$3,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2023 Merit Poker Western Series

01-24-2023 19:13 UTC+2

Melkisetian Getting Aggressive, Four-Bet Shoves Again

David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Ara Melkisetian raised to 105,000 as action folded around to Walid Bou Habib in the small blind, who three-bet to 500,000.

Melkisetian responded by moving all in and Bou Habib, with around 1,500,000 remaining, tanked for several minutes before giving up his hand as the start-of-day chip leader is once again climbing up the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ara Melkisetian	3,600,000 630,000	630,000

Walid Bou Habib	1,500,000 350,000	350,000

Tags: Ara Melkisetian Walid Bou Habib

01-24-2023 19:19 UTC+2

Fal Outflops Korkmaz to Stay Alive

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Nikolay Fal raised to 500,000 on the button, leaving himself just 150,000 behind, as Koray Korkmaz in the big blind reraised to put him all in. Fal called.

Nikolay Fal:
Koray Korkmaz:

Fal took the lead on the flop with a pair of jacks, and the board ran out as he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Korkmaz	2,200,000 700,000	700,000
Nikolay Fal	1,300,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Tags: Nikolay Fal Koray Korkmaz

01-24-2023 19:31 UTC+2

Korkmaz Takes From Livshitz

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Jeff McMillan

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action was on a flop of . Koray Korkmaz bet 185,000, he was called by Gabi Livshitz and Katherina Aristotelos folded.

The turn was the . Livshitz fired 280,000 and Korkmaz called.

The river came the . Both players checked it. Kormaz tabled the for the winner as Livshitz mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Korkmaz	2,950,000 750,000	750,000
Gabi Livshitz	1,900,000 600,000	600,000

Katherina Aristotelos	1,700,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Gabi Livshitz Katherina Aristotelos Koray Korkmaz

01-24-2023 19:37 UTC+2

Dinner Break

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The remaining 35 players are now on a 45-minute dinner break.

Action should resume around 8:20 p.m. local time.

01-24-2023 19:46 UTC+2

Dinner Break Chip Counts

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Jeff McMillan

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Chernikov	6,450,000 650,000	650,000

Maroun Jazzar	5,200,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Dominik Panka	4,400,000 130,000	130,000

El Khoury Gabriel	4,150,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Orthodoxos Orthodoxou	3,650,000 800,000	800,000

Justus Held	3,610,000 1,710,000	1,710,000
Eduard Barsegian	3,400,000 600,000	600,000
Ara Melkisetian	3,020,000 580,000	580,000

Koray Korkmaz	2,800,000 150,000	150,000
Luc Bindel	2,700,000 600,000	600,000
Sergei Efimov	2,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Basel Khabbazeh	2,220,000 580,000	580,000
Katherina Aristotelos	2,200,000 500,000	500,000
Ernestas Degtiariovas	2,110,000 370,000	370,000
Amarbayasgalan Sainjargal	2,100,000 190,000	190,000
Viktor Ustimov	2,000,000 930,000	930,000
Gabi Livshitz	1,950,000 50,000	50,000

Maxime Chilaud	1,690,000 710,000	710,000
Anthony Potis	1,630,000 355,000	355,000
Denis Kapustin	1,600,000 815,000	815,000
Kassem Hammoud	1,600,000 795,000	795,000
Walid Bou Habib	1,570,000 70,000	70,000
Vladislav Doroshkov	1,500,000 400,000	400,000
Matan Krakow	1,300,000 500,000	500,000

Nikolay Fal	1,250,000 50,000	50,000

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Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

01-24-2023 20:31 UTC+2

Kerim Spikes an Ace to Double

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David Salituro

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Alper Kerim moved all in for 400,000 from under the gun and was up against Eduard Barsegian in the big blind

Alper Kerim:
Eduard Barsegian:

The flop came and Kerim made a pair of aces to take the lead. The board ran out and Kerim finished with two pair to earn a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduard Barsegian	3,700,000 300,000	300,000
Alper Kerim	800,000 450,000	450,000

Tags: Alper Kerim Eduard Barsegian

01-24-2023 20:37 UTC+2

Efimov Bets Out Dashti

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Jeff McMillan

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action was on a flop of . From the hijack, Ghanim Dashti bet 125,000 and was called by Sergei Efimov who was on the button.

The turn was the . Efimov bet 195,000. Dashti checked his cards a few times before he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Efimov	2,750,000 150,000	150,000
Ghanim Dashti	610,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Ghanim Dashti Sergei Efimov

01-24-2023 20:45 UTC+2

Doroshkov Makes the Right Call to Bust Kapustin

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David Salituro

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop, Vladislav Doroshkov bet 90,000 from early position before Denis Kapustin moved all in for around 700,000 more.

Doroshkov tanked for several minutes until the clock was called. Right before the countdown reached zero, Doroshkov put in the chips to call.

Denis Kapustin:
Vladislav Doroshkov:

Doroshkov found himself ahead with jacks against Kapustin's flush draw. The board ran out [5sKc and Kapustin missed his flush, wishing the table luck before heading to collect his payout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladislav Doroshkov	2,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Denis Kapustin	Busted

Tags: Denis Kapustin Vladislav Doroshkov

01-24-2023 20:51 UTC+2

Livshitz Calls With Better Overpair to Decimate Aristotelos

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Jeff McMillan

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action was picked up on the turn as the board read . The pot had about 300,000 in it and from middle position, Katherina Aristotelos jammed all in, having Gabi Livshitz covered by a bit. Livshitz was under the gun and went deep into the tank.