2023 Merit Poker Western Series

On the stream, Iulian-Remus Blebea raised to 100,000 under the gun with the . Mihai Niste was in the small blind with the and he moved all in for 565,000. In the big blind, Fausto Tantillo woke up with the and re-jammed. to fold out Blebea.

Things were looking dim for the Romanian as the flop came down . The turn was the and the river was the to eliminate Niste.

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya raised to 350,000 from early position, leaving himself only a few chips behind. It folded to Toni Kaukua in the big blind who raised all in. Skhulukhiya took used his time banks before tossing in the last few chips.

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya:
Toni Kaukua:

The flop came , the turn was the and the river was a blank to end the day for Skhulukhiya.

Koray Korkmaz was all in from the big blind for just over two big blinds.

Koray Korkmaz:
Toni Kaukua:

The flop hit Korkmaz as it came , the turn was the and the river came the to secure his small double up.

Recep Aydemir jammed the for his few big blinds left from the small blind. Joseph Mouwad was in the big blind with the and called.

The flop came . The turn was the to give Mouwad a flush and leave Aydemir drawing dead as the river changed nothing and he was eliminated in 15th place.

There was a big hand brewing between two of the largest stacks on table 3 as the pot had at least 800,000 in it on the turn as the board read . Fausto Tanillo bet 275,000 from under the gun and was called by Jenya Gavrilovich in the big blind.

The river was the . Tantillo jammed all in to put a massive decision in the hands of Gavrilovich who sat back and immediately put forward all of his time banks, indicating that a long tank was to come.

He stood up, just as he had done late in Day 2 and peered over the table to assess the situation. He played with chips in his hands. Eventually he called.

Tantillo tabled the for top pair which out-kicked Gavrilovich who had the and just like that he was gone in 16th place.

On the feature streaming table, Jack Sinclair jammed the under the gun and was called by the of Mihai Niste.

The board ran out and Sinclair was eliminated on the first hand of the day.

Day 3 is underway with the button in seat 1 to start the night.

The players are getting prepared for the streaming table and unpacking their chips as play will be starting soon.