The remaining 14 players are on the final 15-minute break of the evening.
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
Hadi Khordbin shoved for 855,000 from the small blind and Victor Fryda called in the big blind with a covering stack to put Khordbin at risk.
Hadi Khordbin: A♦10♠
Victor Fryda: Q♣Q♠
Khordbin was in trouble against Fryda's pocket queens but the board ran out 2♠6♦2♦A♥8♠ giving him top pair to to double up.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
1,430,000
|
1,430,000 |
|
|
1,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Julien Rouquet opened from the hijack, Amir Hassan, who had recently doubled up his short stack through Rouquet, moved all in for around 400,000 and Rouquet called with a covering stack to put him at risk again.
Amir Hassan: A♣5♣
Julien Rouquet: K♦K♠
Hassan seemed poised for another double up after flopping top pair on the A♦3♣Q♠ flop to pull ahead of Rouquet's pocket kings. The 5♠ turn improved Hassan to two pair but Rouquet made a set on the K♥ river to send Hassan to the rail in 15th place.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,130,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
With two players seeing a board of 2♥9♣10♣ and around 425,000 in the middle, [Removed:544] led out from the small blind with a shove for around 550,000 and was called by Victor Fryda who had him covered from the hijack.
[Removed:544]: Q♥8♦
Victor Fryda: A♥10♥
[Removed:545] had picked the wrong time to bluff and was in rough shape with a gutshot and one overcard to Fryda's top pair. [Removed:545] couldn't improve when the rest of the board ran out A♦4♦ and was sent to the rail while Fryda took the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,830,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
Bogdan Munteanu opened from the hijack and called a 380,000 three-bet from Aleksandr Pak in the cutoff.
The flop came J♣2♣Q♠ and Munteanu check-called a 220,000 continuation-bet from Pak.
Munteanu checked the 7♠ turn, Pak shoved for around 1,100,000 and Munteanu called with a covering stack to put Pak at risk.
Aleksandr Pak: A♦A♠
Bogdan Munteanu: J♥Q♥
Munteanu had flopped two pair to crack Pak's pocket aces and he remained ahead when the rriver came the 6♥ to send Pak to the rail and take the last of his chips.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,700,000
2,125,000
|
2,125,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
With two players seeing a final board of 3♥3♠Q♠A♣A♦, Timur Margolin checked in the big blind and Daniele Grasso shoved from the button, covering Margolin who had started the hand with around 1,000,000. Margolin made the call and was at risk.
Margolin had hero-called with K♦10♥ for a king-kicker to the two pair on the board but Grasso had a superior two pair with K♥Q♣ to send Margolin to the rail in 18th place.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,000,000
3,800,000
|
3,800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Eliminé | |
|
|
||
Niveau: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
With two players seeing a board reading K♣8♠6♠9♠ Evagoras Evagorou shoved from out of position and was called by Viktor Iarilov, who was barely covered.
Viktor Iarilov: Q♠4♠
Evagoras Evagorou: J♠10♥
Evagorou was semi-bluffing with a jack-high flush draw but drawing dead against Iarilov's queen-high flush. The 2♠ river changed nothing and Iarilov doubled up while Evagorou was left with one T-5,000 chip.
A few hands later Evagorou got his last chip in against Ruslan Bakhtiev who covered him.
Evagoras Evagorou: 10♦2♦
Ruslan Bakhtiev: A♦A♥
Evagorou couldn't crack Bakhtiev's aces on the 7♥J♠7♠8♥Q♣ runout and was sent to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,725,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
|
1,800,000
790,000
|
790,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
With two players seeing a board of K♦5♣3♥2♣Q♠ and around 800,000 in the middle, Florian Guimond was in the big blind and moved all in, covering Roman Kolotiuk on the button who had around 800,000 behind. Kolotiuk made the call.
Guimond had two pair with K♣5♥ which was enough to send Kolotiuk to the rail and take the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,200,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Eliminé | |
Danielle Noja shoved from the button for around 825,000 and was looked up by Aleksandr Pak who had him covered from the big blind.
Danielle Noja: K♦9♣
Aleksandr Pak: A♣10♦
Pak made a full house on the A♥10♠5♠10♣3♠ runout to send Noja to the rail and take the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |