$3,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

04-01-2023 22:44 UTC+3

Tavdi Left on Fumes, Then Busts

David Salituro

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:
Efraim Tavdi:

Tavdi got some hope on the flop with a pair of fives but improved no further on the 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Gromov	1,700,000 750,000	750,000

Efraim Tavdi	Busted

Tags: Dmitry Gromov Efraim Tavdi

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

04-01-2023 22:00 UTC+3

Dinner Break Chip Counts (full)

David Salituro

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Kapustin	4,900,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Walter Treccarichi	4,400,000 -400,000	-400,000
Michael Magalashvili	3,885,000 -2,115,000	-2,115,000
Navid Samavati	3,800,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Maxime Chilaud	3,750,000
Uri Reichenstein	3,650,000
Mehmet Berk Deniz	3,550,000 450,000	450,000
Fausto Tantillo	3,500,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Atanas Pavlov	3,185,000 2,335,000	2,335,000
Joseph Mouwad	3,150,000 -350,000	-350,000
Eduard Barsegian	2,980,000
Alisa Sibgatova	2,800,000
Simeon Spasov	2,650,000 1,350,000	1,350,000

Roman Kolotiuk	2,600,000
Nariman Yaghmai	2,600,000
Oleg Tsoy	2,450,000
Maroun Jazzar	2,300,000 -200,000	-200,000
Azamat Tulepbergenov	1,760,000 1,140,000	1,140,000
Boris Smuskevicius	1,700,000 100,000	100,000
Yuksel Savsa	1,685,000 -515,000	-515,000
Volodymyr Drokin	1,600,000 100,000	100,000
Yossi Eluz	1,350,000 50,000	50,000
Davut Aydemir	1,300,000 200,000	200,000
Andrew Gray	1,150,000
Martynas Mockevicius	1,050,000

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04-01-2023 21:50 UTC+3

Dinner Break

Cottrell van Wingerden

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.

04-01-2023 21:48 UTC+3

Mockevicius Cracks Kings on the River

David Salituro

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

Martynas Mockevicius and Yossi Eluz saw a flop of when Mockevicius moved all in for 320,000 and Eluz snap-called.

Martynas Mockevicius:
Yossi Eluz:

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Yossi Eluz	1,300,000 150,000	150,000
Martynas Mockevicius	1,050,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Martynas Mockevicius Yossi Eluz

04-01-2023 21:43 UTC+3

Samavati Leaves Rezaei Short

Cottrell van Wingerden

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:
Daniel Rezaei:

Samavati had picked up cowboys at an opportune time and was able to turn it into a full double after the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Navid Samavati	4,200,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Daniel Rezaei	1,200,000 -2,300,000	-2,300,000

Tags: Daniel Rezaei Navid Samavati

04-01-2023 21:36 UTC+3

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

David Salituro

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:
Mehmet Berk Deniz:
Maximilian Silz:

Erceylan moved far in front on the flop with a pair of kings, and the board ran out 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehmet Berk Deniz	3,100,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Mehmet Erceylan	975,000 -325,000	-325,000
Maximilian Silz	500,000 -1,600,000	-1,600,000

Tags: Maximilian Silz Mehmet Berk Deniz Mehmet Erceylan

04-01-2023 21:36 UTC+3

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

David Salituro

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:
Terence Etim:

Etim took the lead on the flop with a pair of queens and the rest of the board ran out . 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Gray	1,300,000 600,000	600,000
Terence Etim	320,000 -1,230,000	-1,230,000

Tags: Andrew Gray Terence Etim

04-01-2023 21:31 UTC+3

Barsegian On Right End Of Preflop Cooler

Cottrell van Wingerden

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:
Nariman Yaghmai:

Though at risk, Barsegian was on the right end of a brutal cooler. The runout was clean for the rockets, boosting the Russian's stack shortly before the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nariman Yaghmai	2,900,000 600,000	600,000
Eduard Barsegian	2,400,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Tags: Eduard Barsegian Nariman Yaghmai Terence Etim

04-01-2023 21:23 UTC+3

Rezaei Goes Runner-Runner to Virtually Double

David Salituro

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

On a flop of , Daniel Rezaei bet 215,000 from the button and was called by big blind Martynas Mockevicius.

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