2019 Merit Poker Classic

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2019 Merit Poker Classic
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$565,157
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$2,990,267
Total Entries
649
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Left 1 / 649

Chaaban First to Go

Level 3 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Wael Chaaban
Wael Chaaban

The flop read {6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{7-Spades} and Vanush Mnatsakyan had bet 12,000 from the small blind. The player in the big blind called and Wael Chaaban responded with a shove for 51,700. Mnatsakyan tanked for a while and then the clock was called on him. The floor came over, looked at the clock and then Mnatsakyan also shoved. The player in the big blind asked for a count, the dealer confirmed Mnatsakyan had 99,700 behind. The dealer also counted out Chaaban's stack and then the big blind folded to let them battle it out.

Wael Chaaban: {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Vanush Mnatsakyan: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

Chaaban had flopped the open-ended straight draw and had the pair of eights but was behind against Mnatsakyan's pocket queens.

The rest of the board was completed with the {k-Clubs} on the turn and the {a-Clubs} on the river to keep the situation the same and Chaaban was the first player of the day to get eliminated.

Tags: Vanush MnatsakyanWael Chaaban