$3,300 Main Event
Day 3 Started
$3,300 Main Event
Day 3 Started
Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Alexandru Papazian | 320,000 | 53 |
1 | 2 | Christophe Panetti | 171,000 | 29 |
1 | 3 | Irina Zheleznyak | 256,000 | 43 |
1 | 4 | Georges Hanna | 480,000 | 80 |
1 | 5 | Andrei-Sorin Spataru | 205,000 | 34 |
1 | 6 | Dmitrii Andreev | 409,000 | 68 |
1 | 7 | Ozcan Barut | 324,000 | 54 |
1 | 8 | John Woods | 269,000 | 45 |
1 | 9 | Nemanja Lukovic | 263,000 | 44 |
2 | 1 | Carmel Haloon | 378,000 | 63 |
2 | 2 | Cristinel Dumitru | 302,000 | 50 |
2 | 3 | Iulian-Remus Blebea | 163,000 | 27 |
2 | 4 | John Doebs | 1 | 0 |
2 | 5 | Denis Vlasov | 350,000 | 58 |
2 | 6 | Tomasz Szczerbinski | 244,000 | 41 |
2 | 7 | Kemal Aslan | 833,000 | 139 |
2 | 8 | Candido Cappiello | 227,000 | 38 |
2 | 9 | Ivan Zabiiakin | 217,000 | 36 |
3 | 1 | Bulut Celik | 147,000 | 25 |
3 | 2 | Ramez Haddad | 178,000 | 30 |
3 | 3 | Mario Scalia | 161,000 | 27 |
3 | 4 | Kacper Pyzara | 1,024,000 | 171 |
3 | 5 | Fabio Peluso | 81,000 | 14 |
3 | 6 | Dinesh Alt | 240,000 | 40 |
3 | 7 | Erdal Gulseven | 302,000 | 50 |
3 | 8 | Razvan Belea | 85,000 | 14 |
3 | 9 | Milos Petakovic | 64,000 | 11 |
4 | 1 | Arne Coulier | 303,000 | 51 |
4 | 2 | Yiannakis Papapetrou | 76,000 | 13 |
4 | 3 | Bassel Moussa | 202,000 | 34 |
4 | 4 | Boris Smuskevicius | 359,000 | 60 |
4 | 5 | Parham Ghadamgahi | 429,000 | 72 |
4 | 6 | Simone Andrian | 533,000 | 89 |
4 | 7 | Tomy Greineisen | 57,000 | 10 |
4 | 8 | Agharazi Babayev | 580,000 | 97 |
4 | 9 | Anton Markov | 300,000 | 50 |
5 | 1 | Caner Gunes | 497,000 | 83 |
5 | 2 | Bogdan Jontulovic | 759,000 | 127 |
5 | 3 | Georges Azar | 412,000 | 69 |
5 | 4 | Rabin El-Hachem | 439,000 | 73 |
5 | 5 | Sergey Baranski | 156,000 | 26 |
5 | 6 | Ramzi Karam | 602,000 | 100 |
5 | 7 | Mehdi Chaoui | 286,000 | 48 |
5 | 8 | O I | 460,000 | 77 |
5 | 9 | Roman Gadzhiev | 304,000 | 51 |
6 | 1 | Milad Langar | 222,000 | 37 |
6 | 2 | Rachid El-Yaacoubi | 436,000 | 73 |
6 | 3 | Sardor Shagulyamov | 500,000 | 83 |
6 | 4 | Maciej Komorowski | 611,000 | 102 |
6 | 5 | Stephane Gabarre | 743,000 | 124 |
6 | 6 | Seref Anar | 400,000 | 67 |
6 | 7 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | 807,000 | 135 |
6 | 8 | Navid Samavati | 145,000 | 24 |
6 | 9 | Darius Samual | 582,000 | 97 |
7 | 1 | Yevhen Buhaichuk | 229,000 | 38 |
7 | 2 | Aleksandar Tot | 615,000 | 103 |
7 | 3 | Uladzimir Zhyharau | 839,000 | 140 |
7 | 4 | Alper Kerim | 393,000 | 66 |
7 | 5 | Boris Angelov | 114,000 | 19 |
7 | 6 | Jovan Kenjic | 537,000 | 90 |
