$3,300 Main Event Día 1a | 2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series

2025-03-18 15:18 UTC+2

Mohammadi's Bet Pushes Out Three Players

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Kai C

Nivel 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There were around 40,000 chips in the pot on a A♦3♣Q♠ flop that had four player in it, including Grigorii Rodin in the small blind and Sergei Varnaev in the big blind.

All four checked the flop to the K♦ turn, where the action checked to Amir Mohammadi in the cutoff, who fired 25,500. One by one, all three of his opponents folded, and he raked in a pot to bring his stack up to around 140,000.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Grigorii Rodin	190,000 10,000	10,000
Amir Mohammadi	150,000 150,000	150,000
Sergei Varnaev	140,000 140,000	140,000

Tags/etiquetas: Amir Mohammadi Grigorii Rodin Sergei Varnaev

2025-03-18 15:10 UTC+2

Flashback: Elie Farah Takes Down 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series Main Event

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Kai C

Nivel 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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.

2024 Carmen Series Main Event Final Table Results

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

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2025-03-18 14:56 UTC+2

Smolski's Aces Bust Moreno

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Kai C

Nivel 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There were already around 20,000 chips in the pot on a 9♠3♠J♠4♣ board when Francisco Moreno checked from middle position and Aliaksandr Smolski fired 14,000 on the button. Moreno called.

A 9♦ paired the board on the river and Moreno checked once again, then Smolski shoved 50,000. Moreno had around 35,000 behind and after thinking it over, he called to put himself at risk.

Smolski then showed aces with A♠A♦. and Moreno showed them mucked his K♦J♦.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Aliaksandr Smolski	130,000 130,000	130,000
Francisco Moreno	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Aliaksandr Smolski Francisco Moreno

2025-03-18 14:43 UTC+2

Plenty of Action Ahead at Merit Poker!

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Kai C

Nivel 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Don’t miss any of the exciting poker action at Merit this spring, as both the Merit Millions and Mediterranean Poker Party are on the way.

The special Merit Millions event will run from April 8-13, with a buy-in of $10,400 over four starting flights. The champion will earn $1,000,000, with the rest of the prize pool distributed between players at the final table.

The Mediterranean Poker Party (MPP) returns to Merit from May 3-13, bringing with it more than $10 million in guaranteed prize pools, including a monster-sized $5,300 buy-in, $5 million guaranteed MPP Main Event.

Featuring four flights, the MPP Main Event runs from May 8-12 and could see the champion reel in a million-dollar score. In 2024, some 1,260 entries resulted in a $6,048,000 prize pool, much more than the advertised $5 million guarantee.

Look out for satellites running on GGPoker and win your way to Merit this spring!

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2025-03-18 14:28 UTC+2

Some of the Top Stacks

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Kai C

Nivel 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Alisa Sibgatova	250,000 30,000	30,000
Karl Sandoff	250,000 250,000	250,000
Kirill Beketov	240,000 240,000	240,000
Grigorii Rodin	200,000 85,000	85,000
Tommy G	200,000 200,000	200,000
Boris Kolev	190,000 90,000	90,000

Andrija Cvetkovic	180,000 180,000	180,000
Alexandru Papazian	150,000 150,000	150,000

Nivel: 3

Ciegas: 400/800

Ante: 800

2025-03-18 14:08 UTC+2

Break Time

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Kai C

Nivel 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players are heading on their first 15-minute break of the day.

2025-03-18 14:03 UTC+2

Defending Champion Farah Starts Title Defence

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Kai C

Nivel 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Elie Farah took down the Carmen Series Main Event last year after besting 664 entries, and has started the defence of his title here on Day 1a.

In a recent pot, the board read 7♦5♥6♣8♥ and Lyudmil Ivanov had checked from the big blind, then called a bet of 6,000 from Farah in early position.

A 4♠ on the river put a straight on board and Ivanov checked. Farah then put out a healthy bet of 25,000, which prompted a quick fold from Ivanov.

Farah then showed Ivanov he made the correct fold as he flipped the 9♠ for the top end of the straight,

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Elie Farah	105,000 105,000	105,000
Lyudmil Ivanov	77,000 3,000	3,000

Tags/etiquetas: Elie Farah Lyudmil Ivanov

2025-03-18 13:50 UTC+2

Varnaev Triple Barrel Bluffs Into Sibgatova's Set

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Kai C

Nivel 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Sergei Varnaev dusted off a bullet earlier on and just polished off another as he bluffed into Alisa Sibgatova.

Qiang Xu opened from middle position to 1,300 and Sibgatova called in the cutoff before Varnaev three-bet the button to 7,200. Both Xu and Sibgatova called.

The flop came down 8♦6♠3♦ and the action checked to Varnaev, who fired out 7,500. Both Xu and Sibgatova called to watch the K♣ land on the turn. Again the action checked to Varnaev, who tossed out a white chip worth 25,000, and bet all of it. Xu folded, but Sibgatova called.

When the 4♣ dropped on the river, Sibgatova checked for a third time and Varnaev took around twenty seconds before he shoved around 50,000. Sibgatova took just a few seconds before she made the call.

Varnaev, with a smile, showed a bluff with A♠5♠, and Sibgatova scooped the pot with a flopped set holding 3♠3♥.

"I didn't expect he would play that way," said Sibgatova with a smile.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Alisa Sibgatova	220,000 220,000	220,000
Qiang Xu	80,000 80,000	80,000

Sergei Varnaev	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Alisa Sibgatova Qiang Xu Sergei Varnaev

2025-03-18 13:41 UTC+2

Day 1a Numbers

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Kai C

Nivel 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The Carmen Series Main Event Day 1a currently has 134 entries registered midway through Level 2, with plenty of time for the field to grow. Last year, Day 1a closed with 185 entries, while 2023 saw 232, reflecting a downward trend in early-flight participation over the past two years.

However, with registration open for several more levels, today’s turnout still has plenty of time to climb. In previous years, Day 1a made up a solid portion of the total field, with the 2024 Main Event reaching 664 entries and 2023 peaking at 765.

2024 Carmen Series Main Event Final Table Results

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