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
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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Tekin Triples Up

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Yusuf Tekin was all in preflop and in trouble in a three-way hand.

Yusuf Tekin: {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Dawid Smolka: {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Fausto Tantillo: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The flop came down {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} bingo for Tekin. The turn was the {3-Spades} and the river the {9-Spades} to secure him the triple up, while Smolka was knocked down to a short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
300,000
300,000
300,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Yusuf Tekin tr
Yusuf Tekin
145,000
145,000
145,000
Profile photo of Dawid Smolka pl
Dawid Smolka
40,000
40,000
40,000

Tags: Dawid SmolkaFausto TantilloYusuf Tekin

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

M'Hiri Gets One Through

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action came in on the flop with the board reading {6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. Chakib M'Hiri bet 21,000 into a pot of about 45,000. Seref Dursun Anar called in the big blind.

The turn was the {k-Clubs}. M'Hiri jammed all in for about 60,000. Anar folded quickly to give the pot to the Tunisian.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chakib M'Hiri tn
Chakib M'Hiri
125,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Seref Dursun Anar tr
Seref Dursun Anar
63,000
63,000
63,000

Tags: Chakib M'HiriSeref Dursun Anar

Assorted Level 12 Chip Counts

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Recep Aydemir tr
Recep Aydemir
575,700
261,700
261,700
Profile photo of Giorgii Shkulukhiia ru
Giorgii Shkulukhiia
505,000
234,500
234,500
Profile photo of Uri Reichenstein il
Uri Reichenstein
410,000
144,000
144,000
Profile photo of Ghanim Dashti kw
Ghanim Dashti
405,000
151,000
151,000
Profile photo of Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
310,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Iulian-Remus Blebea ro
Iulian-Remus Blebea
300,000
140,000
140,000
Profile photo of Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak
290,000
178,000
178,000
Profile photo of Ran Ilani il
Ran Ilani
285,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Mikhail Zamiatin ru
Mikhail Zamiatin
285,000
69,000
69,000
Profile photo of Andreas Christoforou cy
Andreas Christoforou
240,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Aleksandr Pak uz
Aleksandr Pak
240,000
78,500
78,500
Profile photo of Viktor Ustimov ru
Viktor Ustimov
235,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Valeriy Pak uz
Valeriy Pak
170,000
91,000
91,000
Profile photo of Maxime Chilaud fr
Maxime Chilaud
135,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
40,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Kuliberda Takes One

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was joined on a board reading {6-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{9-Spades}{a-Spades}.

From the cutoff, Dawid Kuliberda bet 27,000 into a pot of nearly 50,000. Hitesh Vasandani was under the gun and thought it over for a while.

Eventually, he folded and Kuliberda gathered the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dawid Kuliberda pl
Dawid Kuliberda
405,000
97,000
97,000
Profile photo of Hitesh Vasandani in
Hitesh Vasandani
129,000
14,500
14,500

Tags: Dawid KuliberdaHitesh Vasandani

Saran Chipping Up

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

After beginning the day with below starting stack, [Removed:446] was seen gathering a big pot as his {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts} was the winning hand on a board of {8-}{q-}{4-}{9-}{k-}.

The losing {q-}{j-} hand of Andreas Tomazou was quickly turned over and he sent some of his stack to his left.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andreas Tomazou cy
Andreas Tomazou
260,000
72,500
72,500
Profile photo of [Removed:446]
[Removed:446]
145,000
69,000
69,000

Tags: Andreas Tomazou

Browne Uses Queens

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Paul Browne
Paul Browne

The flop read {7-Spades}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades}. From the button, Ondrej Drozd bet 13,500. He was called under the gun by Paul Browne.

The turn was the {9-Clubs}. Browne casually called a bet of 25,000.

The river was the {k-Clubs} as action went check-check. Browne tabled the winner with the {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Paul Browne gb
Paul Browne
275,000
275,000
275,000
Profile photo of Ondrej Drozd cz
Ondrej Drozd
110,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Ondrej DrozdPaul Browne