Shuffle Up and Deal
The field has grown to 521 players with some new arrivals as play on Day 2 is now underway.
The field has grown to 521 players with some new arrivals as play on Day 2 is now underway.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
A total of 241 players return for the second act of the 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series Main Event when Day 2 begins at noon local time.
Alisa Sibgatova leads the field into the day with a stack of 661,000. She’s followed by Dmitrii Kuzin (647,500), Fausto Tantillo (602,000), Rabih El-Hachem (588,500), and Aleksandar Tot (559,000), while past EPT champion Kalidou Sow is also in the top-10 with 531,000.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alisa Sibgatova | Russia | 661,000 | 264 |
2 | Dmitrii Kuzin | Russia | 647,500 | 259 |
3 | Fausto Tantillo | Italy | 602,000 | 241 |
4 | Rabih El-Hachem | Lebanon | 588,500 | 235 |
5 | Aleksandar Tot | Montenegro | 559,000 | 224 |
6 | Jovan Kenjic | Serbia | 547,500 | 219 |
7 | Alper Kerim | Turkey | 546,000 | 218 |
8 | Kalidou Sow | France | 531,000 | 212 |
9 | Maciej Komorowski | Poland | 521,000 | 208 |
10 | George Tomescu | Romania | 514,000 | 206 |
Other notables still in the hunt include Simone Andrian (436,500), Milos Skrbic (404,000), Dmitry Gromov (312,000), Andrey Pateychuk (304,000), Andrea Dato (276,000), Bart Lybaert (205,000), Felipe Ketzer (164,500), and Benjamin Hamnett (128,500). Reigning champion Maxime Chilaud takes a stack of 151,500 into Day 2 as he looks to defend his title, while 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series champion Darko Svesko has 295,500.
The four opening flights saw the field grow to 502 entries so far. Late registration remains open until the end of Level 14, with unlimited reentries allowed during the registration period. The action begins on Level 10 with blinds of 1,000-2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. Day 2 is scheduled to play nine 60-minute levels.
By the end of the day, the players will know the prize pool that they are playing for. The money bubble will then be in sight. Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the day for live updates.
Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
1 | 1 | Maxime Chilaud | 151,500 | 61 |
1 | 2 | Lachezar Petkov | 110,000 | 44 |
1 | 3 | Ceyhan Tezcan | 146,000 | 58 |
1 | 4 | Leonid Sidelkovskiy | 37,500 | 15 |
1 | 5 | Khalil Tawil | 90,500 | 36 |
1 | 6 | Roman Stoika | 237,000 | 95 |
1 | 7 | Jak Ferman | 228,500 | 91 |
1 | 8 | Anton Ionel | 104,000 | 42 |
2 | 1 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | 233,000 | 93 |
2 | 2 | Emrah Akansu | 54,000 | 22 |
2 | 3 | Dinesh Alt | 60,000 | 24 |
2 | 4 | Jeremie Zouari | 171,500 | 69 |
2 | 5 | Pavel Shchitnikov | 327,000 | 131 |
2 | 6 | Daniel Kyosev | 417,000 | 167 |
2 | 7 | Halil Tasyurek | 52,500 | 21 |
2 | 8 | Henrik Brockmann | 106,500 | 43 |
3 | 1 | Antoine Talvard | 156,000 | 62 |
3 | 2 | Boris Kolev | 248,500 | 99 |
