2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$376,800
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,111,400
Total Entries
765
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
765
Players Left
142
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Chilaud Wins At Showdown

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player opened to 5,500 from middle position before Maxime Chilaud three-bet to 17,000 in the cutoff. Terence Etim then cold four-bet to 40,000 on the button with the blinds and original raiser quickly getting out of the way to send the action back to Chilaud who made the call.

Chilaud checked on the {7-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{j-Spades} flop and then called when Etim continued for 25,000.

Both players checked through the {a-Clubs} turn to the {9-Diamonds} river at which point Chilaud checked once more. Etim considered for a moment before checking back. Chilaud tabled {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} which was good enough to take down the four-bet pot and send his stack well north of the 400,000 mark.

Player Chips Progress
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Maxime Chilaud
475,000
47,000
47,000
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Terence Etim
215,000
158,500
158,500

Tags: Maxime ChilaudTerence Etim

Clock Runs Out on Atallah

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Eddy Khoury and Michel Atallah had already built a pot of around 160,000 with the board showing {7-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{j-Spades} when Khoury moved all in for 123,000.

Atallah tanked for a few minutes before the clock was called. "If I fold, do I have to show," Atallan asked as the countdown continued to tick down.

He allowed the clock to reach zero as his hand was declared dead. Khoury turned over {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} as he took the pot.

"Same hand," a tablemate asked Atallah.

"If he had a king, he would've thrown the chips," Furkan Beg added, waving his arms in the air in a throwing motion. Atallah later admitted he had pocket threes.

"Thank you for wasting three minutes," a tablemate told him.

Player Chips Progress
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Eddy Khoury
320,000
85,000
85,000
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Michel Atallah
65,000
236,000
236,000

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No Ace Needed For Papazian

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Picking up that action on the flop, Alexandru Papazian from under the gun was involved in a hand with the blinds as well as a player in middle position. With the board reading {6-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{k-Spades} the small and big blinds checked to Papazian who led out for 9,000. The middle position player called while the blinds folded to send action heads-up to the turn.

Papazian did not slow down following the board pairing {6-Hearts} turn, instead firing off 16,500. Again, his opponent just called.

The {k-Clubs} river saw Papazian bet again, this time sizing up to a chunky 42,000. That appeared to frustrate his opponent who tossed the {a-Spades} face up into the middle before folding. "No ace in my hand" chuckled Papazian as he raked in a sizable pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Alexandru Papazian
350,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Alexandru Papazian

Chaya, Yildiz Play a Classic Flip

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Nabil Chaya was all in for 66,000 from the cutoff and up against button Emrah Yildiz.

Nabil Chaya: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Emrah Yildiz: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

Chaya took out his phone and began filming the action as the flop came {3-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs}. The {q-Hearts} on the turn improved Yildiz to a set and left Chaya drawing dead as the inconsequential {2-Clubs} fell on the river, sealing his elimination.

Player Chips Progress
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Emrah Yildiz
230,000
171,500
171,500
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Nabil Chaya
Busted

Tags: Emrah YildizNabil Chaya

Mandara Gets Looked Up

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Picking up the action on the turn, Ryan Mandara in the cutoff was involved in a hand with a player on the button. With the board reading {6-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts} Mandara checked to his opponent who followed suit.

The {k-Clubs} river completed the board, prompting Mandara to push 24,000 into the middle. As soon as his chips had crossed the betting line, the button player made the call and turned over {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}. Mandara could only show {7-}{7-}, ceding the pot to his opponent and cutting his own stack down to near starting.

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Mandara
110,000
45,000
45,000

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Kan Shoves as Clock Called on Wojtkowiak

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With around 30,000 in the middle on a board of {a-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{j-Hearts}, Michal Wojtkowiak bet 20,000 from middle position before Oleg Kan, on the button, moved all in.

Wojtkowiak, with around 95,000 remaining, tanked for about a minute and tablemate Serge Matta called the clock. Wojtkowiak allowed the clock to go down to the last 10 seconds before he sent his cards into the muck.

Timur Margolin was missing from his seat at this table and has been eliminated. He was replaced by the recently-busted Alexey Losev, who has reentered.

Player Chips Progress
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Oleg Kan
470,000
189,000
189,000
Profile photo of Alexey Losev ru
Alexey Losev
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Michal Wojtkowiak pl
Michal Wojtkowiak
95,000
18,500
18,500
Profile photo of Timur Margolin il
Timur Margolin
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Alexey LosevMichal WojtkowiakOleg KanTimur Margolin

One Bustout, One Double Up

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Barak Wisbrod
Barak Wisbrod

Alexey Losev was down to around 30,000 when he pushed all in from the cutoff. Julian Selinger, on the button, reraised and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Alexey Losev: {6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Julian Selinger: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}

Losev was far behind Selinger's tens as the board came {5-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, sending him to the rail early on Day 2.

At the same time on another table, Barak Wisbrod was all in for 60,000 and up against Alper Kerim.

Barak Wisbrod: {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Alper Kerim: {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

Wisbrod spiked a queen on the {6-Clubs}{5-Spades}{q-Clubs} flop to take the lead, while the {q-Spades} on the turn gave him trips and left Kerim drawing dead heading to the {5-Diamonds} river, securing Wisbrod's double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Julian Selinger
350,000
31,000
31,000
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Alper Kerim
270,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Barak Wisbrod il
Barak Wisbrod
120,000
72,000
72,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alexey Losev ru
Alexey Losev
Busted

Tags: Alexey LosevAlper KerimBarak WisbrodJulian Selinger

Bachar Is "Invincible"

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Seyedahmad Haghgou
Seyedahmad Haghgou

Heads-up on a board of {j-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}, Seyedahmad Haghgou bet 23,000 from the big blind before Guy Bachar, in the cutoff, moved all in. Haghgou quickly called for his last 120,000.

Haghgou had {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for top pair and a flush draw, while Bachar showed {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}. The {a-Diamonds} on the river was no help to Haghgou and he became an early casualty of Day 2.

"You are invincible, my friend," a tablemate told Bachar following the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Guy Bachar
300,000
300,000
300,000
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Seyedahmad Haghgou
Busted

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Reichenstein Folds River

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Uri Reichenstein opened to 5,500 from early position and was called by the small and big blind to generate three-way action heading to the flop.

Both blinds checked to Reichenstein on a flop of {3-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and he continued for 6,000. That convinced the small blind to get out of the way but the player in the big blind made the call to see a turn.

Action checked through the {9-Hearts} turn to the {7-Diamonds} river at which point the big blind took over the betting lead, firing off 19,000. Reichenstein, after a few moments, released his holding to take a small hit to his stack early in the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Uri Reichenstein
210,000
39,000
39,000

Tags: Uri Reichenstein

Jdan Picks Up Jacks the First Hand

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

On the first hand of Day 2, Oleg Jdan raised to 6,000 from under the gun as action folded to George Rabahie in the small blind, who three-bet to 31,000. Jdan moved all in for 49,000 and Rabahie called.

Oleg Jdan: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
George Rabahie: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

Jdan was ahead with his jacks as the board came {3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{9-Spades}{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Rabahie received no help and was left paying off his short-stacked opponent.

Player Chips Progress
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George Rabahie
120,000
51,500
51,500
Profile photo of Oleg Jdan ru
Oleg Jdan
100,000
51,000
51,000

Tags: George RabahieOleg Jdan