$2,200 Warmup Day 3 | 2023 Merit Poker Western Series

01-19-2023 21:44 UTC+3

Pak Getting Shorter

Jeff McMillan

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Valeriy Pak bet 130,000 from early position on a flop of . Andress Merhed jammed from the small blind to make Pak decide for his tournament life.

Eventually, Pak folded after checking his cards as his stack dwindles further after having been the chip leader to start the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andress Merheb	2,150,000 450,000	450,000
Valeriy Pak	500,000 -450,000	-450,000

Tags: Pak Getting Shorter Valeriy Pak

01-19-2023 21:32 UTC+3

Katymaev's Set Sends Out Aristotelos

David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Katherina Aristotelos was down to around 300,000 when he moved all in from early position and was called by Evgenii Katymaev.

Katherina Aristotelos:
Evgenii Katymaev:

The flop came , giving Katymaev a set of tens and Aristotelos a straight draw. The board ran out , missing Aristotelos and sending her to the rail in 28th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgenii Katymaev	2,700,000 -550,000	-550,000
Katherina Aristotelos	Busted

Tags: Evgenii Katymaev Katherina Aristotelos

01-19-2023 21:29 UTC+3

Katymaev Moving Up

Jeff McMillan

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Evgenii Katymaev was all in preflop with the in a big flip against Valeriy Pak who held the .

In this instance, big slick would to the trick as the flop came . The turn was the . The river came the Pak lost another chunk of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgenii Katymaev	3,250,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Valeriy Pak	950,000 -1,250,000	-1,250,000

Tags: Evgenii Katymaev Valeriy Pak

01-19-2023 21:28 UTC+3

Mandara Picks Up Aces in Four-Bet Pot

David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Nariman Yaghmai opened the pot for 80,000 before Arie Kliper three-bet to 240,000 in the hijack. Ryan Mandara, on the button, then moved all in for around 1,100,000 and Yaghmai snap-called.

Kliper spent about a minute in the tank before he got out of the way as Mandara turned over . Yaghmai had and stood up from the table with his backpack on as the dealer spread the board.

Mandara finished with a full house to send Yaghmai to the rail. Kliper admitted after the hand he folded ace-king. "I figured one of you had aces, so I had to fold," he said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Mandara	1,800,000 850,000	850,000
Arie Kliper	600,000 -100,000	-100,000
Nariman Yaghmai	Busted

Tags: Arie Kliper Nariman Yaghmai Ryan Mandara

01-19-2023 21:20 UTC+3

Kuliberda Outdraws Macori

David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Dawid Kuliberda raised to 80,000 from the cutoff before Federico Macori moved all in from the big blind for 350,000. Kuliberda quickly called.

Federico Macori:
Dawid Kuliberda:

Kuliberda was dominated by leapt into the lead on the flop with a pair of tens. Macori had a straight draw but didn't improve on the turn or river as Kuliberda finished with a full house to send him to the payout desk.

"Unlucky," Michael Allen consoled Macori as he made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dawid Kuliberda	1,200,000 500,000	500,000
Federico Macori	Busted

Tags: Dawid Kuliberda Federico Macori

01-19-2023 21:10 UTC+3

Guven Wins Big Flip

Jeff McMillan

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

There was a classic preflop flip in progress as both players had very close to even stacks.

Akin Guven:
Bartlomiej Swieboda:

The flop came . The turn was the and the river the to secure the critical pot for Guven.

Player	Chips	Progress
Akin Guven	1,350,000 620,000	620,000
Bartlomiej Swieboda	280,000 -470,000	-470,000

Tags: Akin Guven Bartlomiej Swieboda

01-19-2023 20:58 UTC+3

Allen Calls Aboudi With King-High

David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of , Ido Aboudi jammed his last 135,000 from the big blind. Michael Allen in middle position asked for a count before he threw in the chips to call.

Aboudi had for a straight draw, while Allen had for king-high. The turn came the , followed by the on the river as Allen made a pair of kings to bust Aboudi.

Jesse Wigan was also eliminated on the main feature table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Allen	1,700,000 200,000	200,000
Jesse Wigan	Busted
Ido Aboudi	Busted

Tags: Ido Aboudi Jesse Wigan Michael Allen

01-19-2023 20:52 UTC+3

Ozbek Falls After Dinner

David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On the first hand back from dinner break, Gokhan Ozbek got the rest of his 450,000 stack in the middle on a flop of and was up against Yury Bochkarev.

Ozbek turned over , but Bochkarev had top pair with . The board ran out and Ozbek wished the rest of the table luck before heading for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yury Bochkarev	2,500,000 400,000	400,000
Gokhan Ozbek	Busted

Tags: Yury Bochkarev Gokhan Ozbek

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

01-19-2023 20:27 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts (full)

David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Doe	5,000,000 -500,000	-500,000

Maxime Chilaud	4,300,000 115,000	115,000
Halil Baybars	2,800,000 200,000	200,000
Valentin Tsoy	2,650,000 850,000	850,000
Vladislav Fedoseev	2,400,000 1,640,000	1,640,000
Paul Browne	2,250,000 -250,000	-250,000
Valeriy Pak	2,200,000

Yury Bochkarev	2,100,000
Recep Aydemir	2,050,000 750,000	750,000
David Hu	1,950,000 300,000	300,000
Musa Genc	1,900,000 150,000	150,000
Andress Merheb	1,700,000 300,000	300,000
Michael Allen	1,500,000 -300,000	-300,000
Huseyin Akgul	1,450,000 175,000	175,000
Helmut Phung	1,350,000 1,125,000	1,125,000

Andre Mehreb	1,300,000 1,015,000	1,015,000
Michele Guerrini	1,250,000 -50,000	-50,000
Nikolay Fal	1,150,000 -100,000	-100,000
Ryan Mandara	950,000 80,000	80,000
Evgenii Katymaev	950,000 -250,000	-250,000
Nuri Hadioglu	900,000 -800,000	-800,000
Nariman Yaghmai	880,000 230,000	230,000
Bartlomiej Swieboda	750,000 300,000	300,000
Akin Guven	730,000 -470,000	-470,000
Arie Kliper	700,000 -110,000	-110,000

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