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

Loire Wins Another

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Julien Loire and Maksim Skripkin built a pot of around 1,000,000 heading to the river on a board of {3-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{k-Spades}{q-Clubs}{5-Hearts}. Loire bet 1,200,000 and Skripkin quickly slid in the chips to call.

Loire turned over {q-Spades}{j-Diamonds} for two pair and Skripkin mucked as he dropped down to a short stack while Loire is now the overwhelming chip leader with more than 16,000,000.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Loire fr
Julien Loire
16,200,000
2,100,000
2,100,000
Maksim Skripkin ru
Maksim Skripkin
1,300,000
-3,200,000
-3,200,000

Tags: Julien LoireMaksim Skripkin

Ran Ilani Eliminated in 11th Place ($15,210)

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Ran Ilani
Ran Ilani

Mikhail Zamyatin raised to 320,000 from the hijack and was called by Gurcan Gungoren on the button and small blind Arie Kliper. Ran Ilani, in the big blind, moved all in for 1,920,000 and Zamyatin and Gungoren got out of the way, while Kliper called.

Ran Ilani: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}
Arie Kliper: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

Kliper didn't hit a pair on the {5-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop, but he did pick up the nut flush draw. The {6-Clubs} on the turn completed his flush and left Ilani drawing dead heading to the {8-Clubs} river.

Player Chips Progress
Arie Kliper il
Arie Kliper
9,300,000
3,000,000
3,000,000
Mikhail Zamyatin ru
Mikhail Zamyatin
5,300,000
-300,000
-300,000
Gurcan Gungoren tr
Gurcan Gungoren
4,700,000
-800,000
-800,000
Ran Ilani il
Ran Ilani
Busted

Tags: Arie KliperGurcan GungorenMikhail ZamyatinRan Ilani

Loire Five-Bet Shoves

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Julien Loire three-bet to 950,000 in the cutoff as action folded back to Boris Angelov in the hijack, who four-bet to 1,650,000.

Loire used two of his time banks before announcing he was all in, having Angelov covered, and Angelov snap-folded.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Loire fr
Julien Loire
14,100,000
5,300,000
5,300,000
Boris Angelov bg
Boris Angelov
3,300,000
-1,200,000
-1,200,000

Tags: Boris AngelovJulien Loire

Barsegian Moving Up

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Eduard Barsegian raised to 325,000 from the cutoff before Julien Loire three-bet in the big blind to 850,000. Barsegian shoved all in and Loire snap-folded.

The next hand, Barsegian again raised to 325,000 and Boris Angelov three-bet to 900,000. Barsegian just called this time as the flop came {9-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}. Angelov continued for 450,000 and Barsegian called.

Both players checked the {j-Clubs} turn before Barsegian led out for 700,000 on the {10-Spades} river. Angelov quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Loire fr
Julien Loire
10,800,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
Eduard Barsegian ru
Eduard Barsegian
5,500,000
1,600,000
1,600,000
Boris Angelov bg
Boris Angelov
4,500,000
-1,800,000
-1,800,000

Tags: Boris AngelovEduard BarsegianJulien Loire

Level: 29

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

Basel Khabbazeh Eliminated in 12th Place ($15,210)

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Basel Khabbazeh
Basel Khabbazeh

Julien Loire raised to 240,000 from the cutoff before Basel Khabbazeh moved all in for 2,120,000 in the small blind. Loire called.

Basel Khabbazeh: {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Julien Loire: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

Loire hit top pair on the {j-Clubs}{10-Spades}{q-Spades} flop, while Khabbazeh was left hoping for a straight to chop. The turn {6-Spades} was no help, and Loire improved to two pair on the {a-Spades} river as he busted another player to increase his chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Loire fr
Julien Loire
13,300,000
3,400,000
3,400,000
Basel Khabbazeh ae
Basel Khabbazeh
Busted

Tags: Basel KhabbazehJulien Loire

Nicolas Chouity Eliminated in 13th Place ($12,370)

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Nicolas Chouity
Nicolas Chouity

Nicolas Chouity managed to double up the next hand after losing to Gurcan Gungoren when he picked up kings and Arie Kliper called blind from the big blind with {q-Spades}{5-Diamonds}.

Soon after, Chouity moved all in again for 350,000 after Mikhail Zamyatin raised to 250,000. Koray Korkmaz, in the big blind, reraised and Zamyatin quickly folded.

Nicolas Chouity: {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Koray Korkmaz: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

Korkmaz was the one with kings this time and they held up on the {8-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs}{6-Clubs} board as Chouity made a quick exit from the table.

Player Chips Progress
Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
8,100,000
200,000
200,000
Mikhail Zamyatin ru
Mikhail Zamyatin
5,200,000
400,000
400,000
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Koray KorkmazNicolas Chouity