$5,300 High Roller Dia 2 | 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$5,300 High Roller

Dia 2 Começado

2024-03-26 19:23 UTC+3

Day 2 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Aleksandr Kirichenko	84,500	56
1	2	Antonio Aversa	83,500	56
1	3	David Vinayagamoorthy	203,500	136
1	4	Toni Kaukua	308,000	205
1	5	Adem Marjanovic	37,000	25

2	1	Dawid Smolka	423,000	282
2	2	Jakub Michalak	118,000	79
2	3	Aylar Lie	137,000	91
2	4	Ceyhan Tezcan	117,000	78
2	5	Damir Gabdullin	55,000	37

3	1	Aziz Efe	87,500	58
3	2	Dmitrii Kuzin	100,000	67
3	3	Daniel Henriques	262,500	175
3	4	Leonid Sidelkovskiy	42,500	28
3	5	Joseph Mouwad	161,000	107

4	1	Koray Korkmaz	147,000	98
4	2	Bojan Berberovic	113,000	75
4	3	Mario Menicanin	56,000	37
4	4	Lyudmil Ivanov	207,000	138
4	5	Alexandru Papazian	113,000	75

5	1	Huseyin Akgul	161,500	108
5	2	Behrooz Sheibani	278,500	186
5	3	Darko Svesko	344,500	230
5	4	Nemanja Lukovic	85,000	57
5	5	Daniel Kyosev	300,000	200

6	1	Damir Zhugralin	130,000	87
6	2	Andrei Spataru	206,500	138
6	3	Renan Bruschi	118,000	79
6	4	Roman Stoica	263,000	175
6	5	Kacper Pyzara	180,000	120

7	1	Milad Oghabian	83,500	56
7	2	Yunsheng Sun	117,500	78
7	3	Chady Ojelli	67,500	45
7	4	Atanas Kodinov	105,000	70

8	1	Anatoly Suvorov	40,000	27
8	2	Halil Tasyurek	150,000	100
8	3	Natan Chauskin	194,500	130
8	4	Marcin Dziubdziela	314,000	209

9	1	Milos Petakovic	40,500	27
9	2	Mahmod Hanif	120,000	80
9	3	Simeon Spasov	171,000	114
9	4	Boris Angelov	190,500	127

2024-03-26 19:23 UTC+3

Money Bubble Set to Be Reached on Day 2 of the Merit Poker Carmen Series High Roller

The second act of the Merit Poker Carmen Series High Roller begins at 8 p.m. local time when 42 players return to play down to the money.

Dawid Smolka leads the way into Day 2 with 423,000. He’s followed by Darko Svesko (344,500), Marcin Dziubdziela (314,000), Toni Kaukua (308,000), and Daniel Kyosev (300,000). Other players returning for Day 2 include Daniel Henriques (262,500), Boris Angelov (190,500), Kacper Pyzara (180,000), Simeon Spasov (171,000), and Renan Bruschi (118,000).

Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Dawid Smolka	Poland	423,000	282
2	Darko Svesko	Serbia	344,500	230
3	Marcin Dziubdziela	Poland	314,000	209
4	Toni Kaukua	Finland	308,000	205
5	Daniel Kyosev	Bulgaria	300,000	200
6	Behrooz Sheibani	Iran	278,500	186
7	Roman Stoica	Romania	263,000	175
8	Daniel Henriques	Portugal	262,500	175
9	Lyudmil Ivanov	Bulgaria	207,000	138
10	Andrei Spataru	Romania	206,500	138

The first day of the event saw 65 players register, but that number should grow substantially over the first few hours of today. Late registration remains open until the end of Level 12, which should come around 11 p.m. In last year’s event, late arrivals nearly doubled the field size on the second day so more than 100 entries are certainly possible today.

The action on Day 2 picks up on Level 9 with blinds of 1,000-1,500 and a 1,500 big blind ante. The average stack is worth more than 100 big blinds at the start of the day, with any new additions sitting down to a starting stack still worth more than 60 big blinds. Levels are once again 40 minutes long. The plan for today is to play until the money bubble bursts, with a champion being crowned tomorrow.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live updates as the remaining players battle to make the money.