7 | 7 | Boris Kolev | 462,000 | 77 |
7 | 8 | Hala Karam | 76,000 | 13 |
7 | 9 | Mario Menicanin | 130,000 | 22 |
8 | 1 | Safi Haidar | 252,000 | 42 |
8 | 2 | Walid Bou Habib | 279,000 | 47 |
8 | 3 | Benjamin Hamnett | 112,000 | 19 |
8 | 4 | Jenya Gavrilovich | 1 | 0 |
8 | 5 | Ali Zebarjad | 353,000 | 59 |
8 | 6 | Saar Wilf | 106,000 | 18 |
8 | 7 | Grzegorz Popiolek | 477,000 | 80 |
8 | 8 | Muhtar Taysi | 84,000 | 14 |
8 | 9 | Damir Gabdullin | 380,000 | 63 |
9 | 1 | Aleksandr Razinkov | 72,000 | 12 |
9 | 2 | Alisa Sibgatova | 898,000 | 150 |
9 | 3 | Grigoli Liklikadze | 611,000 | 102 |
9 | 4 | Andrey Pateychuk | 802,000 | 134 |
9 | 5 | Robert Rbeiz | 687,000 | 115 |
9 | 6 | Ivan Tukmachev | 151,000 | 25 |
9 | 7 | Ionel Anton | 510,000 | 85 |
9 | 8 | Vladimir Alekseev | 64,000 | 11 |
9 | 9 | Artur Vyborov | 322,000 | 54 |
10 | 1 | Amir Saeid | 252,000 | 42 |
10 | 2 | Aylar Lie | 193,000 | 32 |
10 | 3 | Mete Ustuay | 350,000 | 58 |
10 | 4 | Andrei Daniliuk | 87,000 | 15 |
10 | 5 | Vladimir Bozinovic | 318,000 | 53 |
10 | 6 | Adrian State | 935,000 | 156 |
10 | 7 | Aleksandr Ivanov | 211,000 | 35 |
10 | 8 | Rashad Iskandarov | 815,000 | 136 |
10 | 9 | Daniel Henriques | 57,000 | 10 |
11 | 1 | Omar Lakhdari | 80,000 | 13 |
11 | 2 | Elena Yasyuchenya | 125,000 | 21 |
11 | 3 | Dmitry Gromov | 646,000 | 108 |
11 | 4 | Kalidou Sow | 755,000 | 126 |
11 | 5 | Roman Stoica | 657,000 | 110 |
11 | 6 | Dmitrii Astratov | 616,000 | 103 |
11 | 7 | David Vinayagamoorthy | 353,000 | 59 |
11 | 8 | Tahsin Cankurtaranli | 104,000 | 17 |
11 | 9 | Elie Farah | 166,000 | 28 |
12 | 1 | Herodotos Partakkis | 150,000 | 25 |
12 | 2 | Serkan Solak | 154,000 | 26 |
12 | 3 | Toni Kaukua | 397,000 | 66 |
12 | 4 | Grigorii Rodin | 426,000 | 71 |
12 | 5 | Danut Chisu | 450,000 | 75 |
12 | 6 | Umutcan Ipekoglu | 505,000 | 84 |
12 | 7 | Atilla Saracoglu | 406,000 | 68 |
12 | 8 | Milad Souderjani | 315,000 | 53 |
12 | 9 | Michel Habib | 504,000 | 84 |
13 | 1 | Mateusz Wozniak | 671,000 | 112 |
13 | 2 | Ilia Borisov | 210,000 | 35 |
13 | 3 | Milos Skrbic | 627,000 | 105 |
13 | 4 | Tamer Yelekcioglu | 220,000 | 37 |
13 | 5 | Mihai Tusnea | 570,000 | 95 |
13 | 6 | Andreas Mavrikioy | 160,000 | 27 |
13 | 7 | Maan El Hachem | 50,000 | 8 |
13 | 8 | Alain Hajj | 286,000 | 48 |
14 | 1 | Gabriel Akiki | 483,000 | 81 |
14 | 2 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | 270,000 | 45 |
14 | 3 | Natan Chauskin | 464,000 | 77 |
14 | 4 | Miad Shakiba | 451,000 | 75 |
14 | 5 | Yassin Mahmoud | 480,000 | 80 |
14 | 6 | Iurii Suvorov | 211,000 | 35 |
