2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$295,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,562,160
Entries
566
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
314
Players Left
96

Bonnant Bombs the River

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Clement Bonnant
Clement Bonnant

There was an early position open to 6,500 before the action moved to Clement Bonnant on the button who called and then Erdal Gulseven defened his big blind.

The 5?J?10? flop landed and the action checked all the way to Bonnant on the button who took the betting lead by putting out 8,500. Only Gulseven called.

The 6? rolled off on the turn and action checked through to a 10? river.

Gulseven opted to lead for 11,500 and action was on Bonnant. After only a moment in the tank he put in a big raise to 50,000.

Gulseven went into the tank and considered his options but after a moment his cards hit the muck and Bonnant was pushed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Clement Bonnant fr
Clement Bonnant
183,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Erdal Gulseven tr
Erdal Gulseven
160,000
-85,000
-85,000

Tags: Clement BonnantErdal Gulseven

Davenport and Joumaa Show Down Ace-High

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Bakhos Joumaa opened to 6,500 from under the gun and Matthew Davenport called from the cutoff.

The flop came Q?10?5? and Joumaa fired a 10,500 continuation bet that was called by Davenport.

Both players then checked the 4? turn and 5? river. Joumaa showed down A?9? for ace-high but Davenport tabled A?K? for a better ace-high to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bakhos Joumaa lb
Bakhos Joumaa
377,000
-81,500
-81,500
Profile photo of Matthew Davenport
Matthew Davenport
330,000
74,500
74,500

Tags: Bakhos JoumaaMatthew Davenport

Agpur Takes from Ding

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of K?9?5? and 24,000 in the middle, Jianbo Ding checked and Cem Agpur bet 18,000. Ding raised to 59,000 and Agpur went all in for approximately 135,000, forcing a fold from Ding.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Cem Agpur tr
Cem Agpur
226,500
26,500
26,500
Profile photo of Jianbo Ding cn
Jianbo Ding
115,000
16,500
16,500

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,500

Ante: 3,500

Sezerer Takes from Skhulukhiya

Level 13 : 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya opened the button to 8,000 and got called by Engin Sezerer in the big blind.

The 8?10?5? flop landed and Sezerer check-called a 14,000 bet from Skhulukhiya on their way to a Q? turn.

It was checked over to Skhulukhiya again and he didn't slow down with a bet of 15,000. Sezerer called again.

The 2? hit the river and when it was checked to Skhulukhiya he went for it one more time with a bet of 36,000. Sezerer snap called.

Skhulukhiya tabled pocket jacks and Sezerer tabled Q?5? for two pair. Sezerer scooped.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Engin Sezerer tr
Engin Sezerer
360,000
104,500
104,500
Profile photo of Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
60,000
-39,000
-39,000

Tags: Engin SezererGiorgiy Skhulukhiya

Joumaa Flops the Nuts and Gets Paid

Level 13 : 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Bakhos Joumaa
Bakhos Joumaa

Mehrshad Hossein Pour opened to 7,000 from under the gun and was called by Bakhos Joumaa in middle position. Matthew Davenport three-bet to 26,500 from the button before Pour put in a four-bet to 66,000. Joumaa called and Davenport got out of the way.

Pour fired a 60,000 continuation bet on the Q?3?4? flop which was called by Joumaa.

On the 5? turn Pour moved all in, covering Joumaa who had roughly 135,000 behind. Joumaa made the call and was at risk.

Bakhos Joumaa: Q?Q?
Mehrshad Hossein Pour: J?J?

Joumaa had flopped top set and had Pour drawing dead on the 5? turn. After the 3? river was dealt Joumaa dragged in a massive pot worth over 150 big blinds while Pour was left with under a starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bakhos Joumaa lb
Bakhos Joumaa
545,000
168,000
168,000
Profile photo of Matthew Davenport
Matthew Davenport
190,000
-140,000
-140,000
Profile photo of Mehrshad Hossein Pour ir
Mehrshad Hossein Pour
78,000
-169,000
-169,000

Tags: Bakhos JoumaaMatthew DavenportMehrshad Hossein Pour

Updated Round of Chip Counts

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Damir Gabdullin ru
Damir Gabdullin
860,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Aleksei Petrov ru
Aleksei Petrov
830,000
85,000
85,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Frederic Popot fr
Frederic Popot
753,000
492,000
492,000
Profile photo of Dmitry Gromov ru
Dmitry Gromov
745,000
-100,000
-100,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Parahat Nurmuhammedov tm
Parahat Nurmuhammedov
732,000
415,000
415,000
Profile photo of Shuang Luo cn
Shuang Luo
690,000
-50,000
-50,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Profile photo of Christos Leantzis cy
Christos Leantzis
685,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Mark Smith (UK) gb
Mark Smith (UK)
585,000
405,000
405,000
Profile photo of Adem Marjanovic at
Adem Marjanovic
580,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Roman Nuraev ru
Roman Nuraev
570,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Selahaddin Bedir tr
Selahaddin Bedir
462,000
31,500
31,500
Profile photo of Yunsheng Sun cn
Yunsheng Sun
410,000
142,500
142,500
Profile photo of Ankit Ahuja in
Ankit Ahuja
340,000
-40,000
-40,000
Profile photo of Halil Tasyurek tr
Halil Tasyurek
312,000
137,000
137,000
Profile photo of Sinead Priestley gb
Sinead Priestley
293,000
-97,000
-97,000
Profile photo of Andrei Daniliuk ru
Andrei Daniliuk
285,000
63,000
63,000
Profile photo of Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
126,500
126,500
126,500
WSOP 2X Winner

Nakhoul Shows Down Cowboys

Level 13 : 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

With two players seeing a final board of 7?J?J?10?4? and 63,000 already in the middle, George Alahwal had checked in the dark and Fadi Nakhoul bet 28,000. Alahwal quickly called.

Nakhoul showed down K?K? for two pair and Alahwal's hand hit the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fadi Nakhoul lb
Fadi Nakhoul
380,000
-328,000
-328,000
Day 1D Chip Leader
Profile photo of George Alahwal jo
George Alahwal
143,000
-168,000
-168,000

Tags: Fadi NakhoulGeorge Alahwal

Joyce Hits a Huge River

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Toby Joyce
Toby Joyce

There was an under the gun open to 7,500 before the action folded to Giorgiy Skhulukhiya in late position, who called before Toby Joyce defended his big blind.

When it was checked to the original raiser, they continued for 8,000 on the 10?6?2? flop. Both players called.

The 6? turn landed and it was checked to the under the gun player again who only took a moment before moving all in for 43,000.

Skhulukhiya called but only had 30,000 behind. The action was then on Joyce who went deep into the tank but eventually he moved in over the top and Skhulukhiya called as he was a bit handcuffed to the pot given the odds.

Under the Gun: 5?5?
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: K?10?
Toby Joyce: Q?10?

Joyce was only drawing to a club or a chop, but lucky for him the dealer put out the K?. That improved Skhulukhiya but ultimately gave Joyce the best hand. He earned the double knockout and a huge pile of chips in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Toby Joyce ie
Toby Joyce
580,000
232,500
232,500
Profile photo of Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Busted

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaToby Joyce