Break Time
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
The remaining 11 players have been sent on a 15-minute break. They will return to blinds of 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante.
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$5,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Buy-in
$5,300
Entries
187
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
28
Players Left
1
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Mihai Niste Eliminated in 11th Place ($14,850)
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Mihai Niste opened to 120,000 from the cutoff holding 
before Simeon Spasov three-bet to 290,000 on the button with 
. The blinds got out of the way to send the action back to Niste who moved all in for 1,180,000. Spasov quickly called with the covering stack to put Niste at risk.
Mihai Niste:
Simeon Spasov:
Spasov had his opponent dominated with Niste needing to flip the script to survive. It was not to be, however, as the board ran out 
to send Niste to the payout cage in 11th place while vaulting Spasov to near the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,700,000
2,130,000
|
2,130,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Sakis Adrianopoulos Eliminated in 10th Place ($14,850)
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Action folded around to Sakis Adrianopoulos on the button and he moved all in for 875,000. Anton Ionel thought for some time before making the call out of the small blind while Aliaksandr Hirs quickly vacated the big blind.
Sakis Adrianopoulos: 
Anton Ionel:
Adrianopoulos was dominated and at risk, not an enviable position to be in. The 
flop all but ended things with the 
turn closing the door on a Greek comeback prior to the 
river. With the elimination of Adrianopoulos, the final table of nine has been set. The remaining players have been sent on a 60-minute break and will return partway through Level 25 with blinds at 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,500,000
895,000
|
895,000 |
|
Busted |
Final Table Chip Counts
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Mandara | 4,000,000 | 67 |
| 2 | Eduard Barsegian | 620,000 | 10 |
| 3 | Aliaksandr Hirs | 1,700,000 | 28 |
| 4 | Carlos Aoun | 1,600,000 | 27 |
| 5 | Egor Romaniuk | 1,200,000 | 20 |
| 6 | Lev Kydatov | 450,000 | 8 |
| 7 | Anton Ionel | 2,350,000 | 39 |
| 8 | Simeon Spasov | 3,900,000 | 65 |
| 9 | Fahredin Mustafov | 2,700,000 | 45 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,000,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
|
3,900,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,700,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
2,350,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
1,700,000
-2,150,000
|
-2,150,000 |
|
1,600,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
1,200,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
620,000
-680,000
|
-680,000 |
|
450,000
-1,450,000
|
-1,450,000 |
Break Extended
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Although the break before the final table was originally set to be 60-minutes, it has now been extended such that play will resume at 7 p.m. local time with the stream and our reporting continuing to operate on a one hour delay.
Action Back Underway
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
With no shortage of fanfare, the final table of Event #13: $5,300 High Roller is underway!
Ionel Lets Mustafov Off The Hook
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Anton Ionel opened to 150,000 on the button holding 
and was called by Fahredin Mustafov in the big blind with 
.
Mustafov checked following the 
flop and then called when Ionel continued for 170,000.
The 
turn was the absolute worst card in the deck for Mustafov to catch and saw him check for a second time. Ionel did not slow down with his full house, instead firing off 325,000. Again, Mustafov just called.
The river saw Mustafov take over the betting lead, pushing a hefty 640,000 into the middle. Ionel just called and took down a large pot, leaving a large dent in Mustafov's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,850,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
1,325,000
-1,375,000
|
-1,375,000 |
Lev Kydatov Eliminated in 9th Place ($21,250)
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Action folded to Lev Kydatov in middle position and he opened to 300,000 with 
, leaving himself just 105,000 behind. Simeon Spasov then called with on the button with the blinds getting out of the way to send action heads-up to the flop.
The flop came 
and Kydatov moved the remainder of his stack into the middle. Spasov snapped it off to put Kydatov at risk.
Lev Kydatov:
Simeon Spasov:
Spasov had hit the dream flop to leave Kydatov drawing extremely thin. No help came for the at risk player on the 
turn or 
river to mark Kydatov as the first casualty of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,200,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000