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Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,111,400
Total Entries
765
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
142
Players Left
19
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Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
The remaining 104 players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day. They will return to blinds of 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Arie Kliper and Seyedahmad Haghgou were heads-up on a board of 
and around 300,000 already in the middle. Kliper bet 105,000 in the big blind and Haghgou, in early position, tanked for a minute before calling.
Kliper turned over 
for a pair of kings and Haghgou mucked as he dropped down to an extreme short-stack.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Uri Reichenstein opened to 30,000 from the cutoff before Rytis Strigunas three-bet to 85,000 on the button. The blinds got out of the way to send the action back to Reichenstein who, after eyeing up his opponent for some time, moved all in. Strigunas, being asked to wager all of his substantial stack just a few spots off the money, quickly folded to send the pot over to Reichenstein.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Heads-up on a flop of 
, Jenya Gavrilovich put out a bet in early position before Alexandru Papazian raised to 78,000 in the big blind.
Gavrilovich called to the 
turn as both players checked. The river came the 
and they checked it down.
Papazian turned over the 
first, followed by the . Gavrilovich showed 
for a rivered pair of kings and Papazian could only shrug and watch the pot head in the other direction.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Davut Aydemir raised to 35,000 from middle position before Daniel Montagnolli three-bet to 100,000 on the button. Aydemir called and they went heads-up to the 
flop.
Both players checked and the 
fell on the turn. Aydemir now led out for 100,000 and Montagnolli came back with a raise to 325,000.
Aydemir quickly called to see the 
fall on the river, when Montagnolli moved all in. Aydemir, with 427,000 remaining, tanked for about two minutes before he called.
Montagnolli nodded his head in resignation as he turned over . Aydemir had 
for a pair of aces as he earned the massive double up.
"I can't make that call. I can't," Recep Aydemir, watching his son on the rail, said.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
A player opened to 25,000 from early position and was called by Navid Samavati in middle position. Action then folded around to Raz Elimelech in the big blind who moved the remainder of his short stack into the middle. The original raiser folded while Samavati called to put Elimelech at risk.
Raz Elimelech: 
Navid Samavati: 
Elimelech was behind but did have two live cards. Although he was able to pair up on the 
runout, so did Samavati and with that Elimelech was sent to the rail close to the bubble.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Philippe Souki raised to 25,000 from early position and received three callers, including Denis Kapustin in middle position, Maroun Jazzar in the cutoff, and small blind Yury Bochkarev.
The flop came 
and action checked to Souki, who continued for 55,000. Only Kapustin called to the turn.
Souki now bet another 190,000 and Kapustin quickly called. The river came the 
and Souki announced he was all in for around 300,000.
Kapustin snap-folded as Souki took down the pot.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
The tournament director has just announced that play will continue for ten levels today rather than nine with a dinner break taking place after Level 26.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Due to the feature table stream and the proximity of the money bubble, live updates will now be on a 30-minute delay.