14 | 7 | Mustafa Ercan | 313,000 | 52 |
14 | 8 | Ihor Kaliahin | 372,000 | 62 |
15 | 1 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | 247,000 | 41 |
15 | 2 | Andrea Dato | 182,000 | 30 |
15 | 3 | Nenad Dukic | 212,000 | 35 |
15 | 4 | Felipe Ketzer | 462,000 | 77 |
15 | 5 | Tulga Bahadir | 483,000 | 81 |
15 | 6 | Lyudmil Ivanov | 280,000 | 47 |
15 | 7 | Viktor Yugay | 71,000 | 12 |
15 | 8 | Robert Burlacu | 221,000 | 37 |
16 | 1 | Jonathan Rosenwasser | 437,000 | 73 |
16 | 2 | Saro Tekyildiz | 492,000 | 82 |
16 | 3 | Frederic Popot | 237,000 | 40 |
16 | 4 | Fausto Tantillo | 1,158,000 | 193 |
16 | 5 | Andrey Litvinov | 536,000 | 89 |
16 | 6 | Ahmet Akyun | 796,000 | 133 |
16 | 7 | Antonio Aversa | 111,000 | 19 |
16 | 8 | Mikhail Zavoloka | 551,000 | 92 |
17 | 1 | Anatoly Nikitin | 89,000 | 15 |
17 | 2 | Gregoire Auzoux | 553,000 | 92 |
17 | 3 | Renan Bruschi | 185,000 | 31 |
17 | 4 | Mohamad El-Sayed | 200,000 | 33 |
17 | 5 | Hani El Assaad | 469,000 | 78 |
17 | 6 | Samir Moukawem | 174,000 | 29 |
17 | 7 | Halil Tasyurek | 392,000 | 65 |
17 | 8 | Maher Achour | 232,000 | 39 |
18 | 1 | Yunsheng Sun | 223,000 | 37 |
18 | 2 | Nikolay Fal | 610,000 | 102 |
18 | 3 | Razvan Sabau | 845,000 | 141 |
18 | 4 | Andreas Christoforou | 160,000 | 27 |
18 | 5 | Darko Svesko | 95,000 | 16 |
18 | 6 | Daniel Kyosev | 765,000 | 128 |
18 | 7 | Georgios Skarparis | 204,000 | 34 |
18 | 8 | Ali El-Siblani | 666,000 | 111 |
19 | 1 | Adria Diaz | 1,102,000 | 184 |
19 | 2 | Marcin Dziubdziela | 74,000 | 12 |
19 | 3 | Aleksandr Koshelev | 108,000 | 18 |
19 | 4 | Bart Lybaert | 352,000 | 59 |
19 | 5 | Traian Stanciu | 748,000 | 125 |
19 | 6 | Maximilian Silz | 746,000 | 124 |
19 | 7 | Chady Ojeil | 704,000 | 117 |
19 | 8 | George Panagides | 85,000 | 14 |
20 | 1 | Jeremie Zouari | 361,000 | 60 |
20 | 2 | Hasan Basol | 383,000 | 64 |
20 | 3 | Naji Azar | 426,000 | 71 |
20 | 4 | Can Miral | 653,000 | 109 |
20 | 5 | Nan Zhu | 613,000 | 102 |
20 | 6 | Matthew Davenport | 268,000 | 45 |
20 | 7 | Youssef El Khazen | 147,000 | 25 |
20 | 8 | George Tomescu | 359,000 | 60 |
The penultimate day is upon us in the 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series Main Event here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. Italian pro Fausto Tantillo ended Day 2 with the largest stack in the room, bagging 1,158,000 chips at the end of the night. That stack will be worth 193 big blinds going into Day 3 today. Tantillo is most closely followed by Spain's Adria Diaz (1,102,000) and Poland's Kacper Pyzara (1,024,000).
