Get Ready for Day 1a of Merit Poker Gangster Series $3,300 Main Event
The action continues here at the 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series at Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus with the $3,300 Main Event. The event begins at noon local time and features nine 60-minute levels. Players will begin with 100,000 chips.
The most recent Merit Poker Series to take place here at Crystal Cove, the $3,300 Merit Poker Retro Series, saw Serbia's Darko Svesko emerge victorious over a 1,223-entrant field, last defeating Russia's Oleg Netaliev in heads up play to take home $567,000. Netaliev himself has been active at the 2023 Gangster Series, having made a deep run earlier this week in the $2,200 Warm Up, finishing in 18th for $8,600.
2023 Merit Poker Retro Series Final Table Results
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darko Svesko | Serbia | $567,000 |
| 2 | Oleg Netaliev | Russia | $417,900 |
| 3 | Michel Atallah | Lebanon | $257,900 |
| 4 | Nenad Dukic | Serbia | $191,100 |
| 5 | David Hu | Netherlands | $142,400 |
| 6 | Ruslan Volkov | Ukraine | $115,100 |
| 7 | Dominik Panka | Poland | $95,900 |
| 8 | Thomas Eychenne | France | $76,300 |
| 9 | Ara Melkisetian | Lebanon | $56,700 |
The main event will feature four starting flights, at which point the fields will combine on December 1 for Day 2. Day 1b will take place tomorrow, November 29, Day 1c will be on November 30, and there will be a turbo Day 1d later on November 30 as well. Late registration and unlimited reentries will be available until the end of Level 13, midway through Day 2.
With a guaranteed prize pool of $1,500,000, a massive turnout is expected. As always, stay tuned to PokerNews from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned on Day 4, which will occur on December 3.