Last Break of the Night
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Players are on one final 10-minute break before coming back to play the last level of Day 1a.
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,111,400
Entries
765
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
232
Players Left
106
Dedelov Picks Off Vismanis Blind on Blind
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Fedor Dedelov and Kristaps Vismanis were heads-up in a blind versus blind battle on the river with the board showing 
and 40,000 in the pot.
Dedelov, in the small blind, led out for 23,000 before Vismanis raised to 70,000. Dedelov tanked for around a minute before calling.
Vismanis immediately tapped the felt and turned over 
for a bluff. Dedelov had 
for trip aces to take the pot right before break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Beg Slowly Reveals Aces
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Heads-up on a board of 
, Furkan Beg bet 10,000 before Alexandru Papazian raised to 30,000 in the cutoff.
Beg called as the 
fell on the river. Both players checked.
"Can you show first? Is that possible?" Beg asked. Papazian shook his head.
"Let's show one at a time," Beg added as both players put their cards face down in the middle. Beg showed first and turned over the .
Papazian immediately mucked both his cards. "Ace high good," Beg asked before also showing the 
.
"What can you have that didn't hit that board," Papazian responded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
A Round of Chip Counts
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
410,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
360,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
270,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
260,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
250,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
160,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
160,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
115,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
40,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Clock Called on Chisu as Kabelitz Gets Paid
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
With around 70,000 in the pot on a board of 
, Danut Chisu bet 17,500 from middle position before Samuel Kabelitz raised on the button to 95,000.
Chisu tanked for around three minutes until tablemate Daniel Rezaei called the clock. The countdown began before Chisu threw in the chips to call.
Kabelitz showed him 
for a flush and Chisu mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
20,000 |
Habib Goes From Chip Leader to Bust
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Mounir Habib was the first player above 300,000 and the tournament chip leader earlier in the day, but he just found his tournament cut short at the hands of new top man Ali Moein.
Moein bet 12,000 from the hijack on a flop of 
and was called by Habib on the button and Terence Etim in the big blind.
The turn came the 
and Moein slid forward a tower of chips, easily covering his remaining two opponents. Habib called off his last chips, while Etim folded.
Moein had 
, while Habib showed 
. The river was the 
and Moein's eights were enough to send Habib to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000 | |
|
40,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
Busted |
El Hachem Takes Out Loire
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Julien Loire was down to around 20,000 when he moved all in from the hijack and was called by Rabih El Hachem.
Julien Loire: 
Rabih El Hachem: 
Loire remained ahead on the 
flop, but El Hachem connected with the turn to take the lead. The river came the and Loire, who made the final table of the Warmup earlier in the festival, will have to fire another bullet if he wants another deep run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Kazantsev Leads Into Gulseven
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Erdal Gulseven, back in the tournament after busting to Jack Sinclair earlier, bet 10,000 on a flop of from the button and was called by Artem Kazantsev in early position.
The turn came the and Kazantsev led out for 20,000. Gulseven quickly called as the 
fell on the river.
Kazantsev bet out again, this time for 115,000.
"I must call, my friend," Gulseven said before he committed his last 57,000. Kazantsev turned over 
, but Gulseven had to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
60,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
Aydemir, Melkisetian Tangle Again
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
With around 18,500 in the pot on a board of 
, Recep Aydemir bet 10,000 from the button and Ara Melkisetian called in the small blind.
The river brought the and Melkisetian checked over to Aydemir, who tossed out 30,000 this time.
Melkisetian let out a deep sigh as he tanked for several minutes before calling. Aydemir turned over 
and Melkisetian surrendered the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
120,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |