2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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 3
Entries
142
Players Left
19
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Tavdi Left on Fumes, Then Busts

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Efraim Tavdi moved all in from early position and action folded around to Dmitry Gromov, who called in the small blind.

Dmitry Gromov: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Efraim Tavdi: {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

Tavdi got some hope on the {9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop with a pair of fives but improved no further on the {j-Spades}{j-Hearts} runout. He thought he was eliminated but a recount showed Gromov had 800,000, leaving Tavdi with just 40,000.

Tavdi was eliminated the next hand.

Tags: Dmitry GromovEfraim Tavdi

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Dinner Break Chip Counts (full)

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

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Dinner Break

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The remaining 34 players have been sent on a 45-minute dinner break. They will return to blinds of 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 big blind ante at which point play will continue for two more levels before the survivors bag for the night.

Mockevicius Cracks Kings on the River

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Martynas Mockevicius and Yossi Eluz saw a flop of {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{6-Diamonds} when Mockevicius moved all in for 320,000 and Eluz snap-called.

Martynas Mockevicius: {8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}
Yossi Eluz: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

Mockevicius was far behind Eluz's kings as the turn came the {a-Diamonds}, leaving him with just two outs to stay alive. The river brought one of them, the {6-Hearts}, and Mockevicius doubled up right before dinner break.

Tags: Martynas MockeviciusYossi Eluz

Samavati Leaves Rezaei Short

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Picking up the action partway through the hand, Navid Samavati in the big bind found himself all in and at risk against Daniel Rezaei from under the gun.

Navid Samavati: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Daniel Rezaei: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

Samavati had picked up cowboys at an opportune time and was able to turn it into a full double after the board ran out {j-Spades}{2-Hearts}{8-Spades}{q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}.

Tags: Daniel RezaeiNavid Samavati

Three-Way All In Sees Erceylan Triple, Deniz Take From Silz

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Maximilian Silz raised to 135,000 from early position and was called by Mehmet Berk Deniz before big blind Mehmet Erceylan stuck in his last 325,000. Silz reshoved and Deniz called for 1,875,000.

Mehmet Erceylan: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Mehmet Berk Deniz: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Maximilian Silz: {j-Spades}{10-Spades}

Erceylan moved far in front on the {k-Clubs}{8-Spades}{2-Spades} flop with a pair of kings, and the board ran out {5-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} to earn him a triple up. Deniz's ace-high was good enough for him to double off Silz, who dropped down to a short stack.

Tags: Maximilian SilzMehmet Berk DenizMehmet Erceylan

Gray Doesn't Realize He Stays Alive, Etim on Crumbs

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Andrew Gray was all in for 665,000 from the small blind and up against fellow Brit Terence Etim on the button.

Andrew Gray: {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Terence Etim: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

Etim took the lead on the {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} flop with a pair of queens and the rest of the board ran out {3-Diamonds}{7-Spades}. Gray stood up to make his exit before the table told him he had made a flush on the turn.

"I thought one of them was a heart. I'm tired," Gray said, sitting back down.

"Pleasant surprise for you," Uri Reichenstein told him.

Tags: Andrew GrayTerence Etim

Barsegian On Right End Of Preflop Cooler

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Terence Etim opened to 125,000 from early position and was called by Eduard Barsegian in the cutoff. Action then folded to Nariman Yaghmai in the big blind who three-bet to 500,000. That forced Etim out of the hand but Barsegian responded by moving all in for 1,140,000. Yaghmai snapped it off with the larger stack to put Barsegian at risk.

Eduard Barsegian: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}
Nariman Yaghmai: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}

Though at risk, Barsegian was on the right end of a brutal cooler. The {3-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{10-Spades} runout was clean for the rockets, boosting the Russian's stack shortly before the dinner break.

Tags: Eduard BarsegianNariman YaghmaiTerence Etim

Rezaei Goes Runner-Runner to Virtually Double

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

On a flop of {9-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, Daniel Rezaei bet 215,000 from the button and was called by big blind Martynas Mockevicius.

The turn came the {a-Clubs} and Muckevicius checked over to Rezaei again, who this time fired out 350,000. Mockevicius quickly called to see the {8-Clubs} turn.

Rezaei now announced a bet of 845,000, leaving himself just one blue 5,000 chip behind. Mockevicius again quickly called as Rezaei turned over {q-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for a running flush.

Mockevicius leaned back in his seat and looked up at the ceiling in dismay upon seeing Rezaei's flush as he handed over a big chunk of his stack.

Tags: Daniel RezaeiMartynas Mockevicius