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

01-18-2026 20:03 UTC+2

Cetiner's Aces Help Him Double; Zerjav Busts

Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Serhat Cetiner raised 5,000 from the hijack before Uri Reichenstein three-bet the button to 16,500. Blaz Zerjav cold four-bet ripped it for 97,000 out of the small blind, and Cetiner made the call for his stack of 95,000. Reichenstein folded and the cards were turned over.

Serhat Cetiner: A♠A♥ All in
Blaz Zerjav: 8♣8♥

Cetiner had the goods with pocket aces and would leave Zerjav with literally a chip and a chair if he won the pot.

The dealer produced a runout of 4♣10♠Q♠3♠6♦ and Cetiner's aces held up, earning him the double-up.

Zerjav was unable to turn his last 1,000 into a miraculous spin up, and was eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Reichenstein	360,000 20,000	20,000
Serhat Cetiner	215,000 215,000	215,000
Blaz Zerjav	Busted

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Serhat Cetiner Uri Reichenstein

01-18-2026 19:55 UTC+2

Salloum Can't Shake Off Radevic

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Nemanja Tatar min-raised to 5,000 under the gun and received calls from Jak Ferman in the hijack, Charbel Salloum out of the cutoff, and Nikola Radevic in the big blind.

The action checked to Salloum on the 9♣J♣2♥ flop, and he fired out a bet of 11,500. Radevic and Tatar called, but Ferman folded.

Three-ways to the 3♦ turn and again the action checked to Salloum. He fired a second barrel of 30,000, and this time only Radevic called.

Check- check came after the K♥ river and Radevic showed K♠J♥ for two pair. This won him the pot as Salloum turned over Q♥9♥ fr just a pair of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nemanja Tatar	680,000 20,000	20,000

Nikola Radevic	170,000 36,500	36,500
Charbel Salloum	140,000 90,000	90,000
Jak Ferman	65,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Charbel Salloum Jak Ferman Nemanja Tatar

01-18-2026 19:41 UTC+2

Some Big Stacks at the Break

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Illia Petrytsia	715,000 99,500	99,500
Nemanja Tatar	700,000

Nazar Buhaiov	500,000 29,000	29,000
Nikolay Ivanov	400,000 49,000	49,000
Sergey Kudryavtsev	400,000 96,500	96,500
Uri Reichenstein	380,000 105,000	105,000
Alain Hajj	290,000 3,500	3,500
Timur Margolin	290,000 33,000	33,000

Pablo Redrado	280,000 20,000	20,000
Srdan Milicevic	260,000 79,500	79,500
James Nixon	250,000 63,500	63,500
Mazalahedwa Bako	225,000 11,000	11,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

01-18-2026 19:24 UTC+2

Break Time

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The players have been sent on a short 15-minute break.

01-18-2026 19:18 UTC+2

Lakhov Bets All Three Streets

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Alexander Lakhov came in for a raise to 4,000 from the button and Nemanja Tatar called from the big blind.

Tatar started with a check on the 8♠K♣3♣ flop and Lakhov fired out for 4,000. Tatar opted to call.

A 4♦ hit the turn and Tatar checked again. Lakhov fired a second barrel of 14,000, which Tatar called.

Tatar checked for the last time when he saw the 6♣ river, and Lakhov immediately bet 29,000. Tatar released his cards and Lakhov took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nemanja Tatar	700,000 71,500	71,500

Alexander Lakhov	175,000 2,500	2,500

Tags: Alexander Lakhov Nemanja Tatar

01-18-2026 19:02 UTC+2

Sokolovsky Heads the the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Alexander Sokolovsky had about 25,000 left in his stack, which was equivalent to about 17 big blinds. In this hand, he got all of his chips into the middle from late position, and Seref Anar was the player trying to bust him.

Alexander Sokolovsky: K♠J♠ All in
Seref Anar: Q♥Q♦

Sokolovsky took the lead on the K♦J♥4♠ flop by hitting top two pair. However, the Q♠ rolled off on the turn to improve Anar to a set of queens.

Sokolovsky still a lot of outs going to the river, but the 9♥ wasn't one of them and he was out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seref Anar	130,000 30,000	30,000
Alexander Sokolovsky	Busted

Tags: Alexander Sokolovsky Seref Anar

01-18-2026 18:54 UTC+2

Redrado Takes From Szychulski

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sebastian Szychulski made it 4,000 from the cutoff with Pablo Redrado calling on the button and Antoine Farhat defending his big blind.

The action checked to Redrado on the 2♠J♥Q♥ flop, and he fired out a bet of 6,000. Farhat folded and Szychulski called.

Szychulski check-called a second bet from Redrado on the 10♥ turn, this time for 11,000.

Both players were happy to check the J♣ river and Redrado took down the pot with K♣Q♠ for a pair of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Redrado	300,000 66,500	66,500
Sebastian Szychulski	160,000 74,000	74,000
Antoine Farhat	100,000 62,500	62,500

Tags: Antoine Farhat Pablo Redrado Sebastian Szychulski

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

01-18-2026 18:40 UTC+2

Daniliuk Sends Cupic Into the Blender

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Stefan Cupic opened up the action by raising to 3,000 from the hijack before Andrei Daniliuk three-bet the button to 10,000. Cupic called to see a flop.

Cupic started with a check on the 8♦A♠7♦ flop and Daniliuk fired a continuation-bet of 7,000. Cupic just called.

Two checks followed the 8♥ turn to see the 9♥ complete the board. Daniliuk bet roughly 33,000, and after giving it some thought, Daniliuk jammed, covering Cupic.

Cupic had around 85,000 left in his stack and went deep into the tank. Cupic began trying to engage Daniliuk in conversation, but Daniliuk remained silent and stoic. In the end Cupic said to Daniliuk

"If you show me a bluff, I go home".

Cupic eventually reluctantly folded and Daniliuk pulled in the pot without showing his cards.