2026 NOIR Poker Series

$5,500 Main Event
$7,500 High Roller $5,500 Main Event Show All Events
Day: 1a
Event Info
2026 NOIR Poker Series
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,500
Prize Pool
$3,000,000
Total Entries
216
Players Left
32
Average Chip Stack
675,000
Total Chips
21,600,000
Level Info
Level
17
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
216
Players Left
32
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Villalba Drills a Boat to Crack Andrian's Kings

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Sergio Villalba
Sergio Villalba

Simone Andrian raised from middle position, and the small blind three-bet to 8,300. Sergio Villalba cold four-bet to 26,700 from the big blind, and Andrian responded by ripping it in, covering both players.

The small blind tank-folded, but Villalba made the call for his stack of 83,900.

Sergio Villalba: Q♣Q♥ All in
Simone Andrian: K♣K♦

Andrian had Villalba crushed and looked likely to send him to the rail.

However, that changed on the 2♥Q♦2♦ flop as Villalba flopped a full house to take the lead.

The 4♦ turn and 4♣ river didn't give Andrian the two-outer he needed, and Villalba doubled up.

Tags: Sergio VillalbaSimone Andrian

Some Big Stacks After Break

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Onyx High Roller Series Returns with More Than $10M GTD

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Onyx SHRS Trophy
Onyx SHRS Trophy

Some of the world’s best poker players will flock to Merit Royal Diamond for the Onyx High Roller Series, with more than $10 million in guarantees on the line across No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha events.

With the series expected to attract elite and fun player fields, Onyx has also outlined a clear set of tournament conditions ahead of time. One of those is a restriction on face coverings. When players have live cards during a hand, sunglasses, masks, scarves, and any intentional covering of the face will not be permitted.

It is one of several tournament rules confirmed ahead of a packed nine-day schedule that runs from August 7-16.

Find Full Details Here

Shchitnikov Chips Up Multi-Way

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Three ways to the turn on a board of 5♥2♠A♠4♥, Pavel Shchitnikov was first to act from the big blind and decided to fire for 5,000. Paul Esau folded from early position, while Mustafa Ercan called in the cutoff.

The 5♣ completed the board, and Shchitnikov tossed out a bet of 12,800. Ercan quickly folded, relinquishing the pot to Shchitnikov.

Tags: Mustafa ErcanPaul EsauPavel Shchitnikov

Loeser's Kicker Helps Him Take the Pot

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Manig Loeser
Manig Loeser

With 21,000 already in the pot on a flop of 3♣Q♣6♣, Joris Ruijs checked from middle position, and Manig Loeser bet 4,000 from the hijack. Ruijs called.

The 2♠ turn went check-check before the 3♦ rolled off on the river. Ruijs bet 8,500, and Loeser quickly called.

Ruijs showed Q♦J♦ for top pair, but it was second best to the K♦Q♠ of Loeser, who held the same pair with a better kicker.

Tags: Joris RuijsManig Loeser

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Lakhov Folds Trips

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Alexander Lakhov
Alexander Lakhov

Alexander Lakhov raised to 1,300 from under the gun, with Nejat Erman and Hadi Khordbin calling from the next two seats. Cagdas Ersoy then three-bet to 4,300 from the cutoff, which was called by Boris Smuskevicius in the small blind, as well as Lakhov, Erman, and Khordbin.

Five players went to the A♦A♥5♥ flop, where Smuskevicius checked. Lakhov fired a small bet of 2,000, and only Ersoy and Smuskevicius called.

The K♥ turn was checked to Ersoy, and he bet 7,000. Smuskevicius quickly folded, but Lakhov took a few moments before doing the same, using his rabbit card to look at the river and showing the A♠ for trip aces.

Ersoy pulled in the pot as the dealer revealed the river would have been the Q♦.

Tags: Alexander LakhovBoris SmuskeviciusCagdas ErsoyHadi KhordbinNejat Erman

Ercan Picks Off Voronovsky

Tim Baker
Tim Baker
Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Mustafa Ercan
Mustafa Ercan

Xiaosheng Zheng raised to 1,300 from early position, and Mustafa Ercan called on the button. Artem Voronovsky squeezed to 5,000 from the small blind, with Zheng and Ercan both calling.

Voronovsky continued for 6,500 on the K♦2♥6♥ flop, and only Ercan called.

A second barrel of 18,000 came from Voronovsky when the 7♦ hit the turn. Again, Ercan called.

Voronovsky then fired a final barrel of 16,000 on the board-pairing 6♣ river, and Ercan quickly called.

Voronovsky immediately mucked his cards, allowing Ercan to drag in the pot without having to show.

Tags: Artem VoronovskyMustafa ErcanXiaosheng Zheng

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