$2,200 Warm Up Day 2 | 2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series

2 days 15 hours ago

Cotescu Gets River Value Bet Paid by Noja

Kai Cocklin

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

On a board of 5♦Q♣7♥10♥ with around 25,000 chips in the middle, Danielle Noja checked from the small blind and the big blind fired out 8,000. Sandra Cotescu called in the cutoff, and Noja also called.

When the Q♦ paired the board on the river, the action checked to Cotescu, who fired out 30,000. Noja thought for some time before he called, and the big blind folded.

Cotescu then showed A♦10♠, and Noja said "Nice hand," before he mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danielle Noja	500,000 88,000	88,000
Sandra Cotescu	450,000 203,000	203,000

Tags: Danielle Noja Sandra Cotescu

2 days 16 hours ago

Biz Eliminated by Buhaichuk

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player in the cutoff opened to 5,500 and was called by Yevhen Buhaichuk on the button and Alisa Sibgatova in the small blind before Mustafa Biz shoved for 38,500 from the big blind. The cutoff folded, Buhaichuk called with a covering stack and Sibgatova folded.

Mustafa Biz: 10♠10♥ All in
Yevhen Buhaichuk: K♣9♣

The board ran out J♣K♥7♦A♦6♣ giving Buhaichuk a pair of kings to send Biz to the rail and take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisa Sibgatova	535,000 24,000	24,000
Yevhen Buhaichuk	380,000 82,000	82,000
Mustafa Biz	Busted

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Mustafa Biz Yevhen Buhaichuk

2 days 16 hours ago

Grasso Continues to Build, Puts a Dent in Chilaud's Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

On a flop of 10♣9♠A♦, there were around 30,000 chips in the pot when Maxime Chilaud check-called a bet of around 20,000 from Daniele Grasso.

The turn brought a 2♥ and after Chilaud checked again, Grasso fired 23,000. Chilaud called.

A 6♣ completed the runout and Chilaud, with around 55,000 in his stack, checked for a third time, then was faced with a shove from Grasso. Chilaud didn't need to think for too long before he tossed his cards into the muck, and Grasso's good start to the day got even better.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniele Grasso	550,000 75,000	75,000

Maxime Chilaud	55,000 -184,500	-184,500

Tags: Daniele Grasso Maxime Chilaud

2 days 16 hours ago

Andrian's Top Set Goes Down in Flames

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Simone Andrian raised to 9,000 from the small blind and Julien Rouquet defended from the big blind.

The flop came Q♦J♣3♠ and Andrian fired a 30,000 continuation-bet that was called by Rouquet.

Andrian continued for 25,000 on the A♥ turn and once again Rouquet made the call.

On the 5♣ river Andrian shoved for around 90,000 and was quickly called by Rouquet.

Andrian had the second-nuts with A♦A♣ for top set but Rouquet showed the nut-straight with K♠10♣ to send Andrian to the rail and take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Rouquet	425,000
Simone Andrian	Busted

Tags: Julien Rouquet Simone Andrian

2 days 16 hours ago

Grasso Stacks El-Hachem With a Boat

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Kai Cocklin

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

With around 40,000 chips already in the middle on a board of 10♣K♣K♠3♣, Daniele Grasso checked it over to Rabih El-Hachem, who fired a bet of 30,000. After thinking for a while. Grasso called.

An A♥ dropped on the river and again Grasso checked it over to his opponent, who put out another bet of 30,000. Grasso thought about it for around 30 seconds before he shoved, which put El-Hachem to the test for his remaining stack of around 100,000.

A few moments passed and El-Hachem asked "queen-jack?" to Grasso, then he called.

Grasso didn't have queen-jack, but instead showed a full house with 10♥10♠, and El-Hachem's A♣2♣ went down in flames.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniele Grasso	475,000 158,000	158,000

Rabih El-Hachem	Busted

Tags: Daniele Grasso Rabih El-Hachem

2 days 18 hours ago

Candido Cappiello Leads the Way as Fields Combine for Day 2 of Gatsby Gala Series $2,200 Warm Up

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Ryan Lashmar

The survivors from four starting flights will combine today at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino for Day 2 of the 2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series $2,200 Warm Up starting at 12:30 p.m. local time.

While the turbo Day 1d flight is currently underway, Candido Cappiello holds the overall chip lead so far with 694,500, worth 278 big blinds. Cappiello is most closely followed by Day 1b chip leader Navid Samavati (628,000) while Traian Stanciu (608,000) rounds out the top three.

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Candido Cappiello	Italy	694,500	278
2	Navid Samavati	Iran	628,000	251
3	Traian Stanciu	Romania	608,000	243
4	Dauren Zhaparov	Kazakhstan	597,500	239
5	Dmitry Gromov	Russian Federation	538,000	215
6	Banksy	United Kingdom	537,000	215
7	Caner Gunes	Turkey	531,500	213
8	Alisa Sibgatova	Russian Federation	511,000	204
9	Mikhail Zavoloka	Russian Federation	503,500	201
10	Uladzimir Zhyharau	Belarus	492,500	197

Other players who have already advanced to Day 2 include Dmitry Gromov (538,000), Fabio Peluso (306,500), Nikolay Fal (267,500), Timur Margolin (235,000), Jeremy Saderne (195,000), Simone Andrian (143,500) and Felipe Ketzer (137,000).

Day 2 begins at Level 10, featuring blinds of 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante. Late registration remains open until the start of Level 13, with unlimited reentries permitted until that point. The amount of Levels played today will be determined shortly after the day begins. There will be a 15-minute break scheduled after every second Level.

As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the action from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned on the final day, taking place November 23.

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Candido Cappiello Caner Gunes Dauren Zhaparov Dmitry Gromov Fabio Peluso Felipe Ketzer Jeremy Saderne Mikhail Zavoloka Navid Samavati Nikolay Fal Simone Andrian Timur Margolin Traian Stanciu Uladzimir Zhyharau