Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
2023 Merit Poker Western Series
$5,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2023 Merit Poker Western Series
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$676,200
Entries
147
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
17
Players Left
1
Kaukua Calls Down vs Kontush
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Yauhen Kontush opened under the gun with the 
and Toni Kaukua defended the big blind with the 
.
The flop came down 
. Hontush bet 100,000 and Kaukua called.
The turn was the 
. Kontush came with a lead again with a bet of 350,000 and Kaukua called again.
The river was the 
. Kontush fired a third barrel for 600,000. Kaukua tanked for well over a minute before ehe decide to call to take the pot with top pair to take a big early pot at the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,900,000
1,205,000
|
1,205,000 |
|
500,000
-1,170,000
|
-1,170,000 |
Mouwad Doubles Through Ilhamur
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Joseph Mouwad jammed 705,000 from the hijack holding the 
. Osman Ilhamur quickly called with the 
from the cutoff and everyone else folded.
The flop came 
to keep Mouwad ahead. The turn was the 
and the river was the to give Mouwad an important double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,800,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |
|
1,600,000
765,000
|
765,000 |
Yauhen Kontush Eliminated in 9th Place ($17,500)
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Yauhen Kontush moved all in with the from the cutoff for 350,000 and was called by the 
of Roman Kolotiuk on the button.
The board ran out 
to make Kontush be the first to depart from the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Christoforou Finds Aces
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Andreas Christoforou raised to 150,000 from the hijack with the . Fausto Tantillo was in the cutoff and three-bet to 410,000 with the 
. Osman Ilhamur four-bet to 1,100,000 with the , Christoforou called to put himself all in with a huge chance to double.
The flop came 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
to give him the double and change the dynamics of the table chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,800,000
1,605,000
|
1,605,000 |
|
|
1,800,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
1,600,000
-680,000
|
-680,000 |
|
||
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Kolotiuk Folds Tens to Aggression
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Roman Kolotiuk raised with the 
from the hijack to 160,000. Andreas Christoforou three-bet to 540,000 from the small blind with the . Kolotiuk went into the tank and used multiple time banks before he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,000,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
1,600,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Ustimov Hits River to Survive
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Roman Kolotiuk raised to 160,000 from middle position with the 
. Viktor Ustimov called his shorter stack with the 
.
The flop came , the turn was the 
and the river came the to link a double on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
490,000
-245,000
|
-245,000 |
Iulian-Remus Blebea Eliminated in 8th Place ($23,100)
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Iulian-Remus Blebea moved all in for his remaining couple of big blinds with the 
and was called in the big blind by Andreas Christoforou with the .
The board ran out 
and Blebea’s short stack was exhausted as he lost the battle of short stack attrition.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
3,115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
2,405,000
605,000
|
605,000 |
|
|
1,720,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,410,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
|
|
1,265,000
-235,000
|
-235,000 |
|
|
290,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000