Niveau 3
: Blinds 300/700, 700 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break.
2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series
$5,300 High Roller
Jours 1
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Niveau 3
: Blinds 300/700, 700 ante
Ryan Mandara and Felipe Ketzer got into a preflop-raising war which resulted in the two getting their stacks in preflop, with the former at risk for around 100,000.
Ryan Mandara: A?A? 
Felipe Ketzer: A?K?
Mandara was a in fantastic position to double up and got a safe flop of 2?5?9? to help his cause. A Q? on the turn sealed the deal, and the 4? river was just a formality.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
60,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Niveau 3
: Blinds 300/700, 700 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
150,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
140,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
105,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
85,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
75,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
50,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Niveau 3
: Blinds 300/700, 700 ante
A player in middle position made it 1,500 and Yassin Mahmoud called in the hijack. Mehmet Demirkol also came along from the big blind.
The three went to a flop of 3?Q?J? where Demirkol checked, and middle position fired out 3,000. Both Mahmoud and Demirkol called.
On the 10? turn, Demirkol checked again then middle position continued his aggression with a bet of 11,000. Mahmoud called again, and Demirkol got out of the way.
The 9? on the river brought in all kinds of draws and middle position elected to check, then Mahmoud went big with a bet of 35,000. After thinking for a while, the player decided to fold, and Mahmoud took the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
115,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Niveau 3
: Blinds 300/700, 700 ante
The floor announced that eight levels will be played on Day 1, meaning play will end not long after 2 a.m. local time.
Niveau: 3
Blinds: 300/700
Ante: 700
Niveau 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
A full board of A?4?9?3?8? was showing with around 50,000 chips in the middle when Kirill Shcherbakov had overbet shoved the river yet again, this time with Alisa Sibgatova facing the bet.
Sibgatova had around 80,000 in her stack and after thinking it over for a few minutes, she decided to call.
Shcherbakov then tabled Q?10? for a backdoored flush, and Sibgatova was forced to reveal A?2? before she vacated her seat.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
Elimin�� |
Niveau 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
With around 4,500 chips in the pot on a flop of Q?8?4?, Uladzimir Zhyharau checked it over to Simone Andrian, who fired 4,500. Zhyharau called.
A 2? on the turn went check-check to the K? river, where Zhyharau checked and Andrian bet out 9,000. It took just a few seconds for Zhyharau to make a decision, and he did so by tossing in a single chip to signify a call.
Andrian then showed he had rivered top pair with K?J?, and Zhyharau mucked.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Niveau 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
There were around 40,000 chips in the pot on a flop of J?8?A? when Yassin Mahmoud shoved his stack of just under pot into the middle, which gave Sadik Alibeyoglu a decision.
Alibeyoglu got the dealer to count out the bet and after thinking for a while longer, he elected to let his hand go.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
60,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Niveau 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
On a board of 5?10?K?7?, there were around 15,000 chips in the pot when Mehmet Demirkol fired out 12,000 from the blinds and Yassin Mahmoud called in the hijack.
When the 10? dropped on the river, Demirkol gathered a collection of chips from all different piles of his stack, and threw out 23,200. Mahmoud thought for quite some time and eventually settled on a call.
Demirkol then showed a full house with K?10?, and Mahmoud mucked.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
55,000 |