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

01-15-2026 15:36 UTC+2

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

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01-15-2026 15:25 UTC+2

Top Stacks at First Break

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Redrado	100,000 100,000	100,000
Ali Moein	80,000
Dmytro Tulin	75,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	70,000 30,000	30,000
Ziga Klopcic	70,000
Alisa Sibgatova	65,000 25,000	25,000
Mehmed Cisic	65,000 34,000	34,000
Konstantin Kvon	65,000
Illia Petrytsia	60,000 10,000	10,000
Tarik Ugural	50,000
Jamie Nixon	40,000 9,000	9,000

Evgeny Ivanov	40,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

01-15-2026 15:07 UTC+2

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players are heading on a 15-minute break.

01-15-2026 14:57 UTC+2

Klopcic Rivers Two Pair to Stack Szychulski

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Sebastian Szychulski opened to 800 from the hijack and Ziga Klopcic three-bet the cutoff to 2,200. When it got back to Szychulski, he called.

On the A♥2♠J♣ flop, Szychulski check-called a bet of 1,500 from Klopcic to the 7♣ turn, where again he check-called for 4,000.

When the 3♦ hit the river, Szychulski checked and Klopcic shoved. Szychulski had around 14,000 remaining and after around a minute of deliberation, he called.

Klopcic then revealed A♣3♥ for a rivered two pair, and that was good against the A♦Q♠ for Szychulski.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ziga Klopcic	70,000
Sebastian Szychulski	Busted

Tags: Sebastian Szychulski Ziga Klopcic

01-15-2026 14:41 UTC+2

Moein Benefits From Velvelt's Bluff

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Ali Moein just launched himself toward the top of the chip counts after an ill-timed bluff from Urmo Velvelt.

Moein raised to 800 from the hijack and Lennart Beumelburg called on the button. Velvelt was in the big blind and also called.

The flop came 4♣4♥3♣ and when it checked to Moein, he bet 800. Beumelburg got out of the way, but Velvelt stuck around.

A 5♦ turn saw Velvelt check it over again before Moein put out a bet of 2,800. After considering his options. Velvelt decided to shove his stack of around 35,000, which was snap-called by Moein.

Urmo Velvelt: K♥J♦ All in
Ali Moein: A♣2♣

Velvelt was drawing dead to the wheel of Moein, and his stack was also covered. A meaningless Q♠ fell on the river, and Velvelt made his way to the exit as Moein raked in a huge pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Moein	80,000 80,000	80,000
Lennart Beumelburg	25,000 3,000	3,000
Urmo Velvelt	Busted

Tags: Ali Moein Lennart Beumelburg Urmo Velvelt

01-15-2026 14:27 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisa Sibgatova	40,000 40,000	40,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	40,000 40,000	40,000
Miroslav Forman	35,000 35,000	35,000
Alexander Sokolovsky	35,000 5,000	5,000
Sergey Kudryavtsev	30,000 30,000	30,000
Paul Grummitt	30,000 30,000	30,000
Lennart Beumelburg	28,000 2,000	2,000
Yaniv Peretz	25,000 5,000	5,000
Salim Usmanov	22,000 22,000	22,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

01-15-2026 14:15 UTC+2

Petrytsia Starts Well

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Illia Petrytsia is up and running on Day 1b after just taking down a sizable pot against his countrymate Mykola Serhiienko.

The board read 3♣K♥J♦5♥3♥ and with around 15,000 in the middle, Serhiienko checked and Petrytsia bet 10,100. After just a few seconds, Serhiienko called.

Petrytsia then showed A♥K♦ for top pair with an ace kicker, and that was enough to win the pot as Serhiienko revealed K♣9♣ for a pair of kings with a worse kicker.