$2,200 NL Warmup Day 3 | 2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

03-25-2023 17:33 UTC+3

Skripka Raises Big Against Soyirgaz, Shows the Bluff

David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

[Removed:422] and Petr Skripka were heads-up in a blind versus blind confrontation and the board showing .

Soyirgaz, in the small blind, led out for 175,000 before Skripka put in a raise to 400,000. Soyirgaz leaned across the table to get a look at Skripka's stack as he tanked for about a minute before sending his cards into the muck.

Skripka showed as he took the pot.

"No flush draw?" tablemate Uri Reichenstein asked

"Nothing," Soyirgaz replied.

"OMG," Reichenstein replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:422]	1,400,000 -100,000	-100,000
Petr Skripka	1,200,000 -84,000	-84,000

Tags: Petr Skripka

03-25-2023 17:39 UTC+3

Khalifeh Hits One-Outer to Double Off Soyirgaz

David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Wissam Khalifeh was all in for around 100,000 from the big blind against [Removed:422] as the board read .

Khalifeh had for two pair, but Soyirgaz had made a flush with . The river, though, brought the as Khalifeh doubled up.

Khalifeh leaned across the table to take a picture of the board. "Sorry," he told Soyirgaz.

"No sorry," Soyirgaz replied, taking the beat in stride.

"It's a small pot for you, but for me," Wissam added.

"One out you had," tablemate Recep Aydemir told him.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:422]	1,300,000 -100,000	-100,000
Wissam Khalifeh	200,000 -34,000	-34,000

Tags: Wissam Khalifeh

03-25-2023 17:47 UTC+3

Abakirov Mis-Clicks, Still Puts a Big Dent in Mustafov's Stack

David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Blind versus blind on a board of , Kubanychbek Abakirov bet 325,000 and Fahredin Mustafov called to the river.

Abakirov this time counted out a bet of 605,000 and used both hands to slide the big towers of chips into the middle. Mustafov snap-called by throwing in a single chip.

Abakirov opened up for trip sixes and Mustafov mucked.

After the hand, Abakirov explained that he raised to 135,000 before the flop thinking the blinds were 40,000 instead of 20,000.

"You misclicked? Misclicks always make money," tablemate Daniel Montagnolli said.

"Or you bust," Abakirov joked as the two players shared a laugh.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kubanychbek Abakirov	2,500,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Fahredin Mustafov	1,100,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov Kubanychbek Abakirov

03-25-2023 17:53 UTC+3

Time for Break

David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The remaining 63 players are now on another 15-minute break.

03-25-2023 17:59 UTC+3

Post-Bubble Bustouts

David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Hulme	Busted
Oskar Prehm	Busted
Jacek Pustula	Busted
Maged Traboulsy	Busted
Georges Sultanem	Busted

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

03-25-2023 18:18 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Tyurin	1,800,000 880,000	880,000
Rabih Saad	1,700,000 300,000	300,000
Mikhail Zamyatin	1,400,000 819,000	819,000
Julien Loire	1,100,000 700,000	700,000
Viktor Ustimov	820,000 -100,000	-100,000
Alexandru Cinca	750,000 -150,000	-150,000
Osman Ihlamur	460,000 -210,000	-210,000
Malek Abi Naser	450,000 307,000	307,000
Jack Rizk	375,000 375,000	375,000
Stefan Reiser	360,000 10,000	10,000
Maksim Skripkin	300,000 -388,000	-388,000
Maan El Hachem	250,000 -136,000	-136,000
Philippe Souki	220,000 -780,000	-780,000
Semen Kapitonov	210,000 210,000	210,000
Michael Teplitski	170,000 -208,000	-208,000

03-25-2023 18:28 UTC+3

Clock Runs Out on Tyurin

David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Nikolay Tyurin and [Removed:422] were heads-up on a board of with around 500,000 in the middle. Soyirgaz, in the cutoff, put out a bet of 475,000.

Tyurin went into the tank for several minutes as he counted down his stack. He eventually told the table it was okay to call time. "Don't worry," he said.

"I'm 40 seconds away," tablemate Uri Reichenstein said.

Reichenstein did call the clock on Tyurin and the tournament floor came over to the table to begin the countdown. Tyurin allowed it to reach zero before his hand was declared dead.

Soyirgaz then took out his phone and took a picture of his cards before returning them to the dealer.

"Is that to show him later," Reichenstein asked.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:422]	2,300,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Nikolay Tyurin	1,400,000 -400,000	-400,000

Tags: Nikolay Tyurin

03-25-2023 18:35 UTC+3

Reichenstein Shoves on Hirs

David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Uri Reichenstein three-bet to 130,000 from early position and Aliaksandr Hirs called under the gun.

The flop came and Hirs checked to Reichenstein, who continued for 80,000. Hirs paused for several moments before he came back with a raise to 200,000.