2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship

€1,650 Main Event
Day: 2
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Event Info
2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j♣10♥
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 2
Entries
220
Players Left
90
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Gallo Gone as Kyte Adds Chips

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Giulio Gallo
Giulio Gallo

Giulio Gallo opened to 10,000 from under the gun and Jon Kyte three-bet the hijack to 30,000. When the action was back on Gallo, he shoved around 100,000, and Kyte snap-called.

Giulio Gallo: A♦Q♦ All in
Jon Kyte: A♥K♦

Gallo was in trouble against the big slick of Kyte. and the 7♦8♣4♥ flop didn't offer much in the way of help. However, there was a way out on the 3♦ turn as Gallo picked up a flush draw.

A queen or a diamond was what Gallo needed, but neither came on the 9♥ river, which meant he hit the rail.

Tags: Jon KyteGiulio Gallo

Some Recent Eliminations

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Lappo Takes the Safe Option

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Srdan Milicevic opened the cutoff and picked up three callers in Vladimir Lappo on the button, Erdal Gulseven in the small blind, and Oleksii Shchukin in the big blind.

All four checked the 7♦K♣K♥ flop to the Q♣ turn, where it checked to Lappo. He then bet 16,000, which only Shchukin called.

A 9♣ on the river brought in all kinds of draws and after Shchukin checked, Lappo took some time before he knuckled back.

Shchukin revealed a pair of queens with Q♥7♥, but that was no good as Lappo had K♦J♠ for trips.

Tags: Erdal GulsevenOleksii ShchukinVladimir LappoSrdan Milicevic

Miskovic Wins One From Margolin

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Milos Miskovic
Milos Miskovic

From the cutoff, Timur Margolin had a four-bet of 90,000 placed out in front of him after Milos Miskovic three-bet the button to 28,000. After some thought, Miskovic called.

Margolin continued for 45,000 on the Q♠2♣A♦ flop and Miskovic called.

Both players checked the 4♣ turn to see the 7♣ fall on the river. Margolin checked again and then quickly folded after Miskovic bet 225,000.

Tags: Milos MiskovicTimur Margolin

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Kliper & Peretz Both Love the River

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Yaniv Peretz
Yaniv Peretz

Yaniv Peretz opened to 8,000 from middle position and Arie Kliper three-bet to 23,000 on the button. When it got back to Peretz, he called.

On the 7♠8♠4♦ flop, Peretz check-called a bet of 19,000 from Kliper to the K♦ turn, where again he check-called after Kliper fired 52,000.

When the 6♥ dropped on the river, Peretz led for 200,000, and Kliper immediately called.

Peretz then flipped a straight with 5♥5♣, and Kliper tabled the same hand with K♠5♠.

"Everyone loves a chop pot," joked Kliper after the hand.

Tags: Arie KliperYaniv Peretz

Shalneva Chooses Not to Try & Bluff Esau

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Viktoria Shalneva
Viktoria Shalneva

Paul Esau raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and Viktoria Shalneva defended her big blind.

Shalneva check-called a bet of 8,000 from Esau on the A♣4♣7♥ flop.

After Shalneva checked the 9♠ turn, Esau placed out a second barrel of 28,000. A few moments later, Shalneva check-raised to 75,000. Esau continued with a call.

Both players checked the 2♦ river and Shalneva showed a busted combo-draw with J♣8♣. Esau flipped up A♠10♠ for a pair of aces, and another pot was pushed over to him.

Tags: Paul EsauViktoria Shalneva

Selected Chip Counts

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Davoodi Takes it Down on the River

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Amirhossein Davoodi raised to 10,000 from the hijack and Fausto Tantillo three-bet to 33,000 out of the big blind. Davoodi came along with a call.

Tantillo put out a continuation-bet of 17,000 on the 7♣6♥A♥ flop, and Davoodi called.

Check, check came after the 8♠turn to see the 9♠ roll out on the river. Tantillo checked again and then folded after Davoodi bet 29,000.

Tags: Fausto TantilloAmirhossein Davoodi

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Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

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