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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Russo Hits the Rail

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Sebastien Russo
Sebastien Russo

Sebastien Russo's stack had been decimated since the start of the day and he was down to around 30,000. He elected to jam from middle position, and Oleksii Shchukin decided to give him a spin from the button.

Sebastien Russo: K♣10♦ All in
Oleksii Shchukin: 5♦5♥

Russo was out of his seat upon seeing he was in a 50/50 for his tournament life, perhaps sensing what was to come.

He was correct in his prediction as he remained unimproved on the 3♠J♦2♣2♦6♠ runout, and Shchukin's pair of fives held up, eliminating Russo.

Tags: Oleksii ShchukinSebastien Russo

Margolin's Big Slick Wins at Showdown

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Timur Margolin bumped it up to 6,500 from middle position before Martin Brinkmann three-bet to 210,000 out of the hijack. Margolin called.

Margolin check-called a bet of 15,000 from Brinkmann on the 5♠7♠J♥ flop.

Both players were happy to check down the 4♠ turn and 4♥ river. Margolin revealed big slick with A♦K♦, and this was enough to take down the pot.

Tags: Martin BrinkmannTimur Margolin

Premovic Building a Stack

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Predrag Premovic
Predrag Premovic

Predrag Premovic is moving up the counts as Day 2 progresses, and has around 475,000 right now.

In the latest hand Premovic played, Kianoosh Matin opened middle position to 6,000 and Premovic three-bet the cutoff to 17,000. Matin called.

The flop came J♠9♠K♠ and Matin check-called a bet of 10,000 from Premovic to the K♥ turn, where both checked.

On the A♣ river, Matin checked and then folded when Premovic bet 30,000.

Tags: Kianoosh MatinPredrag Premovic

Gulseven Fires Every Street Multi-Way

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Erdal Gulseven min-raised to 6,000 on the button and Oleksii Shchukin called from the small blind. Grigoriy Grigorash squeezed to 26,000 from the big blind, which Fulseven and Shchukin called.

Three ways to the K♠J♣5♦ flop where the action checked to Gulseven, who bet 15,000. Shchukin and Grigorash called.

A 9♠ on the turn got a further two checks from the blinds, and Gulseven bet 26,000. Again, Shchukin and Grigorash called.

Te 3♣ completed the board and again, the action checked to Gulseven. Gulseven bet 65,000 and got two tank-folds from Shchukin and Grigorash.

Tags: Erdal GulsevenGrigoriy GrigorashOleksii Shchukin

Kyte Causes Kliper Some Pain

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jon Kyte
Jon Kyte

Jon Kyte made it 7,000 under the gun with Arie Kliper calling from the next seat, and Mustafa Ercan defending his big blind.

Ercan checked on the Q♥5♥6♠ flop, prompting Kyte to bet 14,000. Kliper called and Ercan folded.

Kyte continued to barrel when he saw the 5♦ drop on the turn, this time for 42,000. Again, Kliper called.

The 5♣ completed the board, and Kyte decided to check. Kliper tossed out a bet of 37,000 and the action was back on Kyte. After thinking briefly, Kyte slid out a check-raise, which was enough to put Kliper all in for his remaining 120,000 or so.

Kliper, while getting a strong neck-and-shoulder massage, went deep into the tank. In the end, he returned his cards to the dealer and allowed Kyte to drag in the pot.

Tags: Arie KliperJon KyteMustafa Ercan

Maryanyan's Two Pair Send Ojeil Out

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Chady Ojeil was put in a tough spot, and didn't find the right answer.

There were around 50,000 in the pot on a 7♠2♣A♦9♥ board when Nver Maryanyan bet 32,500 from the big blind. Ojeil was on the button and called.

When the 5♠ hit the river, Maryanyan shoved, putting Ojeil to the test for his remaining stack of around 100,000. Around ninety seconds went by before Ojeil finally dropped in the chips.

Maryanyan then showed two pair with A♣2♥, and that was good as Ojeil's A♠J♦ went into the bin,

Tags: Chady OjeilNver Maryanyan

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Gulseven Will Have Nightmares of Erkmen

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Erdal Gulseven
Erdal Gulseven

Erdal Gulseven has just had his entire stack taken by Ufuk Erkmen in two consecutive hands.

In the first, Chakib M'hiri made it 5,500 under the gun and Erkmen three-bet to 16,000 from the next seat. Gulseven four-bet it up to 34,000 from the hijack and only Erkmen called.

Erkmen started with a check on the 4♥8♠6♣ flop and Gulseven made a continuation-bet of 14,000. Erkmen check-raised to 50,000, which Gulseven called.

The 3♦ arrived on the turn, and Erkmen quickly jammed for Gulseven's remaining 107,000. Gulseven gave it some thought before eventually folding QxQx.

On the next shuffle, Gulseven's stack of 107,000 got into the middle preflop with Erkmen trying to finish him off.

Erdal Gulseven: J♥J♠ All in
Ufuk Erkmen: A♠A♥

Erkmen's pocket aces had Gulseven crushed heading to the 3♥7♣4♠ flop. Gulseven couldn't improve on the 8♥ turn or 8♣ river and Erkmen took the rest of his chips.

Tags: Chakib M'hiriErdal GulsevenUfuk Erkmen

A Few Counts

Kai Cocklin
Kai Cocklin
Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
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