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

Bindel Rivers Winner

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Luc Bindel
Luc Bindel

There was a preflop all in being run out by the dealer.

Can Miral: {a-}{j-}
Luc Bindel: {q-}{q-}

The flop came down {10-}{2-}{k-} to keep the queens ahead but give Miral a broadway draw. The turn was the {a-} to put Miral ahead and the river came the {j-} to complete a straight for Bindel and end the night for Miral.

Player Chips Progress
Luc Bindel fr
Luc Bindel
1,010,000 783,000
Can Miral tr
Can Miral
Busted

Tags: Can MiralLuc Bindel

Soyirgaz Can't Shake Panka

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Dominik Panka bet 22,000 from the button on a flop of {q-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} before big blind [Removed:422] came back with a raise to 73,000.

Panka called as the turn came the {10-Hearts}. Soyirgaz led out for another 95,000 and Panka again called to see the {2-Spades} river.

Soyirgaz checked this time and Panka checked behind, showing {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} for a pair of queens to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
640,000 40,000
[Removed:422] tr
[Removed:422]
530,000 30,000

Last Level Chip Counts

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Makram Bou Habib lb
Makram Bou Habib
1,600,000 320,000
Benjamin Hammann fr
Benjamin Hammann
1,400,000 405,000
Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
1,200,000 480,000
Aleksandar Jakovljevic ro
Aleksandar Jakovljevic
1,100,000 510,000
Arie Kliper il
Arie Kliper
1,050,000 380,000
Eduard Barsegian ru
Eduard Barsegian
960,000 510,000
Naji Tanuri lb
Naji Tanuri
950,000 -150,000
El Khoury Gabriel lb
El Khoury Gabriel
900,000 780,000
Matan Krakow il
Matan Krakow
Day 1C Chip Leader
800,000 660,000
Nuri Hadioglu tr
Nuri Hadioglu
790,000 390,000
Aleksandr Chernikov ru
Aleksandr Chernikov
Day 3 Chip Leader
620,000 370,000
Gabi Livshitz il
Gabi Livshitz
500,000 -330,000
Bartlomiej Swieboda pl
Bartlomiej Swieboda
450,000 -270,000
Katherina Aristotelos cy
Katherina Aristotelos
450,000 175,000
Imad Saab lb
Imad Saab
350,000 109,000
Justus Held de
Justus Held
330,000 -770,000
Uri Reichenstein il
Uri Reichenstein
270,000 -5,000
Jeffrey Hubbell us
Jeffrey Hubbell
230,000 -240,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Dashti Dashing Up

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

Action arrived on the turn as the board read {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{j-Spades}{a-Spades}. The pot was a substantial one of about 450,000. Ghanim Dashti was under the gun bet 325,000.

His opponent was in middle position and had to think it over for a while. He checked his cards multiple times before eventually electing to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Ghanim Dashti kw
Ghanim Dashti
1,290,000 1,010,000

Tags: Ghanim Dashti

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
Bakhos Joumaa lb
Bakhos Joumaa
260,000 -9,000
Itai Levy il
Itai Levy
Busted

Tags: Bakhos JoumaaItai Levy

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
Amjad Nader tr
Amjad Nader
900,000 250,000
Azizjon Rakhimov uz
Azizjon Rakhimov
360,000 38,000

Tags: Amjad NaderAzizjon Rakhimov

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
Damir Zhugralin kz
Damir Zhugralin
726,000 -174,000
Yulian Bogdanov bg
Yulian Bogdanov
530,000 444,500

Tags: Damir ZhugralinYulian Bogdanov

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
Osman Midik tr
Osman Midik
520,000 195,000
Edgard Raffoul lb
Edgard Raffoul
420,000 -30,000

Tags: Osman MidikEdgard Raffoul