$2,200 Warm Up Day 2 | 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

11-24-2023 14:17 UTC+2

Ghazarian Puts Saad in the Blender

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Harout Ghazarian opened to 5,000 from the hijack and Eli Saad defended from the big blind.

The flop came Q♥5♥4♣ and Saad check-called a 5,000 continuation bet from Ghazarian.

Saad checked again on the J♠ turn and Saad sized up with a bet of 31,000, sending Saad deep into the tank.

"Pocket Fives"? Saad asked his opponent after several minutes had gone by. Ghazarian chose not to reply.

After several more minutes of consideration Saad ultimately decided to fold and Ghazarian took down a decent pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Saad	200,000 155,500	155,500
Harout Ghazarian	167,000 -161,000	-161,000

Tags: Eli Saad Harout Ghazarian

11-24-2023 14:37 UTC+2

Break Time

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Players are now on a 20-minute break. With two levels of late registration still available the tournament has attracted a total of 399 entrants with 165 players remaining.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

11-24-2023 15:01 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts after First Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustafa Sancak	947,000 327,000	327,000

Dmitry Gromov	870,000 537,000	537,000

Angelos Michael	845,000 709,500	709,500
Dmitry Yurasov	767,500 -87,500	-87,500

Andrei Daniliuk	720,000 150,000	150,000

Karim Abdelhamid	623,000 276,000	276,000
Inas Eldeghedy	610,000 -11,000	-11,000
Vytautas Milbutas	602,000 260,000	260,000
Arun Sood	593,000 114,000	114,000

Louis Diab	580,000 165,000	165,000
Adem Marjanovic	578,000 278,000	278,000
Sergey Baranski	534,000 -47,000	-47,000
Ankit Ahuja	532,000 208,000	208,000
Khalil Tawil	530,000 91,500	91,500
Feyzullah Karaarslan	519,000 -9,500	-9,500
Tugce Hursoz	399,500 87,500	87,500
Selahaddin Bedir	115,000 1,000	1,000

11-24-2023 15:09 UTC+2

Sancak Over One Million

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With two players seeing a final board of 10♣5♣6♠A♠A♣ and roughly 200,000 already in the pot, Mustafa Sancak moved all in from the cutoff, covering Zhun Wang on the button who had roughly 75,000 behind.

Wang thought about his decision for roughly one minute before sticking in the call. Wang showed K♥K♠ for two pair but the kings were no good as Sancak tabled Q♣9♣ for a flush to send Wang to the rail and extend his chip lead over the rest of the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustafa Sancak	1,190,000 243,000	243,000

Zhun Wang	Busted

Tags: Mustafa Sancak Zhun Wang

11-24-2023 15:30 UTC+2

Michael and Slimen Each Show One

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Angelos Michael opened to 7,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Antonis Papadopoulos on the button, Ahmed Slimen in the small blind and Andrei Daniliuk in the big blind.

All four players checked the A♣5♣2♣ flop leading to the Q♠ turn. Action then checked around to Michael, who bet 12,000. Papadopoulos folded, Slimen called and Daniliuk folded.

On the 7♣ river Slimen lead out with a bet of 17,000. Michael considered his options for about one minute before opting to fold, revealing the A♦ in his hand for top pair while doing so.

Slimen revealed he had the K♣ for the nut-flush before scooping the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angelos Michael	809,000 -36,000	-36,000
Andrei Daniliuk	766,000 46,000	46,000

Ahmed Slimen	201,000 72,500	72,500
Antonis Papadopoulos	157,000 93,500	93,500

Tags: Ahmed Slimen Andrei Daniliuk Angelos Michael Antonis Papadopoulos

11-24-2023 15:45 UTC+2

Smuskevicius Shows a Bluff

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Ankit Ahuja opened to 7,500 from the button and Boris Smuskevicius defended from the big blind.

The flop came A♣Q♦3♠ and Smuskevicius check-called a 5,000 continuation bet from Ahuja.

Both players checked the 10♠ turn leading to the 4♠ river. Smuskevicius bet 11,500 and Ahuja mucked.

Smuskevicius revealed he had 8♦7♥ for pure air before taking the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	383,000 -149,000	-149,000
Boris Smuskevicius	130,000 83,000	83,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Boris Smuskevicius

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,500

Ante: 3,500

11-24-2023 16:06 UTC+2

Aykut Takes from Tasyurek

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Halil Tasyurek opened to 7,000 from under the gun and Andac Aykut defended from the big blind.

The flop came Q♣10♠4♦ and Aykut check-called a 6,000 continuation bet from Tasyurek.

Both players checked the 9♥ turn leading to the 6♣ river. Aykut bet 17,000 and Tasyurek opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Halil Tasyurek	423,000 4,500	4,500
Andac Aykut	305,000 156,000	156,000

Tags: Aykut Takes Halil Tasyurek

11-24-2023 16:26 UTC+2

Hursoz Fires Two Barrels

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Tugce Hursoz opened to 7,000 from under the gun and received calls from Yiannakis Papapetrou in the small blind and Andrei Vavilonskii in the big blind.

The flop came 10♠8♣5♥ and action checked around to Hursoz who bet 7,000. Papapetrou got out of the way while Vavilonskii made the call.

Hursoz bet again for 16,500 when checked to on the 3♣ turn and this time it was enough to force a fold from her opponent.