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

01-27-2023 03:50 UTC+3

Kuliberda's Boat Paid Off

Jeff McMillan

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
Dawid Kuliberda	1,200,000 495,000	495,000
Andrew Hulme	510,000 -235,000	-235,000

Tags: Andrew Hulme Dawid Kuliberda

01-27-2023 04:12 UTC+3

Kolotiuk Slays Hulme

Jeff McMillan

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
Roman Kolotiuk	1,620,000 863,000	863,000
Osman Ilhamur	410,000 -365,000	-365,000
Andrew Hulme	Busted

Tags: Andrew Hulme Osman Ilhamur Roman Kolotiuk

01-27-2023 04:13 UTC+3

Ten-Minute Break

Jeff McMillan

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The 24 remaining players are now on another 10-minute break.

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

01-27-2023 04:30 UTC+3

Full Updated Chip Counts (full)

Jeff McMillan

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Kolotiuk	1,675,000 55,000	55,000
Fausto Tantillo	1,550,000 810,000	810,000

Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi	1,100,000 -50,000	-50,000
Dawid Kuliberda	1,050,000 -150,000	-150,000
Ran Ilani	965,000 -185,000	-185,000
Iulian-Remus Blebea	915,000 95,000	95,000
Toni Kaukua	850,000 410,000	410,000
Andreas Christoforou	750,000 510,000	510,000
Yauhen Kontush	600,000 600,000	600,000
Uri Reichenstein	600,000 -40,000	-40,000
Mihai Gabriel Niste	590,000 450,000	450,000
Giorgii Shkulukhiia	500,000 -300,000	-300,000
Joseph Mouwad	480,000 260,000	260,000
Osman Ilhamur	450,000 40,000	40,000
Jack Sinclair	425,000 180,000	180,000

[Removed:446]	380,000 260,000	260,000
Aleksandr Ivanov	300,000 40,000	40,000
Recep Aydemir	300,000 -420,000	-420,000
Jenya Gavrilovich	270,000 -360,000	-360,000
Eduard Barsegian	225,000 105,000	105,000
Koray Korkmaz	200,000 -30,000	-30,000
Ghanim Dashti	160,000 -460,000	-460,000
Viktor Ustimov	90,000 -435,000	-435,000

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01-27-2023 04:32 UTC+3

Niste Sends Lakhov Away

Jeff McMillan

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Alexander Lakhov was all in preflop and at risk.

Alexander Lakhov:
Mihau Gabriel Niste:

The board ran out and Lakhov was gone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Gabriel Niste	590,000
Alexander Lakhov	Busted

Tags: Alexander Lakhov

01-27-2023 04:36 UTC+3

Ilhamur Doubles Through Tantillo

Jeff McMillan

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Fausto Tantillo raised from under the gun. Recep Aydemir called on the button, Giorgii Shkulukhiia also flatted in the small blind. Osman Ilhamur jammed from the big blind, Tantillo re-jammed his amount which had everyone covered. Aydemir and Shkulukhiia showed their pocket pairs and as they folded.

Fausto Tantillo:
Osman Ilhamur:

Tantillo got out his phone to record, as he would become a big chip leader if his nines were to hold. But the flop came to put him behind. The turn was the and the river the to give the double to Ilhamur and cut some away from Tantillo.