2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$295,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,562,160
Entries
566
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
314
Players Left
96

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/3,500

Ante: 3,500

Munteanu Fires Three Barrels

Level 14 : 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante

Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu opened to 8,000 from the cutoff and Damir Gabdullin defended from the big blind.

The flop came KJ10 and Gabdullin check-called a 7,000 continuation bet from Munteanu.

Gabdullin check-called another bet from Munteanu on the 5 turn, this time for 12,000.

The river was the 2. Gabdullin checked, Munteanu bet 25,000 and Gabdullin folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Damir Gabdullin ru
Damir Gabdullin
773,000
-87,000
-87,000
Profile photo of Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu ro
Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu
645,000
406,000
406,000

Tags: Bogdan-Andrei MunteanuDamir Gabdullin

Yurasov Gets Coolered and then Coolers

Level 14 : 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante
Dmitry Yurasov
Dmitry Yurasov

Dmitry Yurasov opened under the gun and promptly got three-bet by the player who was next to act. It folded all the way back to him and he took a moment before putting in the four-bet jam. His opponent snap called.

Dmitry Yurasov: KK
Middle Position: AA

Yurasov was in a miserable spot but the 8K6 flop landed and brought new life to his tournament. The 6 turn and 2 river sealed the deal and Yurasov was on the right end of a cooler stay alive.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
210,000
83,500
83,500
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Dmitry Yurasov

Govorov Takes from Dashti

Level 14 : 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante

With two players seeing a board of 843 and roughly 13,000 in the middle, Ghanim Dashti checked from the big blind and called a 14,000 bet from Ivan Govorov on the button.

Dashti checked again on the 10 turn and Govorov bet 30,000. This time Dashti opted to fold and Govorov took down a decent pot without showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ivan Govorov ru
Ivan Govorov
173,000
43,500
43,500
Profile photo of Ghanim Dashti kw
Ghanim Dashti
98,000
1,000
1,000

Tags: Ghanim DashtiIvan Govorov

Khalil Piles it In

Level 14 : 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante

Ghassan Khalil opened the cutoff to 8,000 before the action was on the button who three-bet to 22,000. It folded all the way back to Khalil who went into the tank and after a few minutes he four-bet all in for his last 157,000. His opponent didn't snap call but they flicked in a chip pretty quickly.

Ghassan Khalil: QQ
Button: AK

Khalil flopped a set on the 3QJ board but the Button was holding the ace of hearts to make it a sweat. The 4 turn was not it and the 4 river sealed the deal.

Khalil got a pure double after finding the jam.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ghassan Khalil lb
Ghassan Khalil
322,000
246,500
246,500

Tags: Ghassan KhalilKhalil Piles

Break Time

Level 14 : 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante

Players are on another 15-minute break. There are currently 547 total entrants and 176 players remaining.

Late registration will close at the end of this break.

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Assorted Chip Counts After Third Break

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Razvan Sabau ro
Razvan Sabau
1,210,000
519,000
519,000
Profile photo of Aleksei Petrov ru
Aleksei Petrov
950,000
120,000
120,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
890,000
145,000
145,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shuang Luo cn
Shuang Luo
751,000
61,000
61,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Profile photo of Ali El-Siblani lb
Ali El-Siblani
700,000
269,000
269,000
Profile photo of Mark Smith (UK) gb
Mark Smith (UK)
680,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Damir Gabdullin ru
Damir Gabdullin
676,000
-97,000
-97,000
Profile photo of Bakhos Joumaa lb
Bakhos Joumaa
655,000
110,000
110,000
Profile photo of Toby Joyce ie
Toby Joyce
650,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
640,000
270,000
270,000
Profile photo of Joseph Haddad ae
Joseph Haddad
560,000
560,000
560,000
Profile photo of Alisa Sibgatova ru
Alisa Sibgatova
537,000
196,500
196,500
Profile photo of Volodymyr Drokin ua
Volodymyr Drokin
517,000
126,000
126,000
Profile photo of Ankit Ahuja in
Ankit Ahuja
505,000
165,000
165,000
Profile photo of Nils Pudel de
Nils Pudel
502,000
319,000
319,000
Profile photo of Matthew Davenport
Matthew Davenport
Busted
Profile photo of Tugce Hursoz tr
Tugce Hursoz
Busted

Petrov Over One Million

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Aleksei Petrov
Aleksei Petrov

Gabriel Semaan opened to 13,000 from early position and Aleksei Petrov three-bet to 45,000 from the big blind. Semaan made the call.

The flop came Q77 and Petrov fired a 25,000 continuation bet. Semaan raised to 50,000 and Petrov made the call.

Petrov checked on the J turn and called a 50,000 bet from Semaan.

Both players checked the 3 river. Semaan showed down AQ but Petrov tabled KK for a bigger two pair to take down a sizable pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Aleksei Petrov ru
Aleksei Petrov
1,330,000
380,000
380,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Gabriel Semaan lb
Gabriel Semaan
478,000
242,500
242,500

Tags: Aleksei PetrovGabriel Semaan