Andrei Daniliuk Leads the Final 79 Into Day 3 of The $2,200 Warm Up at the Merit Poker Gangster Series
The third day of the 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series $2,200 Warm Up tournament will begin at 12:00 p.m. local time, hosted at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. Andrei Daniliuk has emerged as the current chip leader with 2,175,000 chips which are worth a staggering 218 big blinds. Lithuania's Vladas Burneikis (1,871,000) and Lebanon's Hadi Khadra (1.866.000) are closely following him on the leaderboard.
On Day 2 of the tournament, there were a total of 175 players in the field. During the first four levels of the day, late registration was available, and approximately 60 more players joined. This brought the field to a total of 453 entrants after late registration had closed, generating a prize pool of $833,520. At the end of the day, 79 players managed to bag and tag their chips, qualifying for Day 3.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrei Daniliuk | Russian Federation | 2,175,000 | 218 |
| 2 | Vladas Burneikis | Lithuania | 1,871,000 | 187 |
| 3 | Hadi Khadra | Lebanon | 1,866,000 | 187 |
| 4 | Bakhos Joumaa | Lebanon | 1,696,000 | 170 |
| 5 | Razvan Sabau | Romania | 1,366,000 | 137 |
| 6 | Leonid Sidelkovskiy | Russian Federation | 1,203,000 | 120 |
| 7 | Feyzullah Karaarslan | Turkey | 1,188,000 | 119 |
| 8 | Damir Gabdullin | Russian Federation | 1,074,000 | 107 |
| 9 | Tugce Hursoz | Turkey | 1,052,000 | 105 |
| 10 | Sultan Meirbekov | Kazakhstan | 923,000 | 92 |
Several notable players advanced to Day 3 of the tournament, including Benjamin Hamnett with 789,000 chips, Dmitry Yurasov, the chip leader for Day 1b with 741,000 chips, Arun Sood, the chip leader for Day 1c with 463,000 chips, Ankit Ahuja with 414,000 chips, and Guoliang Wei with 167,000 chips.
Today is Day 3 of the event, scheduled to start at 12:00 p.m. local time on November 25. The gameplay is expected to continue for 10 hour-long levels, with blinds starting at 5,000/10,000 and a 10,000 big blind ante. The hour levels allow for plenty of chips to move hands and expect that the current leaderboard looks a lot different after a few hours of action packed levels. This will all culminate with one player taking home the trophy, the bragging rights and the massive $167,500 first-place prize.
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