Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
2023 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2023 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,089,320
Entries
757
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
200
Players Left
92
Players Left 1 / 757
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Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Action arrived as the board showed 
. From the hijack, Paul Browne bet 6,000 and Aytekin Yayla called in the small blind.
The river was the 
. Browne jammed all in and Yayla snap-called.
Browned tabled the 
for a turned boat. Yayla got up and laughed in frustration as he tabled his 
and he was busted, while Browne started the day well after his final table appearance in the Warm Up yesterday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Action was on a flop of 
. Yury Bochkarev bet 3,000 from early position. Nina Krasilnikova called under the gun.
The turn was the 
. Bochkarev bet 10,000 which got a quick fold from Krasilnikova. Bochkarev showed the 
as he gathered the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
There was a pot of at least 45,000 in the middle on the river as the board showed 
. Mikhail Katykin bet 15,000 into the pot and waited on the decision from Jack Sandford.
Sandford thought for around a minute before he eventually decided to fold his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
123,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Four players saw a flop of 
. Milen Stefanov bet 3,000 from the small blind. Two players folded, including Gabi Livshitz. Asaf Kibel called on the button.
The turn was the . Stefanov bet 3,000 again and was called again.
The river came the 
. Stefanov again fired the same 3,000 amount and was called once again.
Syefanov tabled the 
for the nut flush and gathered the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
||
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
||
|
79,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
The field is on it's first 10-minute break of the afternoon as the amount of entries has swelled to 110.
Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Action was picked up in the river as the board read 
. From under the gun, Ivan Karatayeu bet 3,000 into a pot that was about 11,000.
His opponent was in the cutoff and min-raised to 6,000. Karatayeu thought for a good while before three-betting the minimum to 12,000. His opponent tanked before deciding to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
The flop read 
. Yury Bochkarev bet 5,000. Hassan Sadeghi moved all in for his remaining 17,500, Justus Held called and Bochkarev folded.
Sadeghi had the 
against the 
of Held. The turn was the and the river the 
to give Sadeghi the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
131,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
|
90,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Maksim Skripkin was seen gathering a double through his opponent after a classic race had been run.
Skripkin's winning hand of was showing on a board of 
against the of his opponent who was cutting the chips out of his own stack to pass over to Skripkin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
