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
Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 7 Chip Counts
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
495,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
||
|
355,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
||
|
330,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
325,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
280,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
248,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
|
190,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
||
|
185,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
143,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
110,000
-94,000
|
-94,000 |
|
||
|
18,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
Dashti Colletcs With Trips; Among Big Stacks
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Action came in on the river with the board reading 
. Ghanim Dashti made a bet of 20,000 which was swiftly called.
Dashti tabled the 
for trip aces and took the pot to grow his stack more on Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
Hashim Busts Lakhov
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Action was on the river with the board reading 
. Alexander Lakhov was in the tank, thinking about the all in shove from Hashinin Hashim.
After a while Lakhov called and Hashim showed the 
which was the winner as Lakhov frustratedly tossed over the 
and was busted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
177,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Akgul Shoves
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
In a blind-on-blind battle the flop came 
. Baurzhan Akimov bet 4,000 from the small blind and Huseyin Akgul called in the big blind.
The turn came the 
. Akgul bet 13,000 which Akimov called.
The river was the 
. Akgul piled all in. Akimov assessed the chip count before he laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Cowboys Get Double For Jakovljev
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The flop showed 
. Aleksandr Jakovljev moved all in and was called by Julian Thomas.
Jakovljev had the 
against the 
of Thomas. The board ran out 
to get the double for the kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
134,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
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 
. 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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
291,000
|
291,000 |
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 
. 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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
148,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
44,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |