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
Players Left 1 / 757
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Abakirov Keeps Crushing

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante
Kubanychbek Abakirov
Kubanychbek Abakirov

Action came in on the river with the board displaying {5-Spades}{8-Spades}{j-Hearts}{2-Spades}{5-Hearts}. From the small blind, Kubanychbek Abakirov came with a bet of 160,000.

Gabriel Akiki was in middle position and called quickly. Abakirov tabled the {k-Clubs}{j-Spades}. Akiki flashed the {j-Diamonds} and tossed his other card into the muck in anger, indicating that he had been out-kicked as he lost the pot to the swelling stack of Abakirov.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kubanychbek Abakirov kg
Kubanychbek Abakirov
1,430,000
730,000
730,000
Profile photo of Gabriel Akiki lb
Gabriel Akiki
85,000
86,000
86,000

Tags: Gabriel AkikiKubanychbek Abakirov

Aces Over Kings For Melkisetian

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,500, 3,500 ante

The board was completed to read {q-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}. Ido Aboudi went all in from the small blind and Ara Melkisetian called quickly.

Melkisetian had the {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}. Aboudi shook his head and and smiled in disbelief as he had the {k-Hearts}{k-Spades} and lost almost all of his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ara Melkisetian lb
Ara Melkisetian
220,000
60,000
60,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Ido Aboudi il
Ido Aboudi
35,000
111,000
111,000

Tags: Ara MelkisetianIdo Aboudi

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Shalaev Sends Out Phung

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Helmut Phung raised to 8,000 from the cutoff before Danil Shalaev reraised from the button to 22,000. Phung then moved all in for around 100,000 and Shalaev snap-called.

Helmut Phung: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Danil Shalaev: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

Phung had run right into Shalaev's pocket aces, and the {a-Spades}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} flop left him nearly drawing dead as Shalaev flopped a full house. The board ran out {k-Spades}{7-Spades} and Phung gave Shalaev a fist pump before the Warm Up finalist headed to the rail as one of the first bustouts since the end of late registration.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Danil Shalaev ru
Danil Shalaev
400,000
Profile photo of Helmut Phung de
Helmut Phung
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Danil ShalaevHelmut Phung

Sengphet Bets Out Koller

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
La Sengphet
La Sengphet

The flop read {3-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{k-Clubs}. From the big blind, La Sengphet check-raised Ran Koller's 6,000 bet form the cutoff to 16,000 which Koller called.

The turn was the {4-Diamonds}. Sengphet led for 23,000 and Koller called.

The river came the {4-Clubs}. Sengphet led again, this time for 56,000 and Koller instantly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of La Sengphet us
La Sengphet
325,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Ran Koller il
Ran Koller
180,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: La SengphetRan Koller's

Smuskevicius Plays Back at the Chip Leader, Shows He Had It

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Boris Smuskevicius and Kubanychbek Abakirov built a pot of around 80,000 by the turn on a board of {5-Spades}{3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{6-Hearts}. Abakirov, in the hijack, bet 50,000.

Smuskevicius then raised to 125,000 in middle position and Abakirov tanked for about a minute before he slid his cards into the middle. Smuskevicius showed {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} for the turned full house as he took a small bite out of Abakirov's massive stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kubanychbek Abakirov kg
Kubanychbek Abakirov
1,250,000
180,000
180,000
Profile photo of Boris Smuskevicius lt
Boris Smuskevicius
400,000
300,000
300,000

Tags: Boris SmuskeviciusKubanychbek Abakirov

Assorted Level 14 Chip Counts

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chakib M'hiri tn
Chakib M'hiri
900,000
300,000
300,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Profile photo of Gabi Livshitz il
Gabi Livshitz
830,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi
Ali Muthana Yassin Al-Kubasi
755,000
435,000
435,000
Profile photo of Justus Held de
Justus Held
730,000
574,000
574,000
Profile photo of Ceyhan Tezcan tr
Ceyhan Tezcan
550,000
194,000
194,000
Profile photo of Damir Zhurgalin ru
Damir Zhurgalin
530,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Valeriy Pak uz
Valeriy Pak
420,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Joseph Hebert us
Joseph Hebert
350,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Dawid Smolka pl
Dawid Smolka
280,000
174,000
174,000
Profile photo of Uri Reichenstein il
Uri Reichenstein
275,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Recep Aydemir tr
Recep Aydemir
195,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Michael Lech us
Michael Lech
145,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Oleg Netaliev ru
Oleg Netaliev
80,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Ugur Secilmis tr
Ugur Secilmis
53,000
82,000
82,000

Sultanem Holds On With Aces

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Georges Sultanem was all in for 185,000 on a flop of {7-Spades}{3-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and up against Salavat Shafigullin.

Georges Sultanem: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
Salavat Shafigullin: {j-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

Sultanem had aces, but Shafigullin had top pair and a flush draw. The {k-Diamonds} on the turn was no help, while the {5-Diamonds} river was safe for Sultanem as he held on to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Salavat Shafigullin ru
Salavat Shafigullin
450,000
61,000
61,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Profile photo of Georges Sultanem lb
Georges Sultanem
360,000
143,500
143,500

Tags: Georges SultanemSalavat Shafigullin

Hebert Takes One With River Bet

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Joseph Hebert
Joseph Hebert

Action was on the river with the board reading {6-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}. From the hijack, Joseph Hebert bet 63,000 into a pot of around the same size.

Emil Ukalaev was in the cutoff and took a few mometns before he folded his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joseph Hebert us
Joseph Hebert
265,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Emil Ukalaev ru
Emil Ukalaev
90,000
15,000
15,000

Tags: Emil UkalaevJoseph Hebert

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