2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
307
Players Left
114
Players Left 1 / 757
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Barsegian Shoves on Abed

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

With around 40,000 in the pot on a board of {q-Hearts}{k-Spades}{8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, Eduard Barsegian bet 35,000 from middle position and Roger Abed called in the hijack.

The river came the {3-Diamonds} and Barsegian moved all in. Abed, with around 50,000 remaining, tanked for about two minutes before he called.

Barsegian opened up {q-Spades}{8-Spades} for two pair and Abed shrugged before handing over the rest of his stack and heading for the exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Eduard Barsegian
450,000
285,000
285,000
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Roger Abed
Busted

Tags: Eduard BarsegianRoger Abed

Krasilnikova Takes One; Jakovljevic Steady at Top

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante
Nina Krasilnikova
Nina Krasilnikova

Action was on the river as the board read {4-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{a-Hearts}. Nina Krasilnikova bet 16,000 into a pot of about 35,000 from the small blind.

Andrei Gulyi was in middle position and tanked for a while before he folded to send Krasilnikova the pot.

Meanwhile at the same table, Aleksandar Jakovljevic has increased his starting big stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Aleksandar Jakovljevic
660,000
53,000
53,000
Profile photo of Nina Krasilnikova ru
Nina Krasilnikova
465,000
228,000
228,000
Profile photo of Jamie Nixon gb
Jamie Nixon
325,000
193,000
193,000
Profile photo of Andrei Gulyi ru
Andrei Gulyi
315,000
230,000
230,000
Profile photo of Mihai Gabriel Niste
Mihai Gabriel Niste
175,000
21,000
21,000

Tags: Aleksandar JakovljevicAndrei GulyiNina Krasilnikova

Chip Counts From the Outer Room

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

The field here on Day 2 is so massive that tables have spilled over into the side room adjacent to the main poker room.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Amjad Nader tr
Amjad Nader
420,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Paul Browne gb
Paul Browne
320,000
92,000
92,000
Profile photo of Timur Margolin il
Timur Margolin
310,000
119,000
119,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Konstantin Generalov ru
Konstantin Generalov
280,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Aleksei Istomin ru
Aleksei Istomin
240,000
21,500
21,500
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Sergey Baranski
180,000
41,500
41,500
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Michele Guerrini
80,000
32,500
32,500

Zamyatin Five-Bet Shoves in Lengthy Pot

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Mikhail Zamyatin three-bet to 25,000 from the button before Iulian-Remus Blebea, in the small blind, four-bet to 61,500. Action folded back to Zamyatin, who tanked for about two minutes before he moved all in for 282,000.

Now it was Blebea's turn to tank for several minutes before he decided to fold, giving the pot to Zamyatin in a hand that lasted nearly 10 minutes into the level without seeing a flop.

Player Chips Progress
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Mikhail Zamyatin
340,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Iulian-Remus Blebea ro
Iulian-Remus Blebea
240,000
165,000
165,000

Tags: Iulian-Remus BlebeaMikhail Zamyatin

Grigoriants Busts Chisu

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Danut Florian Chisu was all in preflop and in big trouble.

Danut Floiran Chisu: {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}
Artur Grigoriants; {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

The flop came {10-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, the turn was the {10-Hearts} and the river the {10-Clubs} to give Grigoriants the pot as Chisu was covered by a little bit when the dealer counted it out.

Player Chips Progress
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Artur Grigoriants
275,000
172,500
172,500
Profile photo of Danut Florian Chisu ro
Danut Florian Chisu
Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,500

Ante: 3,500

Lech Flops Boat

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The flop showed all fives {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}. From the cutoff, Kirill Gladchenko bet 16,000 and Michael Lech called under the gun.

The turn was the {2-Hearts}. Both players checked to the river which was the {9-Diamonds}. Both checked again.

Lech showed that he ahd flopped a boat the unconventional way as he tabled the {8-Spades}{8-Clubs} while Gladchenko mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Lech
173,000
51,000
51,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kirill Gladchenko ru
Kirill Gladchenko
155,000
104,500
104,500

Tags: Kirill GladchenkoLech Flops BoatMichael Lech

Hebert Has Dalkilic Drawing to a Straight Flush

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Joseph Hebert
Joseph Hebert

A massive pot was being pushed in the direction of Joseph Hebert as he doubled up off Mehmet Dalkilic.

Hebert and Dalkilic saw a flop of {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and Hebert got his last 163,000 in the middle with {q-Spades}{9-Hearts}. Dalkilic had {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and was drawing only to a straight flush against Hebert's flopped full house.

The board ran out {k-Clubs}{7-Spades} and Hebert earned the double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Hebert
330,000
330,000
330,000
Profile photo of Mehmet Dalkilic tr
Mehmet Dalkilic
175,000
186,000
186,000

Tags: Joseph HebertMehmet Dalkilic