2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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 3
Entries
114
Players Left
16

Efimov Bets Out Dashti

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

Action was on a flop of {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}{a-Spades}. From the hijack, Ghanim Dashti bet 125,000 and was called by Sergei Efimov who was on the button.

The turn was the {10-Spades}. Efimov bet 195,000. Dashti checked his cards a few times before he folded.

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

Tags: Ghanim DashtiSergei Efimov

Kerim Spikes an Ace to Double

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: {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Eduard Barsegian: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

The flop came {a-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Spades} and Kerim made a pair of aces to take the lead. The board ran out {7-Clubs}{8-Spades} and Kerim finished with two pair to earn a double up.

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

Tags: Alper KerimEduard Barsegian

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Dinner Break Chip Counts

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Aleksandr Chernikov ru
Aleksandr Chernikov
Day 3 Chip Leader
6,450,000 650,000
Maroun Jazzar lb
Maroun Jazzar
5,200,000 1,400,000
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
4,400,000 -130,000
El Khoury Gabriel lb
El Khoury Gabriel
4,150,000 1,800,000
Orthodoxos Orthodoxou cy
Orthodoxos Orthodoxou
Defending Champion
3,650,000 800,000
Justus Held de
Justus Held
3,610,000 1,710,000
Eduard Barsegian ru
Eduard Barsegian
3,400,000 -600,000
Ara Melkisetian lb
Ara Melkisetian
Day 2 Chip Leader
3,020,000 -580,000
Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
2,800,000 -150,000
Luc Bindel fr
Luc Bindel
2,700,000 600,000
Sergei Efimov ru
Sergei Efimov
2,600,000 -1,100,000
Basel Khabbazeh ae
Basel Khabbazeh
2,220,000 -580,000
Katherina Aristotelos cy
Katherina Aristotelos
2,200,000 500,000
Ernestas Degtiariovas lt
Ernestas Degtiariovas
2,110,000 370,000
Amarbayasgalan Sainjargal mn
Amarbayasgalan Sainjargal
2,100,000 -190,000
Viktor Ustimov ru
Viktor Ustimov
2,000,000 930,000
Gabi Livshitz il
Gabi Livshitz
1,950,000 50,000
Maxime Chilaud fr
Maxime Chilaud
1,690,000 -710,000
Anthony Potis us
Anthony Potis
1,630,000 -355,000
Denis Kapustin ru
Denis Kapustin
1,600,000 815,000
Kassem Hammoud cy
Kassem Hammoud
1,600,000 795,000
Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
1,570,000 70,000
Vladislav Doroshkov ru
Vladislav Doroshkov
1,500,000 400,000
Matan Krakow il
Matan Krakow
Day 1C Chip Leader
1,300,000 -500,000
Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
1,250,000 -50,000

Read full

Korkmaz Takes From Livshitz

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

Action was on a flop of {8-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{a-Hearts}. Koray Korkmaz bet 185,000, he was called by Gabi Livshitz and Katherina Aristotelos folded.

The turn was the {7-Hearts}. Livshitz fired 280,000 and Korkmaz called.

The river came the {9-Clubs}. Both players checked it. Kormaz tabled the {a-Clubs}{8-Hearts} for the winner as Livshitz mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
2,950,000 750,000
Gabi Livshitz il
Gabi Livshitz
1,900,000 -600,000
Katherina Aristotelos cy
Katherina Aristotelos
1,700,000 -300,000

Tags: Gabi LivshitzKatherina AristotelosKoray Korkmaz

Fal Outflops Korkmaz to Stay Alive

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: {k-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Koray Korkmaz: {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

Fal took the lead on the {7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} flop with a pair of jacks, and the board ran out {4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} as he doubled up.

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

Tags: Nikolay FalKoray Korkmaz

Melkisetian Getting Aggressive, Four-Bet Shoves Again

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 lb
Ara Melkisetian
Day 2 Chip Leader
3,600,000 630,000
Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
1,500,000 -350,000

Tags: Ara MelkisetianWalid Bou Habib

Midik Runs Into Kings

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

Osman Midik moved all in for 450,000 and was up against Katherina Aristotelos.

Osman Midik: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Katherina Aristotelos: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

Midik paired his jack on the {2-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop, but it wasn't enough to overcome Aristotelos' kings as the board ran out {3-Clubs}{3-Spades} to send him to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Katherina Aristotelos cy
Katherina Aristotelos
2,000,000 650,000
Osman Midik tr
Osman Midik
Busted

Tags: Katherina AristotelosOsman Midik

Melkisetian Makes Big Shove

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

Ara Melkisetian raised to 105,000 from the hijack. Ernestas Degtiariovas three-bet to 400,000 from the small blind.

Melkisetian jammed all in when it was back on him. It was a big shove as Degtiariovas had well over 30 big blinds behind. Degtiariovas sat in contemplation for some time before he eventually folded to send the preflop boon across the table.

Player Chips Progress
Ara Melkisetian lb
Ara Melkisetian
Day 2 Chip Leader
2,970,000 510,000
Ernestas Degtiariovas lt
Ernestas Degtiariovas
1,740,000 290,000

Tags: Ara MelkisetianErnestas Degtiariovas