$2,200 Warm Up Jour 3 | 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

2023-11-25 22:59 UTC+2

Nikolay Ponomarev Eliminated in 19th Place ($7,500)

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Niveau 25 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Nikolay Ponomarev moved all in from the hijack for 800,000 and Bernard Boutboul reshoved from the button with a covering stack, folding out all other players to leave Ponomarev at risk.

Nikolay Ponomarev: A♦10♣
Bernard Boutboul: A♠K♣

Boutboul was well ahead with a bigger ace and remained so on the Q♥9♠4♦K♥9♦ runout to send Ponomarev to the rail and take down a healthy pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Bernard Boutboul	3,075,000 125,000	125,000
Nikolay Ponomarev	Eliminé

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2023-11-25 22:53 UTC+2

Maksim Skripkin Eliminated in 20th Place ($7,500)

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Niveau 25 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Maksim Skripkin moved all in from under the gun for 545,000 and was called by Bakhos Joumaa on the button who covered.

Maksim Skripkin: 10♦10♠
Bakhos Joumaa: A♠A♥

Skripkin was drawing thin against Joumaa's aces and failed to find any improvement on the 3♣6♣4♣K♠A♦ runout, resulting in his elimination at the hands of Joumaa.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Bakhos Joumaa	5,405,000 -295,000	-295,000
Maksim Skripkin	Eliminé

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2023-11-25 22:32 UTC+2

Nuno Correia Eliminated in 21st Place ($7,500)

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Niveau 25 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Nuno Correia was all in for 400,000 preflop and was called by Leonid Sidelkovskiy who covered.

Nuno Correia: K♥Q♥
Leonid Sidelkovskiy: A♦A♣

Correia had run into aces and the A♠9♦9♥ flop left him drawing to only a running straight flush. The 3♠ turn and 2♠ river were bricks and Correia's deep run came to an end at the hands of Sidelkovskiy.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Leonid Sidelkovskiy	2,080,000 705,000	705,000
Nuno Correia	Eliminé

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2023-11-25 21:42 UTC+2

Nikolay Fal Eliminated in 22nd Place ($6,750)

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Niveau 24 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Nikolay Fal opened to 395,000 from the hijack, leaving just 5,000 behind. Dmitry Yurasov made the call.

The flop came A♥K♠3♠. Fal checked, Yurasov flicked in a 25,000 chip, Fal tanked for about 90 seconds, ostensibly in an effort to make the next pay jump, before making the call.

Nikolay Fal: Q♠J♠
Dmitry Yurasov: A♠K♥

Fal was in rough shape against Yurasov's two pair and needed to hit a ten to preserve his tournament life. He found no help on the 3♣ turn or 6♣ river and was sent to the rail courtesy of Yurasov who scooped the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dmitry Yurasov	2,145,000 1,015,000	1,015,000

Nikolay Fal	Eliminé

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2023-11-25 21:22 UTC+2

Sakis Adrianopoulos Eliminated in 23rd Place ($6,750)

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Niveau 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Sakis Adrianopoulos was all in for 600,000 and at risk against Ankit Ahuja who covered.

Sakis Adrianopoulos: 7♠7♣
Ankit Ahuja: A♥10♠

The board ran out 9♠10♣2♣K♥9♥. Ahuja had connected with the ten to pull ahead and remained good at showdown to send Adrianopoulos to the rail and continue to rebuild his stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ankit Ahuja	1,875,000 365,000	365,000

Sakis Adrianopoulos	Eliminé

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2023-11-25 21:14 UTC+2

Ihor Kaliahin Eliminated in 24th Place ($6,750)

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Niveau 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Feyzullah Karaarslan opened to 90,000 from middle position before Ihor Kaliahin moved all in for 555,000 from the hijack. Ankit Ahuja reshoved for 750,000 from the cutoff and Karaarslan got out of the way leaving Kaliahin all in and at risk against Ahuja.

