$3,300 Main Event Dia 3 | 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

2024-03-25 23:51 UTC+3

Skhulukhiya Bailed Out on the River

Nível 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Michel Habib limped in from the small blind and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya raised to 130,000 from the big blind. Habib moved all in, covering Skhulukhiya who had approximately 700,000. Skhulukhiya called and was at risk.

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: A♦J♠
Michel Habib: A♣Q♣

Skhulukhiya was in rough shape with a smaller ace and found no help on the 2♦6♠K♠ flop. The 6♥ turn brought some additional outs to chop the pot. The river was the A♥ giving both players aces up with a king kicker and they chopped the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michel Habib	1,025,000 -475,000	-475,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	705,000 155,000	155,000

Tags: Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Michel Habib

2024-03-25 23:34 UTC+3

Gone but Not Forgotten

Nível 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Milos Skrbic	Eliminado
Jovan Kenjic	Eliminado
A S	Eliminado
Carmel Haloon	Eliminado
Walid Bou Habib	Eliminado
Roman Gadzhiev	Eliminado
Milad Oghabian	Eliminado
Tomasz Szczerbinski	Eliminado
Ali El-Siblani	Eliminado
Milad Souderjani	Eliminado
Artur Vyborov	Eliminado

2024-03-25 23:25 UTC+3

Assorted Chip Counts at Final Break

Nível 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Felipe Ketzer	3,805,000 1,765,000	1,765,000

Razvan Sabau	3,360,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Umutcan Ipekoglu	2,615,000 -285,000	-285,000
Dmitry Gromov	2,600,000 450,000	450,000

Jenya Gavrilovich	2,575,000 2,469,000	2,469,000
Yuri Suvorov	2,350,000 2,139,000	2,139,000
Jeremie Zouari	2,305,000 1,944,000	1,944,000
Agharazi Babayev	1,715,000 1,245,000	1,245,000
Chady Ojeil	1,400,000 25,000	25,000
Alisa Sibgatova	925,000 -525,000	-525,000

Kalidou Sow	450,000 120,000	120,000

Nível: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

2024-03-25 23:12 UTC+3

Final Break

Nível 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Players are on the last 15-minute break of the evening. The field has dwindled down to 52 remaining players.

One more level will be played after the break before the remaining players bag their chips and advance to the final day.

2024-03-25 23:06 UTC+3

Doebs Comeback Denied by Blebea

Nível 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

A player from under the gun opened to 60,000 and John Doebs moved all in for 170,000 from the cutoff. His opponent called with a covering stack to put him at risk.

John Doebs: 5♠5♦ All in
Opponent: Q♥J♥

Doebs held with the pocket fives on the A♦K♦4♥8♠3♠ runout to secure a full double up.

A couple hands later, Iulian-Remus Blebea opened to 60,000 from middle position. John Doebs shoved for 415,000 from the next seat over and Blebea called to put Doebs at risk again.

John Doebs: A♣K♥ All in
Iulian-Remus Blebea: 9♥9♠

This time Doebs could not pull ahead on the 7♥4♠8♥4♦6♣ runout and was sent to the rail courtesy of Blebea who collected the last of his chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Iulian-Remus Blebea	1,050,000 887,000	887,000
John Doebs	Eliminado

Tags: Iulian-Remus Blebea John Doebs

2024-03-25 23:02 UTC+3

Ipekoglu Unphased Despite Doubling Up Opponent

Nível 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Umutcan Ipekoglu opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Rashad Iskandarov moved all in for 465,000. Ipekoglu called with a covering stack to put Iskandarov at risk.

Rashad Iskandarov: A♣K♠ All in
Umutcan Ipekoglu: A♥Q♣

Iskandarov had his opponent pipped and remained ahead on the 2♥4♠9♠A♠7♠ runout to score a full double up through Ipekoglu.

Despite the minor setback, Ipekoglu's stack of nearly 3,000,000 is still one of the biggest currently in the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Umutcan Ipekoglu	2,900,000 1,585,000	1,585,000
Rashad Iskandarov	995,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: Rashad Iskandarov

2024-03-25 22:47 UTC+3

Zhu Falls to Ketzer

Nível 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Nan Zhu moved all in for 465,000 from the cutoff and was called by Felipe Ketzer on the button who held a covering stack.

Nan Zhu: 7♥7♣ All in
Felipe Ketzer: 9♣9♥

Ketzer was in excellent shape with the bigger pocket pair and remained ahead on the J♥3♦Q♥8♥J♠ runout to send Zhu to the rail and continue to accumulate chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Felipe Ketzer	2,040,000

Nan Zhu	Eliminado

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Nan Zhu

2024-03-25 22:37 UTC+3

Suvorov on Right Side of Massive Flip

Nível 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

After a flurry of action from multiple players YuriSuvorov found himself all in preflop with a covering stack against another player for a pot worth approximately 2,500,000.

Opponent: A♠K♠ All in
Iurii Suvorov: Q♠Q♣

It was a classic preflop race that Suvorov got the better of on the 10♥5♦5♣J♠4♠ runout to take down a pot worth nearly 90 big blinds.

Candido Cappiello had committed a significant percentage of his stack in this hand before folding preflop and would be eliminated shortly afterwards.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Yuri Suvorov	2,600,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Candido Cappiello	Eliminado

Tags: Candido Cappiello Iurii Suvorov

2024-03-25 22:23 UTC+3

Skrbic Doubles Through Kenjic

Nível 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

With four players seeing a board of 5♦8♦7♣Q♣ and roughly 225,000 in the middle, Felipe Ketzer checked from early position and Jovan Kenjic bet 90,000 from middle position. Milos Skrbic moved all in from the small blind for approximately 330,000, forcing folds from Nan Zhu in the big blind as well as Ketzer. Kenjic made the call with a covering stack to put Skrbic at risk.

Milos Skrbic: K♥Q♦ All in
Jovan Kenjic: A♦10♦

Skrbic was in great shape with top pair but still needed to fade some outs from his opponent in the form of an ace or diamond. The 9♣ river was a brick and Skrbic scored more than a full double up at Kenjic's expense.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Felipe Ketzer	2,040,000 340,000	340,000

Jovan Kenjic	1,025,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000
Milos Skrbic	935,000 -205,000	-205,000
Nan Zhu	425,000 -105,000	-105,000

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Jovan Kenjic Milos Skrbic Nan Zhu