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Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship
€1,650 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
€1,650
Prize Pool
€571,320
Total Entries
414
Level
37
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
87
Players Left
33
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Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Christoforos Chrysochoidis really has Jean-Baptiste Pano in his pocket, and Yaniv Peretz for that matter!
There were already around 20,000 in the pot on a flop of A♥10♥7♣ when it checked to Chrysochoidis on the button, who bet 11,000. Nazar Buhaiov called in the big blind and Peretz called from under the gun.
Pano then moved all in for around 60,000, and Chrysochoidis immediately moved his stack in behind of around 90,000. Buhaiov let it go, and Peretz did some calculations before he called to put two players at risk.
Jean-Baptiste Pano: A♠J♦ 
Christoforos Chrysochoidis: A♦7♦
Yaniv Peretz: K♥J♥
Pano had paired his ace, Chrysochoidis flopped two pair, and Peretz was chasing a royal flush!
The A♣ turn was all Chrysochoidis, though, as he made a boat to leave Peretz with one out and Pano with three. Nothing changed on the 3♠ river, which left Pano on the sidelines and Peretz with a stack of around 65,000.
Meanwhile, Chrysochoidis was up to around 270,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
270,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
65,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Christoforos Chrysochoidis just made a big call to leave Jean-Baptiste Pano shocked.
Chrysochoidis opened from under the gun and Nataliya Iakovleva called from the cutoff. Pano was in the big blind and also called.
The flop came 7♣5♠A♥ and when it checked to Chrysochoidis, he bet 5,500. Iakovleva got out of the way, but Pano called to the 3♣ turn. Again Pano checked, and again Chrysochoidis bet, this time for 11,500. Pano called again.
When the 3♠ hit the river, Pano pondered for a while before he threw out 30,000. Chrysochoidis took his turn to go into the tank as he thought for around ninety seconds before eventually flicking in the call.
Pano then flashed 9♣8♣ for a missed straight and flush draw, and Chrysochoidis tabled the winner with 7♦6♦ for a pair of sevens.
"Big call," said Pano to Chrysochoidis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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65,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Shahab Sahranavard opened the hijack to 5,000 and the button called. Artem Pugach was in the big blind and made it 21,000 to go, which only Sahranavard called.
On the 2♦7♥2♠ flop, the chips went flying in, with Pugach's stack of around 100,000 at risk.
Artem Pugach: J♠J♥
Shahab Sahranavard: Q♦7♦
Sahranavard was in trouble, and the dealer couldn't save him this time as the 10♣6♥ runout meant he had to cough up the majority of his stack and send it over to Pugach.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
60,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Vedat Yilmaz just bricked a a draw that left him on the sidelines.
The full board read J♦10♥2♦7♠3♥ and at some point postflop, the chips went in against Oleg Bystrenin.
Yilmaz held K♥Q♥ and had two overs with an open-ended straight draw, but couldn't connect and lost to the 8♠8♥ of Bystrenin, who had a pair of eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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590,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
440,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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380,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
340,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
330,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
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|
200,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
170,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
100,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
65,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
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Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The players have had dinner and are now back in their seats.
Two more levels are on the schedule tonight, with the survivors bagging up and coming back for Day 2 on Thursday, January 22.
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
