Level: 5
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2023 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
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
200
Players Left
92
Second Break of the Day
Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The players are now on their second break of the day, with 153 entries now showing on the clock.
Carravieri Flushes Opponent Away
Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Three players were on a flop that was all 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 
. Carravieri led for 40,000 and his early position opponent quickly moved all in which Carravieri called.
Carravieri had the small flush with the 
and would need to fade another spade as his opponent had the 
. The river was the 
to bust his opponent and give Carravieri a big pot as he emerged as one of the early Day 1b chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
385,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
Levy Cracks Aces
Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Action was joined on a flop of 
. 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 
. Levy went all in and was called by the small blind. Levy tabled the 
twp pair which was crushing the 
of his opponent.
The river was the 
and Levy gathered in the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
336,000
336,000
|
336,000 |
Moukawem Calls
Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Action was on the turn with the board reading 
. Samir Moukawem called the bet of 6,300 from Asaf Kibel.
The river brought the 
. Kibel bet 13,000 and Moukawem called. Kibel mucked and Moukawem took the pot without having to show.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
134,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
45,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
Assorted Level 5 Chip Counts
Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
210,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
185,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
115,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
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 
.
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 
while Browne had the 
. The turn was the 
and the river the 
to bust Barka and give Browne another big pot as his Day 1b continues to go well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
313,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
Busted |
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 
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 |
Sadeghi Doubles With Seven-Deuce
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 |