Third Break Time
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
The players are now on a third break of the day.
2023 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 Merit Poker Western Series
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,089,320
Entries
757
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
215
Players Left
106
Kozhomzharov Flops Boat
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
The flop read 
. Aibek Kozhomzharov bet, his opponent jammed all in and Kozhomzharov nearly beat him into the middle with te snap call as he turned over the 
flopped boat while his opponent had the 
.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
to give Kozhomzharov the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 | 215,000 |
Sainjargal Raises River
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Action was on the turn with the board reading 
. From the button, Victor Fryda bet 22,000 int a pot of about 35,000.
Amarbayasgalan Sainjargal was in middle position and raised to 80,000. Fryda folded quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | 83,000 |
|
172,000 | -23,000 |
Zhurgalin's Aces Hold Up
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Action came in on the river with the board showing 
. From the hijack, Mikhail Zamyatin bet 30,000 and was called in the big by Damir Zhurgalin.
Zamyatin tabled the 
which was no good up against the 
of Zhurgalin who was able to take some away from the previous big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000 | 195,000 |
|
175,000 | -65,000 |
Lowery Shoves Dark
Level 6
: Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Three players were on flop of 
. Andrey Golubev bet 7,000 from the button. Daniel Lowery called in the big blind and the third player in the hand folded.
The turn was the 
. Golubev bet 16,000. Lowery check-raised to 50,000 which Golubev called.
Before the river was even dealt, Lowery moved all in for his remaining amount of what looked to be about 70,000 as the 
came off. Golubev folded after about 20 seconds and Lowery took his chips back and added the new ones to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 5,000 |
|
99,000 | -15,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 700/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Stoyanov Pips Toderita
Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Action was joined on the turn as the baord read 
. Radoslav Stoyanov called the 7,000 bet from Liviu-Catalin Toderita
The river came the . Action went check-check as Stoyaniv tabled the 
for a pair of eights which was good as Toderita flashed his hand briefly but did not show clearly as he sent the chips to Stoyanov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 210,000 |
|
106,000 | 61,000 |
Sengphet Flops King to Crack Jacks
Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
La Sengphet was seen taking all the chips from her fallen opponent as he 
out-flopped the 
of her opponent.
The king came in the door as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
177,000 | 79,000 |
Fryda Uses the Rare Six-Bet
Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Action was joined as there were a slew of chips strewn about after a lot of preflop action. The player in middle position had opened, Victory Fryda three-bet from the cutoff. Timur Margolin then four-bet from the button and the middle position player five-bet.
Fryda then put in the cold six-bet with a jam all in. Margolin went into the tank for over a minute before he folded and the middle position player folded as well.
Fryda tabled the as he gathered the big preflop pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 77,000 |
|
|
195,000 | 195,000 |
Day 1a Action
