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
Total 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
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Livshitz Doubles Thru Joumaa

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

Gabi Livshitz was being pushed a big pot after doubling up off Bakhos Joumaa.

Livshitz was all in for around 1,000,000 with {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and made a set on the {4-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{3-Hearts} board, beating the {j-}{6-} of Joumaa.

Tags: Gabi LivshitzBakhos Joumaa

Joumaa Sends Aristotelos Into the Tank

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

With already around 400,000 in the pot and the board showing {2-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}, Bakhos Joumaa bet 300,000 from under the gun as action was on Katherina Aristotelos in the small blind.

Aristotelos tanked for several minutes before another player at the table called the clock. She eventually called as Joumaa opened up {a-Spades}{10-Spades} for the rivered straight to win the pot.

Tags: Bakhos JoumaaKatherina Aristotelos

Melkisetian Says Goodbye to Two

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

Two short stacked players were all in preflop as they were called by Ara Melkisetian who was looking for a double knockout.

Vitaliy Pankov: {k-Clubs}{8-Spades}
Anatoly Shteyn: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Ara Melkisetian: {j-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

Melisetian started to say "Bye bye. Bye guys" to his opponents before the flop even came. It connected with his jack-four {4-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}. The turn was the {3-Spades} and the river was the {6-Spades} to indeed send his two opponents to payouts in the same hand.

Tags: Anatoly ShteynAra MelkisetianVitaliy Pankov

Panka Eliminates Munteanu

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

There was a large pot already in the middle as Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu had committed his entire stack except for a few chips behind.

The flop came {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Clubs}. Dominik Panka jammed from the button to force Munteanu to put the rest of his chips in the middle which he did.

Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Dominik Panka: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}

Panka had flopped a set as things were done for Munteanu as the board ran out {3-Hearts}{6-Spades}.

Tags: Bogdan-Andrei MunteanuDominik Panka

Recent Bustouts

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

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Joumaa Wounds Fal on the River

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Bakhos Joumaa moved all in for 1,300,000 from the big blind as Nikolay Fal, in the small blind, tanked for several minutes. The clock was eventually called before Fal called to put Joumaa at risk.

Bakhos Joumaa: {a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
Nikolay Fal: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

Fal remained ahead as the board came {q-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}, but the {9-Diamonds} on the river gave Joumaa a flush as he raised his arms in the air in celebration after earning a massive double up.

Tags: Bakhos JoumaaNikolay Fal

Jazzar Building Towers, Hits Quads on Kilic

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Nazim Kilic moved all in for 389,000 as action folded to Maroun Jazzar, who took some off the massive towers of chips in front of him to call.

Nazim Kilic: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Maroun Jazzar: {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}

Kilic was ahead until the {j-Spades}{a-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop gave Jazzar a set of sixes. Kilic didn't improve on the {2-Clubs} turn, while Jazzar made quads on the {6-Hearts} river.

"Keep building and building," tablemate Anthony Potis told Jazzar as Kilic headed for the payout desk.

Tags: Maroun JazzarNazim Kilic

Orthodoxou Moving Up

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Action was on the turn as the board read {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}. Orthodoxos Orthodoxou bet 250,000. Bakhos Joumaa called in early position.

The river came the {8-Spades}. Orthodoxou shoved all in. Joumaa thought for over a minute before he folded to send the pot to the Cyrpiot who has been collecting chips in recent levels.

Tags: Bakhos JoumaaOrthodoxos Orthodoxou

Chilaud Gets Some Back, Busts Kolotiuk on the River

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Roman Kolotiuk was all in for around 600,000 from the blinds and up against Maxime Chilaud in early position.

Roman Kolotiuk: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Maxime Chilaud {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

Kolotiuk's nines stayed in front as the board ran out {k-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}, but the {a-Clubs} spiked on the river as Chilaud made a pair of aces. Kolotiuk, who entertained the room with his pushups on the money bubble earlier, was sent to the payout desk.

Tags: Maxime ChilaudRoman Kolotiuk

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