2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 3
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 3
Entries
79
Players Left
16

Ihor Kaliahin Eliminated in 24th Place ($6,750)

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Feyzullah Karaarslan opened to 90,000 from middle position before Ihor Kaliahin moved all in for 555,000 from the hijack. Ankit Ahuja reshoved for 750,000 from the cutoff and Karaarslan got out of the way leaving Kaliahin all in and at risk against Ahuja.

Ihor Kaliahin: K?Q?
Ankit Ahuja: A?A?

Ahuja was a massive favorite with aces and had to fade only two outs on the K?2?2? flop. Kaliahin was unable to find another king on the J? turn or 5? river and was eliminated from the tournament while Ahuja regained some of the chips he had least earlier.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Feyzullah Karaarslan tr
Feyzullah Karaarslan
3,065,000
-360,000
-360,000
Profile photo of Ankit Ahuja in
Ankit Ahuja
1,510,000
660,000
660,000
Profile photo of Ihor Kaliahin ua
Ihor Kaliahin
Busted

Tags: Ankit AhujaFeyzullah KaraarslanIhor Kaliahin

Sakis Adrianopoulos Eliminated in 23rd Place ($6,750)

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Sakis Adrianopoulos
Sakis Adrianopoulos

In a preflop confrontation, Sakis Adrianopoulos was all in for 600,000 and at risk against Ankit Ahuja who covered.

Sakis Adrianopoulos: 7?7?
Ankit Ahuja: A?10?

The board ran out 9?10?2?K?9?. Ahuja had connected with the ten to pull ahead and remained good at showdown to send Adrianopoulos to the rail and continue to rebuild his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Ankit Ahuja
1,875,000
365,000
365,000
Profile photo of Sakis Adrianopoulos gr
Sakis Adrianopoulos
Busted

Tags: Ankit AhujaSakis Adrianopoulos

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Nikolay Fal Eliminated in 22nd Place ($6,750)

Level 24 : 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Nikolay Fal
Nikolay Fal

Nikolay Fal opened to 395,000 from the hijack, leaving just 5,000 behind. Dmitry Yurasov made the call.

The flop came A?K?3?. Fal checked, Yurasov flicked in a 25,000 chip, Fal tanked for about 90 seconds, ostensibly in an effort to make the next pay jump, before making the call.

Nikolay Fal: Q?J?
Dmitry Yurasov: A?K?

Fal was in rough shape against Yurasov's two pair and needed to hit a ten to preserve his tournament life. He found no help on the 3? turn or 6? river and was sent to the rail courtesy of Yurasov who scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
2,145,000
1,015,000
1,015,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dmitry YurasovNikolay Fal

Ahuja Takes a Tricky Line

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Ankit Ahuja opened the cutoff to 100,000 before the action folded to Oleg Netaliev in the big blind. After a moment of thought he put in a cold three-bet to the tune of 350,000. Ahuja sat in the tank for a few minutes before putting in the call.

The 7?10?5? flop landed and Netaliev continued with a down-bet of 250,000. Ahuja then sat in the tank for close to three minutes before eventually finding a raise to 575,000. Netaliev didn't tank for long before flicking in a call and the A? rolled off on the turn.

The action surprisingly slowed down and checked through to a K? river. After Netaliev checked, Ahuja went deep into the tank for about three minutes. He then bet 640,000, only leaving himself 200,000 behind. Netaliev thought it over but eventually he mucked.

Ahuja scooped after taking a stop and go line that would ultimately earn him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Oleg Netaliev ru
Oleg Netaliev
3,150,000
710,000
710,000
Profile photo of Ankit Ahuja in
Ankit Ahuja
2,600,000
725,000
725,000

Tags: Ankit AhujaOleg Netaliev

Hursoz Wins Battle of the Blinds Versus Karaarslan

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Feyzullah Karaarslan opened to 100,000 from the small blind and Tugce Hursoz defended from the big blind.

Karaarslan fired a 75,000 continuation bet on the J?4?3? flop that was called by Hursoz.

Hursoz called another bet from Karaarslan on the 7? turn, this time for 100,000.

Both players checked the 9? river. Hursoz tabled K?7? for third pair which was good enough to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Feyzullah Karaarslan tr
Feyzullah Karaarslan
2,300,000
-765,000
-765,000
Profile photo of Tugce Hursoz tr
Tugce Hursoz
2,150,000
890,000
890,000

Tags: Feyzullah KaraarslanTugce Hursoz

Sun Extracts Value

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 6?10?3?7?8? and over 800,000 already in the middle, Yunsheng sun bet 900,000 from the small blind and received a call from Oleg Netaliev in middle position.

Sun turned over 9?7? for a ten-high straight which was enough to take down a massive pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Yunsheng Sun cn
Yunsheng Sun
5,100,000
1,140,000
1,140,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Oleg Netaliev ru
Oleg Netaliev
1,910,000
-1,240,000
-1,240,000

Tags: Oleg NetalievYunsheng Sun

Vitkauskas Pips Cankurtaranli

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Martynas Vitkauskas moved all in from middle position for 450,000 and was called by Tahsin Cankurtaranli in the hijack who held a covering stack.

Martynas Vitkauskas: 8?8?
Tahsin Cankurtaranli: 9?9?

Cankurtaranli was in a great position to double up with the slightly higher pocket pair and remained ahead on the 7?4?A?5?Q? runout to secure a full double up at the expense of Vitkauskas.

Player Chips Progress
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Martynas Vitkauskas
1,025,000
-105,000
-105,000
Profile photo of Tahsin Cankurtaranli tr
Tahsin Cankurtaranli
780,000
-240,000
-240,000

Tags: Martynas VitkauskasTahsin Cankurtaranli