$2,200 NL Warmup Day 2 | 2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

03-24-2023 17:49 UTC+3

Kapustin Cracks Aces to Double

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Heads-up on a board of , Nikolay Tyurin bet 15,000 in the hijack before Denis Kapustin raised to 65,000 in middle position.

Tyurin called to the river, when Kapustin moved all in for 68,000. Tyurin quickly called and Kapustin showed for the turned straight.

Tyurin flashed before he gave up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Tyurin	430,000 330,000	330,000
Denis Kapustin	280,000 -85,500	-85,500

Tags: Denis Kapustin Nikolay Tyurin

03-24-2023 17:44 UTC+3

Chip Counts Near the Break

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Myers	660,000 190,000	190,000
Michael Uguccioni	650,000 462,000	462,000
Philippe Souki	600,000 20,000	20,000
Stepan Kiba	550,000 216,500	216,500
Parahat Nurmuhammedov	470,000 150,000	150,000
Thomas Eychenne	450,000 35,000	35,000
Eduard Barsegian	440,000 -65,000	-65,000
Arie Kliper	400,000 107,500	107,500
Uri Reichenstein	370,000 -10,000	-10,000
Atanas Pavlov	360,000 35,000	35,000
Viktor Ustimov	350,000 166,000	166,000
Danut Chisu	300,000 -23,000	-23,000
Arsenii Karmatckii	200,000 45,000	45,000

Florian Duta	160,000 26,000	26,000
Terence Etim	100,000 -160,000	-160,000
Alexandru Papazian	95,000 -5,000	-5,000

Jack Sinclair	85,000 10,000	10,000

03-24-2023 17:32 UTC+3

Livshitz Plays Friendly

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Gabi Livshitz, Aleksandr Chernikov, and Mohammad Qasem went three-handed to the flop before all three players checked.

The turn came the and Livshitz and Chernikov both checked again before Qasem fired out 12,500. Livshitz then raised to 43,000 in the small blind and Chernikov quickly got out of he way.

Qasem, though, tanked for about a minute before he exposed the and tossed it in the muck. Livshitz showed him the as he took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabi Livshitz	750,000 210,000	210,000
Mohammad Qasem	160,000 160,000	160,000
Aleksandr Chernikov	120,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Aleksandr Chernikov Gabi Livshitz Mohammad Qasem

03-24-2023 17:20 UTC+3

Four Is Good Enough For Rafijevas

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

With around 105,000 in the pot on a board of , both Eldaras Rafijevas and Stefan Reiser checked to the river.

Reiser checked again and Rafijevas bet 37,000 from the button. Reiser tanked for a moment before calling as Rafijevas showed for a pair of fours.

That was good enough to win the pot as Reiser mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eldaras Rafijevas	500,000 311,000	311,000
Stefan Reiser	250,000

Tags: Eldaras Rafijevas Stefan Reiser

03-24-2023 17:17 UTC+3

Aydemir Bests Sarkis Again

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Recep Aydemir and Wael Sarkis built a pot of around 50,000 heading to the turn on a board of as both players checked.

The river came the and Sarkis checked over to Aydemir, who tossed out 35,000. Sarkis quickly called as Aydemir turned over for a pair of kings to win the pot.

"Nice hand, Mr. Aydemir," Sarkis told him following the hand.

"You called me with a queen. Bravo," Aydemir replied.

"I call you with ace-high," Sarkis continued.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wael Sarkis	670,000 -20,000	-20,000
Recep Aydemir	340,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Recep Aydemir Wael Sarkis

03-24-2023 17:07 UTC+3

Ilani Leads the River; Saad Building a Stack

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Heads-up on the turn with the board showing , Ara Melkisetian bet 10,000 from the button as Ran Ilani gave it some thought before calling.

The river came the and Ilani now led out for 33,000. Melkisetian tanked for around three minutes before he tossed his cards into the muck.

At the same table, Rabih Saad has built a tournament chip lead-contending stack of 820,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rabih Saad	820,000 327,000	327,000
Ran Ilani	420,000 50,000	50,000
Ara Melkisetian	80,000 -12,000	-12,000

Tags: Ara Melkisetian Ran Ilani

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,500

Ante: 3,500

03-24-2023 16:56 UTC+3

A Round of Chip Counts

David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Moein	750,000 -40,000	-40,000
Maksim Skripkin	700,000 294,000	294,000
Damir Zhugralin	590,000 207,500	207,500
Luc Bindel	450,000 40,000	40,000
Stefan Reiser	250,000 72,500	72,500
Artem Kazantsev	220,000 -11,000	-11,000

03-24-2023 16:42 UTC+3

Ukalaev Run Down on the River

David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Emil Ukalaev moved all in for 35,500 before the flop as action folded around to Serhat Mert on the button.

"There are only two options," tablemate Gabi Livshitz said before Mert called. "That's one of them."

Emil Ukalaev:
Serhat Mert:

Mert was dominated as the board came , but the fell on the river to give him two pair and send Ukalaev to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serhat Mert	120,000
Emil Ukalaev	Busted

Tags: Emil Ukalaev Serhat Mert

03-24-2023 16:34 UTC+3

Angelov Out-Kicks Khouzami For a Double

David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Heads-up on a board of , Boris Angelov bet 45,000 from under the gun and big blind Anthony Khouzami called.

The river came the and Khouzami checked over to Angelov, who this time slid forward his entire stack of 143,500. Khouzami tanked for nearly five minutes before he sighed and put in the chips to call.

Angelov turned over for top pair and Khouzami went to muck his hand before the dealer forced him to show as he handed over most of his stack.