2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
307
Players Left
114

Biggest Pot So Far in Final Moments

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

There was a massive preflop clash between two of the bigger stacks in the room late In Day 2.

Ara Melkisetian: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Tom Kaukua: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

The flop came {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}, the turn was the {10-Diamonds} to change the outs for Kaukua and the river came the {q-Spades} to secure the huge double for Melkisetian and send him to the top of the counts with the over 2,000,000 chip pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ara Melkisetian lb
Ara Melkisetian
Day 2 Chip Leader
2,110,000 1,890,000
Toni Kaukua fi
Toni Kaukua
410,000 177,000

Tags: Ara MelkisetianTom Kaukua