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Level 8
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Players are heading on a 15-minute break.
When they return, there will be two more levels of late registration remaining. The plan is to play down to the money, which is around 15% of the field.
2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship
€880 Merit Poker Cup
Day: 1a
Event Info
2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
€880
Prize Pool
€305,440
Total Entries
415
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
115
Players Left
17
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Level 8
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
On a flop of 3♣5♠K♠, Oleg Bystrenin checked from the small blind and Martin Brinkmann bet 1,600 in the cutoff. Bystrenin then bumped it up to 6,400, which Brinkmann called.
On the 4♦ turn, Bystrenin continued to show strength with a bet of 12,000, and that was enough to make Brinkmann folded
Bystrenin then showed Vidak Banicevic his cards, but the dealer enforced the 'show one, show all' rule and turned over 8♠6♠.
During the hand, Banicevic was telling PokerNews that he would be at the final table for sure, and not to forget his name, while pointing to it on his registration slip. Not to worry, Vidak, see you on the final table!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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280,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
100,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
With around 10,000 in the pot on a board of K♠J♥9♦4♦, Lennart Beumelburg fired out 6,500 from the cutoff, and picked up a caller in Giulio Gallo from the big blind.
The 8♣ river checked through, and Gallo's pair of kings with K♥7♣ was best, pushing his stack to around 60,000 as the next break edges closer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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110,000 | |
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60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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270,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
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160,000
85,000
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85,000 |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
85,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
80,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
80,000 | |
|
70,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
50,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
15,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
10,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Lennart Beumelburg made it 1,600 to go from under the gun and Arash Khosravi called from the next seat. Salim Usmanov was another seat over and called, and Giulio Gallo on the button meant four players were going to a flop.
On the 2♥10♣10♥ flop, it checked around to the 9♠ turn, where Beumelburg bet 5,500. Khosravi then put out 8,000 chips as a raise, but it was deemed just a call. Both Usmanov and Gallo folded.
When the K♥ landed on the river, Beumelburg threw out 10,000, which Khosravi called pretty quickly.
Beumelburg then revealed a rivered straight with Q♥J♠, and Khosravi mucked, claiming to have held ten-eight for trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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110,000
25,000
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25,000 |
|
70,000 | |
|
|
50,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
15,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
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Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Mehmet Dalkilic opened to 1,600 from middle position and got a call from Aleksandar Knezevic in the hijack. The small blind also called.
After the 9♠9♦6♥ flop hit the table, the small blind checked and Dalkilic bet 3,000. Knezevic called and the small blind folded.
Dalkilic check-called a bet of 5,000 on the 6♠ turn and then both checked it to showdown when the 5♥ river fell. Dalkilic showed A♦J♠ for ace-high, and Knezevic responded with a "Yup," before he mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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75,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Paul Grummitt made it 2,000 to go from the small blind and chip leader Oleg Bystrenin bumped it up to 5,500 from the big blind. Grummitt called.
On the K♣9♥10♠ flop, Grummitt check-called a bet of 3,000 from Bystrenin to see the A♠ fall on the turn. Grummitt checked and then folded when Bystrenin fired out 6,000.
Viktoria Shalneva is on the same table and has around 20,000 to play with, but with a double level of 400/800 ahead of the players, there is still plenty of time to pick a spot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
10,000
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10,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
20,000 |
