$3,500 Merit Poker Cup | 2026 NOIR Poker Series

9 hours 59 minutes ago

Pavel Shchitnikov Eliminated in 14th Place ($14,400)

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Tim Baker

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Adrian State raised to 250,000 from the hijack, and Pavel Shchitnikov called from the big blind.

When Shchitnikov saw the A♠5♦J♠ flop, he jammed for around 1,100,000, and State snap-called.

Pavel Shchitnikov: 5♠3♠ All in
Adrian State: A♥K♠

State held top pair against the pair and flush draw of Shchitnikov.

Shchitnikov picked up additional outs with a wheel draw on the 4♦ turn, but the Q♥ river was a brick, and he was eliminated in 14th place.

Tags: Adrian State Pavel Shchitnikov

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/125,000

Ante: 125,000

10 hours 5 minutes ago

Geiger Scores a Huge Double

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Dmitrii Kravchenko raised to 200,000 from the hijack, and Ohad Geiger three-bet to 550,000 from the cutoff. When the action got back to Kravchenko, he ripped it in, and Geiger called for his stack of 2,600,000.

Ohad Geiger: A♠K♣ All in
Dmitrii Kravchenko: A♥Q♣

Geiger held the best hand with big slick in a pot worth more than five million chips.

Neither player improved on the J♥7♠6♥6♦10♣ runout, and Geiger doubled through Kravchenko, leaving him with around four big blinds.

The very next hand, Kravchenko found a double-up through Timur Mukhamedaminov and climbed back above one million chips.

Tags: Dmitrii Kravchenko Ohad Geiger Timur Mukhamedaminov

10 hours 7 minutes ago

Bogdan Jontulovic Eliminated in 15th Place ($14,400)

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Stewart Morrison

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

It took two hands for Bogdan Jontulovic to lose all his chips with just two tables remaining.

In the first hand, Jontulovic raised 400,000 from under the gun, leaving himself just 100,000 behind. Pedro Ingles called in the big blind, leaving himself with just 50,000 behind.

The remaining chips went into the middle on a 3♦K♠A♣ flop.

Pedro Ingles: Q♦Q♣ All in
Bogdan Jontulovic: Q♠9♥

There was no help for Jontulovic on the 7♠ turn or J♥ river.

Just two hands later, Jontulovic put the remainder of his chips into the middle from the small blind, once again against Ingles, who had moved all in on the button.

Bogdan Jontulovic: 9♣4♥ All in
Pedro Ingles: A♣6♥

Once again, the deck favoured Ingles, as the board ran out 2♦K♠3♦J♣A♦, sending Jontulovic to the rail in 15th place.

Tags: Bogdan Jontulovic Pedro Ingles

10 hours 15 minutes ago

Dmitry Gromov Eliminated in 16th Place ($12,400)

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Yilu Yuan raised to 200,000 from the cutoff, and Dmitry Gromov three-bet to 1,000,000 from the small blind, leaving himself with just a few big blinds behind. Yuan jammed, and after using all of his time banks, Gromov called for the remainder of his stack.

Dmitry Gromov: A♠9♠ All in
Yilu Yuan: A♣J♣

Gromov was behind with the weaker ace, and neither player improved on the 10♥5♥3♥2♠Q♣ runout, meaning Yuan's ace-jack high won the pot.

Gromov was eliminated in 16th place, while Yuan added to his stack.

Tags: Dmitry Gromov Yilu Yuan

10 hours 18 minutes ago

Two Table Redraw

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Adrian State	Romania	4,550,000	46
1	2	Pedro Ingles	Spain	350,000	4
1	3	Bogdan Jontulovic	Serbia	500,000	5
1	4	Vyacheslav Kardash	Russian Federation	7,200,000	72
1	5	Yurii Zabrodotskyi	Ukraine	3,950,000	4
1	6	Pavel Shchitnikov	Russian Federation	2,525,000	25
1	7	Ruslan Volkov	Ukraine	2,925,000	29
1	8	Atilla Saracoglu	Turkey	1,600,000	16

2	1	Yilu Yuan	China	3,550,000	36
2	2	Dmitrii Kravchenko	Ukraine	3,050,000	31
2	3	Dmitry Gromov	Russian Federation	1,225,000	12
2	4	Ohad Geiger	Israel	2,600,000	26
2	5	Maksim Shornikau	Belarus	2,750,000	28
2	6	Dzhavanshyr Omarov	Ukraine	2,800,000	28
2	7	Timur Mukhamedaminov	Uzbekistan	2,150,000	22
2	8	Danielle Noja	Australia	1,300,000	13

10 hours 27 minutes ago

Zabrodotskyi Flips Out Pankov; Ghossan Busts

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Vitalii Pankov got his stack of 750,000 into the middle from the button, with Yurii Zabrodotskyi looking to bust him from the small blind.

Vitalii Pankov: A♥Q♠ All in
Yurii Zabrodotskyi: 5♦5♠

It was a flip that Pankov needed to win, but he was unable to do so as the board ran out 8♣8♠2♦K♥3♦, bringing his Merit Poker Cup run to an end.

At a nearby table, Georges Ghossan was seen heading to the rail after also being eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Georges Ghossan Vitalii Pankov Yurii Zabrodotskyi

10 hours 36 minutes ago

Ingles' Spin-Up Starts

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Pedro Ingles raised to 200,000 from the small blind, and Danielle Noja called from the big blind without looking at his cards.

Ingles checked the Q♣10♣5♦ flop, and Noja put him all in for his last T-25,000 chip, still without having looked. Ingles eventually called, and the cards were tabled.

Pedro Ingles: 2♦2♥ All in
Danielle Noja: J♣6♦

Ingles was ahead with his underpair, but the Q♠ turn gave Noja some counterfeit outs.

However, the 8♣ river was a brick, and Ingles' spin-up started.

Tags: Big Blind Danielle Noja Pedro Ingles

10 hours 40 minutes ago

Shchitnikov Leaves Ingles on Dust; Kononenko Busts

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Pavel Shchitnikov got his stack of 1,225,000 into the middle from the hijack against Pedro Ingles in the big blind, who had only a few more big blinds than Shchitnikov.

Pavel Shchitnikov: 10♦10♠ All in
Pedro Ingles: 8♠8♣

Shchitnikov held the higher pair, and neither player improved on the 3♦2♠3♥6♣7♠ runout, allowing him to secure the double-up and leave Ingles with around 25,000.

At the other table, Vitaly Kononenko was seen leaving his seat after being eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Pavel Shchitnikov Pedro Ingles Vitaly Kononenko

Level: 28

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000