2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$2,200 NL Warmup
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$206,800
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,124,240
Entries
611
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
125
Players Left
62

Liperis Can't Connect Against Esmaeilzadeh

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Ramin Esmaeilzadeh
Ramin Esmaeilzadeh

Yiannis Liperis bet 16,500 on a flop of {6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{10-Hearts} before Ramin Esmaeilzadeh moved all in from early position for 54,500. Liperis quickly called.

Ramin Esmaeilzadeh: {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Yiannis Liperis: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Esmaeilzadeh had flopped top pair, but needed to hold on against Liperis' flush draw and two overcards. The {3-Spades} on the turn was safe, while the {a-Spades} on the river improved Esmaeilzadeh to two pair as he smacked his hands together in celebration of his double up.

Player Chips Progress
Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
180,000
Ramin Esmaeilzadeh
Ramin Esmaeilzadeh
160,000
160,000
160,000

Tags: Ramin EsmaeilzadehYiannis Liperis

Abdelhadi Bets Big on the River

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With around 35,000 in the pot, Gurcan Gungoren bet 26,400 from middle position on a board of {5-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{q-Spades} and Ahmad Abdelhadi called on the button.

Gungoren slowed down and checked the {k-Clubs} turn before Abdelhadi fired out 40,000. Gungoren went into the tank for several minutes before giving up his hand.

"Pocket queens, huh? Two queens?" a tablemate asked Abdelhadi after the hand, but he returned his cards face down to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Ahmad Abdelhadi gb
Ahmad Abdelhadi
280,000
130,000
130,000
Gurcan Gungoren tr
Gurcan Gungoren
140,000
-60,000
-60,000

Tags: Ahmad AbdelhadiGurcan Gungoren

Uguccioni Sends Out Gulseven

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Heads-up on a {5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{6-Spades} flop, Michael Uguccioni bet 13,000 from the button before small blind Erdal Gulseven moved all in for 40,000. Uguccioni gave it some thought before calling.

Erdal Gulseven: {k-Spades}{3-Clubs}
Michael Uguccioni: {10-Spades}{6-Clubs}

Gulseven had a pair of threes but was behind Uguccioni's pair of sixes as he threw his arms up in frustration. He got no help on the {8-Hearts} turn or {q-Diamonds} river and was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Uguccioni it
Michael Uguccioni
260,000
Erdal Gulseven tr
Erdal Gulseven
Busted

Tags: Erdal GulsevenMichael Uguccioni

Kolotiuk Fires the River in Multi-Way Pot

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Roman Kolotiuk, Maxime Chilaud, and Valeriy Pak built a pot of around 30,000 heading to the turn on a board of {4-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}. All three players checked through to the {6-Hearts} river.

Pak, in the small blind, and Chilaud in the hijack both checked once more before Kolotiuk threw in a bet of 20,000. Pak quickly folded, but Chilaud gave off a pained look as he tanked for around a minute before calling.

Kolotiuk turned over {k-Spades}{j-Spades} for two pair, jacks and sixes, and Chilaud nodded before giving up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Valeriy Pak uz
Valeriy Pak
220,000
180,000
180,000
Maxime Chilaud fr
Maxime Chilaud
150,000
-10,000
-10,000
Roman Kolotiuk ru
Roman Kolotiuk
105,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Valeriy PakRoman KolotiukMaxime Chilaud

Liperis Can't Shake Zilberman

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Israel Zilberman bet 5,000 from under the gun on a flop of {10-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} and Maksim Skripkin called on the button. Yiannis Liperis, in the big blind, raised to 22,000 and only Zilberman called.

The turn came the {8-Clubs} and Liperis checked, as did Zilberman to the {a-Clubs} river. Liperis checked once more as Zilberman flicked in a bet of 10,000.

Liperis quickly called, but mucked when Zilberman turned over {q-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for a flush to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Maksim Skripkin ru
Maksim Skripkin
350,000
110,000
110,000
Israel Zilberman il
Israel Zilberman
200,000
-35,000
-35,000
Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
180,000
83,000
83,000

Tags: Israel ZilbermanMaksim SkripkinYiannis Liperis

Chilaud Calls Down Shapira With Bottom Pair

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Maxime Chilaud
Maxime Chilaud

Blind versus blind, Liron Shapira and Maxime Chilaud went to the turn on a board of {3-Hearts}{7-Spades}{q-Spades}{6-Spades} when Shapira led out for 2,500. Chilaud quickly tossed in a chip to call as the river came the {7-Clubs}.

Shapira bet out again, this time for 6,000. Chilaud tanked for a moment before he called as Shapira turned over {8-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for a bluff. Chilaud turned over {k-Spades}{3-Clubs} for a pair of threes to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Maxime Chilaud fr
Maxime Chilaud
160,000
160,000
160,000
Liron Shapira il
Liron Shapira
30,000
-230,000
-230,000

Tags: Liron ShapiraMaxime Chilaud

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Kaukua Picked Off by Sammer

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With 8,800 in the pot on a flop of {5-Hearts}{2-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, Toni Kaukua bet 2,500 from the button before big blind Harald Sammer raised to 8,000.

Kaukua called to the {q-Spades} turn. Sammer slowed down and checked this time, and Kaukua slid forward his entire stack of around 20,000. Sammer snap-called with {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for two pair, while Kaukua was on a flush draw with {10-Spades}{6-Spades}.

The river came the {10-Clubs} and Kaukua was sent to the rail right before the break.

Player Chips Progress
Harald Sammer at
Harald Sammer
160,000
65,000
65,000
Toni Kaukua fi
Toni Kaukua
Busted

Tags: Harald SammerToni Kaukua

Set Over Set, Blind Versus Blind Results in a Bindel Double

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Luc Bindel
Luc Bindel

Luc Bindel in the small blind and big blind Gurcan Gungoren got the rest of Bindel's 69,200 in the middle before the flop.

Luc Bindel: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Gurcan Gungoren: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}

Bindel was a big favorite to double up as the flop came {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{q-Spades}. The {k-Hearts} on the turn improved him to a full house as Gungoren, already drawing dead, began cutting out the chips to pay him off.

The {9-Hearts} on the river also gave Gungoren a full house but it was too late to avoid handing over the pot to Bindel.

Player Chips Progress
Gurcan Gungoren tr
Gurcan Gungoren
200,000
-60,000
-60,000
Luc Bindel fr
Luc Bindel
140,000
60,000
60,000

Tags: Gurcan GungorenLuc Bindel