Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 2
Event Info
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Chip Counts
Chip Counts
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
586,500
|
586,500 |
|
845,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
795,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
790,000
482,000
|
482,000 |
|
762,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
750,000
606,000
|
606,000 |
|
730,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
||
|
730,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
|
675,000
477,000
|
477,000 |
|
675,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
650,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
||
|
615,000
347,500
|
347,500 |
|
||
|
575,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
|
570,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
552,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
550,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
525,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
500,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
450,000
39,500
|
39,500 |
|
450,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
400,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
400,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Players are on a 20-minute break.
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
In a preflop confrontation Giorgiy Skhulukhiya was all in from early position, having started the hand with around 90,000. He was up against Aleksandar Tot who had him covered from the big blind.
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: A?Q? 
Aleksandar Tot: J?J?
Tot got the best of the preflop race when the board ran out 5?3?10?K?10? and he took the pot while Skhulukhiya was sent to the rail just before the end of late registration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
505,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Evagoras Evagorou opened to 10,000 from the cutoff and, with 10 minutes left for reentries, Ludovic Periaux three-bet shoved for 28,000 from the big blind. Evagorou called with a covering stack to put Periaux at risk.
Ludovic Periaux: 8?7?
Evagoras Evagorou: 8?8?
Evagorou's pocket eights remained ahead on the K?2?6?6?9? runout to send Periaux to the rail and take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
405,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Sandra Cotescu had opened from the hijack and Aleksandr Chernikov called from the big blind.
They went to a flop of 2?5?A? where Chernikov checked and Cotescu continued with a bet of 5,000. Chernikov then min-raised to 10,000, and Cotescu called.
A 2? paired the board on the turn and Chernikov fired out a bigger bet of 25,000, and after a few moments, Cotescu flicked in a white chip, worth 25,000.
When the 8? completed the runout, Chernikov stacked his chips into one tower, and slid all 37,500 of them into the middle. Cotescu thought for just a second before she made the call.
Chernikov then rolled over a flopped straight with 4?3?, and Cotescu's A?J? was revealed before it was sent into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
725,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
165,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Sandra Cotescu opened to 8,000 from under the gun and Aleksandar Tot three-bet to 24,000 from the hijack. Cotescu made the call.
The flop came J?6?6? and Cotescu check-called a 13,000 bet from Tot.
Cotescu check-called another bet from Tot on the 4? turn, this time for 21,000.
Both players checked the 7? river. Cotescu had two pair with K?J? but Tot had the best kicker with A?J? to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
810,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
355,000
121,500
|
121,500 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
With two players seeing a board of 4?K?4?8? and around 30,000 in the middle, Rachid El Yaacoubi checked from the big blind and a player on the button checked behind.
On the K? river El Yaacoubi bet 15,000 and was called by his opponent. El Yaacoubi turned over two pair with J?8?. The player on the button flashed the 8? from his hand before mucking and El Yaacoubi took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
After Andrey Koks had made a three-bet to 26,000, Darius Neagoe shoved his stack of 94,000 into the middle and the player in middle position called. Koks then shoved for around 240,000 total, and middle position quickly called.
Darius Neagoe: K?K?
Andrey Koks: Q?Q?
Middle Position: 6?6?
Neagoe had a great opportunity to triple up and would do so if his pocket kings held up. A flop of 9?3?7? didn't change much, and neither did the A? turn. Koks was still in the driver's seat for the near-300,000-chip side pot, and took it when the 3? landed on the river. Neagoe scooped the main pot, and the player in middle position was left with a heavily dented stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
270,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Eliyahu Elyashiv opened to 7,500 from the hijack and was called by Nemo Koering in the small blind and Umit Sadi in the big blind.
The flop came A?Q?4? and action checked around to Elyashiv who bet 6,500. Koering check-raised to 25,000 and Sadi three-bet to 58,000. Elyashiv made the call while Koering got out of the way.
On the 10? turn Sadi shoved for 161,500, putting Elyashiv deep into the tank.
"Ace-four? Or Set of fours? One is no good" Elyashiv told his opponent, who remained silent. More than five minutes went by before Nichan Khorchidian, seated at the same table, called the clock. Elyashiv finally released his hand, telling his tablemates that he had folded ace-queen for top two pair. Another player at the table chimed in that it was a good fold as Sadi scooped a sizable pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
|
296,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
296,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
|
220,000
-360,000
|
-360,000 |