Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Players are now on their third and final break of the evening, which will be 15 minutes. The field currently sits at 169 entrants of which 108 players remain.
2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series
$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1bc
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
241
Players Left
108
Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
733,000
733,000
|
733,000 |
|
||
|
434,500
334,500
|
334,500 |
|
386,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
|
381,000
381,000
|
381,000 |
|
373,000
274,000
|
274,000 |
|
335,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
324,000
324,000
|
324,000 |
|
230,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
212,500
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
199,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Maxime Chilaud, who had reentered earlier today, opened to 4,000 from middle position and Evren Coskun called from the hijack.
The flop came J♥10♦7♥ and Chilaud bet 4,500. Coskun made the call.
Chilaud bet again for 21,500 on the 2♦ turn and this time Coskun opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
244,000
244,000
|
244,000 |
|
|
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of 5♦3♠J♥A♣ and roughly 25,000 already in the middle, Feyzullah Karaarslan checked and Nikolay Ponomarev bet 15,000. Karaarslan check-raised to 35,000 and Ponomarev called.
Karaarslan bet 50,000 on the 10♠ river and once again Ponomarev made the call. Karaarslan tabled J♣J♦ for a flopped set of jacks to take down a sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
503,000
68,500
|
68,500 |
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Arkadiusz Golaszewski opened to 5,000 from under the gun and received calls from Seyedamir Eftekhari in the hijack, Ahmen Slimen on the button, Mohammad Awamleh in the small blind and Maxime Chilaud in the big blind.
All five players checked the 9♣8♦2♥ flop leading to the 7♦ turn. Awamleh bet 15,000 and received calls from Chilaud and Slimen while Golaszewski and Eftekhari got out of the way.
The three remaining players checked the 9♦ river. Chilaud showed down 7♥6♦ for two pair while Slimen tabled 8♣7♥ for a better two pair to take down a healthy pot despite having been counterfeited on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
243,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
222,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
156,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
87,500
87,500
|
87,500 |
|
67,500
67,500
|
67,500 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level 8
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
With two players seeing a board of 9♠2♠J♣5♦ and over 100,000 already in the middle, the enigmatic player known only as "John Doe" bet 60,000 and Agharazi Babayev made the call.
The river was the J♦. Doe moved all in, covering Babayev who had 125,000 behind. Babayev nearly beat Doe into the pot.
Doe could only show A♥10♦ for a bluff while Babayev tabled K♦J♥ for trip jacks to scoop a gargantuan pot worth nearly 200 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
164,000
-209,000
|
-209,000 |
Level 8
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Dmitry Yurasov opened to 8,000 from the small blind and Ahmen Slimen defended from the big blind.
The flop came A♣Q♦4♦. Yurasov bet 6,000, Slimen raised to 17,000 and Yurasov folded.
Slimen revealed his hand as A♦10♦ for top pair before scooping the small pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
880,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
111,000
23,500
|
23,500 |
Level 8
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The floor has announced there will be five more hands before play concludes for Day 1b.