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Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Players are heading on a 40-minute dinner break.
Play will resume at around 8:32 p.m. local time.
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 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
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Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Sergey Kudryavtsev opened the hijack to 3,000 and Shahab Sahranavard called in the cutoff. Artem Pugach also came along from the big blind.
They saw a flop of K♣Q♣Q♠ and all checked to the 6♥ turn. Pugach then led out for 6,000, Kudryavtsev called, and Sahranavard folded.
A 4♠ on the river didn't spice anything up and Pugach decided to check. Kudryavtsev thought it over for close to a minute before he decided to check it back.
"Flush," said Pugach as he revealed 10♣7♣. Kudryavtsev couldn't beat that as he quickly mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
170,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
90,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Zhengpeng Liu opened to 3,500 from the cutoff and Miroslav Forman called on the button.
The flop came 4♠10♥K♥ and Liu check-called a bet of 3,000 from Forman to the 5♣ turn, where both checked.
An A♠ dropped on the river and Liu checked again, only for Forman to knuckle back.
Liu then showed two pair with K♣4♣, and Forman quickly mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
95,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
85,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
There was a raise from Vedat Yilmaz in the hijack, which Pavel Nikiforov called from the big blind.
On the A♦6♠Q♠ flop, Nikiforov check-called a bet of 3,000 from Yilmaz to the A♥ turn, where they both checked.
The 2♦ dropped on the river and after some time thinking, Nikiforov bet 8,000. Yilmaz took some time to think it over, but eventually called.
Nikiforov then revealed trips with A♣4♣, and Yilmaz tapped the table as he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
190,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
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|
110,000 | |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Amir Hassan has a decent stack right now, but did just give some of them away.
There was a raise from the hijack and Hassan three-bet the cutoff to 7,000. The hijack then four-bet to 24,000, which Hassan called.
On the 4♦2♠J♥ flop, the hijack checked it over to Hassan, who bet 16,000. The hijack then raised to 42,000, and Hassan let it go.
Not too far away, Nataliya Iakovleva opened the hijack to 3,000 and Jean-Baptiste Pano three-bet to 10,500 from the small blind. Christoforos Chrysochoidis was in the big blind and four-bet to 28,500, which earned him the pot as Iakovleva and Pano both folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
140,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
120,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
90,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Zhicheng Miao was down to his last few big blinds, but managed to score a double-up to stay alive.
Miao was in the big blind and got his stack of around 15,000 in against the small blind preflop.
Zhicheng Miao: A♣K♣ 
Small Blind: A♠4♥
Miao was ahead, and he stayed there through the 6♠J♦8♦6♣9♥ runout to secure the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
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Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Level 7 has just kicked off and the floor have announced that once the next 60 minutes have elapsed, the field will be sent on a 40-minute dinner break.
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
|
|
390,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
350,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
310,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
300,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
300,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
250,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
250,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
