2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 4
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j5
Prize
$167,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$833,520
Entries
453
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
16
Players Left
1

Ghazarian Doubles Through Gabdullin

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Harout Ghazarian moved all in for 690,000 from early position and was called by Damir Gabdullin in the cutoff who covered to put Ghazarian at risk.

Harout Ghazarian: 4?4?
Damir Gabdullin: A?J?

The board ran out 6?10?Q?J?4?. Gabdullin had pulled ahead with a pair on the turn but Ghazarian had rivered the set of fours to secure a full double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Damir Gabdullin ru
Damir Gabdullin
1,700,000
-800,000
-800,000
Profile photo of Harout Ghazarian ca
Harout Ghazarian
1,600,000
-210,000
-210,000

Tags: Damir GabdullinHarout Ghazarian

Govorov Continues to Climb

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Feyzullah Karaarslan opened to 250,000 from the button and was called by Ivan Govorov in the small blind.

The flop came 9?8?3?. Govorov checked, Karaarslan fired a 200,000 continuation bet and Govorov check-raised to 900,000. Karaarslan made the call.

On the 4? turn Govorov moved all in, covering Karaarslan who had roughly 2,800,000.

Karaarslan went into the tank, using a time extension before ultimately finding a fold, allowing Govorov to take down a nice pot without showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ivan Govorov ru
Ivan Govorov
8,700,000
Profile photo of Feyzullah Karaarslan tr
Feyzullah Karaarslan
2,825,000

Tags: Feyzullah KaraarslanIvan Govorov

Harout Ghazarian Eliminated in 12th Place ($12,260)

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Harout Ghazarian
Harout Ghazarian

Action folded around to Andrei Daniliuk in the small blind who moved all in, covering Harout Ghazarian in the big blind who had 2,700,000. Ghazarian made the call and was at risk.

Harout Ghazarian: A?Q?
Andrei Daniliuk: 6?6?

It was a preflop flip that Daniliuk got the best of on the 9?10?8?8?4? runout, taking down a nice pot while putting an end to Ghazarian's deep run.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Harout Ghazarian ca
Harout Ghazarian
Busted

Tags: Andrei DaniliukHarout Ghazarian

Bakhos Joumaa Eliminated in 11th Place ($12,260)

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Bakhos Joumaa
Bakhos Joumaa

Ankit Ahuja opened to 275,000 from the cutoff and Bakhos Joumaa moved all in for 2,085,000 from the big blind. Ahuja called off with a covering stack to put Joumaa at risk.

Bakhos Joumaa: 10?9?
Ankit Ahuja: Q?Q?

Joumaa was in bad shape against Ahuja's pocket queens and could not pull ahead on the 8?6?K?3?J? runout, resulting in his elimination while Ahuja took down a sizable pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ankit Ahuja in
Ankit Ahuja
6,000,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
Profile photo of Bakhos Joumaa lb
Bakhos Joumaa
Busted

Tags: Ankit AhujaBakhos Joumaa

Level: 29

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

Damir Gabdullin Eliminated in 10th Place ($12,260)

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Damir Gabdullin
Damir Gabdullin

Damir Gabdullin moved all in from the small blind for 1,985,000 and was called by Ankit Ahuja in the big blind who covered.

Damir Gabdullin: K?6?
Ankit Ahuja: K?10?

Ahuja was well ahead with a dominating king and remained so o nthe A?Q?2?8?3? runout to send Gabdullin to the rail one spot shy of making the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ankit Ahuja in
Ankit Ahuja
7,900,000
1,900,000
1,900,000
Profile photo of Damir Gabdullin ru
Damir Gabdullin
Busted

Tags: Ankit AhujaDamir Gabdullin

Break

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The action has been paused to allow the tournament staff to prepare for the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrei Daniliuk ru
Andrei Daniliuk
8,825,000
3,825,000
3,825,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Ivan Govorov ru
Ivan Govorov
8,205,000
-495,000
-495,000
Profile photo of Ankit Ahuja in
Ankit Ahuja
7,920,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Tugce Hursoz tr
Tugce Hursoz
5,600,000
2,960,000
2,960,000
Profile photo of Hadi Khadra lb
Hadi Khadra
4,745,000
640,000
640,000
Profile photo of Yunsheng Sun cn
Yunsheng Sun
3,075,000
1,975,000
1,975,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Martynas Vitkauskas lt
Martynas Vitkauskas
3,060,000
-170,000
-170,000
Profile photo of Bernard Boutboul fr
Bernard Boutboul
1,255,000
-735,000
-735,000

Final Table Seat Draw

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Feyzullah KaraarslanTurkey2,625,00016
2Bernard BoutboulFrance1,255,0008
3Tugce HursozTurkey5,600,00035
4Ivan GovorovRussian Federation8,205,00051
5Hadi KhadraLebanon4,745,00030
6Yunsheng SunChina3,075,00019
7Martynas VitkauskasLithuania3,060,00019
8Andrei DaniliukRussian Federation8,825,00055
9Ankit AhujaIndia7,920,00050