€1,650 Main Event Day 4 | 2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship

01-24-2026 14:51 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Tim Baker

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Esau	4,800,000

Jon Kyte	4,600,000 200,000	200,000

Yaser Sakarya	3,500,000 100,000	100,000
Timur Margolin	3,200,000 200,000	200,000

Mohamed Ameur Hammi	3,000,000 300,000	300,000
Bljerim Imeri	2,650,000 50,000	50,000
Eric Sands	2,500,000 600,000	600,000
Nikolay Fal	2,300,000

Oleksii Shchukin	2,250,000 250,000	250,000
Dorjan Ushe	2,250,000 850,000	850,000
Ufuk Erkmen	2,100,000 500,000	500,000
Predrag Premovic	1,775,000 225,000	225,000
Andrei Daniliuk	1,700,000
Nikolai Isaev	1,480,000 20,000	20,000

Milos Miskovic	1,300,000 100,000	100,000
Aleksandar Tomovic	1,040,000 345,000	345,000
Pablo Redrado	730,000 100,000	100,000

01-24-2026 14:43 UTC+2

Fal Finds a Double With Big Slick

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Tim Baker

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Out of the small blind, Nikolay Fal was all-in for his stack of 1,140,000, and Jon Kyte, who was seated in the big blind, was trying to bust him.

Nikolay Fal: A♣K♦ All in
Jon Kyte: A♦8♦

Fal was in a great spot to double up just before the break, if he could fade an unfortunate runout.

The flop of 6♣4♦5♣ helped neither player, nor did the 10♣ turn. Only an eight or a seven on the river would send the Main Event to the last two tables.

It didn't come for Kyte, as the 10♥ completed the board, and Fal doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	4,400,000 600,000	600,000

Nikolay Fal	2,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Jon Kyte Nikolay Fal

01-24-2026 14:37 UTC+2

Shchukin Wins a Small Pot From Margolin

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Tim Baker

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Timur Margolin raised the button to 100,000 and Oleksii Shchukin defended his big blind.

Shchukin checked on the K♣Q♦Q♥ flop and Margolin fired out for 70,000. Shchukin continued with a call.

Check, check came after the 6♠ turn to see the K♦ roll out on the river. Shchukin bet 100,000, and after giving it some thought, Margolin returned his cards to the dealer, and the pot headed over to Shchukin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timur Margolin	3,400,000 200,000	200,000

Oleksii Shchukin	2,000,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Oleksii Shchukin Timur Margolin

01-24-2026 14:25 UTC+2

Nikolay Ponomarev Eliminated in 18th Place (€5,100)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Nikolay Ponomarev opened the button to 100,000 and Yaser Sakarya three-bet the small blind to 375,000. Once the action was back on Ponomarev, he shoved for 970,000, and Sakarya took a little time before he called.

Nikolay Ponomarev: 8♠8♥ All in
Yaser Sakarya: K♣Q♠

Ponomarev found himself in a flip with pocket eights, and didn't like to see the K♦ in the window. It was followed by A♥3♥, which did gave Ponomarev a backdoor flush draw.

However, nothing materialized as the Q♣7♠ turn and river meant Ponomarev was out in 18th,

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaser Sakarya	3,600,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Nikolay Ponomarev	Busted

Tags: Nikolay Ponomarev Yaser Sakarya

01-24-2026 14:19 UTC+2

Premovic Gets Some Luck of His Own

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Tim Baker

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Nikolai Isaev raised to 100,000 in the hijack before Predrag Premovic shoved the cutoff for 910,000. Once the rest of the players folded, Isaev stuck in the call.

Predrag Premovic: A♦J♦ All in
Nikolai Isaev: A♥K♥

Isaev's big slick was far ahead of Premovic's ace-jack, and Isaev stayed in the lead through the Q♣4♦2♣ flop.

However, lady luck helped Premovic on the turn as the J♥ rolled off to propel him into the lead with a pair. The 8♣ river was a blank and Premovic was back up to 2,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Esau	4,800,000 200,000	200,000

Predrag Premovic	2,000,000 800,000	800,000
Nikolai Isaev	1,500,000 800,000	800,000

Milos Miskovic	1,200,000
Pablo Redrado	630,000 325,000	325,000

Tags: Predrag Premovic Nikolai Isaev

01-24-2026 14:15 UTC+2

Hammi Makes the Right Call Against Kyte

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Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Mohamed Ameur Hammi just made a huge call to double up through Jon Kyte.

The action was picked up on the turn with the board reading 10♠9♣8♣3♦, where Kyte had checked the small blind. Hammi fired 175,000 from under the gun, which Kyte called.

A 9♥ on the river saw Kyte check it over, then Hammi bet 400,000. Not much time after, Kyte slid out a stack of 2,000,000, which put Hammi to the test for his remaining 1,035,000.

It took close to three minutes for Hammi to make a decision, and he finally flicked in a chip and rolled over A♦A♣. That was good for the pot as Kyte mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	5,000,000 1,800,000	1,800,000

Mohamed Ameur Hammi	3,300,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Yaser Sakarya	2,600,000 200,000	200,000
Andrei Daniliuk	1,700,000 400,000	400,000
Nikolay Ponomarev	1,200,000 215,000	215,000

Nikolay Fal	1,100,000 560,000	560,000

Tags: Jon Kyte Mohamed Ameur Hammi

01-24-2026 14:06 UTC+2

Erkmen Outflops Premovic to Survive

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Tim Baker

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Predrag Premovic raised to 100,000 in the cutoff and Ufuk Erkmen jammed the button for 770,000. Premovic snap-called when the action folded to him.

Ufuk Erkmen: A♣J♣ All in
Predrag Premovic: A♦Q♦

Erken was in terrible shape against Premovic's ace-queen, although he took the lead on the J♥4♥K♣ flop by spiking a pair of jacks.

A 4♣ on the turn took away even more of Premovic's outs as Erkmen had a flush draw. A 6♥ on the river completed the board and Erkmen doubled through Premovic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolai Isaev	2,300,000 500,000	500,000

Ufuk Erkmen	1,600,000 500,000	500,000
Predrag Premovic	1,200,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Tags: Predrag Premovic Ufuk Erkmen

01-24-2026 14:00 UTC+2

Aleksandar Tot Eliminated in 19th Place (€5,100)

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Tim Baker

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Aleksandar Tot made it 105,000 under the gun and Jon Kyte defended the big blind.

Kyte started with a check on the J♣J♠6♣ flop and Tot put out a bet of around 100,000. Kyte check-raised to 220,000, which Tot called.

A 3♠ landed on the turn and Kyte bet 400,000, which prompted Tot to jam immediately for about 440,000. Kyte called and the two players flipped their cards.

Aleksandar Tot: K♦J♦ All in
Jon Kyte: 8♠4♠

Tot held trip jacks against Kyte's flush draw that he had picked up on the turn. Only a spade that wasn't the king of spades would end Tot's Main Event run.

It wasn't Tot's day as the A♠ rolled off on the river to give Kyte the backdoor flush, and Tot was the next casualty of the tournament in 19th place.