€880 Merit Poker Cup Day 1a | 2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship

01-14-2026 17:38 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts at Second Break

Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Bystrenin	190,000 25,000	25,000
Mehmet Dalkilic	130,000 5,000	5,000
Hamed Asadi	90,000 63,000	63,000
Aleksandar Knezevic	90,000 90,000	90,000
Lennart Beumelburg	85,000 5,000	5,000
Mazalahedwa Bako	80,000 47,000	47,000
Oleksii Shchukin	80,000 10,000	10,000
Andrey Litvinov	80,000 35,000	35,000
Jean-Baptiste Pano	75,000 20,000	20,000
Vidak Banicevic	75,000 75,000	75,000
Xiaozhe Liu	70,000 5,000	5,000
Giulio Gallo	65,000 65,000	65,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

01-14-2026 17:23 UTC+2

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

The remaining 60 players are heading on a 15-minute break.

01-14-2026 17:17 UTC+2

Savic Stuns Sokolovsky

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

Alexander Sokolovsky hadn't been seated for long, but was already up on his feet and heading to reenter!

There was a flop of 4♦4♠J♥ on the table when Sokolovsky bet 2,000 from the cutoff before Radovan Savic made it 6,000 on the button. Sokolovsky called.

A 5♦ on the turn saw Sokolovsky check-call a bet of 8,000 from Savic to the 8♦ river, where again Sokolovsky checked. Savic then shoved, and Sokolovsky snap-called for his remaining chips.

Sokolovsky quickly turned over a flush with K♦10♦, but that was no good as Savic had turned a full house with 5♠5♣!

Player	Chips	Progress
Radovan Savic	80,000
Alexander Sokolovsky	Busted

Tags: Radovan Savic Alexander Sokolovsky

01-14-2026 17:00 UTC+2

Grummitt and Tigiev Clash Again

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

Paul Grummitt and Batraz Tigiev have clashed multiple times so far on Day 1a. The latest encounter saw Grummitt rake in a small pot.

Tigiev opened to 1,400 from under the gun and Grummitt called from the next seat. The big blind also came along and when the flop came 4♠J♥Q♣, Tigiev bet 2,100. Grummitt called and the big blind folded.

A 6♣ hit the turn and Tigiev slowed down with a check, only for Grummitt to fire 2,100. That was enough to win the pot as Tigiev let it go. Despite that setback, Tigiev is up to around 80,000.

Is there a big pot on the horizon between these two?

Player	Chips	Progress
Batraz Tigiev	80,000 65,000	65,000
Paul Grummitt	60,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Batraz Tigiev Paul Grummitt

01-14-2026 16:49 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Bystrenin	165,000 65,000	65,000
Mehmet Dalkilic	125,000
Oleksii Shchukin	90,000 10,000	10,000
Ilia Morozov	90,000 45,000	45,000
Xiaozhe Liu	75,000 25,000	25,000
Paul Grummitt	55,000 5,000	5,000
Andrey Litvinov	45,000
Mazalahedwa Bako	33,000 20,000	20,000
Bobby James	32,000 2,000	2,000
Katherina Aristotelos	30,000 5,000	5,000
Alisa Sibgatova	26,000
Hakan Varol	23,000 4,000	4,000
Ermogenis Asprogenous	15,000 40,000	40,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/700

Ante: 700

01-14-2026 16:36 UTC+2

Hosseinirami and Pokinsokha Both Score Knockouts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Seyedali Hosseinirami and Daniil Pokinsokha both just added to their stacks, as they knocked out a player each on adjacent tables simultaneously.

First, Hosseinirami had bet 6,600 from the button on a board of K♦3♦8♣, which his opponent called. When the 5♣ dropped on the turn, the rest of the chips got in the middle, with Hosseinirami's A♠K♣ in the lead against his opponent's 8♦7♦.

The 10♥ river bricked out, and Hosseinirami's stack rose to around 100,000.

On the next table, Pokinsokha had a short stack all in and covered with a better hand.

Hijack: A♣2♣ All in
Daniil Pokinsokha: A♦K♦

The board of K♠7♣8♥8♣6♠ brought no surprises, and Pokinsokha added some valuble chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seyedali Hosseinirami	100,000 40,000	40,000
Daniil Pokinsokha	30,000

Tags: Daniil Pokinsokha Seyedali Hosseinirami

01-14-2026 16:20 UTC+2

Tigiev Gives it Up on the Turn

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Batraz Tigiev just took a hit to his stack, which has left him a little short.

On a flop that read 2♠10♣3♦, the big blind checked and Tigiev bet 2,500. Paul Grummitt called from the next seat, and the big blind also called.

When the 8♠ turn hit, it checked to Tigiev, who fired out 5,100 this time. Grummitt got out of the way before the big blind raised to 10,500. With around 15,000 behind, Tigiev elected to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Grummitt	60,000
Batraz Tigiev	15,000

Tags: Batraz Tigiev Paul Grummitt

01-14-2026 16:11 UTC+2

A Round of Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lennart Beumelburg	90,000 15,000	15,000
Sergey Kudryavtsev	90,000
Oleksii Shchukin	80,000 25,000	25,000
Miroslav Forman	50,000 20,000	20,000
Xiaozhe Liu	50,000 5,000	5,000
Katherina Aristotelos	35,000 32,000	32,000
Bobby James	30,000 15,000	15,000
Hakan Varol	27,000 5,000	5,000
Nikolay Fal	25,000

Jamie Nixon	24,000 3,000	3,000

Mazalahedwa Bako	13,000 3,000	3,000