2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$307,700
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,694,640
Entries
614
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
368
Players Left
120

Chen Makes Huge Backraise Shove on the River, Stacks Matin

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Zhen Chen
Zhen Chen

On a full board of 2Q3K4, there were around 70,000 chips in the pot when Andrej Tekel bet 7,000 on the river and Zhen Chen called. Kianoosh Matin then put in a sizable raise to 59,000, which Tekel called. Chen was next to act and to the surprise of the entire table, he back-raised all-in covering both opponents.

"Wow! Ace-five?" asked Matin, who had around 350,000 behind and had to consider Tekel still to act.

"This could be the sickest bluff I've ever seen," said Matin, who eventually called after a few minutes of deliberation. Tekel didn't have much of a decision and laid his hand down given the action in front.

Chen then revealed top set with KK, and Matin's smaller set with 44 was no good, which meant he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Zhen Chen
1,100,000
790,000
790,000
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Fredrico Senno
600,000
465,500
465,500
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Andrej Tekel
400,000
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Kianoosh Matin
Busted

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