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

01-19-2026 01:04 UTC+2

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chady Ojeil	615,000 215,000	215,000
Jean-Baptiste Pano	Busted

Tags: Chady Ojeil Jean-Baptiste Pano

01-19-2026 00:54 UTC+2

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Nazar Buhaiov	290,000 210,000	210,000
Charbel Salloum	230,000 109,000	109,000

Tags: Charbel Salloum Nazar Buhaiov

01-19-2026 00:45 UTC+2

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	950,000 200,000	200,000
Chady Ojeil	400,000 60,000	60,000
Alisa Sibgatova	Busted

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Chady Ojeil Giorgiy Skhulukhiya

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

01-19-2026 00:27 UTC+2

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Srdan Milicevic	700,000 370,000	370,000
Dmitriy Reznichenko	510,000 30,000	30,000
Jon Kyte	Busted

Tags: Jon Kyte Srdan Milicevic

01-19-2026 00:16 UTC+2

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Litvinov	400,000 100,000	100,000
Serhat Cetiner	290,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Andrey Litvinov Serhat Cetiner

01-18-2026 23:57 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Davor Pistalo	1,050,000 570,000	570,000

Caner Gunes	780,000
Seref Anar	750,000 350,000	350,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	750,000 550,000	550,000
Oleksii Shchukin	730,000 310,000	310,000
Nemanja Tatar	620,000 60,000	60,000

Dmitriy Reznichenko	540,000 439,000	439,000
Illia Petrytsia	530,000 185,000	185,000
Blaz Zerjav	500,000 500,000	500,000

Nazar Buhaiov	500,000 150,000	150,000
Timur Margolin	480,000 170,000	170,000

Jon Kyte	370,000 120,000	120,000
Bojan Berberovic	360,000 170,000	170,000
Serhat Cetiner	350,000 135,000	135,000
Chady Ojeil	340,000 220,000	220,000
Sergey Kudryavtsev	340,000 60,000	60,000
Nikolai Ivanov	340,000 260,000	260,000
Srdan Milicevic	330,000 70,000	70,000
Alisa Sibgatova	320,000 220,000	220,000
Andrey Litvinov	300,000 80,000	80,000
Andrey Golubev	279,000 149,000	149,000
Erdal Gulseven	240,000 140,000	140,000
Bobby James	231,000 44,000	44,000
Safi Haidar	220,000 220,000	220,000
Fabrizio Lo Carbo	200,000