$2,200 Warm Up
Day 3 Started
2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series
$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
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
79
Players Left
16
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Michael Angelos | 489,000 | 49 |
| 1 | 2 | Rachid El-Yaacoubi | 268,000 | 27 |
| 1 | 3 | Oleg Netaliev | 696,000 | 70 |
| 1 | 4 | Leonid Sidelkovskii | 1,203,000 | 120 |
| 1 | 5 | Giorgii Shkulukhiia | 517,000 | 52 |
| 1 | 6 | Vladas Burneikis | 1,871,000 | 187 |
| 1 | 7 | Ming Xi | 570,000 | 57 |
| 1 | 8 | Siarhei Chudapal | 709,000 | 71 |
| 1 | 9 | Danut Florin Chisu | 850,000 | 85 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 2 | 1 | Mohamed Farouk Ibrahim Yehya | 320,000 | 32 |
| 2 | 2 | Erdal Gulseven | 866,000 | 87 |
| 2 | 3 | Cihan Abdurrezzak | 475,000 | 48 |
| 2 | 4 | Arun Kumar Sood | 463,000 | 46 |
| 2 | 5 | NUNO DUARTE FERNANDES CORREIA | 200,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 6 | Naji Abdo | 408,000 | 41 |
| 2 | 7 | Murad Cakir | 387,000 | 39 |
| 2 | 8 | Maksim Skripkin | 304,000 | 30 |
| 2 | 9 | Khalil Tawil | 210,000 | 21 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 3 | 1 | Alekseev Vladimir | 285,000 | 29 |
| 3 | 2 | Natik Ismailov | 432,000 | 43 |
| 3 | 3 | Martynas Vitkauskas | 438,000 | 44 |
| 3 | 4 | Louis Diab | 877,000 | 88 |
| 3 | 5 | Antoine Hasbani | 611,000 | 61 |
| 3 | 6 | Alexandr Poberejnii | 483,000 | 48 |
| 3 | 7 | Ihor Kaliahin | 384,000 | 38 |
| 3 | 8 | Andrei Daniliuk | 2,175,000 | 218 |
| 3 | 9 | Sultan Meirbekov | 923,000 | 92 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 4 | 1 | Robert Rbeiz | 276,000 | 28 |
| 4 | 2 | Lois B.M.P. Dufouleur | 471,000 | 47 |
| 4 | 3 | Motokatsu Uhara | 511,000 | 51 |
| 4 | 4 | Mert Tozlu | 391,000 | 39 |
| 4 | 5 | Aneris Adomkevicius | 221,000 | 22 |
| 4 | 6 | Mehmet Dalkilic | 392,000 | 39 |
| 4 | 7 | Bernard Felix Boutboul | 739,000 | 74 |
| 4 | 8 | Damir Gabdullin | 1,074,000 | 107 |
| 4 | 9 | Christos Christou | 774,000 | 77 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 5 | 1 | George Meitanis | 390,000 | 39 |
| 5 | 2 | Mustafa Biz | 604,000 | 60 |
| 5 | 3 | Tahsin Alper Cankurtaranli | 368,000 | 37 |
| 5 | 4 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | 194,000 | 19 |
| 5 | 5 | Nikolay Fal | 318,000 | 32 |
| 5 | 6 | Halil Serdar Tasyurek | 488,000 | 49 |
| 5 | 7 | Clement Jacky Bonnant | 470,000 | 47 |
| 5 | 8 | Yunsheng Sun | 191,000 | 19 |
| 5 | 9 | Yiannakis Papapetrou | 593,000 | 59 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 6 | 1 | Bakhos Joumaa | 1,696,000 | 170 |
| 6 | 2 | Ryan Jonathan M Mandara | 208,000 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | Simas Karaliunas | 425,000 | 43 |
| 6 | 4 | Adi Rajkovic | 160,000 | 16 |
| 6 | 5 | Benjamin Hamnett | 789,000 | 79 |
| 6 | 6 | Vytautas Milbutas | 274,000 | 27 |
| 6 | 7 | Andac Aykut | 535,000 | 54 |
| 6 | 8 | Razvan Nicolae Sabau | 1,366,000 | 137 |
| 6 | 9 | Ivan Govorov | 778,000 | 78 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 7 | 1 | Cristinel Dumitru | 138,000 | 14 |
| 7 | 2 | Sakis Adrianopoulos | 254,000 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | Nils Pudel | 222,000 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | Sergey Bortsov | 233,000 | 23 |
| 7 | 5 | Eli Saad | 245,000 | 25 |
| 7 | 6 | Joseph Georges Sabe | 230,000 | 23 |
| 7 | 7 | Nikolay Tyurin | 345,000 | 35 |
| 7 | 8 | Seyedhamid Asaei | 74,000 | 7 |
| 7 | 9 | Hadi Khadra | 1,866,000 | 187 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 8 | 1 | Sergey Baranski | 700,000 | 70 |
| 8 | 2 | Jakub Maciej Michalak | 379,000 | 38 |
