$3,300 Main Event Giorno 3 | 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

Livello: 19

Bui: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

2023-12-02 10:56 UTC+2

Petrov Leads the Final 96 Players in Day 3 of $3,300 Main Event

The penultimate day is upon us in the 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series $3,300 Main Event here at the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. Day 1a chip leader Aleksei Petrov both started Day 2 and finished Day 2 with the largest stack in the room and will have 1,678,000 chips going into Day 3 today, a stack worth 168 big blinds. Petrov is most closely followed by the United Kingdom's Mark Smith (1,535,000) and Russia's Alexey Popov (1,301,000).

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Aleksei Petrov	Russian Federation	1,678,000	168
2	Mark Smith	United Kingdom	1,535,000	154
3	Alexey Popov	Russian Federation	1,301,000	130
4	Simas Karaliunas	Lithuania	1,300,000	130
5	Christos Leantzis	Cyprus	1,284,000	128
6	Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	Belarus	1,269,000	127
7	Hadi Khadra	Lebanon	1,224,000	122
8	Razvan Sabau	Romania	1,209,000	121
9	John One	Unknown	1,095,000	110
10	Dmitry Gromov	Russian Federation	1,092,000	109

Day 2 of the Main Event started with 195 survivors across the four Day 1 starting flights. Five more levels of late registration were available to start the day which attracted a further 119 entrants, bringing the total field size to 566 and generating a total prize pool of $1,562,160.

Some notable players to advance to Day 3 include anonymous player and Day 1c chip leader "John One" (1,095,000), World Poker Tour champion Dmitry Gromov (1,092,000), Day 1b chip leader Shuang Luo (1,014,000), Victor Yugay (998,000), Yunsheng Sun (856,000), Oleg Netaliev (798,000), Selahaddin Bedir (732,000), Halil Tasyurek (510,000), two-time braclet winner Dmitry Yurasov (500,000) and Guoliang Wei (348,000).

Day 3 of the Main Event will start at 12:00 p.m. local time and play ten hour-long levels. The money bubble will burst today with the top 71 finishers being guaranteed at least a min-cash of $4,840 but all eyes will be on the title and top prize of $295,500. The blinds will start at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante.

As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the updates for this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned tomorrow, December 3 on the final day.

2023-12-02 10:55 UTC+2

Day 3 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Alper Kerim	629,000	63
1	2	Ahmed Slimen	851,000	85
1	3	Nils Pudel	998,000	100
1	4	Antoine Hasbani	541,000	54
1	5	Mustafa Biz	528,000	53
1	6	Christos Leantzis	1,284,000	128
1	7	Mohamad El Siblani	410,000	41
1	8	Naji Abdo	206,000	21
1	9	Frederic Popot	768,000	77

2	1	Lois Dufouleur	639,000	64
2	2	Dmitry Gromov	1,092,000	109
2	3	Hakan Karabalcik	519,000	52
2	4	Andreas Mavrikioy	334,000	33
2	5	Jun Yang	217,000	22
2	6	Guiyang Wang	334,000	33
2	7	Abdullah Akbarpoor	781,000	78
2	8	Dmitry Yurasov	500,000	50
2	9	Baris Caliskan	280,000	28

3	1	Cengiz Seker	366,000	37
3	2	Mehmet Samsa	290,000	29
3	3	Can Miral	775,000	78
3	4	Mantas Bagocius	767,000	77
3	5	Michel Habib	439,000	44
3	6	Walid Bou Habib	483,000	48
3	7	Ghassan Khalil	316,000	32
3	8	Erdal Gulseven	345,000	35
3	9	Nikolay Losev	475,000	48

4	1	Damir Gabdullin	764,000	76
4	2	Baurzhan Akimov	400,000	40
4	3	Jenya Gavrilovich	315,000	32
4	4	Parahat Nurmuhammedov	1,065,000	107
4	5	Mark Smith (UK)	1,535,000	154
4	6	Nikolay Fal	592,000	59
4	7	Adem Marjanovic	368,000	37
4	8	Maksim Shornikau	267,000	27
4	9	Edgard Raffoul	288,000	29

5	1	Motokatsu Uhara	296,000	30
5	2	Safi Haidar	433,000	43
5	3	Maher Achour	262,000	26
5	4	Justin Steinbrenner	240,000	24
5	5	Selahaddin Bedir	732,000	73
5	6	Mekan Yusupov	900,000	90
5	7	Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	1,269,000	127
5	8	Bassel Moussa	397,000	40
5	9	Daniel Henriques	454,000	45

6	1	Engin Sezerer	401,000	40
6	2	Sinead Priestley	552,000	55
6	3	Volodymyr Drokin	670,000	67
6	4	Adrian State	562,000	56
6	5	Halil Tasyurek	510,000	51
6	6	Jakub Michalak	567,000	57
6	7	Leonid Sidelkovskiy	370,000	37
6	8	Tomasz Szczerbinski	235,000	24
6	9	Adi Rajkovic	529,000	53

7	1	Anatoly Korochenskiy	630,000	63
7	2	Chakib M'Hiri	830,000	83
7	3	Aleksandr Pak	378,000	38
7	4	Simas Karaliunas	1,300,000	130
7	5	Hadi Khordbin	480,000	48
7	6	Pascal Hartman	553,000	55
7	7	Hadi Khadra	1,224,000	122
7	8	Georgio Azar	236,000	24
7	9	Ege Guven	519,000	52

8	1	Shuang Luo	1,014,000	101
8	2	Alexey Popov	1,301,000	130
8	3	Ivan Govorov	243,000	24
8	4	Nuno Correia	528,000	53
8	5	Zhao Cheng	263,000	26
8	6	Victor Yugay	998,000	100
8	7	Maksim Skripkin	312,000	31
8	8	Ali Soleimanian	86,000	9
8	9	Alain Hajj	366,000	37

9	1	Guoliang Wei	348,000	35
9	2	Florian Guimond	86,000	9
9	3	Toby Joyce	851,000	85
9	4	Marian Cantea	172,000	17
9	5	Alisa Sibgatova	331,000	33
9	6	Sebastian Ferreira	618,000	62
9	7	Aleksei Petrov	1,678,000	168
9	8	Iurii Saiapin	630,000	63

10	1	Nikolay Tyurin	315,000	32
10	2	Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu	619,000	62
10	3	Razvan Sabau	1,209,000	121
10	4	John One	1,095,000	110
10	5	Oleg Netaliev	798,000	80
10	6	Fabian Quoss	660,000	66
10	7	Maximilian Wieser	963,000	96
10	8	Iraklis Manikaros	904,000	90

11	1	Robert Heidorn	600,000	60
11	2	Issam Tannouri	327,000	33
11	3	Yunsheng Sun	856,000	86
11	4	Elias Abou Saleh	103,000	10
11	5	Bulut Celik	261,000	26
11	6	Romain Retiere	703,000	70
11	7	Ihar Soika	925,000	93
11	8	Antoine Labaky	202,000	20

$3,300 Main Event

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