2019 Merit Poker Classic

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 Merit Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$565,157
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$2,990,267
Entries
649
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000

Even More For Kolev

Level 7 : 900/1,800, 1,800 ante

Boris Kolev raised to 4,000 from under the gun and the only person to make the call was Ioannis Angelou-Konstas in the cutoff.

The flop came {3-Clubs}{j-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, Kolev check-called the 4,500 bet of Angelou-Konstas.

They both checked through the {k-Diamonds} on the turn to the {9-Diamonds} on the river. Kolev bet 20,000 without hesitating.

"I don't know why I keep on trying!" Angelou-Konstas said while folding. Kolev laughed.

Player Chips Progress
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
WSOP 2X Winner
260,000 85,000
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas gr
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas
135,000 -3,200
Andrey Kozlenko ua
Andrey Kozlenko
33,000 -8,000

Tags: Boris KolevIoannis Angelou-Konstas

Level: 7

Blinds: 900/1,800

Ante: 1,800

Lybaert Doubles, Loeser Joins

Level 6 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Bart Lybaert
Bart Lybaert

Manig Loeser has just entered the tournament after arriving in Cyprus yesterday from Monte Carlo and got seated at the same table as Bart Lybaert.

Lybaert shoved from under the gun for 26,400 and was called by the player in the small blind. Loeser quickly folded his big blind in his first hand of the day.

Bart Lybaert: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Small Blind: {10-Spades}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {q-Clubs}{k-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{k-Hearts} for Lybaert to flop a pair of queens and improve to two pair on the river to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
100,000
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
56,000 -27,000

Tags: Bart LybaertManig Loeser

Gofman Fails to Eliminate Another Player

Level 6 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Christian Rudolph raised to 3,200 from mid-position and was called by the player in the hijack. Aleksandr Gofman three-bet to 13,200 from the button and Vanush Mnatsakyan called in the big blind. Rudolph folded and the hijack shoved for 34,300. Gofman called and Mnatsakyan folded.

Hijack: {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Aleksandr Gofman: {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

The flop came {3-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-Spades} which didn't change the situation and kept the all-in player ahead.

The turn was the {a-Spades} which now gave the all-in player the pair of aces but it also meant that there were four spades on the board which meant that they could split the pot.

But the river was the {10-Diamonds} to give the all-in player two pair to double up through Gofman.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksandr Gofman ru
Aleksandr Gofman
60,000 -40,000
Viktor Shegay ru
Viktor Shegay
Busted

Tags: Aleksandr GofmanChristian RudolphVanush Mnatsakyan

Level: 6

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600