2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q5
Prize
$338,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,832,640
Entries
664
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
185
Players Left
83

Tantillo Takes Commanding Lead After Multiway Clash

Level 6 : Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Fausto Tantillo
Fausto Tantillo

Fausto Tantillo opened to 3,300 from middle position and receieved calls from a player in the hijack, a player in the cutoff, Dawid Smolka in the small blind and Dinesh Alt in the big blind.

All five players checked the A64 flop leading to the 8 turn. Smolka bet 13,000, forcing a fold from Alt while the other three players all made the call.

Smolka moved all in for 76,600 on the 3 river. Tantillo made the call with a covering stack while the other two players got out of the way. Smolka could only show 55 for a pair of fives turned into a bluff. Tantillo turned over 66 for a set to take down a gargantuan pot and the current chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
554,000
448,000
448,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
204,000
-38,000
-38,000
Profile photo of Dawid Smolka pl
Dawid Smolka
Busted

Tags: Dawid SmolkaDinesh AltFausto Tantillo