2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1cd
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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
Entries
757
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1cd
Entries
155
Players Left
85
Players Left 1 / 757
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Panka Wins With No Showdown

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ermanno Di Nicola bet 5,000 from the big blind on a flop of {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and Dominik Panka called from middle position.

Both players checked the {2-Spades} turn as the {4-Spades} fell on the river. Di Nicola led out for 11,000 this time and Panka snap-called.

Di Nicola immediately mucked his hand as Panka took down the pot without a showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
190,000
40,000
40,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola
70,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Dominik PankaErmanno Di Nicola

Stankov Moves In, Nearly Doubles

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ivan Stankov raised to 4,000 from early position before Damir Zhugralin made it 20,000 from the cutoff. The small blind then four-bet to 45,000 as action folded back around to Stankov, who moved all in for 105,000.

Zhugralin quickly folded, but the small blind tanked for several minutes. "You're happy now," he told Stankov before he eventually folded.

"Put that he folded queens. Queen-seven," a tablemate said.

"You doubled up," another told Stankov after the hand.

"Almost," Stankov replied.

Player Chips Progress
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Damir Zhugralin
185,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Ivan Stankov bg
Ivan Stankov
150,000

Tags: Damir ZhugralinIvan Stankov

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Firsau Survives on the Last Level

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Vasili Firsau moved all in for his last 45,000 and was called by Amir Hatefi.

Vasili Firsau: {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}
Amir Hatefi: {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

Firsau was flipping for his tournament life as the board ran out {7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}. Hatefi didn't improve and Firsau doubled up on the last level of the night with his pair of eights.

Player Chips Progress
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Amir Hatefi
110,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Vasili Firsau by
Vasili Firsau
95,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Amir HatefiVasili Firsau

Van Boxtel Shows the Set

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

There was already nearly 100,000 in the pot as Raul Van Boxtel and an opponent went to the turn on a board of {9-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. Van Boxtel bet 28,000 and sent his opponent deep into the tank.

His opponent began talking to Van Boxtel, who simply shook his head and didn't reply. He eventually forced a fold to win the pot.

"I'll give you 5,000 if you show," a tablemate said, offering a purple chip to Van Boxtel.

"I'll send you a picture," Van Boxtel replied, taking out his phone to snap a photo of his hand. He eventually turned over {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts} for a set.

Player Chips Progress
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Raul Van Boxtel
260,000
155,000
155,000

Tags: Raul Van Boxtel

Sinclair Loses a Race to Rebeiz

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Rafic Rebeiz was all in for 63,000 and up against Jack Sinclair.

Rafic Rebeiz: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}
Jack Sinclair: {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Sinclair picked up a straight draw on the {10-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} flop, but the {8-Diamonds} on the turn was no help. It was Rebeiz who improved to a straight as the river came the {7-Diamonds} as he doubled up off Sinclair.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rafic Rebeiz lb
Rafic Rebeiz
130,000
Profile photo of Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
90,000
110,000
110,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jack SinclairRafic Rebeiz

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matan Krakow il
Matan Krakow
464,000
14,000
14,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nuri Hadioglu tr
Nuri Hadioglu
418,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Sergei Efimov ru
Sergei Efimov
400,000
400,000
400,000
Profile photo of Gaurav Law in
Gaurav Law
392,000
Profile photo of Andreas Tomazou cy
Andreas Tomazou
378,500
158,500
158,500
Profile photo of Mehmet Dalkilic tr
Mehmet Dalkilic
361,000
99,000
99,000
Profile photo of Georges Hanna lb
Georges Hanna
325,000
Profile photo of Gurcan Gungoren tr
Gurcan Gungoren
322,500
Profile photo of Azizjon Rakhimov uz
Azizjon Rakhimov
322,000
Profile photo of Amjad Nader tr
Amjad Nader
305,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Jad Warde
Jad Warde
304,500
174,500
174,500
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[Removed:446]
298,000
98,000
98,000
Profile photo of Yusuf Tekin tr
Yusuf Tekin
289,000
Profile photo of Aleksandr Chernikov ru
Aleksandr Chernikov
278,500
41,500
41,500
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Katherina Aristotelos cy
Katherina Aristotelos
275,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Makram Bou Habib lb
Makram Bou Habib
272,000
152,000
152,000
Profile photo of Arthur Kim
Arthur Kim
265,500
Profile photo of Eduard Tchoundnovski
Eduard Tchoundnovski
256,500
Profile photo of Joseph Sabe lb
Joseph Sabe
256,500
Profile photo of Zaid Al-Khashab ir
Zaid Al-Khashab
250,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Konstantin Generalov ru
Konstantin Generalov
248,000
Profile photo of Damir Rakhimov
Damir Rakhimov
247,000
67,000
67,000
Profile photo of Imad Saab lb
Imad Saab
241,000
Profile photo of John Doe
John Doe
227,500
42,500
42,500
Profile photo of Sharon Rasouly
Sharon Rasouly
227,000

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