$2,200 Warm Up Day 3 | 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

11-25-2023 16:27 UTC+2

Xi Sends Wei to the Rail

Jeremy Geist

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ming Xi opened in early position to 45,000 before Guoliang Wei moved all in from the cutoff for about 150,000. It folded back to Xi who quickly called and the two players were off to a full board with Wei all in and at risk.

Guoliang Wei: 6♣6♠
Ming Xi: K♥K♠

The full board ran out 9♦10♥Q♦2♦3♦ and Wei hit the rail just before the second break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ming Xi	615,000 5,000	5,000
Guoliang Wei	Busted

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11-25-2023 15:52 UTC+2

Some Post-Bubble Eliminations

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Siarhei Chudapal	Busted
Simas Karaliunas	Busted
Lois Dufouleur	Busted
Michel Habib	Busted
Danut Chisu	Busted
Elie Farah	Busted
Erdal Gulseven	Busted

11-25-2023 15:45 UTC+2

Karaarslan Sends Ihlamur to the Rail

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of J♦5♦9♣, Osman Ihlamur found himself all in for roughly 280,000 against Feyzullah Karaarslan who held a covering stack..

Osman Ihlamur: 9♦6♦
Feyzullah Karaarslan: A♣J♠

Karaarslan had top pair but was flipping against Ihlamur's flush draw with second pair. The 5♣ turn and 7♥ river were clean for Karaarslan allowing him to take down a healthy pot while Ihlamur was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Feyzullah Karaarslan	1,325,000 137,000	137,000
Osman Ihlamur	Busted

Tags: Feyzullah Karaarslan Osman Ihlamur

11-25-2023 14:40 UTC+2

Rajkovic and Sidelkovskiy Play a Classic Tournament Flip

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Benjamin Hamnett opened to 30,000 from under the gun and Leonid Sidelkovskiy three-bet to 85,000 from middle position. Adi Rajkovic four-bet shoved for 440,000, forcing Hamnett out of the pot while Sidelkovskiy made the call with a covering stack.

Adi Rajkovic: A♣K♣
Leonid Sidelkovskiy: Q♠Q♣

The board ran out J♠8♥3♦9♥6♠. Sidelkovskiy's queens held and he collected a healthy pot while Rajkovic was sent to the rail a few spots shy of making the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonid Sidelkovskiy	2,375,000 525,000	525,000
Benjamin Hamnett	350,000 -290,000	-290,000

Adi Rajkovic	Busted

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11-25-2023 12:22 UTC+2

Boutboul Scores an Early Knockout

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Bernard Boutboul had opened to 25,000 and called a shove from Mert Tozlu who had roughly 350,000 and was covered.

Mert Tozlu: A♣J♣
Bernard Boutboul: A♥K♦

Boutboul was ahead with the bigger ace and remained so on the 10♣4♥3♠5♥8♣ runout to score to take down a nice early pot and send Tozlu to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Boutboul	1,120,000 381,000	381,000
Mert Tozlu	Busted

Tags: Bernard Boutboul Mert Tozlu