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
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
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Sinclair Falls in Two Hands; Orthodoxou Doubles Big Off Al-Kubasi

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Jack Sinclair
Jack Sinclair

Jack Sinclair raised to 20,000 from early position, then called when Evgenii Korchagin moved all in for 187,000 next to act.

Evgenii Korchagin: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Jack Sinclair: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and Korchagin survived.

Left with just 60,000, Sinclair moved all in the next hand and was called by Orthodoxos Orthodoxou on the button. In the small blind, Ali Al-Kubasi reraised to 207,000 and Orthodoxou called.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{5-Spades} and they got the rest of Orthodoxou's 366,000 chips in the middle.

Jack Sinclair: {8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Orthodoxos Orthodoxou: {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Ali Al-Kubasi: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Orthodoxou had flopped top set, while Sinclair had a straight draw. The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Orthodoxou knocked out Sinclair while earning the massive double up against Al-Kubasi.

Player Chips Progress
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Orthodoxos Orthodoxou
950,000
435,000
435,000
Defending Champion
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Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi
600,000
490,000
490,000
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Evgenii Korchagin
370,000
36,500
36,500
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Jack Sinclair
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ali Al-KubasiEvgenii KorchaginJack SinclairOrthodoxos Orthodoxou

Hanna Gets His Short Stack In

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Georges Hanna was down to just 52,000 when he pushed all in from early position and Yauhen Kontush called in the hijack.

Georges Hanna: {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Yauhen Kontush: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Kontush paired his king on the {k-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop to take a firm hold on the pot. Hanna connected with the {j-Clubs} turn, but he received no further help on the {8-Diamonds} river and hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Yauhen Kontush
520,000
237,000
237,000
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Georges Hanna
Busted

Tags: Georges HannaYauhen Kontush

Shafigullin's Aces Hold Up

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Heads-up on a {9-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop, Itai Levy moved all in and Salavat Shafigullin snap-called for his last 381,000.

Salavat Shafigullin: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Itai Levy: {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Shafigullin needed to fade Levy's flush draw to stay alive. The {5-Diamonds} turn was no help to Levy, while Shafigullin secured the massive double up once the {3-Clubs} fell on the river.

Player Chips Progress
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Salavat Shafigullin
950,000
530,000
530,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
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Itai Levy
210,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Itai LevySalavat Shafigullin

Raffoul Makes the Right Fold

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Osman Midik and an opponent put in 18,000 on a flop of {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} before Edgard Raffoul, in the small blind, raised to 47,000.

Only Midik called as the dealer turned over the {q-Clubs} turn, one player's Tasmanian devil figurine that he uses as a card protector standing in front of the board.

Raffoul bet another 29,000 and Midik called. Raffoul slowed down and checked the {9-Diamonds} river and Midik fired out 65,000.

Raffoul spent about two minutes in the tank before he folded the {k-Clubs} face up. Midik showed him {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for a flush as he took in the top.

Player Chips Progress
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Osman Midik
520,000
195,000
195,000
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Edgard Raffoul
420,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Osman MidikEdgard Raffoul

Bogdanov Jams River

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Yulian Bogdanov
Yulian Bogdanov

Action was picked up on the turn with the board reading {j-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}{5-Hearts}. From the button, Yulian Bogdanov bet 65,000 into a pot of about 200,000 and Damir Zhugralin called in the big blind.

The river paired the board with the {3-Clubs}. Bogdanov thought for a while after the check from Zhugralin before he jammed all in which got a snap-fold from Zhugralin.

Player Chips Progress
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Damir Zhugralin
726,000
174,000
174,000
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Yulian Bogdanov
530,000
444,500
444,500

Tags: Damir ZhugralinYulian Bogdanov

Nader Cracks Aces to Double

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Amjad Nader
Amjad Nader

Three players, including Amjad Nader in middle position, put in 23,000 before Azizjon Rakhimov, in the cutoff, three-bet to 90,000.

Only Nader called as the flop came {j-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}. Rakhimov continued for 26,000 and Nader called to the {9-Spades} turn. Rakhimov bet another 100,000 and Nader tanked for a moment before announcing he was all in for 330,000.

Rakhimov snap-called with {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}, but Nader showed him {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for two pair. Standing up from his seat to await the river, the dealer turned over the {7-Clubs} and Nader loudly slapped his hands together in celebration as he secured the double up.

"Nice hand, sir," was all Rakhimov could say after the hand as he paid off Nader.

Player Chips Progress
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Amjad Nader
900,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Azizjon Rakhimov uz
Azizjon Rakhimov
360,000
38,000
38,000

Tags: Amjad NaderAzizjon Rakhimov

Levy Run Out on the River

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Soon after losing the big pot to Salavat Shafigullin, Itai Levy called all in for 100,000 from the button after cutoff Bakkhos Joumaa had shoved for around 160,000.

Itai Levy: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Bakhos Joumaa: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}

Levi took the lead on the {10-Spades}{q-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop with a pair of queens, while the {4-Spades} on the turn was no help to Joumaa. The river, though, came the {j-Hearts} and Joumaa made a set to send Levi to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Bakhos Joumaa
260,000
9,000
9,000
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Itai Levy
Busted

Tags: Bakhos JoumaaItai Levy