pair as she raked the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Viktoria Shalneva ru
Viktoria Shalneva
200,000
Profile photo of Sergey Kudryavtsev ru
Sergey Kudryavtsev
100,000
Profile photo of Jamie Nixon gb
Jamie Nixon
75,000
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Profile photo of Genrik Alekian ua
Genrik Alekian
50,000
50,000
50,000

Tags: Genrik AlekianSergey KudryavtsevViktoria Shalneva