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fausto Tantillo | Italy | 1,158,000 | 193 |
2 | Adria Diaz | Spain | 1,102,000 | 184 |
3 | Kacper Pyzara | Poland | 1,024,000 | 171 |
4 | Adrian State | Romania | 935,000 | 156 |
5 | Alisa Sibgatova | Russia | 898,000 | 150 |
6 | Razvan Sabau | Romania | 845,000 | 141 |
7 | Uladzimir Zhyharau | Belarus | 839,000 | 140 |
8 | Kemal Aslan | Turkey | 833,000 | 139 |
9 | Rashad Iskandarov | Azerbaijan | 815,000 | 136 |
10 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Georgia | 807,000 | 135 |
Day 2 of the Main Event began with 242 survivors from the four Day 1 starting flights. Five more levels of late registration were available at the start of Day 2 which attracted a further 162 entrants, creating a total field size of 664 and prize pool of $1,832,640.
Some notable players to advance to Day 3 include Day 1b chip leader Alisa Sibgatova (898,000), Andrey Pateychuk (802,000), Dmitry Gromov (646,000), Milos Skrbic (627,000), Simone Andrian (533,000), Felipe Ketzer (462,000), Boris Kolev (462,000), Day 1c chip leader Rabih El-Hachem (439,000), Halil Tasyurek (392,000), Alexandru Papazian (320,000), Vladimir Bozinovic (318,000), Aylar Lie (193,000), Renan Bruschi (185,000), Andrea Dato (182,000), Benjamin Hamnett (112,000) and Fabio Peluso (81,000).
Day 3 of the Main Event will start at 12:00 p.m. local time. The money bubble will burst today with the top 80 finishers being guaranteed at least a min-cash of $4,580 but all eyes will be on the title and top prize of $338,500. The blinds will start at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante.
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the updates for this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned tomorrow, March 26 on the final day.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the $3,300 Merit Poker Carmen Series Main Event
Gregoire Auzoux opened to 12,000 from under the gun and Halil Tasyurek three-bet to 31,000 from the button. Auzoux made the call.
The flop came Q♦8♥3♥ and Auzoux check-called a 20,000 continuation bet from Tasyurek.
Auzoux checked again on the K♥ turn and Tasyurek bet 125,000. Auzoux moved all in, covering Tasyurek who had roughly 150,000 behind. Tasyurek went into the tank.
After a couple minutes Tasyurek opted to fold and Auzoux scooped a sizable pot without having to go to showdown.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gregoire Auzoux |
706,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
Halil Tasyurek |
152,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
Fausto Tantillo limped in from the small blind and Andrey Litvinov checked behind from the big blind.
The flop came A♠2♠2♥. Tantillo bet 6,000 and was called by Litvinov.
Both players checked the J♦ turn leading to the 6♠ river. Tantillo sized up with a bet of 30,000 and this time it was enough to force a fold from Litvinov.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fausto Tantillo |
1,103,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
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Andrey Litvinov |
433,000
-103,000
|
-103,000 |
A player in middle position had three-bet to 40,000 versus a previous open only for Ivan Tukmachev to move all in for 110,000 from the hijack. Anton Ionel called from the cutoff with a covering stack and after some deliberation the middle position player got out of the way.
Ivan Tukmachev: A♥Q♣
Anton Ionel: A♠K♥
Tukmachev was in rough shape against the bigger ace and couldn't catch up on the A♣6♣7♠J♦8♠ runout resulting in his elimination while Ionel collected a healthy pot.
Elsewhere in the tournament area, Benjamin Hamnett was recently eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anton Ionel | 658,000 | |
Ivan Tukmachev | Busted | |
Benjamin Hamnett | Busted | |
|
Kacper Pyzara opened to 12,000 from middle position before George Panagides moved all in for 55,000 from the hijack.
"Let's gamble" Pyzara said before flicking in the call with a covering stack to put Panagides at risk.
George Panagides: 2♠2♥
Kacper Pyzara: Q♠10♣
"Good gamble" Pyzara joked upon seeing that he was flipping against Panagides' deuces.
Panagides was slightly ahead on the A♥K♠K♣ flop but the A♦ turn counterfeited his small pocket pair. The 4♦ river changed nothing and Panagides made a quick exit from the tournament area while Pyzara collected the last of his chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kacper Pyzara |
1,140,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
George Panagides | Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000