2019 Merit Poker Classic

Main Event
Day: 1c
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

Morgenstern Calls the Bluff

Level 5 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante
Anton Morgenstern
Anton Morgenstern

Anton Morgenstern has a substantially bigger stack than earlier and was kind enough to relate what had happened before the break:

He had opened from under the gun with {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and the player in the early position three-bet. The players in mid-position and the lojack called and so did Morgenstern.

They all checked through the {k-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{8-Hearts} on the flop to the {q-Hearts} on the turn. Morgenstern and the player in the early position checked again. The mid-position player bet half the pot which the lojack snap-called. Morgenstern also called while the early position player folded.

The river completed the board with the {6-Clubs} for Morgenstern to hit a pair on the river. He checked again and so did the mid-position player. The lojack bet half the pot and Morgenstern called, strongly believing his opponent was bluffing. The mid-position player tanked and then folded (claiming he folded a king afterward). Morgenstern was right to make the call as the lojack held {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for the missed flush draw and this pot took Morgenstern to over 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
Day 1C Chip Leader
420,000 318,000

Tags: Anton Morgenstern

Level: 5

Blinds: 700/1,400

Ante: 1,400

Break

Level 4 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With 172 entries showing on the clock, the 136 remaining players have been sent for their second 10-minute break of the day.

Latest Selection of Chip Counts

Level 4 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Georges Hanna lb
Georges Hanna
511,000 26,000
Jack O'Neill gb
Jack O'Neill
280,000 60,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy ru
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy
240,000 100,000
Kyriakos Papadopoulos gr
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
239,000 105,000
Shaul Meir il
Shaul Meir
Day 1D Chip Leader
132,000 32,000
Dragos Trofimov md
Dragos Trofimov
110,000 10,000
Liviu Ignat ro
Liviu Ignat
110,000 10,000
Milad Oghabian ir
Milad Oghabian
99,500 -500
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
85,000 9,000
Itai Danziger il
Itai Danziger
75,000
Toni Judet ro
Toni Judet
75,000 -25,000
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
EPT 1X Winner
65,000
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
37,000 -63,000

Shegay Makes a Huge Call

Level 4 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Viktor Shegay
Viktor Shegay

Nichan Khorchidian raised to 2,500 from early position and was called by Georgios Sotiropoulos in mid-position. Viktor Shegay three-bet to 11,000 from the small blind and both Khorchidian and Sotiropoulos called.

The flop came {5-Spades}{k-Spades}{2-Diamonds}, Shegay checked, Khorchidian bet 11,000 and Sotiropoulos folded. Shegay decided to raise to 27,000 which Khorchidian called.

They both checked through the {k-Clubs} on the turn to the {4-Clubs} on the river. Shegay took some time and then decided to bet 40,500. Khorchidian took his time too and then decided to shove. Shegay asked for a count, the dealer confirmed Khorchidian had 92,800 behind. Shegay tanked until another player called the clock on him. The floor gave Shegay 30 seconds to take a decision and before she could even start counting down, Shegay flicked in a chip for the call.

Khorchidian threw {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} open for the bluff and Shegay cheered out loud, jumping up from his chair, while flipping over {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}. Khorchidian quickly made his way out of the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Shegay ru
Viktor Shegay
295,000 200,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
WSOP 3X Winner
130,000 -20,000
Bulent Sahin tr
Bulent Sahin
90,000 90,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
75,000 -3,000
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
44,000 -56,000
Nichan Khorchidian lb
Nichan Khorchidian
Busted

Tags: Georgios SotiropoulosNichan KhorchidianViktor Shegay

Level: 4

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200