2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2023 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$372,800
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,089,320
Total Entries
757
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 4
Players Left
1
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Melkisetian Decimates Barsegian

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Ara Melkisetian raised to 5,500,000 on the button, leaving himself 800,000 behind, then called when big blind Eduard Barsegian shoved.

Ara Melkisetian: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Eduard Barsegian: {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Melkisetian had Barsegian dominated and held up on the {j-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{10-Hearts} board to double up yet again. Barsegian, meanwhile, who came into the final table as chip leader, was knocked down to the short stack.

Tags: Ara MelkisetianEduard Barsegian

Orthodoxou Outdraws Barsegian

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Orthodoxos Orthodoxou
Orthodoxos Orthodoxou

Eduard Barsegian raised to 1,200,000 from the button and Orthodoxos Orthodoxou defended the big blind.

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Orthodoxou checked to Barsegian, who bet 1,000,000. Orthodoxou shoved for his last 6,800,000 and Barsegian snap-called.

Orthodoxos Orthodoxou: {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Eduard Barsegian: {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}

Barsegian had top pair and needed to hold against Orthodoxou's straight and flush draws to eliminate the Cypriot. Orthodoxou, though, spiked the {5-Diamonds} on the turn to complete his flush.

The {6-Diamonds} on the river was a mere formality and Orthodoxou doubled up.

Tags: Eduard BarsegianOrthodoxos Orthodoxou

Held's Turn to Double Off Chernikov

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Aleksandr Chernikov raised to 1,200,000 from under the gun before Justus Held reraised from the small blind to 2,300,000, leaving himself 2,000,000 behind. Chernikov called.

The flop came {9-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{j-Spades} and they got the rest of Held's stack in the middle.

Justus Held: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Aleksandr Chernikov: {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Held had flopped top pair, while Chernikov had a pair of nines. The board ran out {3-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Held survived.

Tags: Aleksandr ChernikovJustus Held

Melkisetian Picks Up Jacks

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Aleksandr Chernikov raised to 1,500,000 from the cutoff, then called when big blind Ara Melkisetian moved all in for 3,600,000.

Ara Melkisetian: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Aleksandr Chernikov: {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

The flop came {5-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{3-Spades}, while the {4-Spades} on the turn gave Chernikov a straight draw. He missed the {7-Spades} on the river and Melkisetian stayed alive once again.

Tags: Aleksandr ChernikovAra Melkisetian

Serge Matta Eliminated in 7th Place ($62,400)

Level 36 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Serge Matta
Serge Matta

Serge Matta moved all in for 4,000,000 from the cutoff and was called by Aleksandr Chernikov in the small blind.

Serge Matta: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Aleksandr Chernikov: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Matta had Chernikov dominated, but the {5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{9-Spades} flop gave Chernikov the nut flush draw. The turn came the {2-Hearts}, completing Chernikov's flush and leaving Matta drawing dead heading to the {7-Hearts} river.

Tags: Aleksandr ChernikovSerge Matta

Level: 36

Blinds: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 600,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Degtiariovas Picks Off a Bluff by Held

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Justus Held raised to 1,000,000 with {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} and Ernestas Degtiariovas defended his big blind holding {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}.

The flop came {a-Clubs}{5-Spades}{a-Hearts} and Held bet 500,000. Degtiariovas called and both players checked the {3-Clubs} turn.

The river came the {7-Clubs} and Degtiariovas checked again. Held fired out 1,800,000 and Degtiariovas went into the tank before calling with his two pair, aces and nines, beating the king-high of Held.

Tags: Ernestas DegtiariovasJustus Held

Melkisetian Getting Short Again

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Ara Melkisetian, holding {10-Spades}{9-Spades}, defended his big blind over a raise to 1,000,000 by Justus Held, who had {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}.

The flop came {2-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{k-Hearts} and Held continued for 800,000. Melkisetian snap-folded as he dropped back down to less than 10 big blinds.

Tags: Justus HeldAra Melkisetian