Merit Poker Gangster Series Commences with Day 1a of $2,200 Warm Up at Noon
The 12-day Merit Poker Gangster Series at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus kicks off at 12 p.m. local time with Day 1a of the $2,200 Warm Up. The six-day tournament consists of four starting flights and a $700,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The event features a starting stack of 100,000 and eight 60-minute levels, with the survivors from each Day 1 advancing to Day 2 on November 24. Unlimited re-entries are available and late registration will be open until the end of Level 12, midway through Day 2.
The $2,200 Warm Up was also featured a few months ago in the 2023 Merit Poker Retro Series, with a similar structure. That event was won by Lebanon’s Hadi Khadra, who overcame a field of 809 total entries to take home $264,400. Merit poker regulars such as Damir Zhugralin, Andreas Christoforou and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya also made deep runs in that event, with Skhulukhiya finishing in sixth for $53,600.
2023 Merit Retro Poker Series $2,200 Warm Up Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hadi Khadra | Lebanon | $264,400 |
| 2 | Murat Cakir | Turkey | $194,700 |
| 3 | Orestis Kanakopoulos | Greece | $119,700 |
| 4 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | $88,600 |
| 5 | Huseyin Kaba | Turkey | $66,200 |
| 6 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Georgia | $53,600 |
| 7 | Abulmuhsin Aydin | France | $44,300 |
| 8 | Alain Hajj | Lebanon | $35,200 |
| 9 | Afshin Taheri | Iran | $26,500 |
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your live coverage needs for this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned on November 26.