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
Players Left 1 / 414
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Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dmytro Gorbal fr
Dmytro Gorbal
235,000
235,000
235,000
Profile photo of Mustafa Ercan tr
Mustafa Ercan
220,000
220,000
220,000
Profile photo of Amir Hassan tn
Amir Hassan
220,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Artem Pugach ru
Artem Pugach
180,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Sebastien Russo fr
Sebastien Russo
140,000
140,000
140,000
Profile photo of Yaniv Peretz lv
Yaniv Peretz
130,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Martin Brinkmann gb
Martin Brinkmann
130,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Pavel Nikiforov ru
Pavel Nikiforov
130,000
130,000
130,000
Profile photo of Oleg Bystrenin ru
Oleg Bystrenin
125,000
125,000
125,000
Profile photo of Mykola Serhiienko ua
Mykola Serhiienko
95,000
95,000
95,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Hassan Min-Raises the River Against Haidar

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Mikhail Zavoloka opened to 1,500 from the hijack and Amir Hassan called from the cutoff. Safi Haidar called on the button, and Christoforos Chrysochoidis also came along from the big blind.

The quarter saw a flop of 846 and when it got to Hassan, he bet 2,700. Haidar called, Chrysochoidis folded, and Zavoloka called.

An 8 fell on the turn and after Zavoloka checked, Hassan fired again for 7,700. Haidar called again, but this time Zavaloka let it go.

On the 7 river, Hassan checked it over and Haidar threw in a bet of 17,000. After some time, Hassan raised to 32,000, but was soon informed that the min-raise was to 34,000. Haidar took around thirty seconds to think it over, but settled on a fold.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Amir Hassan tn
Amir Hassan
200,000
87,000
87,000
Profile photo of Christoforos Chrysochoidis gr
Christoforos Chrysochoidis
130,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Safi Haidar lb
Safi Haidar
70,000
Profile photo of Mikhail Zavoloka ru
Mikhail Zavoloka
38,000
62,000
62,000

Tags: Safi HaidarAmir HassanChristoforos ChrysochoidisMikhail Zavoloka

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Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
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Cowboys for Pugach

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Artem Pugach
Artem Pugach

Artem Pugach raised under the gun to 1,500 and Oleg Borkin three-bet the big blind to 5,000. Pugach then four-bet to 10,500 and Borkin called.

On the 7109 flop, Borkin check-called a bet of 5,500 from Pugach to the 7 turn, where both players checked.

A Q filled out the board and Borkin announced a bet of 15,000, which Pugach called pretty quickly.

Borkin then revealed a pair of jacks with JJ, but that was no good as Pugach had kings with KK to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Artem Pugach ru
Artem Pugach
210,000
Profile photo of Oleg Borkin ru
Oleg Borkin
55,000
35,000
35,000

Tags: Oleg BorkinArtem Pugach

Bystrenin Blasts Off Into Brinkmann

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Oleg Bystrenin
Oleg Bystrenin

Oleg Bystrenin had already been caught bluffing today, and his second attempt cost him his tournament life.

Preflop, the action was picked up with Martin Brinkmann having 5,300 in front of him from the small blind and Oleg Bystrenin making it 13,500 from the big blind. Brinkmann called.

The 9Q5 flop saw Brinkmann check-call for 6,500 and both tapped the table when the 10 fell on the turn.

A 6 river brought in the backdoor flush draw and after Brinkmann checked, Bystrenin shoved for around 60,000. It took around five seconds for Brinkmann to call.

"Straight draw," said Bystrenin as he revealed AJ. That was no good as Brinkmann tabled top pair with AQ to take the pot and eliminate Bystrenin.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Martin Brinkmann gb
Martin Brinkmann
175,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Oleg Bystrenin ru
Oleg Bystrenin
Busted

Tags: Martin BrinkmannOleg Bystrenin