$5,300 High Roller Day 2 | 2023 Merit Poker Western Series

01-27-2023 00:22 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgii Shkulukhiia	740,000 10,000	10,000
Iulian-Remus Blebea	730,000 430,000	430,000
Recep Aydemir	680,000 104,300	104,300
Paul Browne	640,000 365,000	365,000
Andrew Hulme	620,000 90,000	90,000
Ghanim Dashti	540,000 135,000	135,000
Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi	515,000
Fausto Tantillo	430,000 130,000	130,000

Jenya Gavrilovich	275,000 80,000	80,000
Vladislav Ivanov	240,000 45,000	45,000

Kaukua Wins Three-Way Pot With Straight

Jeff McMillan

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

Three players were at the turn with the board reading . From the small blind, Aleksandr Ivanov bet 35,000. Toni Kaukua called in the big blind and Dawid Kuliberda also called in early position.

The river was the . It checked all the way around. Ivanov tabled the but that was second best to the straight of Kaukua.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dawid Kuliberda	475,000 45,000	45,000
Aleksandr Ivanov	460,000 287,000	287,000
Toni Kaukua	270,000 120,500	120,500

Tags: Aleksandr Ivanov Dawid Kuliberda Toni Kaukua

01-27-2023 00:05 UTC+2

Ilani Surging

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Jeff McMillan

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

The aftermath of a hand was being deciphered as Ran Ilani was seen scooping a huge pot as his was showing as the winner on a board of .

The losing hand was turned over but it was Mohamad El-Sayed who was getting up and heading to the exits as he was eliminated. Meanwhile, Ilani's stack has grown to one of the largest in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Ilani	910,000 625,000	625,000
Mohamad El-Sayed	Busted

Tags: Mohamad El-Sayed Ran Ilani

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

01-26-2023 23:58 UTC+2

Prizepool Information

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Jeff McMillan

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

With registration closed, the prizepool has been finalized as $676,200, completely blowing past the $250,000 guarantee thanks to 147 entries. The top 17 players will be paid, the min-cash will be $9,200 and the grand prize will be $170,000.