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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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

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

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

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Karam Survives Against Hammann

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Benjamin Hammann raised to 18,000 before Ramzi Karam moved all in for 95,000. Action folded back to Hammann, who called to put Karam at risk.

Ramzi Karam: {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Benjamin Hammann: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

It was a race situation, but Karam took a near-lock on the hand as the {4-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{q-Clubs} flop gave him a set. Hammann hit his ace on the {a-Spades} turn, but it was too late as Karam secured his double up once the {4-Hearts} fell on the river.

Player Chips Progress
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Benjamin Hammann
995,000
65,000
65,000
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Ramzi Karam
200,000
63,500
63,500

Tags: Benjamin HammannRamzi Karam

Al-Kubasi Slays Secilmis

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi
Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi

Action was on the turn with the board reading {8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{7-Clubs}. From early position, Ugur Secilmis bet 45,000. He was raised to 130,000 by Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi who was on the button. Secilmis three-bet jammed and Al-Kubasi snap-called.

Secilmis had the {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds} turned set but was up against the {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds} straight of A-Kubasi.

The river was the {k-Spades} and the stacks were counted down to confirm that Secilmis was barely covered.

Player Chips Progress
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Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi
1,090,000
640,000
640,000
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Ugur Secilmis
Busted

Tags: Ugur Secilmis

Bou Habib Fires The River, Challenging For Chip Lead

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Makram Bou Habib has climbed into contention for the tournament chip lead after winning his latest pot against Kirill Gladchenko.

Gladchenko bet 15,000 on a flop of {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Bou Habib called on the button. The turn came the {7-Diamonds} and Gladchenko continued for 57,000.

Bou Habib again called as the {8-Hearts} fell on the river. Gladchenko slowed down and checked, allowing Bou Habib to fire out 105,000. Gladchenko quickly mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Makram Bou Habib
1,280,000
590,000
590,000
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Kirill Gladchenko
230,000

Tags: Kirill GladchenkoMakram Bou Habib