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5 hours 10 minutes ago

Carmen Series Smashes Records with 881-Entry Main Event

Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The 2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series has officially made history.

With the final bell on late registration ringing at the end of Level 14, the $3,300 Main Event drew a staggering 881 entries, crushing the previous Carmen Series record of 765 from 2023. It also blew past last year’s 664-runner field, sending a clear message: poker in Cyprus has never been hotter.

What started with a packed tournament room quickly overflowed into the cash game area as players swarmed the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino in search of a seat. By the time the final numbers were tallied, a six-figure first prize was locked in, and the Carmen Series had set a new bar for success.

From local grinders to international crushers, the atmosphere has been electric. There were queues at the registration desk, overflow into the cash game room, and even the dealers were feeling the buzz. This isn’t just another Main Event—it’s a milestone.

Now, with 277 players remaining on Day 2, the chase for the Carmen crown kicks into high gear. Who will ride this record-breaking wave all the way to the top?

Stay locked in to PokerNews for full coverage as we continue the journey toward crowning the next Carmen Series Main Event champion.

5 hours 11 minutes ago

Monster Stack vs Monster Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With one of the biggest stacks in the room, Andrii Novak raised to 9,000 under the gun before Konstantin Voronin, who was also one of the biggest stacks in the room, three-bet to 28,000 from middle position. When it got back to Novak, he put in the four-bet to 105,000. Voronin took one look back at his cards before folding and allowing Novak to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrii Novak	1,400,000 50,000	50,000
Konstantin Voronin	1,200,000

Tags: Andrii Novak Konstantin Voronin

5 hours 16 minutes ago

Tsouloftas Hits a Milly

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

There were already around 60,000 chips in the middle on a 9?5?9? flop when Vitalii Pankov checked from the big blind and Georgios Tsouloftas bet 17,000 in the hijack. Pankov called.

A K? on the turn was checked through to the K?, which double-paired the board. Pankov checked, then Tsouloftas fired out 35,000. Immediately Pankov tossed his cards away, and Tsouloftas hit the seven-figure mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Tsouloftas	1,000,000 40,000	40,000

Vitalii Pankov	550,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Georgios Tsouloftas Vitalii Pankov

5 hours 16 minutes ago

Estrada Cracks Golan's Aces

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Axel Hallay raised to 8,000 from early position with Soraya Estrada calling from the small blind before Navot Golan squeezed to 28,000 from the big blind. Hallay and Estrada called.

Golan continued with a bet of 17,000 on the 4?6?6? flop, which both Hallay and Estrada called.

After Estrada checked the 3? turn, Golan shoved for 51,000. Hallay folded, but Estrada instantly called.

Navot Golan: A?A? All in
Soraya Estrada: A?Q?

Estrada currently had the best hand with a turned flush, and just had to avoid a few cards on the river to crack the aces of Golan. A clean 4? came on the river and Golan was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soraya Estrada	690,000 190,000	190,000
Axel Hallay	450,000 50,000	50,000

Navot Golan	Busted

Tags: Axel Hallay Navot Golan Soraya Estrada

5 hours 21 minutes ago

Shcherbakov Check-Raises

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Kirill Shcherbakov's stack is slowly growing and he now has around 400,000 after a flop check-raise earned him some extra chips.

Shcherbakov raised to 8,000 from middle position and got a call from the button and small blind. They went to a flop of K?5?9? where it checked to the button, who bet 11,000. The small blind folded, then Shcherbakov made it 35,000. Without hesitation, the button folded and Shcherbakov was pushed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Shcherbakov	400,000 330,000	330,000

Tags: Kirill Shcherbakov

5 hours 28 minutes ago

Akyel Flips Out Darkin

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ramazan Akyel is gaining some momentum and just knocked out a player to pad out his stack.

Akyel raised to 8,000 from under the gun and got a call from the player next to him before Samuel Darkin made it 25,000 from middle position. The button called, then Akyel ripped in his stack of over 200,000. Only Darkin made the call for his stack of around 120,000.

Samuel Darkin: Q?Q? All in
Ramazan Akyel: A?K?

Darkin was looking for a double-up but saw one of the worst flops possible as the 4?K?7? board gave Akyel top pair. No improvement came on either the 8? turn or 9? river, and Darkin was sent to the rail just after registration closed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramazan Akyel	375,000 296,000	296,000
Sam Darkin	Busted

Tags: Ramazan Akyel Sam Darkin

5 hours 32 minutes ago

Selected Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrii Novak	1,350,000 300,000	300,000
Konstantin Voronin	1,200,000

Georgios Tsouloftas	960,000 240,000	240,000

Paul Amsellem	900,000 475,000	475,000
Boris Kolev	900,000 80,000	80,000

Daniel Foldesi	900,000 714,000	714,000
Andrija Cvetkovic	900,000 300,000	300,000
Yasen Dichev	875,000 275,000	275,000
Anthony Khouzami	850,000 125,000	125,000

Vitalii Pankov	800,000 588,000	588,000
Qiang Xu	760,000 40,000	40,000

Mikhail Zavoloka	750,000 200,000	200,000
Hilmi Tekin	750,000 478,500	478,500
Kutay Taskin	750,000 584,000	584,000
Sami Ayyoub	700,000 700,000	700,000
Atanas Malinov	690,000 659,000	659,000
Alessio Isaia	675,000 505,000	505,000

Dinesh Alt	650,000 440,500	440,500
Aleksandr Kirichenko	620,000 390,000	390,000
Maher Achour	600,000 25,000	25,000
Maxim Toldin	590,000 16,500	16,500
Timur Mukhamedaminov	550,000 240,000	240,000
Soraya Estrada	500,000 30,000	30,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

5 hours 55 minutes ago

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante

Players are heading on their final break of the night.

When they return, two more levels will be played before the survivors bag up.

6 hours 3 minutes ago

Gromov Can Dodge Bullets Baby

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante

There was a raise to 7,000 from early position before Dmitry Gromov three-bet to 27,000 from middle position. Osman Aksu cold-bet shoved for 422,000 from the hijack which forced the initial opener to fold. Gromov, however, went deep into the tank. Eventually, Gromov asked Aksu:

"Will you show if I fold?"

Aksu responded by saying: "No, you must pay."

After around two minutes of thinking, Gromov folded and flipped over A?K?. Aksu was telling a lie as he was kind enough to show A?A?, to let Gromov know he made a good fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Gromov	740,000 160,000	160,000

Osman Aksu	500,000 201,000	201,000

Tags: Dmitry Gromov Osman Aksu