Nivel: 28
Ciegas: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Nivel: 28
Ciegas: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,400,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
3,500,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
|
|
2,700,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,000,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
2,000,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
1,800,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
1,700,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
1,450,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,400,000
855,000
|
855,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
805,000
|
805,000 |
|
|
900,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
Kirill Shcherbakov opened to 200,000 from early position and Aren Bezhanyan defended from the big blind.
On the 8♠7♦4♠ flop, Bezhanyan checked and Shcherbakov fired out a big bet of 450,000. Bezhanyan then awkwardly put in around 800,000 and was told by the dealer he had to min-raise to 900,000, which he did. Shcherbakov called.
A Q♠ completed the flush draw on the turn and Bezhanyan moved all in for around 1,800,000, and Shcherbakov quickly folded.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000
2,800,000
|
2,800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,300,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
Last year in the 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series $3,300 Main Event, It took nearly 12 hour-long levels for a winner to emerge from the 41 players who entered the final day at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino.
Elie Farah was the last player standing, scoring five final table knockouts and last defeating Felipe Ketzer in heads-up play to take home the title and top prize of $338,500.
Farah notably was down to his last 125,000 chips on the stone bubble during Day 3 aciton, worth just five big blinds at that time. His previous best score before this comes from an eighth-place finish in the 2022 Merit Poker Retro Series Main Event for $30,255. This victory not only exceeds his previous best more than tenfold, it also triples his total live tournament earnings which before this event stood at just under $150,000.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elie Farah | Lebanon | $338,500 |
| 2 | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | $249,200 |
| 3 | Dinesh Alt | Switzerland | $153,000 |
| 4 | Bart Lybaert | Belgium | $113,100 |
| 5 | Dmitry Gromov | Russian Federation | $84,700 |
| 6 | Tahsin Cankurtaranli | Turkey | $68,400 |
| 7 | Andrey Litvinov | Russian Federation | $56,600 |
| 8 | Maher Achour | Tunisia | $45,100 |
| 9 | Danut Chisu | Romania | $33,900 |
Three more eliminations were recorded after the break with Krzysztof Spisak being one of the players to hit the rail.
Spisak had his last few big blinds in the middle on a flop of 2♠7♠6♥ and was put at risk by Jan Petersen.
Krzysztof Spisak: 5♣5♠
Jan Petersen: Q♠4♠
Spisak was in the lead but was left drawing dead when the 9♠ landed on the turn. A meaningless 10♠ dropped on the river, and Spisak joined Ehsan Madani & Razvan Nicolae Sabau on the rail.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,000,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
Eliminado | |
|
|
Eliminado | |
|
|
Eliminado |
Atanas Pavlov opened to 200,000 from the hijack and got called by Aren Bezhanyan in the cutoff, Atanas Malinov on the button, and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya from the big blind.
All three checked the K♣5♥4♦ flop to the 3♣ turn, where Skhulukhiya led for 475,000. Pavlov and Bezhanyan folded, but Malinov stuck around.
When the 6♠ fell on the river, the board got a lot dicier, prompting Skhulukhiya to bet a small amount of 350,000. After some tanking, Malinov called.
"Is two pair good?" said Skhulukhiya before he rolled over 5♣4♥.
"Two pair is good," replied Malinov.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,400,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,300,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
|
|
4,000,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,900,000
2,055,000
|
2,055,000 |
After Radoslav Stoyanov just busted, there will now be a three table redraw.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Eliminado |
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Humberto Galindo | Spain | 4,700,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Dmitrii Kopyl | Russia | 3,000,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Atanas Pavlov | Bulgaria | 3,500,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Aren Bezhanyan | Armenia | 3,400,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Dmitry Gromov | Russia | 3,000,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Giorgi Shkulukhiya | Georgia | 4,200,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Kirill Burtin | Russia | 1,700,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Vladislav Doroshkov | Russia | 800,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Alessio Isaia | Italy | 4,200,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Rui Martins | Malta | 2,500,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Damien Sylvain Gayer | France | 1,100,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Iurii Grigorev | Russia | 1,000,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Jan Petersen | Denmark | 660,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Kirill Shcherbakov | Russia | 3,700,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Atanas Georgiev Malin | Hungary | 4,300,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Oleh Frantsevych | Ukraine | 3,500,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Daniel Alexander Abrahamsson | Sweden | 5,100,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Eimantas Adomavicius | Lithuania | 3,600,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Fadi Zarka | Lebanon | 1,300,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrii Novak | Ukraine | 900,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Danielle Noja | Australia | 3,400,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Wojciech Frankowski | Poland | 2,900,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Erdal Gulseven | Turkey | 700,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Nikolay Ponomarev | United Kingdom | 700,000 |
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,100,000
4,100,000
|
4,100,000 |
|
|
4,700,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
|
|
4,300,000 | |
|
|
4,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,200,000
2,200,000
|
2,200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,700,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
3,600,000
3,295,000
|
3,295,000 |
|
|
3,500,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
3,500,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
3,400,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,400,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
|
3,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
3,000,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,900,000
2,050,000
|
2,050,000 |
|
|
2,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
1,700,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,300,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
900,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
700,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
|
700,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
660,000
2,340,000
|
2,340,000 |
Nivel: 29
Ciegas: 50,000/125,000
Ante: 125,000
Vladislav Doroshkov shoved from the cutoff for 800,000 and Humberto Galindo called from the button.
Vladislav Doroshkov: 6♦6♥
Humberto Galindo: A♠A♣
Doroshkov was in huge danger of being eliminated and the chances of him going home increased when the flop came 3♦2♣A♥, giving Galindo a set. A 5♠ on the turn did give Doroshkov a gutshot, but the 8♥ river was a brick.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,700,000
5,700,000
|
5,700,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |