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
Total 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
Players Left 1 / 757
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Bechor Calls on Scary Board

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action came in on the river with a board showing {2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{7-Clubs} with four clubs on the board. Michele D'Angelo made a bet of 17,000 on the river.

Shmuel Bechor thought for a while before he called. D'Angelo slid over the {q-Spades}{4-Spades} one card at a time, revealing no club while Bechor tabled the {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} winner with the better pair.

Tags: Michele D'Angelo

Lowery Takes Another From Golubev

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was joined at the turn with the board reading {q-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Daniel Lowery bet 55,000 into a pot of about 80,000 from the cutoff.

Andrey Golubev was in middle position and folded fairly quickly as Lowery was able to take anotehr pot from him.

Tags: Andrey GolubevDaniel Lowery

El-Sayed Among the Big Stacks

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was picked up on the turn was it showed {4-Spades}{2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}. Mohamed El-Sayed bet 9,000 into a pot of 25,000.

His opponent folded after just a few moments and El-Sayed added a few more chips to his now massive stack.

Tags: Big StacksMohamed El-Sayed

Cowboys Get Double For Jakovljev

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The flop showed {4-Clubs}{q-Spades}{2-Clubs}. Aleksandr Jakovljev moved all in and was called by Julian Thomas.

Jakovljev had the {k-}{k-} against the {q-Hearts}{k-Spades} of Thomas. The board ran out {9-Clubs}{5-Clubs} to get the double for the kings.

Tags: Aleksandr JakovljevJulian Thomas

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Akgul Shoves

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In a blind-on-blind battle the flop came {7-Spades}{9-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}. Baurzhan Akimov bet 4,000 from the small blind and Huseyin Akgul called in the big blind.

The turn came the {9-Spades}. Akgul bet 13,000 which Akimov called.

The river was the {j-Diamonds}. Akgul piled all in. Akimov assessed the chip count before he laid it down.

Tags: Baurzhan AkimovHuseyin Akgul

Hashim Busts Lakhov

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action was on the river with the board reading {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Clubs}. Alexander Lakhov was in the tank, thinking about the all in shove from Hashinin Hashim.

After a while Lakhov called and Hashim showed the {a-Spades}{6-Spades} which was the winner as Lakhov frustratedly tossed over the {q-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and was busted.

Tags: Alexander Lakhov

Dashti Colletcs With Trips; Among Big Stacks

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Ghanim Dashti
Ghanim Dashti

Action came in on the river with the board reading {9-}{a-}{10-}{a-}{4-}. Ghanim Dashti made a bet of 20,000 which was swiftly called.

Dashti tabled the {a-}{7-} for trip aces and took the pot to grow his stack more on Day 1a.

Tags: Ghanim Dashti

Level 7 Chip Counts

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500