Early Winners From Merit Poker Carmen Series In Cyprus

The 2025 Advantage Poker Carmen Collection at Advantage Crystal Cove Resort and On line casino options 22 occasions, together with a number of huge multi-day tournaments. The centerpiece of the entire affair is the continued $3,300 buy-in essential occasion, which sports activities a $1.5 million prize pool. Whereas that occasion is ready to wrap up on Mar. 24, a few the bigger aspect occasions have already performed all the way down to a winner.

The primary was the $2,200 buy-in no-limit maintain’em ‘Heat Up,’ which drew 646 entries to simply surpass the $1 million assure. A complete of $1,188,640 was paid out ultimately, with Dmitrii Kopyl (pictured above, left) securing the trophy and the highest prize of $210,000. This was by far the most important recorded rating for the Russian participant , topping the $20,990 he earned because the third-place finisher in a $500 buy-in occasion on the Eurasian Poker Tour Snowfest cease.

2011 World Poker Tour Venice essential occasion champion Alessio Isaia completed fourth for $71,030. Daniel Abrahamsson fell simply in need of a six-figure rating, incomes $98,575 because the third-place finisher. That left Kopyl heads-up with Bulgaria’s Atanas Malinov, who finally secured $142,100 because the runner-up.

Malinov then went on to complete seventh within the $5,300 buy-in $500,000 assured excessive curler occasion. The match drew 270 entries to greater than double the assure. The biggest chunk of the $1,242,000 last prize pool was finally awarded to Dawid Smolka (pictured above, proper). The Polish participant walked away with $260,000 because the champion, the second-largest rating of his profession.

In 2021 Smolka positioned eighth within the World Collection of Poker On-line essential occasion for $339,124. He now has almost $1.7 million in profession cashes beneath his belt.

Along with Malinov, the ultimate desk additionally included the likes of European Poker Tour and WPT champion Andrey Pateychuk (ninth) and Johnny Lodden (2nd), who has dwell match outcomes courting again to 2004. Lodden earned $182,700 because the runner-up, the fourth-highest payday on his résumé.

Advantage Poker Carmen Collection $2,200 Heat Up

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors

1
Dmitrii Kopyl
$210,000
840

2
Atanas Malinov
$142,100
700

3
Daniel Abrahamsson
$98,575
560

4
Alessio Isaia
$71,030
420

5
Erdal Gulseven
$52,530
350

6
Atanas Pavlov
$42,020
280

7
Humberto Galindo
$35,015
210

8
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
$28,015
140

9
Rui Martins
$21,010
70

Advantage Poker Carmen Collection $5,300 Excessive Curler