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2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q5
Prize
$338,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,832,640
Entries
664
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
185
Players Left
83

Kuzin Sets the Pace on Day 1a of Merit Poker Carmen Series Main Event

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Dmitrii Kuzin
Dmitrii Kuzin

Play has reached a conclusion for the first of four starting flights in the Merit Poker Carmen Series $3,300 Main Event here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. The first flight attracted 185 total entrants with 83 players advancing to Day 2 at the end of the night.

Dmitrii Kuzin bagged the biggest stack of the evening, finishing with 647,500 chips worth 259 big blinds going into Day 2. Kuzin is most closely followed by Fausto Tantillo (602,000) and Jovan Kenjic (547,500). Tantillo took a commanding chip lead midway through the day only to be overtaken by Kuzin in the last two levels of the night.

Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Dmitrii KuzinRussian Federation647,500259
2Fausto TantilloItaly602,000241
3Jovan KenjicSerbia547,500219
4George TomescuRomania514,000206
5Uladzimir ZhyharauBelarus507,500203
6Florian GuimondFrance448,500179
7Kacper PyzaraPoland444,000178
8Simone AndrianItaly436,500175
9Daniel KyosevBulgaria417,000167
10Maximilian SilzGermany405,500162

Kuzin has already made a few deep runs in Merit Poker tournaments here in Cyprus, including a fourth-place finish in the Merit Poker Retro Series $2,200 Warm Up in 2022 for a career-best score of $59,300. The Russian player will undoubtedly be looking to top that score with a another deep run in this event.

Fausto Tantillo
Fausto Tantillo

Some more notables to end the day with chips in a bag include Simone Andrian (436,500), Milos Skrbic (404,000), Vladimir Bozinovic (388,000), Andrea Dato (276,000), Felipe Ketzer (164,500) and Victor Yugay (125,000). Others who entered Day 1a but were not fortunate enough to advance include Fabio Peluso, Bart Lybaert, Anton Markov and Dawid Smolka.

Both Ketzer and Andrian had big scores at the Merit Poker Western Series this past January. Ketzer took third place in the $3,300 Main Event of that festival for $155,000 while Andrian won the $2,200 Warm Up for $165,000. Both players will be a force to be reckoned with going into Day 2 as they look to replicate the success they had from the last Merit Poker Series.

Felipe Ketzer
Felipe Ketzer

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: Andrea DatoAnton MarkovBart LybaertDawid SmolkaDmitrii KuzinFabio PelusoFausto TantilloFelipe KetzerJovan KenjicMilos SkrbicSimone AndrianVictor YugayVladimir Bozinovic