Level: 7
Blinds: 800/1,500
Ante: 1,500
2023 Merit Poker Western Series
$5,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
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
95
Players Left
69
Saran Gets One Through
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Action was joined at the end of a hand with the board showing 
.
[Removed:446] moved all in for about 60,000 into a pot of around the same amount. Koray Kormaz thought for about 30 seconds before he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
153,000 | -42,000 |
![[Removed:446]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
Smolka Gets Call For Double at The Buzzer
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Action was picked up on the turn with the board reading 
. There was a pot of about 18,000 and Dawid Smolka jammed all in from middle position for almost the same size of the pot.
Ghanim Dashti was in the cutoff and was deep in the tank. He looked like he was on the verge of folding a couple of times but held on to his cards. Eventually, the clock was called. The floor came over to administer the countdown and as the countdown reached the final few seconds, Dashti tossed in the call.
Smolka held the lead with the 
while Dashti was needing to hit with the 
. The river came the 
to keep Smolka ahead and give him the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
137,000 | -3,000 |
|
38,000 | -52,000 |
El-Sayed Raises the River
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Action came in on the river as the board read 
. From the hijack, Jamie Nixon bet 16,000 into a pot of around 34,000.
Mohamad El-Sayed took a few moments before he raised to 42,000. Nixon quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
197,000 | -13,000 |
|
67,000 | -14,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Break Time
Level 5
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The players are on their last break of the day, a shortened 10-minute one.
High Roller in Action
Netaliev Takes Another
Level 5
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Kemal Aslan bet 3,500 from the cutoff on a flop of 
and Oleg Netaliev called in the big blind.
The turn was the . Netaliev led for 7,000 and Aslan called.
The river came the . Netaliev led for 10,000. Aslan called quickly. Netaliev tabled the 
for two pair. Aslan checked his cards multiple times and took about 20 seconds before he mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000 | 30,000 |
|
149,000 | 149,000 |
Netaliev Uses Cowboys
Level 5
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Three-way action was on the flop with it reading 
and a pot of about 40,000. The action checked around to the turn which was the 
.
Ghassan Yared moved all in for his remaining 36,000. Oleg Netaliev called and Mohamad El-Sayed folded.
Netaliev had the 
while Yared had the 
. The river was the 
and Yared was sent away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
145,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 5
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000