2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$2,200 Warmup
Day: 1bc
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$181,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$962,320
Entries
523
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1bc
Entries
201
Players Left
99

Baybars Doubles in Massive Cooler

Level 1 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Vasili Firsau
Vasili Firsau

With stacks so deep, all-in confrontations have been hard to come by so far on Day 1b until Halil Baybars and Vasili Firsau just tangled in a massive pot.

Baybars had a raise of around 15,000 in front of him from the button before the flop and Firsau, in the small blind, called to see the {5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{a-Clubs} flop.

Both players checked as the {8-Diamonds} fell on the turn. Firsau checked again and Baybars bet 15,000. Firsau came back with a raise to 41,000 and Baybars immediately moved all in for around 75,000.

Firsau called just as quickly and turned over {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} for the turned set. Baybars, though, showed {a-Hearts}{a-Spades} for a flopped set as Firsau shot out of his seat.

The river came the {j-Clubs} and Firsau could only laugh as he was forced to hand over most of his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Halil Baybars tr
Halil Baybars
180,000
70,000
70,000
Vasili Firsau by
Vasili Firsau
30,000
-70,000
-70,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Halil BaybarsVasili Firsau