2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$2,200 NL Warmup
Day: 4
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
$206,800
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$1,124,240
Entries
611
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
21
Players Left
1

Nigbolu Floats the Flop, Kliper Fires Again

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Arie Kliper raised to 800,000 from under the gun with {j-Clubs}{10-Spades} and Cenk Nigbolu called on the button holding {k-Spades}{9-Spades}.

The {3-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs} board helped neither player as Kliper continued for 725,000. Nigbolu called with king-high to the {5-Clubs} turn.

Kliper kept firing, this time betting out 1,400,000, and Nigbolu quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Arie Kliper il
Arie Kliper
28,900,000
2,350,000
2,350,000
Cenk Nigbolu tr
Cenk Nigbolu
6,300,000
-525,000
-525,000

Tags: Arie KliperCenk Nigbolu

Level: 33

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000

Barsegian Gets a Hand He Likes

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Eduard Barsegian has been relatively quiet at the final table, not getting himself involved in too many pots. He just found a hand he choose to play, however, raising to 600,000 from the cutoff with {a-Spades}{k-Spades}.

Julien Loire, on the button, picked up {a-Clubs}{6-Spades} and three-bet to 1,500,000. Action folded back to Barsegian, and he pushed all in for 8,000,000. Loire quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Loire fr
Julien Loire
10,800,000
-1,500,000
-1,500,000
Eduard Barsegian ru
Eduard Barsegian
10,300,000
5,935,000
5,935,000

Tags: Eduard BarsegianJulien Loire

Loire Takes the Lead on the River

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Julien Loire limped in from the small blind with {a-Hearts}{3-Spades} and Arie Kliper checked back {8-Spades}{4-Hearts}.

Both players hit a pair on the {3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} flop and Kliper bet 350,000 with his fours. Loire called with a pair of threes both checked the {k-Clubs} turn.

The {a-Spades} on the river improved Loire to two pair and he now led out for 1,400,000. Kliper gave it some thought before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Arie Kliper il
Arie Kliper
27,200,000
-500,000
-500,000
Julien Loire fr
Julien Loire
12,300,000
200,000
200,000

Tags: Arie KliperJulien Loire

Nigbolu Gets Tricky With Kings

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Koray Korkmaz raised to 600,000 from the cutoff with {k-Clubs}{q-Spades} and Cenk Nigbolu just called on the button after picking up {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}. Julien Loire also came along from the big blind holding {8-Hearts}{6-Spades}.

The flop came {5-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and Korkmaz continued for 525,000. Nigbolu now decided to raise to 1,450,000 and Loire quickly folded.

Korkmaz, with a straight draw, used two time banks and picked up some of his chips before sliding his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Loire fr
Julien Loire
12,100,000
-3,085,000
-3,085,000
Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
8,500,000
-800,000
-800,000
Cenk Nigbolu tr
Cenk Nigbolu
7,900,000
400,000
400,000

Tags: Cenk NigboluJulien LoireKoray Korkmaz

Gurcan Gungoren Eliminated in 6th Place ($41,500)

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Gurcan Gungoren
Gurcan Gungoren

Julien Loire raised to 600,000 with {k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} before Arie Kliper, on the button, three-bet to 1,750,000. Gurcan Gungoren in the small blind used a time bank before moving all in for 3,700,000. Loire quickly folded, but Kliper snap-called.

Gurcan Gungoren: {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Arie Kliper: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

Gungoren could only laugh as Kliper can picked up yet another big hand. He got some hope on the {j-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop with top pair, but improved no further on the {5-Hearts} turn of {7-Hearts} river as Kliper claimed yet another victim.

Player Chips Progress
Arie Kliper il
Arie Kliper
27,700,000
4,200,000
4,200,000
Gurcan Gungoren tr
Gurcan Gungoren
Busted

Tags: Arie KliperGurcan Gungoren

Nigbolu Jams on Gungoren

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Cenk Nigbolu raised to 600,000 from the hijack with {a-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Gurcan Gungoren defended his big blind holding {q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}.

The flop came {a-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and Gungoren led out for 1,000,000. Nigbolu, with top pair, used two time banks before he shoved all in and Gungoren, with 3,700,000 remaining, snap-folded.

Player Chips Progress
Cenk Nigbolu tr
Cenk Nigbolu
7,500,000
2,785,000
2,785,000
Gurcan Gungoren tr
Gurcan Gungoren
3,700,000
-305,000
-305,000

Tags: Cenk NigboluGurcan Gungoren

Mikhail Zamyatin Eliminated in 7th Place ($34,600)

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Mikhail Zamyatin
Mikhail Zamyatin

Mikhail Zamyatin moved all in for 3,425,000 from early position, Arie Kliper reraised to 10,000,000 from the next seat over, and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Mikhail Zamyatin: {j-Clubs}{j-Spades}
Arie Kliper: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

Zamyatin was far ahead and in line for a double up until the {9-Spades}{6-Spades}{10-Clubs} flop gave Kliper top set. Now down to two outs, Zamyatin didn't find any miracles as the board ran out {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}, giving Kliper a full house and his third consecutive knockout at the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Arie Kliper il
Arie Kliper
23,500,000
3,560,000
3,560,000
Mikhail Zamyatin ru
Mikhail Zamyatin
Busted

Tags: Arie KliperMikhail Zamyatin

Level: 32

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000