$2,200 Warm Up
Day 1a Started
2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series
$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$833,520
Entries
453
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
107
Players Left
45
The 12-day Merit Poker Gangster Series at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus kicks off at 12 p.m. local time with Day 1a of the $2,200 Warm Up. The six-day tournament consists of four starting flights and a $700,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The event features a starting stack of 100,000 and eight 60-minute levels, with the survivors from each Day 1 advancing to Day 2 on November 24. Unlimited re-entries are available and late registration will be open until the end of Level 12, midway through Day 2.
The $2,200 Warm Up was also featured a few months ago in the 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series, with a similar structure. That event was won by Lebanon’s Hadi Khadra, who overcame a field of 809 total entries to take home $264,400. Merit poker regulars such as Damir Zhugralin, Andreas Christoforou and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya also made deep runs in that event, with Skhulukhiya finishing in sixth for $53,600.
2023 Merit Retro Poker Series $2,200 Warm Up Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hadi Khadra | Lebanon | $264,400 |
| 2 | Murat Cakir | Turkey | $194,700 |
| 3 | Orestis Kanakopoulos | Greece | $119,700 |
| 4 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | $88,600 |
| 5 | Huseyin Kaba | Turkey | $66,200 |
| 6 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Georgia | $53,600 |
| 7 | Abulmuhsin Aydin | France | $44,300 |
| 8 | Alain Hajj | Lebanon | $35,200 |
| 9 | Afshin Taheri | Iran | $26,500 |
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your live coverage needs for this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned on November 26.
Level: 1
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level 1
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 1a of the $2,200 warmup. There are currently 39 entrants registered.
Level 1
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Louis Diab opened to 1,300 from the hijack and received calls from Anton Markov in the cutoff, Frederico Senno on the button and Jun Yang in the big blind.
The flop came 10♦6♥2♣. Yang checked, Diab bet 5,200, Markov folded, Senno called and Yang folded.
Both players checked the 10♣ turn leading to the 4♦ river. Diab bet 10,200 and this time it was enough to force a fold from Senno.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
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94,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
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85,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
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68,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Hasan Dogan opened to 1,300 from the hijack and Adem Marjanovic three-bet to 4,000 from the cutoff. Herodotos Partakkis called in the big blind while Dogan got out of the way.
The flop came K♠K♥4♠ and Partakkis check-called a 2,500 continuation bet from Marjanovic.
Partakkis check-called another bet from Marjanovic on the 3♣ turn, this time for 5,000.
Both players checked the 6♦ river. Partakkis tabled 10♠10♦ and Marjanovic quickly mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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162,000
62,000
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62,000 |
|
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109,300
9,300
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9,300 |
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104,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 2
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Ankit Ahuja limped in from the small blind and Tomasz Szczerbinski checked his option in the big blind.
Both players checked the K♦8♠9♥ flop leading to the K♠ on the turn. Ahuja bet 800 and Szczerbinski called.
Ahuja bet again for 2,100 on the 8♠ river and once again Szczerbinski made the call. Ahuja tabled A♣8♥ for trip eights to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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117,300
17,300
|
17,300 |
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116,800
116,800
|
116,800 |
Level 2
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Tugce Hursoz opened to 2,000 from the hijack and Agharazi Babayev called from the cutoff.
Both players checked the 7♠6♥2♥ flop leading to the Q♠ on the turn. Hursoz bet 2,000 and Babayev called.
Both players checked the 2♠ river and Hursoz tabled J♥J♦ for a pair of jacks.
Babayev joked that he had "kicker problems" before mucking his hand and conceding the pot to Hursoz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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98,500
-1,500
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-1,500 |