| 8 | 3 | Ankit Ahuja | 414,000 | 41 |
| 8 | 4 | Elie Farah | 665,000 | 67 |
| 8 | 5 | Alisa Sibgatova | 461,000 | 46 |
| 8 | 6 | Seyedamir H. Eftekhari | 754,000 | 75 |
| 8 | 7 | Dmitry Yurasov | 741,000 | 74 |
| 8 | 8 | Feyzullah Okan Karaarslan | 1,188,000 | 119 |
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.
For all the updates on this event until a winner is declared on November 26, make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews.
Day 3 of the $2,200 Merit Gangster Series is under way!
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
1,120,000
381,000
|
381,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Halil Serdar Tasyurek opened in middle position to 20,000 before it folded to the small blind who flat called. The action was then on Aleksandr Kirichenko in the big blind who sat in the tank for about a minute before announcing he was all in for about 210,000.
Tasyurek went over his options but eventually returned his cards to the dealer. The small blind also gave it some thought but eventually he also mucked.
Kirichenko scooped the pot without even seeing a flop early on in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |
|
255,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Sultan Meirbekov was in the cutoff and had three-bet a previous open to 55,000. Alekseev Vladimir on the button moved all in for approximately 200,000 and Meirbekov made the call with a covering stack to put Vladimir at risk.
Alekseev Vladimir: 9♥9♣
Sultan Meirbekov: A♦J♥
Vladimir caught the better end of the 3♠5♥8♣ flop but Meirbekov took the lead with top pair on the J♣ turn. He remained ahead on the A♥ river to send Vladimir to the rail and take down a healthy pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,270,000
347,000
|
347,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Nils Pudel opened the cutoff to 20,000 before Sergey Bortsov moved all in from the button for about 160,000. The action was then on Eli Saad in the small blind who asked for a count of both players stacks. After doing some accounting he went into the tank and eventually announced he was all in covering both players.
Pudel got out of the way and the cards hit their backs with Bortsov all in and at risk.
Sergey Bortsov: 5♣5♦
Eli Saad: A♥K♣
There was no real sweat as the dealer quickly burned and turned the 7♦7♣Q♠9♦6♥ board and Bortsov would earn the pure double by way of winning the flip against Saad.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
355,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
310,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Leonid Sidelkovskiy opened the cutoff to 22,000 before getting a call from both Vladas Burneikis in the small blind and Ming Xi in the big blind.
The 3♦8♠5♥ flop hit the felt and Burneikis quickly led out from the small blind for 25,000. Xi got out of the way and Sidelkovskiy raised to 65,000. Without thinking for more than a few seconds Burneikis clicked it back to 125,000. Sidelkovskiy held strong and put in the chips.
The J♥ rolled off on the turn and Burneikis slowed down and checked it over to Sidelkovskiy who went into the tank for a moment before putting out a bet of 85,000. Burneikis snap called.
The Q♦ landed on the river and finally the action slowed down and checked through.
Burneikis was first to show and tabled 8♥4♦ for a flopped top pair. Sidelkovskiy tabled 9♥9♦ for the better pair and scooped after withstanding the flop aggression and going thin for value on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
647,000
|
647,000 |
|
1,700,000
-171,000
|
-171,000 |
|
610,000
40,000
|
40,000 |