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2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$2,200 Merit Poker Cup
Day: 1a
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$167,100
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$844,560
Entries
459
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
192
Players Left
84

Dato, Andrian and Peluso Advance in Day 1a of Merit Poker Cup

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Andrea Dato
Andrea Dato

The first of three starting flights has come to a close for the $2,200 Merit Poker Cup here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. Day 1a attracted 192 entrants and 84 players survived until the end of the night to advance to Day 2.

Huseyin Akgul bagged the largest stack at the end of the night, finishing with 744,000, worth just under 298 big blinds. Akgul is most closely followed by Mukhtar Nasiradinov (728,000), Emad Ghadamian (660,000), Joseph Mouwad (541,000) and previous WPT champion Andrea Dato (521,000). Akgul made an excellent river call with a small pair midway through the day to put himself at the top of the counts and rode that momentum all the way to bagging a top stack at the end of the night.

Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Huseyin AkgulTurkey744,000298
2Mukhtar NasiradinovRussian Federation728,000291
3Emad GhadamianIran660,000264
4Joseph MouwadLebanon541,500217
5Andrea DatoItaly521,000208
6Victor YugayUzbekistan464,000186
7Murat OzyurtTurkey426,000170
8Simeon SpasovBulgaria403,000161
9Boris SmuskeviciusLithuania402,000161
10Damir ZhugralinKazakhstan395,000158

Dato bagging a top stack is particularly noteworthy as he recently achieved his career-best score here in Cyprus with a runner up finish in the 2023 EPT Cyprus Main Event for $652,000 this past October. Clearly adept at navigating large tournament fields, Dato will be a force to be reckoned with as he takes his stack worth 208 big blinds into Day 2.

Other notables to advance to Day 2 include Aleksandr Kirichenko (186,000), Dinesh Alt (180,500), Simone Andrian (167,500), Rosalie Petit (155,000) and Fabio Peluso (112,000). Although the Merit Poker Cup is a new tournament introduced during this festival, Andrian did win the equivalent-buy in $2,200 Warm Up at the 2024 Merit Poker Western Series this past January for $165,000. Time will tell if another victory is in the cards for the Italian pro and bracelet winner in this event.

Simone Andrian
Simone Andrian

Players who entered Day 1a but were not fortunate enough to advance to Day 2 include Felipe Ketzer and Andrey Pateychuk.

Stay tuned for more coverage as PokerNews brings you all the action from the remainder of the festival along the shores of the Mediterranean in North Cyprus.

Tags: Aleksandr KirichenkoAndrea DatoDinesh AltFabio PelusoHuseyin AkgulJoseph MouwadRosalie PetitSimone Andrian