2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
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
Entries
757
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
215
Players Left
106

Shafigullin Bags Big on Day 1a of the Main Event

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Salvat Shafigullin
Salvat Shafigullin

Day 1a of the Merit Poker Western Series $3,300 Main Event is now over and complete after nine levels of play that saw 215 entries get whittled down to around 106 as the night came to an end.

Of the largest stacks to end the night was Salavat Shafigullin who bagged up 511,000. He was seen with a big stack in the middle part of the day and would just keep on building from there.

One of the other largest stacks was actually at the same table asMohamed El-Sayed was able to gather 496,000 and finish the night right on the heels of Shafigullin, just a few seats away.

Top Ten Stacks of Day 1a

PositionPlayerCountryChip Count
1Salavat ShafigullinRussia511,000
2Mohamed El-SayedLebanon496,000
3Osman AtmacaTurley495,000
4Koray KorkmazTurkey475,000
5Eduard BagrovArmenia467,000
6Sergei SokharevRussia459,000
7Timur MargolinIsrael429,000
8Mikahil ZamyatinRussia425,000
9Mehmet Ali ErceylanTurkey421,000
10Abraham PassetUnited Kingdom418,000

Familiar North Cypurs regulars Koray Korkmaz (475,000) and Timur Margolin (429,000) ended proceedings as two of the biggest stacks as they tagged their bags.

A few other notable players who found a bag to Day 2 were; La Sengphet (325,000), Ghanim Dashti (280,000) and Daniel Lowery (206,000) who has made the trek across the world to play in this series after recent success back in the USA.

With almost 50% of the field making it to Day 2, the meat of the tournament is still yet to be entered as registration is open for three levels into Day 2. The players who survived Day 1a will join those who survive Day 1b, 1c, and 1d as well as any last-minute entries.

PokerNews will be back at it tomorrow at 12 noon, where Day 1b will commence.

Tags: Daniel LoweryGhanim DashtiKoray KorkmazLa SengphetMohamed El-SayedSalavat ShafigullinTimur Margolin