Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Players are now on the final 15-minute break of Day 1b. They will play two more levels when action resumes before bagging up their chips for the night.
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$2,200 NL Warmup
Day: 1bcd
Event Info
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1bcd
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,124,240
Entries
611
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
249
Players Left
123
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Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
320,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
300,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
275,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
||
|
270,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
170,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
130,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
120,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
120,000 | |
|
50,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Picking up the action on the river with the board showing 
, Andrey Danilyuk bet 26,500 from middle position before Martynas Racinskas raised to 80,000 out of the big blind.
Danilyuk then moved all in, putting Racinskas to the test for his last 140,000. Racinskas tanked for more than five minutes as he starred down Danilyuk.
"Pocket aces? So sick," he said. The clock was eventually called.
"Tough decision," the tournament official said upon arriving at the table.
"It is. I have the nut flush," Racinskas added as he continued to tank while the countdown began. He eventually threw his hand into the muck and Danilyuk sent his cards back face down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
During the last break, Ali Moein asked Uri Reichenstein for some advice and it appears to be paying off as Moein just won another pot to climb up to 300,000.
Moein bet 8,000 from middle position on a flop of 
before Florian Duta, in the hijack, raised to 21,000. Moein called to see the 
turn.
Both players checked as the 
fell on the river. Moein led out for 15,000 and Duta gave it some thought before flicking in a chip to call.
Moein turned over 
for two pair and Duta mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Maher Nouira bet 30,000 on a board of 
and Daniel Henriques called from under the gun.
The river came the 
and Henriques checked over to Nouira once again, and Nouira came out with a bet of 65,000. Henriques snap-called as Nouira turned over 
for a flopped set.
Henriques, though, had 
for a rivered set to take down the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000 | |
|
85,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
It hasn't been a fruitful last few levels for Dawid Kuliberda as he just found himself all in yet again.
Kuliberda was in the small blind and shoved for around 30,000. Boris Angelov folded in middle position, but Aleksei Shchavelev called on the button.
Dawid Kuliberda: 
Aleksei Shchavelev: 
The board ran out 
and Kuliberda couldn't improve on his flopped pair of jacks as he made his way to the exit after busting for the third time in the last three levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
200,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Gabriel Akiki put in 5,500 from the small blind on a flop of 
and Danut Chisu also called in the big blind before Toni Kaukua raised to 28,000 from middle position.
Akiki then moved all in for his last 90,000 and Chisu quickly got out of the way. Kaukua, though, snap-called and showed 
, having Akiki's out-kicked.
The board ran out 
and Akiki flung his cards into the middle before heading for the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
110,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Fawzi Bou Karam moved all in for 29,500 from early position and Gokhan Ozbek called in the cutoff.
Fawzi Bou Karam: 
Gokhan Ozbek:
Bou Karam jumped ahead on the 
flop with a pair of aces and stayed in front as the board ran out .
"I'm doubling up the entire table," Ozbek said.
"I could use 30,000," tablemate Mihai Niste said.
"I'm greedy. I'll take a full double up," another tablemate added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
235,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
65,000 |