Tags: Boris Angelov Daniel Henriques Daniel Kyosev Darko Svesko Dawid Smolka Kacper Pyzara Marcin Dziubdziela Renan Bruschi Simeon Spasov Toni Kaukua

Nível: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

2024-03-26 21:12 UTC+3

Shuffle Up and Deal

Nível 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The surviving players from Day 1 and some new arrivals have taken their seats and Day 2 is now underway.

2024-03-26 21:13 UTC+3

Day 2 Entries

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Razvan Sabau	100,000
Walid Bou Habib	100,000
Nenad Dukic	100,000
Yuliyan Kolev	100,000

Gregoire Auzoux	100,000
Jovan Kenjic	100,000
Mustafa Ercan	100,000
Boris Kolev	100,000

Milos Skrbic	100,000
Omar Lakhdari	100,000
Murad Cakir	100,000
Guiyang Wang	100,000
John Woods	100,000
Aleksandr Ivanov	100,000
Razvan Belea	100,000

Azamat Tulepbergenov	100,000
Rachid El-Yaacoubi	100,000
Michel Habib	100,000

2024-03-26 21:17 UTC+3

Kenjic Calls Down Smolka

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 7♥2♦9♦, Jovan Kenjic bet 10,000 from the button and Dawid Smolka called in the big blind.

Both players checked the 10♥ turn. The river was the K♠ and Smolka led out for 26,000.

Kenjic called and Smolka showed 10♠9♣ for two pair. Kenjic, though, had K♦7♦ for a higher two pair to win the early pot on his second bullet.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dawid Smolka	380,000 -43,000	-43,000

Jovan Kenjic	140,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Dawid Smolka Jovan Kenjic

2024-03-26 21:18 UTC+3

More New Arrivals

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Nuri Hadioglu	100,000 100,000	100,000
Maxime Chilaud	100,000 100,000	100,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	100,000 100,000	100,000
Roman Gadzhiev	100,000 100,000	100,000
Nikolay Fal	100,000
Bulent Kose	100,000 100,000	100,000
Elvin Hasanli	100,000 100,000	100,000
Ivan Tukmachev	100,000 100,000	100,000
Mateusz Wozniak	100,000 100,000	100,000
Robert Burlacu	100,000 100,000	100,000
Florian Guimond	100,000 100,000	100,000
Kemal Aslan	100,000 100,000	100,000

2024-03-26 21:28 UTC+3

Lakhdari Finds an Early Double

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Around 80,000 was already in the pot as Omar Lakhdari and Guiyang Wang went to the turn on a board of 3♣5♠K♠5♣. Lakhdari then moved all in for 61,000 in the small blind.

"If you fold I show one, you show one," Lakhdari told Wang, who went into the tank for a few minutes before calling. Lakhdari turned over A♦A♣, while Wang was on a flush draw with A♠10♠.

The river was the 3♦ and Lakhdari held up to earn a double up.

Lachezar Petkov, Maximilian Silz, Mehdi Chaoui, and Samuel Dray have recently joined the field as the total number of entries has already surpassed 100 in the early moments of Day 2.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Omar Lakhdari	210,000 110,000	110,000
Lachezar Petkov	100,000
Maximilian Silz	100,000
Mehdi Chaoui	100,000
Samuel Dray	100,000
Guiyang Wang	30,000 -70,000	-70,000

Tags: Guiyang Wang Omar Lakhdari

2024-03-26 21:31 UTC+3

Akgul Puts an Early Cooler on Kose

Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Bulent Kose and Huseyin Akgul were heads-up on the river with the board showing 5♣3♠K♠8♠7♥ when Kose bet 25,000 from the small blind. Akgul, in early position, then moved all in.

Kose called for around 50,000 more and turned over 6♠5♠ for a flush. Akgul, though, had Q♠10♠ for a higher flush and sent Kose to an early exit after entering at the start of the day.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Huseyin Akgul	270,000 108,500	108,500
Bulent Kose	Eliminado

Tags: Bulent Kose Huseyin Akgul