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

Jan 18, 2026

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.

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Serhat Cetiner Uri Reichenstein

Jan 18, 2026

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.

Tags: Charbel Salloum Jak Ferman Nemanja Tatar

Jan 18, 2026

Some Big Stacks at the Break

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Tim Baker

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

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Jan 18, 2026

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.

Jan 18, 2026

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.

Tags: Alexander Lakhov Nemanja Tatar

Jan 18, 2026

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.

Tags: Alexander Sokolovsky Seref Anar

Jan 18, 2026

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.

Tags: Antoine Farhat Pablo Redrado Sebastian Szychulski

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Jan 18, 2026

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.

Tags: Stefan Cupic Andrei Daniliuk