2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q3
Prize
$842,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000

Mezheritsky Shows Down The Nuts vs. Merulla

Level 22 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Robert Merulla Went With His Instinct, but the Call Proved to Be Ill-Timed
Robert Merulla Went With His Instinct, but the Call Proved to Be Ill-Timed

A pot of 200,000 or more was piled in the middle of the table when Vladislav Mezheritsky slid a single stack of twenty baby blue T5000 chips forward for a half-pot sized bet.

The 100,000 wager was a sizable one for Mezheritsky, as he only had about 155,000 left to his name, but Merulla could afford to make the call with about 400,000 to work with.

Merulla tanked for more than three minutes before making his decision, but when he tossed a single baby blue forward for the call, Mezheritsky immediately table the nuts with {a-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. He had turned the wheel straight and Merulla's read proved to be off base, so he slowly cut out the chips he lost and pushed them to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Vladislav Mezheritsky us
Vladislav Mezheritsky
555,000
242,500
242,500
Anthony Merulla us
Anthony Merulla
295,000
-210,000
-210,000

Tags: Robert MerullaVladislav Mezheritsky