Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
2023 Merit Poker Western Series
$5,300 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
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
147
Players Left
17
Ten-Minute Break
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The 24 remaining players are now on another 10-minute break.
Kolotiuk Slays Hulme
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Andrew Hulme raised under the gun. Osman Ilhamur three-bet to 130,000 from the button. Andrew Hulme four-bet jammed out of the big blind. Kolotiuk re-jammed his larger stack.
Ilhamur checked his cards and thought for a long time before eventually laying it down.
Andrew Hulme: 
Roman Kolotiuk: 
Ilhamur reacted with frustration at his fold, upon seeing the two hands and the flop came 
to hit Kolotiuk. The turn was the 
and the river the 
to bust Hulme and give Kolotiuk the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,620,000 | 863,000 |
|
410,000 | -365,000 |
|
Busted |
Kuliberda's Boat Paid Off
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Action was picked up on the river. The board read 
with a pot of about 320,000 in it. Dawid Kuliberda was in the hijack and bet 250,000.
Andrew Hulme from the big blind sighed and went into the tank. He sat back in his chair and considered it for quite a while before he called.
Kuliberda tabled the 
for a full house and Hulme mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | 495,000 |
|
|
510,000 | -235,000 |
Kolotiuk Contiues
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
There was a pot of nearly 300,000 in the middle with a flop of 
showing. From the button, Roman Kolotiuk bet 150,000, which sent Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi spiraling deep into the tank from the hijack.
Al-Kubasai weighed his options and counted out his stack before eventually folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
757,000 | 582,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Dashti Takes One From Lakhov
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Ghanim Dashti raised from the small blind, Alexander Lakhiv three-bet to 79,000 from the big blind and Dashti called.
The flop came 
. Lakhov peered around the dealer awkwardly as it was a 1 seat vs 8 seat situation and looked at Dashti's stack. He then bet 75,000 and Dashti called.
The turn was the 
. Lakhov again went behind the dealer to look at Dashti's stack before Dashti led for 100,000 which got a swfit fold from Lakhov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000 | 110,000 |
|
465,000 | -80,000 |
Al-Kubasi Stacking High
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi was seen taking the rest of Konstantin Generalov's chips.
Konstantin Generalov: 
Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi:
The board showed 
and with the pot Al-Kubasi moved above the million chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,010,000 | 390,000 |
|
Busted |
Lakhov Sends Two to the Rail
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The details of the hand were lost as the cards were already being swept up but Julian Thomas and Yusuf Tekin were both heading out the door while Alexander Lakhov was gathering in all the rest of their chips as the eliminations continue to come at a steady pace.
The plan is to stop play when 16 players, the final two tables, is reached.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
545,000 | 545,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000