2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 4
Event Info

2024 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$165,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$830,640
Entries
446
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
17
Players Left
1

Adrian State, Andrea Dato Try to Track Down Simone Andrian For the Title on Final Day of the $2,200 Warm Up

Adrian State
Adrian State

A prestigious Merit Poker trophy awaits one lucky player when the final day of the Merit Poker Western Series $2,200 Warm Up begins at noon local time.

Just 17 players out of a starting field of 446 have successfully navigated through four starting flights and three days of play to reach this far. They are led by Italian pro Simone Andrian, who went on a late rush of eliminations yesterday on his way to bagging up a massive stack of 8,410,000 and becoming the man to beat today on Day 4.

The group of players who will try to track him down and steal the title include Adrian State, the Romanian pro who will eclipse $1 million in total live earnings with a victory today. State enters in third chip position with 3,900,000, right behind Day 2 chip leader Abdullah Alajmi (6,010,000). WSOP bracelet winner Guoliang Wei, part of a large Chinese contingent that traveled here to North Cyprus for the festival, is in fourth place with 2,810,000.

Day 4 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Simone AndrianItaly8,410,000140
2Abdullah AlajmiKuwait6,010,000100
3Adrian StateRomania3,900,00065
4Guoliang WeiChina2,810,00047
5Andrea DatoItaly2,750,00046
6George PanagidesCyprus2,750,00046
7Baurzhan AkimovKazakhstan2,450,00041
8Yuefan GuChina2,230,00037
9Sari HaddadLebanon2,170,00036
10Qusai AlbakeerJordan2,025,00034
11Fahredin MustafovBulgaria1,940,00032
12Azamat TulepbergenovKazakhstan1,930,00032
13Antoine HasbaniLebanon1,320,00022
14Andrei DaniliukRussia1,190,00020
15Ermanno Di NicolaItaly975,00016
16Nina KrasilnikovaRussia925,00015
17John BastaEgypt790,00013

Rounding out the top five is Andrea Dato, the veteran Italian pro who already has earned nearly $2.5 million in a career that dates back to 2006. Dato has fond memories of playing here in North Cyprus, finishing in second place in the EPT festival back in October for more than $650,000, the largest score on his resume. Other players still in the hunt include Baurzhan Akimov (2,450,000), Fahredin Mustafov (1,940,000), Andrei Daniliuk (1,190,000), who finished runner-up in the Warm Up at the Merit Poker Gangster Series in November, Ermanno Di Nicola (975,000), and Nina Krasilnikova (925,000).

Andrea Dato
Andrea Dato

The action on Day 4 resumes on Level 25 with blinds of 30,000-60,000. The players are already guaranteed $8,450 for making it this far, with a spot at the final table worth $16,500. But all eyes will be on the trophy and $165,000 top prize today at the Merit Poker Crystal Cove and Casino. The final table will be streamed on a 30-minute delay on Merit Poker’s YouTube channel, with commentary from James Dempsey and David Lappin.

Stay tuned as PokerNews follows all the action as the field plays down to a final table and on to the crowning of a new champion.

Tags: Abdullah AlajmiAdrian StateAndrea DatoAndrei DaniliukAntoine HasbaniAzamat TulepbergenovBaurzhan AkimovErmanno Di NicolaFahredin MustafovGeorge PanagidesGuoliang WeiJohn BastaNina KrasilnikovaQusai AlbakeerSari HaddadSimone AndrianYuefan Gu