Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
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2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$2,200 NL Warmup
Day: 4
Event Info
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,124,240
Entries
611
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
21
Players Left
1
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Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Arie Kliper raised to 400,000 on the button before Mikhail Zamyatin three-bet to 3,000,000 in the big blind, leaving himself 525,000 behind. Kliper moved all in and Zamyatin called off his remaining stack.
Mikhail Zamyatin: 
Arie Kliper: 
Zamyatin was racing for his tournament life on the final table bubble and hit top pair on the 
flop to take the lead. The board ran out 
and Kliper was left paying him off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,400,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
|
3,700,000
5,600,000
|
5,600,000 |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Maksim Skripkin moved his short stack of around 900,000 into the middle from the button and big blind Julien Loire snap-called.
Maksim Skripkin: 
Julien Loire: 
The board ran out 
and Skripkin was eliminated on the final table bubble.
The remaining nine players are now drawing for seats at the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,870,000
3,070,000
|
3,070,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cenk Nigbolu | 1,060,000 | 5 |
| 2 | Eduard Barsegian | 6,115,000 | 31 |
| 3 | Boris Angelov | 3,175,000 | 16 |
| 4 | Dmitry Gromov | 1,225,000 | 6 |
| 5 | Julien Loire | 20,820,000 | 104 |
| 6 | Mikhail Zamyatin | 8,510,000 | 43 |
| 7 | Arie Kliper | 3,130,000 | 16 |
| 8 | Gurcan Gungoren | 7,985,000 | 40 |
| 9 | Koray Korkmaz | 9,050,000 | 45 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,820,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
9,050,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
|
8,510,000
1,110,000
|
1,110,000 |
|
7,985,000
3,285,000
|
3,285,000 |
|
6,115,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
3,175,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |
|
|
3,130,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
1,225,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
||
|
1,060,000
1,440,000
|
1,440,000 |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
The final nine players have been introduced and taken their seats at the final table, and play is back underway.
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
On the first hand of the final table, Julien Loire raised to 400,000 from early position and Mikhail Zamyatin called next to act. The table folded around to Cenk Nigbolu in the small blind, and he shoved all in for 1,060,000.
Loire used a time bank card before reraising to 1,600,000, and Zamyatin quickly folded 
.
Cenk Nigbolu: 
Julien Loire: 
The 
flop gave Nigbolu a set and Loire a straight draw. Loire missed the 
turn, and Nigbolu secured the double up when the river came the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,800,000
1,020,000
|
1,020,000 |
|
|
2,900,000
1,840,000
|
1,840,000 |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Dmitry Gromov shoved all in for 755,000 from the hijack as action folded to Arie Kliper in the small blind, who reshoved. Big blind Gurcan Gungoren quickly folded and they turned their cards on their backs.
Dmitry Gromov:
Arie Kliper: 
Kliper hit two pair on the 
flop, while Gromov couldn't connect with the 
turn or river and became the first player eliminated from the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Arie Kliper jammed all in for 3,485,000 from the cutoff before Gurcan Gungoren, next to act, reshoved on the button. The blinds got out of the way.
Arie Kliper:
Gurcan Gungoren: 
Kliper sat back in his chair to await the 
flop and was two cards away from elimination, but the 
spiked on the turn to move him into the lead. Gungoren had two outs going to the river but didn't find them on the 
as Kliper stayed alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,500,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
4,900,000
3,085,000
|
3,085,000 |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Arie Kliper raised to 400,000 from early position and Gurcan Gungoren decided to tangle with him again, three-betting to 1,200,000. Kliper asked to get a look at Gungoren's stack before he moved all in, and Gungoren snap-called for 4,925,000.
Gurcan Gungoren:
Arie Kliper: 
Gungoren was dominated as the 
flop provided some hope of a chop. The turn came the , and Gungoren found the 
on the river as they chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
5,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
The next hand after chopping with Arie Kliper, Gurcan Gungoren open-shoved for 5,175,000 and Cenk Nigbolu called for his last 2,420,000 in the cutoff. Boris Angelov tanked in the small blind before folding , leaving Gungoren and Nigbolu heads-up.
Cenk Nigbolu: 
Gurcan Gungoren:
Gungoren could only laugh upon finding out he had run into a massive cooler as Nigbolu hit the last ace in the deck on the flop to make top set. The board ran out and Gungoren's top two pair wasn't enough for him to avoid paying off Nigbolu, who came into the final table as the shortest stack but is now above 5,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,300,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
|
|
2,800,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
