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

01-24-2023 18:37 UTC+2

Jazzar Building Towers, Hits Quads on Kilic

David Salituro

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:
Maroun Jazzar:

Kilic was ahead until the flop gave Jazzar a set of sixes. Kilic didn't improve on the turn, while Jazzar made quads on the river.

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Maroun Jazzar	3,800,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Nazim Kilic	Busted

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01-24-2023 18:39 UTC+2

Joumaa Wounds Fal on the River

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David Salituro

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:
Nikolay Fal:

Fal remained ahead as the board came , but the on the river gave Joumaa a flush as he raised his arms in the air in celebration after earning a massive double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bakhos Joumaa	2,600,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Nikolay Fal	200,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Tags: Bakhos Joumaa Nikolay Fal

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

01-24-2023 18:44 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Milen Stefanov	Busted

Ivan Stankov	Busted
Anton Markov	Busted
Halil Baybars	Busted
Denis Matafonov	Busted
Idan Greenberg	Busted
Seref Dursun Anar	Busted
Hossein Zolghadriha	Busted
Salavat Shafigullin	Busted

Azizjon Rakhimov	Busted
Nicolas Hasbani	Busted
Eduard Bagrov	Busted

Panka Eliminates Munteanu

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Jeff McMillan

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 . 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:
Dominik Panka:

Panka had flopped a set as things were done for Munteanu as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Panka	4,530,000 1,730,000	1,730,000

Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu	Busted

Tags: Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu Dominik Panka

01-24-2023 18:56 UTC+2

Melkisetian Says Goodbye to Two

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Jeff McMillan

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:
Anatoly Shteyn:
Ara Melkisetian:

Melisetian started to say "Bye bye. Bye guys" to his opponents before the flop even came. It connected with his jack-four . The turn was the and the river was the to indeed send his two opponents to payouts in the same hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ara Melkisetian	2,460,000 485,000	485,000

Anatoly Shteyn	Busted
Vitaliy Pankov	Busted

Tags: Anatoly Shteyn Ara Melkisetian Vitaliy Pankov

01-24-2023 18:57 UTC+2

Joumaa Sends Aristotelos Into the Tank

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David Salituro

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

With already around 400,000 in the pot and the board showing , 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 for the rivered straight to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bakhos Joumaa	2,800,000 200,000	200,000
Katherina Aristotelos	1,350,000 750,000	750,000

Tags: Bakhos Joumaa Katherina Aristotelos

01-24-2023 19:02 UTC+2

Livshitz Doubles Thru Joumaa

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David Salituro

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

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

Livshitz was all in for around 1,000,000 with and made a set on the board, beating the of Joumaa.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabi Livshitz	2,500,000 1,300,000	1,300,000

Bakhos Joumaa	1,500,000 1,300,000	1,300,000

Tags: Gabi Livshitz Bakhos Joumaa

01-24-2023 19:09 UTC+2

Melkisetian Makes Big Shove

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Jeff McMillan

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.