2023 Merit Poker Carmen Series

$2,200 NL Warmup
Day: 1a
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
Total Entries
611
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
125
Players Left
62
Players Left 1 / 611

Vaizman Drops a Chuck to Zhugralin, Then Doubles Back

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Heads-up on a board of {3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}, Damir Zhugralin bet 21,000 and was called by Moshe Vaizman.

The river came the {10-Hearts} and Zhugralin fired out another 65,000. Vaizman quickly called, then mucked as Zhugralin turned over {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs} for the nut flush to eclipse 400,000 chips.

But he wouldn't stay there for long. The next hand, Vaizman got his last 85,000 in the middle in a blind versus blind confrontation against Zhugralin.

Moshe Vaizman: {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Damir Zhugralin: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Vaizman was dominated and at risk of heading for the exit until the {j-Spades}{4-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop gave him top pair. The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and Vaizman doubled up.

"Easy game," he said as more than made his money back off Zhugralin.

Tags: Damir ZhugralinMoshe Vaizman