2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
200
Players Left
92
Players Left 1 / 757
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Level: 5

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Carravieri Flushes Opponent Away

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Marco Carravieri
Marco Carravieri

Three players were on a flop that was all spades {q-Spades}{6-Spades}{9-Spades}. The small blind bet 5,000, Marco Carravieri raised to 15,000 from the big blind. An early position player called and the small blind folded.

The turn was the {8-Diamonds}. Carravieri led for 40,000 and his early position opponent quickly moved all in which Carravieri called.

Carravieri had the small flush with the {5-Spades}{3-Spades} and would need to fade another spade as his opponent had the {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}. The river was the {a-Diamonds} to bust his opponent and give Carravieri a big pot as he emerged as one of the early Day 1b chip leaders.

Tags: Marco Carravieri

Levy Cracks Aces

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was joined on a flop of {5-Spades}{3-Hearts}{q-Hearts}. The small blind bet 10,200, an early position player called and Itai Levy raised from the button to 32,500. The small blind called and early position folded.

The turn was the {2-Spades}. Levy went all in and was called by the small blind. Levy tabled the {q-Clubs}{3-Clubs} twp pair which was crushing the {a-Hearts}{a-Spades} of his opponent.

The river was the {j-Hearts} and Levy gathered in the big pot.

Tags: Itai Levy

Moukawem Calls

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was on the turn with the board reading {2-Hearts}{a-Spades}{j-Spades}{j-Hearts}. Samir Moukawem called the bet of 6,300 from Asaf Kibel.

The river brought the {4-Clubs}. Kibel bet 13,000 and Moukawem called. Kibel mucked and Moukawem took the pot without having to show.

Tags: Asaf KibelSamir Moukawem

Assorted Level 5 Chip Counts

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Browne Keeps Adding

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There was a large pot brewing as the first player to act bet 25,500 out of the small blind with a flop showing {3-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}.

Samy Barka raised all in from the big blind for 44,000. Paul Browne was in early position and three-bet jammed all in, to cover the inital bettor who folded after tanking for a while.

Barka had the {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs} while Browne had the {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. The turn was the {10-Clubs} and the river the {7-Diamonds} to bust Barka and give Browne another big pot as his Day 1b continues to go well.

Tags: Paul BrowneSamy Barka

Skripkin Wins Race

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 {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} was showing on a board of {6-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} against the {q-}{q-} of his opponent who was cutting the chips out of his own stack to pass over to Skripkin.

Tags: Maksim Skripkin

Sadeghi Doubles With Seven-Deuce

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The flop read {9-Spades}{2-Spades}{7-Spades}. Yury Bochkarev bet 5,000. Hassan Sadeghi moved all in for his remaining 17,500, Justus Held called and Bochkarev folded.

Sadeghi had the {7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} against the {a-Clubs}{6-Hearts} of Held. The turn was the {q-Hearts} and the river the {5-Diamonds} to give Sadeghi the double.

Tags: Hassan SadeghiJustus HeldYury Bochkarev