3 | 3 | Jonathan Rosenwasser | 67,500 | 27 |
3 | 4 | Viktor Graf | 1,000 | 1 |
3 | 5 | Elena Yasyuchenya | 181,500 | 73 |
3 | 6 | Darko Svesko | 295,500 | 118 |
3 | 7 | Andrey Pateychuk | 304,000 | 122 |
3 | 8 | Benjamin Hamnett | 128,500 | 51 |
4 | 1 | Andras Matrai | 345,500 | 138 |
4 | 2 | Bart Lybaert | 205,000 | 82 |
4 | 3 | Victor Yugay | 125,000 | 50 |
4 | 4 | Sergey Bortsov | 429,500 | 172 |
4 | 5 | John Doe S | 45,000 | 18 |
4 | 6 | Kacper Pyzara | 444,000 | 178 |
4 | 7 | Caner Gunes | 394,000 | 158 |
4 | 8 | Nenad Dukic | 214,500 | 86 |
5 | 1 | Manuel Koberl | 75,000 | 30 |
5 | 2 | Fabio Peluso | 146,000 | 58 |
5 | 3 | Boris Smuskevicius | 359,500 | 144 |
5 | 4 | Marcin Puczylow | 72,000 | 29 |
5 | 5 | Osman Unaldi | 181,500 | 73 |
5 | 6 | Volodymyr Drokin | 250,000 | 100 |
5 | 7 | Kemal Aslan | 253,500 | 101 |
5 | 8 | Zeki Taysi | 282,000 | 113 |
6 | 1 | Navid Samavati | 150,000 | 60 |
6 | 2 | Leonid Bozhkov | 185,000 | 74 |
6 | 3 | Sardor Shagulyamov | 350,000 | 140 |
6 | 4 | Damir Gabdullin | 227,000 | 91 |
6 | 5 | Ramzi Karam | 233,500 | 93 |
6 | 6 | Tony Aziz | 200,000 | 80 |
6 | 7 | Fausto Tantillo | 602,000 | 241 |
6 | 8 | Seref Anar | 220,000 | 88 |
7 | 1 | Ivan Zabiiakin | 273,000 | 109 |
7 | 2 | Ilia Borisov | 65,000 | 26 |
7 | 3 | Farrukh Akhmedzhanov | 62,500 | 25 |
7 | 4 | Andrey Litvinov | 171,000 | 68 |
7 | 5 | Yunsheng Sun | 153,500 | 61 |
7 | 6 | Tamer Yelekcioglu | 237,000 | 95 |
7 | 7 | Herodotos Partakkis | 136,000 | 54 |
7 | 8 | Milad Langar | 112,500 | 45 |
8 | 1 | David Vinayagamoorthy | 83,500 | 33 |
8 | 2 | Danut Chisu | 119,500 | 48 |
8 | 3 | Jovan Kenjic | 547,500 | 219 |
8 | 4 | Emmanouil Fountoulakis | 163,500 | 65 |
8 | 5 | Igor Baliner | 62,000 | 25 |
8 | 6 | Nemanja Lukovic | 263,500 | 105 |
8 | 7 | Ahmet Akyun | 227,000 | 91 |
8 | 8 | Dogan Dinler | 274,000 | 110 |
9 | 1 | Vadim Volkhonskiy | 202,000 | 81 |
9 | 2 | Can Miral | 265,000 | 106 |
9 | 3 | Joseph Mouwad | 93,500 | 37 |
9 | 4 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | 92,000 | 37 |
9 | 5 | Muhtar Taysi | 76,000 | 30 |
9 | 6 | Temur Abbosov | 232,500 | 93 |
9 | 7 | Darius Neagoe | 227,000 | 91 |
9 | 8 | Natan Chauskin | 314,000 | 126 |
10 | 1 | Aleksandr Razinkov | 89,000 | 36 |
10 | 2 | Dmitrii Astratov | 125,500 | 50 |
10 | 3 | Saman Nakhjavani | 131,500 | 53 |
10 | 4 | Abraham Passet | 134,000 | 54 |
10 | 5 | Michel Habib | 276,000 | 110 |
10 | 6 | Simeon Spasov | 73,000 | 29 |
10 | 7 | Miad Shakiba | 126,500 | 51 |
10 | 8 | Baris Topuz | 81,000 | 32 |
11 | 1 | Maher Achour | 258,000 | 103 |
11 | 2 | Fabian Rolli | 198,000 | 79 |
11 | 3 | Samuel Dray | 119,500 | 48 |
11 | 4 | Ivan Tukmachev | 136,500 | 55 |
11 | 5 | Mikhail Zavoloka | 227,500 | 91 |
11 | 6 | Boris Angelov | 183,500 | 73 |
11 | 7 | Lyudmil Ivanov | 300,000 | 120 |
11 | 8 | Alain Hajj | 136,000 | 54 |
12 | 1 | Habib Kesrwani | 220,500 | 88 |
12 | 2 | Serge Matta | 70,000 | 28 |
12 | 3 | Uladzimir Zhyharau | 507,500 | 203 |
12 | 4 | Nejat Erman | 110,000 | 44 |
12 | 5 | Stephane Gabarre | 307,000 | 123 |
