$2,200 NL Warmup | 2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

03-26-2023 15:19 UTC+2

Loire Wins Another

David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Julien Loire and Maksim Skripkin built a pot of around 1,000,000 heading to the river on a board of . Loire bet 1,200,000 and Skripkin quickly slid in the chips to call.

Loire turned over for two pair and Skripkin mucked as he dropped down to a short stack while Loire is now the overwhelming chip leader with more than 16,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Loire	16,200,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Maksim Skripkin	1,300,000 -3,200,000	-3,200,000

Tags: Julien Loire Maksim Skripkin

03-26-2023 14:53 UTC+2

Ran Ilani Eliminated in 11th Place ($15,210)

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David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Mikhail Zamyatin raised to 320,000 from the hijack and was called by Gurcan Gungoren on the button and small blind Arie Kliper. Ran Ilani, in the big blind, moved all in for 1,920,000 and Zamyatin and Gungoren got out of the way, while Kliper called.

Ran Ilani:
Arie Kliper:

Kliper didn't hit a pair on the flop, but he did pick up the nut flush draw. The on the turn completed his flush and left Ilani drawing dead heading to the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arie Kliper	9,300,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Mikhail Zamyatin	5,300,000 -300,000	-300,000
Gurcan Gungoren	4,700,000 -800,000	-800,000
Ran Ilani	Busted

Tags: Arie Kliper Gurcan Gungoren Mikhail Zamyatin Ran Ilani

03-26-2023 14:52 UTC+2

Loire Five-Bet Shoves

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David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Julien Loire three-bet to 950,000 in the cutoff as action folded back to Boris Angelov in the hijack, who four-bet to 1,650,000.

Loire used two of his time banks before announcing he was all in, having Angelov covered, and Angelov snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Loire	14,100,000 5,300,000	5,300,000
Boris Angelov	3,300,000 -1,200,000	-1,200,000

Tags: Boris Angelov Julien Loire

03-26-2023 14:46 UTC+2

Barsegian Moving Up

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David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Eduard Barsegian raised to 325,000 from the cutoff before Julien Loire three-bet in the big blind to 850,000. Barsegian shoved all in and Loire snap-folded.

The next hand, Barsegian again raised to 325,000 and Boris Angelov three-bet to 900,000. Barsegian just called this time as the flop came . Angelov continued for 450,000 and Barsegian called.

Both players checked the turn before Barsegian led out for 700,000 on the river. Angelov quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Loire	10,800,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Eduard Barsegian	5,500,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Boris Angelov	4,500,000 -1,800,000	-1,800,000

Tags: Boris Angelov Eduard Barsegian Julien Loire

03-26-2023 14:40 UTC+2

Table #1 Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Loire	11,600,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Boris Angelov	6,300,000 1,750,000	1,750,000
Maksim Skripkin	4,500,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Eduard Barsegian	3,900,000 -2,300,000	-2,300,000
Cenk Nigbolu	2,500,000 -255,000	-255,000

Level: 29

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

03-26-2023 14:13 UTC+2

Break Time

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David Salituro

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The 11 remaining players are now on the first 15-minute break of the day.

03-26-2023 14:10 UTC+2

Basel Khabbazeh Eliminated in 12th Place ($15,210)

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David Salituro

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Julien Loire raised to 240,000 from the cutoff before Basel Khabbazeh moved all in for 2,120,000 in the small blind. Loire called.

Basel Khabbazeh:
Julien Loire:

Loire hit top pair on the flop, while Khabbazeh was left hoping for a straight to chop. The turn was no help, and Loire improved to two pair on the river as he busted another player to increase his chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Loire	13,300,000 3,400,000	3,400,000
Basel Khabbazeh	Busted

Tags: Basel Khabbazeh Julien Loire

03-26-2023 14:08 UTC+2

Table #2 Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Korkmaz	8,100,000
Arie Kliper	6,300,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Mikhail Zamyatin	5,600,000 400,000	400,000
Gurcan Gungoren	5,500,000 -1,300,000	-1,300,000
Dmitry Gromov	1,850,000 -2,150,000	-2,150,000

Ran Ilani	1,500,000 200,000	200,000

03-26-2023 13:51 UTC+2

Nicolas Chouity Eliminated in 13th Place ($12,370)

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David Salituro

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Nicolas Chouity managed to double up the next hand after losing to Gurcan Gungoren when he picked up kings and Arie Kliper called blind from the big blind with .

Soon after, Chouity moved all in again for 350,000 after Mikhail Zamyatin raised to 250,000. Koray Korkmaz, in the big blind, reraised and Zamyatin quickly folded.

Nicolas Chouity:
Koray Korkmaz: