€880 Merit Poker Cup Day 2 | 2026 Merit Poker Montenegro Championship

01-17-2026 16:17 UTC+2

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Vladimir Lappo	Belarus	655,000	66
1	2	Oleksii Shchukin	Ukraine	300,000	30
1	3	Antoine Farhat	Lebanon	190,000	19
1	4	Rashad Iskandarov	Azerbaijan	240,000	24
1	5	Batraz Tigiev	Cyprus	485,000	49
1	6	Mikhail Zavoloka	Russia	1,640,000	164
1	7	Christoforos Chrysochoidis	Greece	380,000	38

2	1	Pablo Redrado	Spain	375,000	38
2	2	Bobby James	United Kingdom	875,000	88
2	3	Ali Moein	Iran	500,000	50
2	4	Charbel Daou	Lebanon	640,000	64
2	5	Elie Farah	Lebanon	250,000	25
2	6	Bojan Berberovic	Serbia	1,875,000	188
2	7	Fausto Tantillo	Italy	600,000	60

3	1	Stefan Cupic	Montengero	1,240,000	124
3	2	Erdal Gulseven	Turkey	560,000	56
3	3	Benjamin Nicault	France	500,000	50
3	4	Nikolay Fal	Russia	490,000	49
3	5	Genrik Alekian	Ukraine	375,000	38
3	6	Giulio Gallo	Italy	95,000	10

Player	Chips	Progress
Bojan Berberovic	1,875,000 25,000	25,000
Mikhail Zavoloka	1,640,000 140,000	140,000
Stefan Cupic	1,240,000 60,000	60,000

Bobby James	875,000 25,000	25,000
Vladimir Lappo	655,000 95,000	95,000
Charbel Daou	640,000 10,000	10,000

Fausto Tantillo	600,000

Erdal Gulseven	560,000 400,000	400,000
Ali Moein	500,000 412,000	412,000
Benjamin Nicault	500,000 75,000	75,000

Nikolay Fal	490,000 10,000	10,000

Batraz Tigiev	485,000 375,000	375,000
Christoforos Chrysochoidis	380,000 21,000	21,000
Pablo Redrado	375,000 65,000	65,000
Genrik Alekian	375,000 125,000	125,000
Oleksii Shchukin	300,000 237,000	237,000
Elie Farah	250,000 20,000	20,000
Rashad Iskandarov	240,000 186,000	186,000
Antoine Farhat	190,000 260,000	260,000
Giulio Gallo	95,000 25,000	25,000

Redraw Time

Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With the elimination of Saljo Curovic and Andrei Daniliuk at the same time, the three table redraw will have 20 players in it,

Player	Chips	Progress
Saljo Curovic	Busted
Andrei Daniliuk	Busted

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

01-17-2026 16:06 UTC+2

Farah Bluffs Into Tantillo

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Elie Farah opened from the hijack and Fausto Tantillo called in the big blind.

They went to a flop of J♦A♥9♠, where Tantillo checked and Farah bet 21,000. Tantillo then made it 47,000, Farah three-bet to 110,000, and Tantillo called.

On the 9♥ turn, Tantillo check-called a bet of 70,000 from Farah to the 4♣ river, where again Tantillo checked. Farah then quickly bet 75,000, and Tantillo took just twenty seconds before he called.

Farah then showed a pair of eights with 8♥8♦. but that was no good as Tantillo flipped A♣Q♦ for a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fausto Tantillo	600,000 100,000	100,000

Elie Farah	230,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Elie Farah Fausto Tantillo

01-17-2026 15:54 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Bojan Berberovic	1,900,000 600,000	600,000
Mikhail Zavoloka	1,500,000 50,000	50,000
Stefan Cupic	1,300,000 150,000	150,000

Bobby James	900,000 10,000	10,000
Vladimir Lappo	750,000 530,000	530,000
Nikolay Fal	500,000 188,000	188,000

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Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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01-17-2026 15:44 UTC+2

Redraw Looming

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With 22 players remaining and the tournament 7-handed, it means that a redraw will take place after one more elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Petr Rudnev	Busted
Toni Ravnak	Busted
Xiaozhe Liu	Busted
Ravil Rafikov	Busted

01-17-2026 15:34 UTC+2

More Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maor Zaharagi	Busted
Alisa Sibgatova	Busted
Alexander Sokolovsky	Busted
Oleg Bystrenin	Busted
Ohad Gelerenter	Busted
Marko Zvono	Busted
Srdan Milicevic	Busted

01-17-2026 15:32 UTC+2

Rafikov Falls to Berberovic

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Bojan Berberovic is flying high at the moment as his stack just soared into seven-figure territory.

After some preflop action, Ravil Rafikov had his stack of around 300,000 in the middle and was up against the bigger stack of Berberovic.

Ravil Rafikov: K♥Q♥ All in
Bojan Berberovic: A♠J♦

Rafikov was behind, and the A♥10♣9♠ flop put him further into the hole. A 6♣4♥ runout changed nothing, which left Rafikov on the sidelines and Berberovic with a monstrous stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bojan Berberovic	1,300,000 425,000	425,000
Ravil Rafikov	Busted

Tags: Bojan Berberovic Ravil Rafikov

01-17-2026 15:20 UTC+2

Zavoloka Lands a Huge Double Against Alekian

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Huge pot alert.

The action was picked up with Genrik Alekian having 165,000 laid out in front of him from the small blind and Mikhail Zavoloka had put in another raise from the cutoff. Alekian then responded by making it 525,000, Zavoloka shoved almost 700,000, and Alekian called it off.

Mikhail Zavoloka: A♠A♦ All in
Genrik Alekian: A♥K♥

Zavoloka was in a dream spot, and the flop of 9♦J♠7♦ had him in wonderland. A K♠ turn did bring a little sweat, but the 10♥ river was clean, meaning Zavoloka got the full double.