Ihor Kaliahin: K♣Q♣
Ankit Ahuja: A♦A♣

Ahuja was a massive favorite with aces and had to fade only two outs on the K♠2♠2♥ flop. Kaliahin was unable to find another king on the J♣ turn or 5♥ river and was eliminated from the tournament while Ahuja regained some of the chips he had least earlier.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Feyzullah Karaarslan	3,065,000 -360,000	-360,000
Ankit Ahuja	1,510,000 660,000	660,000

Ihor Kaliahin	Eliminé

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2023-11-25 20:42 UTC+2

Alisa Sibgatova Eliminated in 26th Place ($5,170)

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Niveau 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Nuno Correia opened to 80,000 from middle position and Alisa Sibgatova moved all in for approximately 500,000 from the cutoff. Correia, who covered Sibgatova slightly, snap-called to put her at risk.

Alisa Sibgatova: 9♠9♣
Nuno Correia: A♠A♥

Sibgatova was in bad shape against Correia's aces and failed to find any improvement on the K♥K♠8♦10♣6♠ runout, resulting in her elimination while Correia secured nearly a full double up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Nuno Correia	1,200,000 550,000	550,000
Alisa Sibgatova	Eliminé

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2023-11-25 20:37 UTC+2

Yiannakis Papapetrou Eliminated in 27th Place ($5,920)

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Niveau 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Bakhos Joumaa opened to 160,000 from early position and Yiannakis Papapetrou moved all in for his last 340,000. Action folded around to Joumaa who called with a covering stack to put Papapetrou at risk.

Yiannakis Papapetrou: A♠K♠
Bakhos Joumaa: 8♠8♦

Joumaa pulled ahead on the K♥Q♠4♥ flop and remained ahead on the 3♥ turn and J♥ river to send Papapetrou to the rail and collect the last of his chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Bakhos Joumaa	5,700,000 350,000	350,000
Yiannakis Papapetrou	Eliminé

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2023-11-25 17:25 UTC+2

Some More Recent Eliminations in the Money

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Niveau 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Anton Markov	Eliminé
Nils Pudel	Eliminé
Christos Christou	Eliminé
George Meitanis	Eliminé
Guoliang Wei	Eliminé

Murad Cakir	Eliminé
Nikolay Tyurin	Eliminé
Motokatsu Uhara	Eliminé
Vladas Burneikis	Eliminé
Sergey Baranski	Eliminé

2023-11-25 16:59 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts after Second Break

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Niveau 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Bakhos Joumaa	4,800,000 175,000	175,000
Andrei Daniliuk	2,855,000 -470,000	-470,000

Bernard Boutboul	2,825,000 1,535,000	1,535,000
Ivan Govorov	2,100,000 -300,000	-300,000
Sultan Meirbekov	1,930,000 490,000	490,000
Feyzullah Karaarslan	1,800,000 475,000	475,000
Ankit Ahuja	1,730,000 630,000	630,000

Damir Gabdullin	1,700,000 640,000	640,000
Hadi Khadra	1,475,000 -100,000	-100,000
Martynas Vitkauskas	1,250,000 812,000	812,000
Yunsheng Sun	1,200,000 1,009,000	1,009,000

Jakub Michalak	1,175,000 796,000	796,000
Nikolay Fal	1,170,000 852,000	852,000
Harout Ghazarian	1,010,000 651,000	651,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	950,000 125,000	125,000
Tugce Hursoz	950,000
Maksim Skripkin	870,000 566,000	566,000
Tahsin Cankurtaranli	850,000 482,000	482,000
Mustafa Biz	825,000 221,000	221,000
Ihor Kaliahin	800,000 -200,000	-200,000
Alisa Sibgatova	675,000 -590,000	-590,000
Seyedamir Eftekhari	480,000 -274,000	-274,000
Sakis Adrianopoulos	480,000 226,000	226,000
Mehmet Dalkilic	475,000 106,000	106,000
Clement Bonnant	470,000 -45,000	-45,000

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