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

01-27-2023 02:21 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Toni Kaukua	415,000 145,000	145,000
Mihai Gabriel Niste	270,000 254,000	254,000

Updated Chip Counts Tables 1 and 2

Jeff McMillan

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Ilani	1,150,000 240,000	240,000
Recep Aydemir	720,000 40,000	40,000
Uri Reichenstein	640,000 230,000	230,000
Jenya Gavrilovich	630,000 288,000	288,000
Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi	620,000 105,000	105,000
Ghanim Dashti	510,000 -30,000	-30,000
Jack Sinclair	245,000 205,000	205,000

Kemal Aslan	240,000 80,500	80,500
Joseph Mouwad	220,000 41,500	41,500
Vladislav Ivanov	210,000 -30,000	-30,000
Yulian Bogdanov	186,000 186,000	186,000
Roman Kolotiuk	175,000 -164,500	-164,500
Mustafa Biz	95,000 -87,000	-87,000
Konstantin Generalov	90,000 6,000	6,000

01-27-2023 02:41 UTC+3

Ilhamur Shows Bluff

Jeff McMillan

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

Action was joined on the river as the board showed the . 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 for the bluff as he raked in the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgii Shkulukhiia	850,000 40,000	40,000
Osman Ilhamur	775,000 775,000	775,000

Tags: Giorgii Shkulukhiia Osman Ilhamur

01-27-2023 02:54 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts Tables 3 and 4

Jeff McMillan

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Iulian-Remus Blebea	820,000 90,000	90,000
Giorgii Shkulukhiia	800,000 -50,000	-50,000
Andrew Hulme	745,000 125,000	125,000
Fausto Tantillo	740,000 310,000	310,000

Dawid Kuliberda	705,000 230,000	230,000
Viktor Ustimov	525,000 290,000	290,000
Toni Kaukua	440,000 25,000	25,000
Alexandr Lakhov	370,000 80,000	80,000
Mikhail Katykhin	275,000 275,000	275,000
Aleksandr Ivanov	260,000 -200,000	-200,000
Koray Korkmaz	230,000 -80,000	-80,000
Yusuf Tekin	225,000 80,000	80,000
Mihai Gabriel Niste	140,000 -130,000	-130,000
[Removed:446]	120,000 -25,000	-25,000
Eduard Barsegian	120,000 47,000	47,000
Julian Thomas	85,000 14,500	14,500

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

01-27-2023 03:05 UTC+3

Lakhov Sends Two to the Rail

Jeff McMillan

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The details of the hand were lost as the cards were already being swept up but Julian Thomas and Yusuf Tekin were both heading out the door while Alexander Lakhov was gathering in all the rest of their chips as the eliminations continue to come at a steady pace.

The plan is to stop play when 16 players, the final two tables, is reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Lakhov	545,000 545,000	545,000

Julian Thomas	Busted

Yusuf Tekin	Busted

Tags: Alexander Lakhov

01-27-2023 03:11 UTC+3

Al-Kubasi Stacking High

Jeff McMillan

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi was seen taking the rest of Konstantin Generalov's chips.

Konstantin Generalov:
Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi:

The board showed and with the pot Al-Kubasi moved above the million chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi	1,010,000 390,000	390,000
Konstantin Generalov	Busted

Tags: Konstantin Generalov

01-27-2023 03:23 UTC+3

Dashti Takes One From Lakhov

Jeff McMillan

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ghanim Dashti raised from the small blind, Alexander Lakhiv three-bet to 79,000 from the big blind and Dashti called.

The flop came . Lakhov peered around the dealer awkwardly as it was a 1 seat vs 8 seat situation and looked at Dashti's stack. He then bet 75,000 and Dashti called.

The turn was the . Lakhov again went behind the dealer to look at Dashti's stack before Dashti led for 100,000 which got a swfit fold from Lakhov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ghanim Dashti	620,000 110,000	110,000
Alexander Lakhov	465,000 -80,000	-80,000

Tags: Alexander Lakhiv Ghanim Dashti

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

01-27-2023 03:38 UTC+3

Kolotiuk Contiues

Jeff McMillan

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

There was a pot of nearly 300,000 in the middle with a flop of showing. From the button, Roman Kolotiuk bet 150,000, which sent Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi spiraling deep into the tank from the hijack.