12 | 6 | Mihai Tusnea | 487,000 | 195 |
12 | 7 | Asaf Groofi | 73,000 | 29 |
12 | 8 | Grigoli Liklikadze | 244,000 | 98 |
13 | 1 | Nan Zhu | 121,000 | 48 |
13 | 2 | Nikolay Fal | 345,500 | 138 |
13 | 3 | Issam Tannouri | 152,500 | 61 |
13 | 4 | Azar Huseynov | 92,000 | 37 |
13 | 5 | Ali El-Siblani | 341,000 | 136 |
13 | 6 | Irfan Vurucu | 41,500 | 17 |
13 | 7 | Yulian Kolev | 45,500 | 18 |
13 | 8 | Grigoriy Rodin | 195,500 | 78 |
14 | 1 | Rashad Iskandarov | 46,500 | 19 |
14 | 2 | Yevhen Buhaichuk | 330,000 | 132 |
14 | 3 | Bakhos Joumaa | 111,000 | 44 |
14 | 4 | Ali Yilmaz | 95,000 | 38 |
14 | 5 | Georgios Skarparis | 30,000 | 12 |
14 | 6 | Eduard Tasoev | 107,000 | 43 |
14 | 7 | Dmitry Gromov | 312,000 | 125 |
14 | 8 | Anton Markov | 110,000 | 44 |
15 | 1 | Andrea Dato | 276,000 | 110 |
15 | 2 | Cristinel Dumitru | 292,000 | 117 |
15 | 3 | Walid Bou Habib | 276,000 | 110 |
15 | 4 | Irina Zheleznyak | 128,000 | 51 |
15 | 5 | Ehsan Gorji | 95,000 | 38 |
15 | 6 | Andreas Mavrikioy | 85,500 | 34 |
15 | 7 | Noel Broadbent | 95,000 | 38 |
15 | 8 | Damir Zhugralin | 215,500 | 86 |
16 | 1 | Umutcan Ipekoglu | 425,000 | 170 |
16 | 2 | Felipe Ketzer | 164,500 | 66 |
16 | 3 | Dogan Gungor | 124,500 | 50 |
16 | 4 | Razvan Belea | 96,500 | 39 |
16 | 5 | Yassin Mahmoud | 100,000 | 40 |
16 | 6 | Rabih El-Hachem | 588,500 | 235 |
16 | 7 | Georges Azar | 147,000 | 59 |
16 | 8 | Ali Zebarjad | 283,000 | 113 |
17 | 1 | Alper Kerim | 546,000 | 218 |
17 | 2 | Renan Bruschi | 154,500 | 62 |
17 | 3 | Marcin Dziubdziela | 195,500 | 78 |
17 | 4 | Razvan Sabau | 268,500 | 107 |
17 | 5 | Naji Azar | 121,000 | 48 |
17 | 6 | Asem Tageldin | 34,500 | 14 |
17 | 7 | Christos Leantzis | 191,500 | 77 |
17 | 8 | Antoine Hasbani | 246,500 | 99 |
18 | 1 | Youssef El Khazen | 126,000 | 50 |
18 | 2 | Eduard Norel | 68,500 | 27 |
18 | 3 | Antonio Aversa | 101,500 | 41 |
18 | 4 | Roman Gadzhiev | 288,000 | 115 |
18 | 5 | Hakan Pamukcu | 82,000 | 33 |
18 | 6 | Danil Rafikov | 179,000 | 72 |
18 | 7 | Jenya Gavrilovich | 364,500 | 146 |
18 | 8 | Ihor Kaliahin | 291,000 | 116 |
19 | 1 | Edgard Raffoul | 438,000 | 175 |
19 | 2 | Hadi Khordbin | 243,000 | 97 |
19 | 3 | Toni Kaukua | 234,500 | 94 |
19 | 4 | John Doebs | 234,500 | 94 |
19 | 5 | Aleksandar Tot | 559,000 | 224 |
19 | 6 | Robert Burlacu | 240,000 | 96 |
19 | 7 | Aleksandr Ivanov | 133,000 | 53 |
19 | 8 | Mario Scalia | 348,500 | 139 |
20 | 1 | Milos Skrbic | 404,000 | 162 |
20 | 2 | Frederic Popot | 286,500 | 115 |
20 | 3 | Onur Aydin | 59,000 | 24 |
20 | 4 | Iulian-Remus Blebea | 120,000 | 48 |
20 | 5 | Candido Cappiello | 202,000 | 81 |
20 | 6 | Volkan Yucel | 131,000 | 52 |
20 | 7 | Tulga Bahadir | 158,500 | 63 |
20 | 8 | Serkan Solak | 164,500 | 66 |
21 | 1 | Aziz Efe | 175,500 | 70 |
21 | 2 | Alekseev Vladimir | 270,000 | 108 |
21 | 3 | Ruslan Bakhtiev | 454,000 | 182 |
21 | 4 | Alisa Sibgatova | 661,000 | 264 |
21 | 5 | Maan El Hachem | 82,500 | 33 |
21 | 6 | Denis Vlasov | 131,500 | 53 |
21 | 7 | Onur Ozgur | 262,000 | 105 |
