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Level 9
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Players are on a 60-minute dinner break.
Play will resume at around 8:23 p.m.
2025 Onyx Super High Roller Series
$25,750 Onyx SHRS Main Event ($5M GTD)
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 Onyx Super High Roller Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$25,750
Prize Pool
$5,504,750
Total Entries
227
Level
27
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
76
Players Left
16
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Level 9
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Back in April, the inaugural $10,400 Merit Millions Event saw Boris Kolev rising above a talented field of 212 entries to become the first-ever champion. Held inside the stunning Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, the unique event ended with Kolev capturing the coveted title and the massive $1,000,000 guaranteed top prize.
Kolev, who began the final table third in chips, put on a clinical display to systematically dismantle his opponents on the way to victory. In doing so, he became the first player in Merit Poker history to walk away with a seven-figure payday. The Bulgarian pro made quick work of Mehdi Chaoui in a brief heads-up battle to seal the title and etch his name in the record books.
2025 Merit Million Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | $300,000 |
| 3 | Romans Lihacovs | Latvia | $200,000 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | Russian Federation | $140,000 |
| 5 | Rafael Aslanli | Turkey | $100,000 |
| 6 | Maksim Shornikau | Belarus | $75,000 |
| 7 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russian Federation | $55,000 |
| 8 | Ali Al-Kubasi | Iraq | $45,000 |
| 9 | Alexandr Lakhov | Russia | $35,400 |
Level 9
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Mikita Badziakouski limped in from the small blind and then called a raise of 28,000 from Daniel Rezaei, who was in the big blind.
The flop came 4♥Q♣K♥ and Badziakouski check-called a bet of 16,000 from Rezaei to see the 3♦ fall on the turn. Again Badziakouski went into check-call mode when Rezaei fired 96,000.
When the 4♣ hit the river, Badziakouski led for a small sizing of 15,000, which Rezaei called after rechecking his cards
Badziakouski then showed a pair of kings with K♣6♣, and Rezaei mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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650,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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500,000 | |
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250,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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Level 9
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Roman Stoika raised from under the gun to 16,000 and Nenad Dukic called in the cutoff. Nick Schulman also called from the button.
All three checked to the river on the J♣Q♠2♣A♣8♠ board, where Stoika bet 42,000. Dukic wasted no time in making the call, and Schulman folded.
Stoika then revealed a pair of fives with 5♦5♣, but that was no good as Dukic rivered two pair holding A♦8♦ to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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925,000
225,000
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225,000 |
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330,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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270,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Level 9
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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770,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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700,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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550,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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485,000 | |
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375,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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310,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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290,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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270,000 | |
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240,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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220,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
Level 9
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Due to the late start of the event, the dinner break has been moved and will take place at the end of the current level (Level 9).
The dinner break will last for 60 minutes, and upon its conclusion, six more levels will be played before players bag for the night.
Level: 9
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 8
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Level 8
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Hassan Nashar just got moved to another table, but was up to his old tricks as soon as he arrived.
The board read 6♥10♥Q♦6♠8♠ and with around 40,000 in the pot, Nashar had fired 125,000 on the river.
Viacheslav Buldygin was the player facing the bet and he asked for some time to think about it. Eventually, he did call.
Nashar then flipped over a full house with Q♣6♦, and Buldygin could only laugh as he sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,350,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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140,000
60,000
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60,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Yiannis Liperis had a great chance at having a stack of around 800,000, but instead he watched a big pot slide away from him and into the arms of Aleksandr Chernikov.
The action was caught at showdown, with presumably the chips going in preflop, on a board of Q♣9♥A♠J♦3♦. Liperis held K♣K♦ for a pair of kings, but Chernikov had spiked an ace holding A♦K♥ to drag the pot worth over 600,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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620,000
620,000
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620,000 |
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150,000
325,000
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325,000 |
