2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$2,200 NL Warmup
Day: 3
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
Total Entries
611
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
126
Players Left
21
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Another Setup Flop Ends in a Whimper

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Alexandru Cinca bet 100,000 from under the gun on a flop of {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} before Boris Angelov raised to 300,000 in the small blind.

Cinca took his time before calling as the {10-Diamonds} fell on the turn. Both players checked to the {2-Diamonds} river.

Angelov checked again and Cinca checked behind. Angelov turned over {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a flopped straight as Cinca flashed {k-}{k-} for top set on the flop.

Cinca gave himself a pat on the back after escaping from that cooler relatively unscathed. "I almost put it in," he said. "How do you flop a straight? Professional," he added.

Tags: Alexandru CincaBoris Angelov

Ghazarian Runs Into Skripkin's Jacks

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Harout Ghazarian was all in for 425,000 from the cutoff and up against Maksim Skripkin in early position.

Harout Ghazarian: {a-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Maksim Skripkin: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}

Ghazarian hit a pair on the {3-Spades}{7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{q-Diamonds} board, but it wasn't the one he needed to avoid hitting the rail.

Tags: Harout GhazarianMaksim Skripkin

Runout Saves Abakirov From Massive Cooler Flop

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Heads-up on the {10-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} flop, Kubanychbek Abakirov bet 375,000 from early position and was called by Basel Khabbazeh in the cutoff.

The turn came the {j-Hearts} and both players checked. Abakirov again checked the {9-Hearts} river and Khabbazeh checked behind.

Abakirov turned over {k-Spades}{10-Spades} for two pair on the flop, but Khabbazeh had {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds} for a flopped set.

"Lucky," Khabbazeh told him following the hand as Abakirov wiped his forehead after getting away cheap from a pot that could've been much worse.

Tags: Basel KhabbazehKubanychbek Abakirov

Dib Next to Fall

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Elie Dib
Elie Dib

Elie Dib was all in for 435,000 from the button and up against Gurcan Gungoren in early position.

Elie Dib: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Gurcan Gungoren: {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}

Dib stood up from his seat as the board came {9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. He turned away from the table in frustration after failing to connect as he hit the rail in 36th place.

Tags: Elie DibGurcan Gungoren

Cinca Finishes Off Mustafov

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Fahredin Mustafov
Fahredin Mustafov

Soon after losing the pot to Mikhail Zamyatin, Fahredin Mustafov shoved all in from the button for 150,000. "How much," Alexandru Cinca asked in the big blind before he called.

Fahredin Mustafov: {a-Spades}{6-Clubs}
Alexandru Cinca: {a-Clubs}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Cinca's nine-kicker was enough to send Mustafov to the payout desk.

Tags: Fahredin MustafovAlexandru Cinca

Zamyatin Picks Off Mustafov

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On the first hand back from dinner break, Mikhail Zamyatin bet 165,000 from the small blind on a flop of {5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} and was called by Fahredin Mustafov in middle position.

Both players checked the {8-Diamonds} turn. The river came the {7-Spades} and Zamyatin checked once again.

Mustafov now bet out for 350,000 and Zamyatin quickly called with {k-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for a pair of kings. Mustafov mucked his hand to drop down to a short stack.

Stepan Kiba and Helmut Phung were eliminated shortly after returning from break.

Tags: Fahredin MustafovMikhail Zamyatin

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Dinner Break Chip Counts

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

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Michalak Coolers Zoyirgaz to the Exit

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On the last hand before dinner break, [Removed:422] and Jakub Michalak went heads-up on a board of {9-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}.

Soyirgaz, in the cutoff, moved all in for around 600,000 and Michalak snap-called. Soyirgaz showed {10-Spades}{7-Spades} for the rivered straight, but Michalak had {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a flush on the river to send Soyirgaz to the payout desk.

Tags: Jakub Michalak