Players are now on the final 15-minute break of Day 1a. They will play two more hour-long levels when action resumes before bagging up for Day 2.
2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series
Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Blind versus blind, Liron Shapira and Maxime Chilaud went to the turn on a board of when Shapira led out for 2,500. Chilaud quickly tossed in a chip to call as the river came the .
Shapira bet out again, this time for 6,000. Chilaud tanked for a moment before he called as Shapira turned over for a bluff. Chilaud turned over for a pair of threes to take the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maxime Chilaud |
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Liron Shapira |
30,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
Israel Zilberman bet 5,000 from under the gun on a flop of and Maksim Skripkin called on the button. Yiannis Liperis, in the big blind, raised to 22,000 and only Zilberman called.
The turn came the and Liperis checked, as did Zilberman to the river. Liperis checked once more as Zilberman flicked in a bet of 10,000.
Liperis quickly called, but mucked when Zilberman turned over for a flush to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maksim Skripkin |
350,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Israel Zilberman
|
200,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Yiannis Liperis |
180,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
Roman Kolotiuk, Maxime Chilaud, and Valeriy Pak built a pot of around 30,000 heading to the turn on a board of . All three players checked through to the river.
Pak, in the small blind, and Chilaud in the hijack both checked once more before Kolotiuk threw in a bet of 20,000. Pak quickly folded, but Chilaud gave off a pained look as he tanked for around a minute before calling.
Kolotiuk turned over for two pair, jacks and sixes, and Chilaud nodded before giving up the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Valeriy Pak |
220,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
Maxime Chilaud |
150,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Roman Kolotiuk |
105,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Heads-up on a flop, Michael Uguccioni bet 13,000 from the button before small blind Erdal Gulseven moved all in for 40,000. Uguccioni gave it some thought before calling.
Erdal Gulseven:
Michael Uguccioni:
Gulseven had a pair of threes but was behind Uguccioni's pair of sixes as he threw his arms up in frustration. He got no help on the turn or river and was sent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Uguccioni | 260,000 | |
Erdal Gulseven | Busted |
With around 35,000 in the pot, Gurcan Gungoren bet 26,400 from middle position on a board of and Ahmad Abdelhadi called on the button.
Gungoren slowed down and checked the turn before Abdelhadi fired out 40,000. Gungoren went into the tank for several minutes before giving up his hand.
"Pocket queens, huh? Two queens?" a tablemate asked Abdelhadi after the hand, but he returned his cards face down to the dealer.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ahmad Abdelhadi |
280,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Gurcan Gungoren |
140,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Yiannis Liperis bet 16,500 on a flop of before Ramin Esmaeilzadeh moved all in from early position for 54,500. Liperis quickly called.
Ramin Esmaeilzadeh:
Yiannis Liperis:
Esmaeilzadeh had flopped top pair, but needed to hold on against Liperis' flush draw and two overcards. The on the turn was safe, while the on the river improved Esmaeilzadeh to two pair as he smacked his hands together in celebration of his double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yiannis Liperis | 180,000 | |
Ramin Esmaeilzadeh
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
There was already around 65,000 in the middle as Fausto Tantillo and Israel Zilberman saw the river on a board of . Tantillo, in the cutoff, moved all in for his remaining 42,000 as Zilberman went into the tank.
Zilberman began spinning around the $1 cash chip he uses as a card protector as he thought about the decision for several minutes. He eventually called with for two pair, kings and fours, but Tantillo turned over for a rivered flush to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fausto Tantillo |
145,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Israel Zilberman
|
135,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |