2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$5,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$170,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$676,200
Entries
147
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
17
Players Left
1

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Eliminated in 14th Place ($10,700)

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

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: {k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Toni Kaukua: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came {8-Spades}{3-Spades}{6-Hearts}, the turn was the {q-Clubs} and the river was a blank {4-Diamonds} to end the day for Skhulukhiya.

Player Chips Progress
Toni Kaukua fi
Toni Kaukua
2,350,000
1,020,000
1,020,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Busted

Tags: Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaToni Kaukua

Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Mihai Niste Eliminated in 13th Place ($10,700)

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Mihai Niste
Mihai Niste

On the stream, Iulian-Remus Blebea raised to 100,000 under the gun with the {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}. Mihai Niste was in the small blind with the {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds} and he moved all in for 565,000. In the big blind, Fausto Tantillo woke up with the {a-Clubs}{a-Spades} and re-jammed. to fold out Blebea.

Things were looking dim for the Romanian as the flop came down {q-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{10-Clubs}. The turn was the {6-Diamonds} and the river was the {10-Diamonds} to eliminate Niste.

Player Chips Progress
Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
4,500,000
790,000
790,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Mihai Niste ro
Mihai Niste
Busted

Tags: Mihai Niste

Koray Korkmaz Eliminated in 12th Place ($12,900)

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Koray Korkmaz
Koray Korkmaz

Koray Korkmaz was all in from the cutoff against the button.

Koray Korkmaz: {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
[Removed:446]: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

The flop came {3-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. The turn was the {6-Clubs} and the river the {10-Clubs} to avoid chop possibilities and Korkmaz was gone.

Player Chips Progress
Toni Kaukua fi
Toni Kaukua
2,400,000
50,000
50,000
Osman Ilhamur tr
Osman Ilhamur
1,200,000
-810,000
-810,000
Roman Kolotiuk ru
Roman Kolotiuk
850,000
-460,000
-460,000
Viktor Ustimov ru
Viktor Ustimov
600,000
132,000
132,000
[Removed:446]
[Removed:446]
535,000
130,000
130,000
Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
Busted

Tags: Koray KorkmazKoray Kormaz

[Removed:446] Eliminated in 11th Place ($12,900)

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The rapid eliminations would continue as [Removed:446] was all in and at risk.

[Removed:446]: {a-Spades}{2-Hearts}
Osman Ilhamur: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The flop came {a-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{k-Clubs}. The turn was the {6-Spades}. Saran was duck hunting on the river but instead it was the {q-Spades} to end his run in 11th place.

Player Chips Progress
Osman Ilhamur tr
Osman Ilhamur
2,150,000
950,000
950,000
[Removed:446]
[Removed:446]
Busted

Tags: Osman Ilhamur

Ilhamur Takes Large Chunk From Tantillo

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

In a blind on blind battle, Fausto Tantillo raised from the small blind, Osman Ilhamur jammed out of the big blind and was called by Tantillo after a few moments.

Osman Ilhamur: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}
Fausto Tantillo: {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}

Tantillo would need to get lucky to take out Ilhamur and take a huge chip lead. The flop came {8-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{j-Hearts}, the turn was the {2-Diamonds} and the river the {a-Hearts} to give Ilhamur a huge pot and wound Tantillo.

Player Chips Progress
Osman Ilhamur tr
Osman Ilhamur
3,750,000
1,600,000
1,600,000
Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
1,800,000
-1,910,000
-1,910,000
Day 2 Chip Leader

Tags: Fausto TantilloOsman Ilhamur

Dawid Kuliberda Eliminated in 10th Place ($12,900)

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Dawid Kuliberda
Dawid Kuliberda

At the feature table, Dawid Kuliberda jammed all in with the {10-Clubs}{6-Spades} from the hijack for 125,000. Yauhen Kontush called on the button with the {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and Andreas Christoforou also called in the big blind with the {k-Spades}{9-Spades}.

The flop came {q-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades}. It checked to the {5-Clubs} turn and the {8-Clubs} river. and Kontush took the pot with the best hand and Kuliberda was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Yauhen Kontush by
Yauhen Kontush
1,650,000
615,000
615,000
Dawid Kuliberda pl
Dawid Kuliberda
Busted

Tags: Dawid Kuliberda

One Hour Break

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The final table players are on a 60-minute dinner break that started at 7:45 p.m.. They will return to the felt at 8:45 p.m.

PokerNews will pick up coverage on the final table stream delay so as to now spoil the action, meaning coverage will resume at ~ 10:10 p.m. depending on the length of the stream delay.

Final Table Redraw

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
SeatPlayerChip CountBig Blinds
1Fausto Tantillo2,280,00046
2Joseph Mouwad835,00017
3Osman Ilhamur3,900,00078
4Toni Kaukua2,695,00054
5Yauhen Kontush1,670,00033
6Roman Kolotiuk975,00020
7Viktor Ustimov735,00014
8Iulian-Remus Blebea420,0008
9Andreas Christoforou1,195,00024
Player Chips Progress
Osman Ilhamur tr
Osman Ilhamur
3,900,000
150,000
150,000
Toni Kaukua fi
Toni Kaukua
2,695,000
295,000
295,000
Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
2,280,000
480,000
480,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Yauhen Kontush by
Yauhen Kontush
1,670,000
635,000
635,000
Andreas Christoforou cy
Andreas Christoforou
1,195,000
95,000
95,000
Roman Kolotiuk ru
Roman Kolotiuk
975,000
125,000
125,000
Joseph Mouwad lb
Joseph Mouwad
835,000
335,000
335,000
Viktor Ustimov ru
Viktor Ustimov
735,000
135,000
135,000
Iulian-Remus Blebea ro
Iulian-Remus Blebea
420,000
-385,000
-385,000