2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$5,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
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

Chilaud Runs Into Michalak's Aces

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jakub Michalak raised to 32,000 in middle position before Maxime Chilaud three-bet to 85,000 in the cutoff. Michalak then moved all in and Chilaud called for around 350,000.

Maxime Chilaud: A?K? All in
Jakub Michalak: A?A?

Chilaud found out the bad news when Michalak turned over his aces and was already packing up to leave as the flop came 5?9?4?. The rest of the board was 4?2? and Chilaud made a quick exit from the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
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Jakub Michalak
1,250,000
400,000
400,000
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Maxime Chilaud
Busted

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Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Rodin Loses a Flip to Michalak

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Jakub Michalak
Jakub Michalak

Grigorii Rodin raised to 25,000 in the cutoff before Jakub Michalak three-bet to 95,000 in the small blind. Rodin then moved all in for around 350,000 and Michalak called.

Grigorii Rodin: A?K? All in
Jakub Michalak: 9?9?

Rodin was flipping for his tournament life but couldn't improve on the J?2?3?Q?8? board. "Good luck to the best," he told tablemate Milos Skrbic with a tap on the back before wishing the rest of the table luck and making his exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Jakub Michalak
850,000
281,000
281,000
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Grigorii Rodin
Busted

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Bruschi Flips Woods to the Rail

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Renan Bruschi raised to 25,000 in the cutoff, John Woods moved all in for around 290,000 on the button, and Bruschi snap-called.

John Woods: 7?7? All in
Renan Bruschi: A?K?

The flop came 5?A?2? to give Bruschi the lead with top pair. The rest of the board ran out J?5? and Woods was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Renan Bruschi
670,000
305,000
305,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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John Woods
Busted

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Pichierri Gets Paid by Chilaud in Massive Pot

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

A pot of around 200,000 was already in the middle as Maxime Chilaud and Alessandro Pichierri went heads-up to the river on a completed board of J?10?4?5?3?.

Chilaud then bet 135,000 before Pichierri moved all in for 317,000. Chilaud called, then mucked when Pichierri showed K?10? for a rivered flush to double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Alessandro Pichierri
800,000
410,000
410,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Maxime Chilaud
320,000
-286,000
-286,000

Tags: Alessandro PichierriMaxime Chilaud

Belea Next to Fall

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Razvan Belea
Razvan Belea

Razvan Belea was already all in for around 25,000 from the big blind as Andrei Spataru and Renan Bruschi went heads-up to the side pot.

The flop came J?6?7? and Spataru bet 25,000 from the button. "Ace-ten suited," Bruschi said as he folded the small blind.

Razvan Belea: Q?3? All in
Andrei Spataru: Q?Q?

"What kind of Brazil are you," Spataru joked with Bruschi as his queens held up through the 2? turn and K? river to send Belea to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrei Spataru
750,000
109,000
109,000
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Renan Bruschi
365,000
147,000
147,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Razvan Belea
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Andrei SpataruRazvan BeleaRenan Bruschi

Achour Falls to El-Yaacoubi in Massive Cooler

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Rachid El-Yaacoubi and Maher Achour got into a preflop raising war that ended with Achour all in for around 320,000 from the hijack as El-Yaacoubi had him at risk from the button.

Maher Achour: K?K? All in
Rachid El-Yaacoubi: A?A?

Achour had run right into El-Yaacoubi's aces as the board ran out 7?3?10?9?Q?, giving El-Yaacoubi the pot and sending Achour to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Rachid El-Yaacoubi
1,160,000
196,000
196,000
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Maher Achour
Busted

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Rodin Takes Out Ivanov

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Lyudmil Ivanov moved all in for 140,000 on the button and Grigorii Rodin called in the hijack.

Lyudmil Ivanov: K?10? All in
Grigorii Rodin: A?J?

The board ran out 7?5?8?4?5? and Rodin took the pot with ace-high to send Ivanov to the rail.

Simone Andrian couldn't keep up the momentum from his early double up and was also eliminated at the same time.

Player Chips Progress
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Grigorii Rodin
550,000
145,000
145,000
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Simone Andrian
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
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Lyudmil Ivanov
Busted

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Andrian Finds an Early Double

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On the first hand of Day 3, Simone Andrian moved all in for 66,000 in middle position and Huseyin Akgul called in the big blind.

Simone Andrian: A?Q? All in
Huseyin Akgul: A?8?

Andrian had Akgul dominated and hit a pair on the K?Q?10? flop to take a big lead in the pot. The rest of the board came J?10? and Andrian doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Huseyin Akgul
340,000
-62,000
-62,000
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Simone Andrian
150,000
84,000
84,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner