2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$5,300 High Roller
Day: 2
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

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
Fausto Tantillo it
Fausto Tantillo
Day 2 Chip Leader
300,000 300,000
Yusuf Tekin tr
Yusuf Tekin
145,000 145,000
Dawid Smolka pl
Dawid Smolka
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
Chakib M'Hiri tn
Chakib M'Hiri
125,000 12,000
Seref Dursun Anar tr
Seref Dursun Anar
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
Recep Aydemir tr
Recep Aydemir
575,700 261,700
Giorgii Shkulukhiia ru
Giorgii Shkulukhiia
505,000 234,500
Uri Reichenstein il
Uri Reichenstein
410,000 144,000
Ghanim Dashti kw
Ghanim Dashti
405,000 151,000
Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
310,000 28,000
Iulian-Remus Blebea ro
Iulian-Remus Blebea
300,000 140,000
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak
290,000 178,000
Ran Ilani il
Ran Ilani
285,000 200,000
Mikhail Zamiatin ru
Mikhail Zamiatin
285,000 -69,000
Andreas Christoforou cy
Andreas Christoforou
240,000 4,000
Aleksandr Pak uz
Aleksandr Pak
240,000 -78,500
Viktor Ustimov ru
Viktor Ustimov
235,000 46,000
Valeriy Pak uz
Valeriy Pak
170,000 91,000
Maxime Chilaud fr
Maxime Chilaud
135,000 -12,000
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 40,000

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
Dawid Kuliberda pl
Dawid Kuliberda
405,000 97,000
Hitesh Vasandani in
Hitesh Vasandani
129,000 -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
Andreas Tomazou cy
Andreas Tomazou
260,000 -72,500
[Removed:446]
[Removed:446]
145,000 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
Paul Browne gb
Paul Browne
275,000 275,000
Ondrej Drozd cz
Ondrej Drozd
110,000 25,000

Tags: Ondrej DrozdPaul Browne