2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship

€1,650 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
€110,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,650
Prize Pool
€571,320
Total Entries
414
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
87
Players Left
33
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Pugach Shows a Flush

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 KQQ 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 107. Kudryavtsev couldn't beat that as he quickly mucked.

Tags: Artem PugachSergey KudryavtsevShahab Sahranavard

Liu Flops Two Pair

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 410K 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 K4, and Forman quickly mucked.

Tags: Miroslav FormanZhengpeng Liu

Nikiforov Turns Trips

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Pavel Nikiforov
Pavel Nikiforov

There was a raise from Vedat Yilmaz in the hijack, which Pavel Nikiforov called from the big blind.

On the A6Q 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 A4, and Yilmaz tapped the table as he mucked.

Tags: Pavel NikiforovVedat Yilmaz

Hassan Down, Chrysochoidis Up

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 42J 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.

Tags: Amir HassanChristoforos ChrysochoidisJean-Baptiste PanoNataliya Iakovleva

Miao Sticking Around

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: AK All in
Small Blind: A4

Miao was ahead, and he stayed there through the 6J869 runout to secure the double.

Tags: Zhicheng Miao

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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