2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$5,300 High Roller
Day: 2
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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
Total Entries
147
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
147
Players Left
17
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Updated Chip Counts Tables 3 and 4

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ilhamur Shows Bluff

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was joined on the river as the board showed the {9-Spades}{6-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{a-Hearts}. The pot had a large amount of around 400,0000 in it.

Giorgii Shkulukhiia checked under the gun over to Osman Ilhamur on the button who took his time. Shkulukhiia called clock as Ilhamur thought about what action to take. He shoved after the call of clock. Shkulukhiia folded quickly.

Ilhamur tossed open the {7-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for the bluff as he raked in the big pot.

Tags: Giorgii ShkulukhiiaOsman Ilhamur

Updated Chip Counts Tables 1 and 2

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Kaukua Raises Out Niste

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was on the flop as it read {j-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}. Mihai Gabriel Niste bet 14,000 from the hijack. Toni Kaukua check-raised to 42,000 from the small blind.

Niste thought a few moments before he slid his cards into the muck.

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Cakir Felted

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Murad Cakir
Murad Cakir

Murad Cakir moved all in preflop and was called by Giorgii Shkulukhiia after a few moments of thought.

Murad Cakir: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Giorgii Shkulukhiia: {a-Spades}{8-Spades}

The flop came {4-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{a-Hearts} to make Cakir's prospects look dim. The turn brightened them slightly when the {10-Diamonds} came off but the {10-Spades} river officially ended it for Cakir.

Tags: Giorgii ShkulukhiiaMurad Cakir

Browne Takes Out Pak

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The eliminations have started to come at a rapid pace late in the night as there has been a flurry of preflop all ins since the break and another one was occurring with Valeriy Pak at risk.

Valeriy Pak: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Paul Browne: {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The flop came {a-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, but the turn was the {k-Clubs} as Pak stood up and the river came the {5-Diamonds} to end his night.

Tags: Paul BrowneValeriy Pak

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Gavrilovich Takes From Browne

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action went check-check on a flop of {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{q-Spades} between Paul Browne and Jenya Gavrilovich with a decent size pot of 95,000 resting in the middle.

The turn was the {a-Clubs}. From middle position, Browne bet 26,000 and Gavrilovich called from the big blind.

The river came the {5-Clubs}. Both players checked again. Gavrilovich tabled the {a-Hearts}{7-Clubs} which won the pot as Browne mucked.

Tags: Jenya GavrilovichPaul Browne