21 | 8 | Agharazi Babayev | 67,000 | 27 |
22 | 1 | Azamat Tulepbergenov | 281,000 | 112 |
22 | 2 | Bassel Moussa | 323,000 | 129 |
22 | 3 | Atanas Kodinov | 223,500 | 89 |
22 | 4 | Tomasz Sczerbinski | 245,000 | 98 |
22 | 5 | Matthew Davenport | 97,500 | 39 |
22 | 6 | Bogdan Jontulovic | 134,000 | 54 |
22 | 7 | Mehdi Chaoui | 280,000 | 112 |
22 | 8 | Amir Saeid | 202,000 | 81 |
23 | 1 | Ran Azor | 91,500 | 37 |
23 | 2 | Darius Samual | 288,000 | 115 |
23 | 3 | George Tomescu | 514,000 | 206 |
23 | 4 | Mustafa Biz | 92,500 | 37 |
23 | 5 | Tahsin Cankurtaranli | 124,500 | 50 |
23 | 6 | Samir Moukawem | 211,000 | 84 |
23 | 7 | Georges Hanna | 321,500 | 129 |
23 | 8 | Adrian State | 358,500 | 143 |
24 | 1 | Adria Diaz | 278,500 | 111 |
24 | 2 | Koray Korkmaz | 88,000 | 35 |
24 | 3 | Naji Tannoury | 440,500 | 176 |
24 | 4 | Gregoire Auzoux | 321,500 | 129 |
24 | 5 | Armand Matti | 219,500 | 88 |
24 | 6 | Mario Menicanin | 345,000 | 138 |
24 | 7 | Milad Souderjani | 186,000 | 74 |
24 | 8 | Nuri Hadioglu | 75,500 | 30 |
25 | 1 | Maciej Komorowski | 521,000 | 208 |
25 | 2 | Dmitrii Andreev | 349,000 | 140 |
25 | 3 | Aleksandr Koshelev | 156,000 | 62 |
25 | 4 | Daniel Henriques | 316,500 | 127 |
25 | 5 | Eddy Khoury | 110,000 | 44 |
25 | 6 | Omar Lakhdari | 270,000 | 108 |
25 | 7 | Sergey Baranski | 195,000 | 78 |
25 | 8 | Kalidou Sow | 531,000 | 212 |
26 | 1 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | 161,000 | 64 |
26 | 2 | Parham Ghadamgahi | 340,000 | 136 |
26 | 3 | Vladimir Bozinovic | 309,000 | 124 |
26 | 4 | Arne Coulier | 312,500 | 125 |
26 | 5 | Carmel Haloon | 48,500 | 19 |
26 | 6 | Beyazit Zorlu | 244,000 | 98 |
26 | 7 | Caner Toker | 206,000 | 82 |
26 | 8 | Mateusz Wozniak | 116,000 | 46 |
27 | 1 | Boris Tabiyev | 63,000 | 25 |
27 | 2 | Yiannakis Papapetrou | 126,500 | 51 |
27 | 3 | Ozcan Barut | 213,000 | 85 |
27 | 4 | George Phiniotis | 188,000 | 75 |
27 | 5 | Saar Wilf | 75,000 | 30 |
27 | 6 | Andrei Spataru | 225,000 | 90 |
27 | 7 | Alexandru Papazian | 46,000 | 18 |
27 | 8 | Hala Karam | 31,000 | 12 |
28 | 1 | Azad Jabrayilov | 28,000 | 11 |
28 | 2 | Artur Vyborov | 36,000 | 14 |
28 | 3 | Denislav Petkov | 117,500 | 47 |
28 | 4 | Elie Farah | 199 | 0 |
28 | 5 | Dmitrii Kuzin | 647,500 | 259 |
28 | 6 | Saro Tekyildiz | 358,500 | 143 |
28 | 7 | Bulut Celik | 70,500 | 28 |
28 | 8 | Traian Stanciu | 236,000 | 94 |
29 | 1 | Aylar Lie | 208,500 | 83 |
29 | 2 | Alexandru Cinca | 96,000 | 38 |
29 | 3 | Maximilian Silz | 405,500 | 162 |
29 | 4 | Mario Khalil | 195,000 | 78 |
29 | 5 | Suat Egilli | 254,000 | 102 |
29 | 6 | Dawid Smolka | 155,000 | 62 |
29 | 7 | Yuri Suvorov | 198,000 | 79 |
30 | 1 | Akin Guven | 130,500 | 52 |
30 | 2 | Simone Andrian | 436,500 | 175 |
30 | 3 | Chady Ojeil | 238,000 | 95 |
30 | 4 | Robert Rbeiz | 145,500 | 58 |
30 | 5 | Christophe Panetti | 274,500 | 110 |
30 | 6 | Osman Ihlamur | 188,500 | 75 |
30 | 7 | Florian Guimond | 448,500 | 179 |
$3,300 Main Event
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