The Fourth And Final Day Of The Main Event Starts At 1 P.M.
This is the big day for 28 players. In a few hours, one of them will win the Merit Poker Retro Series $3,300 Main Event at the Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino and take the$567,000 first-place prize.
But before that, there are still twenty-seven players to eliminate. And out of the 1,223 entrants, Mousa Barakat has the best situation so far as he ended Day 3 as the chipleader with 10,250,000 chips. Day 4 will also start well for David Hu, who will be back with 10,000,000 chips.
Day 4 Chip Count
RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BLINDS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mousa Barakat | Brazil | 10,250,000 | 85 |
2 | David Hu | Netherlands | 10,000,000 | 83 |
3 | Ruslan Volkov | Ukraine | 8,600,000 | 72 |
4 | Oleg Netaliev | Russia | 8,375,000 | 70 |
5 | Ran Ilani | Israel | 8,025,000 | 67 |
6 | Florian Guimond | France | 7,125,000 | 59 |
7 | Karo Nuri | Switzerland | 5,350,000 | 45 |
8 | Ara Melkisetian | Lebanon | 5,300,000 | 44 |
9 | Nenad Dukic | Serbia | 5,250,000 | 44 |
10 | Valeriy Pak | Uzbekistan | 4,900,000 | 41 |
Among the chipleaders, Ruslan Volkov (8,600,000), Ran Ilani (8,025,000) or Florian Guimond (7,125,000) will also try to reach the final table, hoping for more. Being in the last nine players is also the next goal for Thomas Eychenne (4,550,000) and for the two last women standing, Chrysi Phiniotis (3,600,000) and Tugce Hursoz (3,300,000). On the other hand, with smaller stacks, Dominik Panka (1,600,000) or Dmitry Gromov (825,000) will have to double up quickly to be back in the game.
The fourth and final day of the $3,300 Main Event will start at 1:00 p.m. on Level 30 (60,000/120,000 with a Big Blind Ante of 120,000). There will be 60-minute levels with a break every two levels. And so far, the players remaining are assured of a minimum cash $17,210 .
The end of the Main Event will be streamed on the Merit Poker social networks. PokerNews will also follow the action all the way until the end!