2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$2,200 Merit Poker Cup
Day: 1a
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Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
5♠5♦
Prize
$167,100
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$844,560
Entries
459
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
192
Players Left
84
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Ketzer Fires Three Barrels

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Felipe Ketzer opened to 4,000 from the button and Simone Andrian defended from the big blind.

The flop came 7♥3♦2♠ and Andrian check-called a 3,000 continuation bet from Ketzer.

Andrian check-called another bet from Ketzer on the J♦ turn, this time for 9,500.

On the 7♦ river Andrian checked once more and Ketzer moved all in for roughly 30,000. This time Andrian opted to fold and Ketzer took down a decent pot without having to go to showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Simone Andrian it
Simone Andrian 		98,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer 		68,000
15,000
 15,000

Tags: Felipe KetzerSimone Andrian

Assorted Chip Counts after Final Break

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Huseyin Akgul tr
Huseyin Akgul 		416,000
-16,000
 -16,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin 		355,000
207,000
 207,000
Anton Markov bg
Anton Markov 		351,000
351,000
 351,000
Fabian Rolli ch
Fabian Rolli 		346,000
346,000
 346,000
Joshua Marquardt de
Joshua Marquardt 		328,000
328,000
 328,000
Aleksandar Tot me
Aleksandar Tot 		285,000
58,000
 58,000
Jovan Kenjic rs
Jovan Kenjic 		190,000
133,000
 133,000
Alisa Sibgatova ru
Alisa Sibgatova 		110,500
-15,500
 -15,500
Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt 		104,000
6,500
 6,500
Yunsheng Sun cn
Yunsheng Sun 		101,500
101,500
 101,500
Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso 		92,000
-60,000
 -60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kacper Pyzara pl
Kacper Pyzara 		91,500
-14,800
 -14,800
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk 		66,000
66,000
 66,000
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer 		53,000
-28,700
 -28,700
Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo 		50,000
50,000
 50,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Break

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Players are now on the final 15-minute break of the day. The field has grown to 181 entrants of which 118 players remain.

Tezcan Shoves Dark and Runs into Straight Flush

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
George Tomescu
George Tomescu

Ceyhan Tezcan, who had recently been left very short-stacked, moved all in blind for 8,200 from under the gun. George Tomescu made the call from the cutoff to put Tezcan at risk.

Ceyhan Tezcan: K♦9♣ All in
George Tomescu: Q♦10♦

Tezcan was ahead with king-high but Tomescu became the favorite with a massive draw on the J♦8♦5♥ flop. The 9♦ turn gave Tomescu a queen-high straight flush, leaving Tezcan drawing dead. After the 10♣ river was dealt Tezcan made his exit from the tournament area while Tomescu collected the last of his chips.

Player Chips Progress
George Tomescu ro
George Tomescu 		157,000
Ceyhan Tezcan tr
Ceyhan Tezcan 		Busted

Tags: Ceyhan TezcanGeorge Tomescu

Max Pressure from Zhugralin

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Damir Zhugralin opened to 3,500 from under the gun and received calls from a player on the button and Felipe Ketzer, who placed runner up in the Main Event roughly 15 hours ago for $249,200, in the big blind.

All three players checked the A♥10♥8♠ flop leading to the A♠ turn. Ketzer checked, Zhugralin bet 3,900 and the player on the button raised to 11,000. Ketzer got out of the way and Zhugralin bumped it up to 24,500. The button called.

On the 8♣ river Zhugralin bet 85,000 and this time it was enough to force a fold from his one remaining opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin 		148,000
148,000
 148,000
Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer 		81,700
81,700
 81,700

Tags: Damir ZhugralinFelipe Ketzer

Nigbolu Leaves Miral with Crumbs

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 6 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With two players seeing a board of 5♥Q♣7♦8♠ and roughly 50,000 already in the middle, Cenk Nigbolu checked from the small blind and Can Miral bet 5,500 from the big blind. Nigbolu check-raised to 20,000 before Miral moved all in for approximately 70,000. Nigbolu made the call and was slightly covered.

Cenk Nigbolu: Q♥7♥ All in
Can Miral: A♣Q♠

Miral had flopped top pair but was draing to just six outs versus Nigbolu's two pair. Miral found no help on the 3♥ river and was left with just over five big blinds while Nigbolu scored a full double up.

Miral would be eliminated shortly afterwards.

Player Chips Progress
Cenk Nigbolu tr
Cenk Nigbolu 		149,000
Can Miral tr
Can Miral 		Busted

Tags: Can MiralCenk Nigbolu

Level: 6

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Akgul Makes a Great Call

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 5 : Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Huseyin Akgul
Huseyin Akgul

A player in the hijack had opened and was called by Huseyin Akgul in the cutoff. A player in the big blind put in a three-bet that forced the original raiser out while Akgul made the call creating a pot of roughly 25,000 going into the flop.

The flop came 5♠4♦2♠ and the big blind fired a 10,000 continuation bet. Akgul made the call.

Akgul called another bet on the 8♦ turn, this time for 32,000.

On the K♥ river the big blind bet again for 45,000 and Akgul called the third barrel.

The big blind could only should A♥Q♣ for a bluff while Akgul tabled 7♣5♣ for just a pair of fives to take down a sizable pot.

Player Chips Progress
Huseyin Akgul tr
Huseyin Akgul 		432,000
432,000
 432,000
Day 1A Chip Leader

Tags: Huseyin Akgul

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