2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$5,300 High Roller
Day: 3
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Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦9♠
Prize
$174,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$667,000
Entries
145
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 3
Players Left
1
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Bojan Berberovic Eliminated in 6th Place ($34,500)

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Bojan Berberovic
Bojan Berberovic

Bojan Berberovic moved all in for 365,000 in the hijack and Halil Tasyurek called in the big blind.

Bojan Berberovic: A?2? All in
Halil Tasyurek: 9?7?

The flop came K?7?9? and Tasyurek took a big lead in the hand with two pair. The Q? turn left Berberovic drawing dead, while the 9? river improved Tasyurek to a full house and send Berberovic to the rail in sixth place.

"Good luck, guys. If anyone needs time banks," Berberovic said as he tossed his remaining seven time banks into the middle of the table before making his exit.

Player Chips Progress
Halil Tasyurek tr
Halil Tasyurek 		3,100,000
600,000
 600,000
Bojan Berberovic me
Bojan Berberovic 		Busted
Day 2 Chip Leader

Tags: Bojan BerberovicHalil Tasyurek

Tasyurek Leaves Berberovic on Fumes

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Halil Tasyurek moved all in for 1,250,000 in the cutoff and Bojan Berberovic called in the small blind.

Halil Tasyurek: 9?9? All in
Bojan Berberovic: 8?8?

Tasyurek had Berberovic dominated with his higher pair and stayed in front on the 6?2?4?A?2? board to double up, leaving Berberovic with only three big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Halil Tasyurek tr
Halil Tasyurek 		2,500,000
1,400,000
 1,400,000
Bojan Berberovic me
Bojan Berberovic 		300,000
-1,100,000
 -1,100,000
Day 2 Chip Leader

Tags: Bojan BerberovicHalil Tasyurek

Marcin Dziubdziela Eliminated in 8th Place ($22,900); Andrei Spataru Eliminated in 7th Place ($28,500)

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Marcin Dziubdziela
Marcin Dziubdziela

Marcin Dziubdziela moved all in for 600,000 in early position and Andrei Spataru reshoved for 900,000 in middle position. Action folded to Jakub Michalak in the big blind who snap-called to put both players at risk.

Marcin Dziubdziela: Q?J? All in
Andrei Spataru: J?J? All in
Jakub Michalak: Q?Q?

"One out," Renan Bruschi called out to his rail as Michalak showed down queens. The board ran out 6?7?5?6?8? and Michalak scooped the entire pot to send both opponents to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak 		4,600,000
1,400,000
 1,400,000
Andrei Spataru ro
Andrei Spataru 		Busted
Marcin Dziubdziela pl
Marcin Dziubdziela 		Busted

Tags: Andrei SpataruJakub MichalakMarcin Dziubdziela

Henriques Comes From Behind to Double

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Daniel Henriques
Daniel Henriques

Daniel Henriques moved all in for 780,000 in middle position and Renan Bruschi called in the cutoff.

Daniel Henriques: A?3? All in
Renan Bruschi: A?J?

Henriques was dominated as the flop came 5?4?3?. Bruschi signalled to his supporters on the rail that Henriques had hit a three. "We have a sweat," he said as Bruschi picked up a flush draw.

The board ran out 7?5? and Bruschi missed his draw as Henriques doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Renan Bruschi br
Renan Bruschi 		1,800,000
-1,400,000
 -1,400,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Henriques pt
Daniel Henriques 		1,600,000
400,000
 400,000

Tags: Daniel HenriquesRenan Bruschi

Few Flops Seen

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 27 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Jakub Michalak raised to 200,000 in the cutoff and Andrei Spataru called in the big blind.

The flop came 2?4?6? and Michalak bet 150,000. Spataru snap-folded.

The pace at the final table has slowed considerably with the rising blinds leaving little room to manoeuvre. This was one of the few pots to reach the flop during the last orbit.

Player Chips Progress
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak 		3,200,000
250,000
 250,000
Andrei Spataru ro
Andrei Spataru 		900,000
-120,000
 -120,000

Tags: Andrei SpataruJakub Michalak

Level: 27

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Spataru Snaps Off Skrbic

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Andrei Spataru
Andrei Spataru

Milos Skrbic moved all in on the button and Andrei Spataru snap-called in the big blind for his last 450,000.

Andrei Spataru: A?Q? All in
Milos Skrbic: Q?10?

Spataru had Skrbic dominated and stayed in front on the 3?6?4?7?2? board to earn a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Milos Skrbic rs
Milos Skrbic 		2,400,000
-330,000
 -330,000
Andrei Spataru ro
Andrei Spataru 		1,020,000
290,000
 290,000

Tags: Andrei SpataruMilos Skrbic

Berberovic Gets Tricky

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Action folded to Bojan Berberovic who limped in from the small blind. Jakub Michalak checked his option and they saw a flop of 5?8?3?.

Michalak then bet 60,000 and Berberovic called. Both players checked the A? turn.

The river was the 2? and both players checked again. Berberovic then turned over K?K? as he and Renan Bruschi shared a laugh while he took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak 		2,950,000
50,000
 50,000
Bojan Berberovic me
Bojan Berberovic 		1,400,000
120,000
 120,000
Day 2 Chip Leader

Tags: Bojan BerberovicJakub Michalak

Tasyurek Shoves on Michalak

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Jakub Michalak raised to 160,000 in early position and Halil Tasyurek called in the big blind.

The flop came 3?5?2? and Michalak continued for 110,000. Tasyurek then moved all in for around 800,000 and Michalak quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak 		2,900,000
-250,000
 -250,000
Halil Tasyurek tr
Halil Tasyurek 		1,100,000
400,000
 400,000

Tags: Halil TasyurekJakub Michalak

Rachid El-Yaacoubi Eliminated in 9th Place ($17,100)

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Rachid El-Yaacoubi
Rachid El-Yaacoubi

On the first hand of the final table, Bojan Berberovic limped in from the cutoff before Jakub Michalak raised to 200,000 on the button. Rachid El-Yaacoubi had most of his 215,000 stack already in from the big blind and stuck in the rest as Berberovic folded and Michalak called.

Rachid El-Yaacoubi: 8?6? All in
Jakub Michalak: K?J?

The board ran out 10?10?3?A?K? and Michalak finished with two pair to make El-Yaacoubi the first casualty of the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak 		3,150,000
350,000
 350,000
Bojan Berberovic me
Bojan Berberovic 		1,280,000
-70,000
 -70,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Rachid El-Yaacoubi fr
Rachid El-Yaacoubi 		Busted

Tags: Bojan BerberovicJakub MichalakRachid El-Yaacoubi