€2,750 High Roller Day 2 | 2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship

Jan 19, 2026

Pano Hits the Road

Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

When it folded to Jean-Baptiste Pano in the small blind, he shoved for 129,000 with just Chady Ojeil to get through in the big blind. Ojeil gave it some thought before slamming in the call to put Pano at risk.

Jean-Baptiste Pano: J♦10♥ All in
Chady Ojeil: K♦10♦

Pano was in terrible shape against the king-ten of Ojeil, and he began pleading with the dealer to give him a jack.

The dealer didn't comply as the board ran out A♦A♠2♦7♣8♠, keeping Ojeil's king-high in the lead and Pano was out.

Tags: Chady Ojeil Jean-Baptiste Pano

Jan 19, 2026

Salloum's Stack is on the Rise

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

From the cutoff, Nazar Buhaiov raised to 20,000 and only Charbel Salloum called from the big blind.

Salloum chose to lead out for 14,000 when he saw the K♥10♦7♣ flop. Buhaiov just called.

A 6♦ on the turn, and Salloum led out again, this time for 10,000. Buhaiov raised to 25,000, and Salloum snap-jammed for about 130,000. Buhaiov quickly folded and surrendered the pot to Salloum

Tags: Charbel Salloum Nazar Buhaiov

Jan 19, 2026

Sibgatova Misses Her Flush to Bust

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Three players saw a flop of J♥6♥6♦ fall. Chady Ojeil checked from the small blind, and Alisa Sibgatova jammed for around 85,000 from the big blind. Giorgiy Skhulukhiya made the call from middle position, and Ojeil folded.

Alisa Sibgatova: Q♥10♥ All in
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: Q♦J♦

Skhulukhiya was ahead with top pair, and he just had to avoid a heart to bust Sibgatova.

The 4♦ arrived on the turn and Sibgatova was one card away from elimination. The dealer burned a card, then peeled off the 10♦ on the river, improving Skhulukhiya to an unnecessary flush.

Sibgatova was out, while Skhulukhiya's stack grew to almost a million.

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Chady Ojeil Giorgiy Skhulukhiya

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Jan 19, 2026

Milicevic is Kyte's Kryptonite

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

After some raising back and forth preflop, Jon Kyte's stack of around 150,000 got into the middle with Srdan Milicevic trying to bust him.

Jon Kyte: J♥J♣ All in
Srdan Milicevic: 8♥8♦

Just a few hands ago, Milicevic had come from behind versus Kyte, when he ripped it all-in with ace-jack, and managed to find a favorable runout to beat the pocket queens of Kyte. That hand kept in the tournament, he now had to do it again, if he was to send Kyte home.

The dealer fanned out the 7♠8♠Q♥ flop, propelling Milicevic into the lead with a set of eights. Kyte wasn't able to find a set on the 3♠ turn or 7♦ river, and the remainder of his stack was sent over to Milicevic.

Tags: Jon Kyte Srdan Milicevic

Jan 19, 2026

Litvinov's River Lead Gets the Job Done

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Serhat Cetiner raised the button to 17,000 and Andrey Litvinov called out of the small blind.

Litvinov check-called a bet of 23,000 from Cetiner on the J♠6♥K♣ flop.

The turn came the 3♥ and Litvinov check-called a second bet from Cetiner, this time for 35,000.

When the 8♥ arrived on the river, Litvinov led out for 140,000. Cetiner gave it a lot of thought before deciding to return his cards to the dealer, surrendering the pot to Litvinov.

Tags: Andrey Litvinov Serhat Cetiner

Jan 18, 2026