Break Time
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The remaining 13 players are now on a 15-minute break.
2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series
$5,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$667,000
Entries
145
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Left
1
Alessandro Pichierri Eliminated in 14th Place ($10,270)
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Rachid El-Yaacoubi three-bet to 140,000 on the button before Alessandro Pichierri moved all in for around 450,000 in the cutoff. El-Yaacoubi called.
Alessandro Pichierri: A♥Q♥ 
Rachid El-Yaacoubi: 9♦9♠
The J♦K♣7♥ flop gave Pichierri a straight draw to go with his overcards, while the J♣ turn gave him outs for a counterfeit. He missed the 2♦ river, though, and was sent to the rail in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Stoica Keeps Firing
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Roman Stoica bet 85,000 from the button on a flop of 2♣7♠3♣ and Renan Bruschi called under the gun.
Both players checked the 5♣ turn and the 3♦ fell on the river. Stoica then bet 175,000.
Bruschi used four time banks as he tanked for several minutes before folding.
The next hand, Bojan Berberovic raised to 60,000, Stoica three-bet to 180,000, and Berberovic folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,725,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
1,550,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
215,000
-235,000
|
-235,000 |
|
|
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Stanciu Shoves on Michalak
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Heads-up on a flop of 3♦5♠10♥, Jakub Michalak bet 30,000 from the button before Traian Stanciu raised to 100,000 in the big blind. Michalak called.
The turn was the 8♦ and Stanciu moved all in for 200,000. Michalak snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
430,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
Dmitrii Kuzin Eliminated in 15th Place ($10,270)
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Dmitrii Kuzin raised to 65,000 in the hijack before Milos Skrbic three-bet to 240,000 in the small blind. Kuzin then moved all in for around 700,000 and Skrbic snap-called.
Dmitrii Kuzin: A♦Q♠
Milos Skrbic: A♣K♣
Kuzin found himself dominated in the massive pot and didn't improve on the 7♦3♥4♠7♠10♦ board as Skrbic sent him to the rail in 15th place while taking the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
Busted |
Christophe Panetti Eliminated in 16th Place ($8,740)
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Christophe Panetti moved all in for 85,000 in middle position and Daniel Henriques called on the button, as did big blind Dmitrii Kuzin.
The flop came A♠J♠9♦ and Kuzin folded once Henriques bet 50,000.
Christophe Panetti: A♥10♣
Daniel Henriques: A♦Q♥
Both players had paired their ace, but Panetti was trailing Henriques' queen-kicker and couldn't catch up on the 7♠ turn or 4♣ river.
The end result of the argument involving Rachid El-Yaacoubi was that El-Yaacoubi was handed a penalty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
680,000
-420,000
|
-420,000 |
|
Busted |
Dawid Smolka Eliminated in 17th Place ($8,740)
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Dawid Smolka moved all in for 35,000 in the hijack, Marcin Dziubdziela reshoved in the cutoff, and the rest of the table folded.
Dawid Smolka: 6♣5♠
Marcin Dziubdziela:A♣8♥
The board ran out 9♣Q♥K♦10♥K♥ and Dziubdziela won the pot with ace-high to send Smolka to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Daniel Kyosev Bubbles The High Roller
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Daniel Kyosev had just 15,000 remaining in the big blind and Jenya Gavrilovich put him all in from the small blind.
Daniel Kyosev: 10♣5♦
Jenya Gavrilovich: A♦Q♥
The board ran out A♠9♥6♥3♦8♦ and Gavrilovich hit top pair on the board to send Kyosev out on the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
Busted |
El-Yaacoubi Not Making Any Friends
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Rachid El-Yaacoubi and Jenya Gavrilovich were in the middle of a heated argument to the extent that the floor had to come over and intervene.
According to the table, El-Yaacoubi had opened for two big blinds, Christophe Panetti had jammed for three big blinds, and El-Yaacoubi mucked. The rest of the table accused El-Yaacoubi for chip dumping.
News then spread around to the other tables who joined in the argument. "There's no punishment for that?" Milos Skrbic wondered.
"That is absurd," Daniel Kyosev added. El-Yaacoubi continued to talk with the floor for several minutes while the situation was resolved.
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000