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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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
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Danil Shalaev
400,000
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Helmut Phung
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Danil ShalaevHelmut Phung

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

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
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Ara Melkisetian
220,000
60,000
60,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
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Ido Aboudi
35,000
111,000
111,000

Tags: Ara MelkisetianIdo Aboudi

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
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Kubanychbek Abakirov
1,430,000
730,000
730,000
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Gabriel Akiki
85,000
86,000
86,000

Tags: Gabriel AkikiKubanychbek Abakirov

"Cowboy" Kolotiuk Shows Down Trips

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

Roman Kolotiuk and Eduard Bagrov were involved in a blind versus blind battle on the turn with the board showing {k-Spades}{7-Hearts}{8-Spades}{8-Clubs}. Kolotiuk bet 22,000 and Bagrov called.

The river came the {9-Hearts} and Bagrov checked. Kolotiuk, sporting a large cowboy hat, assembled a bet of 61,000 and pushed it into the middle. Bagrov quickly called as Kolotiuk showed {2-Spades}{8-Hearts} for trip eights to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Eduard Bagrov
410,000
57,000
57,000
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Roman Kolotiuk
235,000

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"HMD" Gets Big Pot With Aces

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

There was a flurry of preflop action unfolding as an early position player had opened. Aleksandar Jakovljevic three-bet to 23,000 from the hijack, the cutoff cold called. The player known as "Kassem HMD" four-bet jammed from the small blind. The early position player called and Jakovljevic tanked a while before folding and the cutoff folded {2-}{2-} face up].

Early position: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Kassem HMD: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}

The flop came {7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} much to the dismay of the cutoff who reacted as he would have hit a set of deuces. The turn was the {q-Clubs} and the river was the {7-Diamonds} to bust the player holding jacks and give Kassem HMD the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Kassem HMD
660,000
660,000
660,000
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Aleksandar Jakovljevic
590,000
70,000
70,000

Tags: Aleksandar JakovljevicKassem HMD

Thomas Wakes Up With Aces; Doe Left Steaming

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

John Doe raised all in from the small blind as action folded back around to Julian Thomas on the button, who snap-called for his last 172,500.

Julian Thomas: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
John Doe: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

Doe angrily threw his pocket jacks into the middle at the sight of Thomas' aces. Thomas ended up making top set on the {6-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{5-Spades}{10-Spades}{a-Spades} board as he doubled up off the Warm Up champion.

Player Chips Progress
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Julian Thomas
350,000
273,000
273,000
WPT 1X Winner
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John Doe
180,000
150,000
150,000

Tags: John DoeJulian Thomas

Matafonov Shows Aces to Double

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

The action was picked up with already around 150,000 in the pot and the board showing {2-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}. Itai Levy bet 42,000 before Denis Matafonov moved all in for 196,000.

Levy took only a short time before he called as Matafonov turned over {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}.

"Nice hand," Levi said as he mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Denis Matafonov
450,000
170,000
170,000
Profile photo of Itai Levy il
Itai Levy
200,000
156,500
156,500

Tags: Denis MatafonovItai Levy

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