$3,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

11-29-2023 13:50 UTC+2

Drozd Gets some Value

Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With two players seeing a board of 3♥6♦9♠2♠ and roughly 8,000 in the middle, Georgios Skarparis checked and Ondrej Drozd bet 6,000. Skarparis check-raised to 15,500 and Drozd made the call.

On the 8♦ river Skarparis slowed down with a check and Drozd bet 13,500. Skarparis did not hesitate to make the call.

Skarparis had A♥9♥ for top pair but Drozd tabled 2♠2♥ for bottom set to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ondrej Drozd	119,000 19,000	19,000
Georgios Skarparis	99,000 99,000	99,000

Tags: Georgios Skarparis Ondrej Drozd

11-29-2023 14:06 UTC+2

Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players are on the first 15-minute break of the day. There are currently 82 entrants registered and 78 players remaining.

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

11-29-2023 14:33 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts after First Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fadi Barakeh	254,000 154,000	154,000
Parahat Nurmuhammedov	240,000 126,000	126,000
Hadi Khordbin	223,000 123,000	123,000
Maroun Jazzar	165,200 65,200	65,200
Bora Kurtulus	165,000 165,000	165,000
Halil Tasyurek	147,000 47,000	47,000
Mustafa Biz	128,000 128,000	128,000
Alisa Sibgatova	121,400 13,400	13,400
Aleksandr Kirichenko	119,000 119,000	119,000
Guoliang Wei	98,000 87,200	87,200
Ankit Ahuja	96,500 96,500	96,500
Tugce Hursoz	96,000 96,000	96,000
Oleg Netaliev	60,000 -76,000	-76,000

11-29-2023 14:51 UTC+2

Abed Shows Down Second Pair

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Roger Abed limped in from middle position and Simas Karaliunas raised to 4,500 from the hijack. Abed made the call.

Abed check-called a 2,500 continuation bet from Karaliunas on the 6♣3♣10♥ flop.

Both players checked the Q♥ turn and 2♣ river.

Abed tabled J♣10♠ for a pair of tens to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simas Karaliunas	141,000 141,000	141,000
Roger Abed	92,000 92,000	92,000

Tags: Roger Abed Simas Karaliunas

11-29-2023 15:16 UTC+2

Ahuja Forces a Fold

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Assad Al Schanaa limped in from early position and Ankit Ahuja raised to 2,500 from the hijack. Kuljinder Sidhu three-bet to 7,500 from the cutoff, forcing Al Schanaa out of the pot while Ahuja made the call.

The flop came 6♣5♣3♦ and Ahuja checked. Sidhu fired a 6,000 continuation bet only for Ahuja to check-raise to 16,000. Sidhu opted to fold and Ahuja took down a decent pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	112,500 16,000	16,000
Assad Al Schanaa	96,500 96,500	96,500
Kuljinder Sidhu	47,400 47,400	47,400

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Assad Al Schanaa Kuljinder Sidhu

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

11-29-2023 15:39 UTC+2

Nines are Good for Tasyurek

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Roman Gadzhiev opened to 1,700 from under the gun and received a call from Halil Tasyurek in the cutoff before Ondrej Drozd raised to 7,500 in the big blind. Both Gadzhiev and Tasyurek made the call.

The flop came 7♥6♦4♣ and action checked back around to Gadzhiev who bet 7,000. Ghadzhiev and Tasyurek both called.

The remaining three players checked the 8♠ turn and 2♣ river.

Drozd showed down A♣Q♣ for ace-high, Gadzhiev showed down A♠4♠ for a pair of fours and Tasyurek tabled 9♠9♣ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Halil Tasyurek	197,000 50,000	50,000
Ondrej Drozd	81,100 -37,900	-37,900
Roman Gadzhiev	63,000 63,000	63,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Halil Tasyurek Ondrej Drozd

11-29-2023 16:01 UTC+2

Netaliev Triumphs in Multiway Pot

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With four players seeing a flop of J♥J♠8♣ and roughly 7,500 already in the middle, Natan Chauskin checked from the small blind, Shuang Luo checked behind in the big blind and Oleg Netaliev bet 2,500 from the hijack. Mehmet Samsa folded from the cutoff before Chauskin check-raised to 8,500. Luo got out of the way and Netaliev made the call.

Both remaining players checked the K♥ turn leading to the A♠ river. Chauskin checked and folded to a 25,000 bet from Netaliev.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Netaliev	146,300 86,300	86,300
Shuang Luo	96,800 96,800	96,800

Natan Chauskin	76,000 76,000	76,000
Mehmet Samsa	56,500 56,500	56,500

Tags: Mehmet Samsa Natan Chauskin Oleg Netaliev Shuang Luo

11-29-2023 16:14 UTC+2

Tasyurek Shows One

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Andrei Daniliuk opened to 2,200 from under the gun and received a call from Oladele Kupoluyi in the cutoff before Halil Tasyurek three-bet to 10,000 in the small blind. Both Daniliuk and Tasyurek made the call.

The flop came K♠10♦6♦ and Tasyurek fired an 8,000 continuation bet. Daniliuk got out of the way but Kupoluyi took some time to weigh his options.

"Do you have ace-king?" Kupoluyi asked his opponent.

"Maybe" Tasyurek replied.

Kupoluyi ultimately folded 7♠7♦ face up. Tasyurek showed the K♦ in his hand before scooping the pot.