$5,300 High Roller | 2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series

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Kirill Shcherbakov

210,000

Ryan Mandara

205,000

Cheng Zhao

200,000

Caner Gunes

170,000

Aleksandr Kirichenko

150,000

Mehmet Demirkol

130,000

Walid Bou Habib

125,000

Simone Andrian

125,000

Mateusz Wozniak

115,000

Yassin Mahmoud

115,000

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10 minutes ago

Ketzer Gets a Small Rebate

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Felipe Ketzer made it 2,000 to go from middle position and Giorgii Skhulukhiia three-bet the hijack to 6,000. When the action got back to Ketzer, he called.

They saw a flop of 2♣K♥8♣ where Ketzer checked and Skhulukhiia continued with a bet of 3,500. Ketzer then counted out a raise to 9,000, which got the job done as Skhulukhiia folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ketzer	70,000 10,000	10,000
Giorgii Skhulukhiia	50,000

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Giorgii Skhulukhiia

13 minutes ago

Selected Chip Counts at the Break

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cheng Zhao	200,000
Caner Gunes	170,000
Walid Bou Habib	125,000
Mateusz Wozniak	115,000
Aleksei Gortikov	95,000
Clement Bonnant	90,000
Ran Ilani	90,000
Sadik Alibeyoglu	75,000
Aleksandr Chernikov	65,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

31 minutes ago

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

36 minutes ago

Mandara on the Right Side of a Cooler Against Ketzer

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

Ryan Mandara and Felipe Ketzer got into a preflop-raising war which resulted in the two getting their stacks in preflop, with the former at risk for around 100,000.

Ryan Mandara: A♦A♥ All in
Felipe Ketzer: A♠K♥

Mandara was a in fantastic position to double up and got a safe flop of 2♠5♠9♦ to help his cause. A Q♠ on the turn sealed the deal, and the 4♣ river was just a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Mandara	205,000 105,000	105,000
Felipe Ketzer	60,000 -80,000	-80,000

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Ryan Mandara

42 minutes ago

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Shcherbakov	210,000 -20,000	-20,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko	150,000 50,000	50,000
Felipe Ketzer	140,000 -5,000	-5,000
Aylar Lie	110,000 10,000	10,000
Eyal Eshkar	105,000 2,000	2,000
Walid Bou Habib	100,000 100,000	100,000
Mateusz Wozniak	90,000 90,000	90,000
Candido Cappiello	85,000 -15,000	-15,000
Mehdi Chaoui	80,000 80,000	80,000
Mihai Niste	75,000 -10,000	-10,000
Uladzimir Zhyharau	50,000 -30,000	-30,000

Mahmoud's Stack on the Rise

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

A player in middle position made it 1,500 and Yassin Mahmoud called in the hijack. Mehmet Demirkol also came along from the big blind.

The three went to a flop of 3♥Q♠J♠ where Demirkol checked, and middle position fired out 3,000. Both Mahmoud and Demirkol called.

On the 10♥ turn, Demirkol checked again then middle position continued his aggression with a bet of 11,000. Mahmoud called again, and Demirkol got out of the way.

The 9♥ on the river brought in all kinds of draws and middle position elected to check, then Mahmoud went big with a bet of 35,000. After thinking for a while, the player decided to fold, and Mahmoud took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehmet Demirkol	130,000 -10,000	-10,000
Yassin Mahmoud	115,000 35,000	35,000
Ryan Mandara	100,000 100,000	100,000
Joris Ruijs	95,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Mehmet Demirkol Yassin Mahmoud

1 hour ago

Eight Levels to be Played Today

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

The floor announced that eight levels will be played on Day 1, meaning play will end not long after 2 a.m. local time.

Level: 3

Blinds: 300/700

Ante: 700

1 hour 13 minutes ago

Shcherbakov Over-Bet Shoves Again, Stacks Sibgatova

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

A full board of A♣4♠9♥3♣8♣ was showing with around 50,000 chips in the middle when Kirill Shcherbakov had overbet shoved the river yet again, this time with Alisa Sibgatova facing the bet.

Sibgatova had around 80,000 in her stack and after thinking it over for a few minutes, she decided to call.

Shcherbakov then tabled Q♣10♣ for a backdoored flush, and Sibgatova was forced to reveal A♦2♦ before she vacated her seat.