$2,200 Warmup | 2023 Merit Poker Western Series

01-20-2023 16:02 UTC+3

Michael Allen Eliminated in 13th Place ($10,820)

David Salituro

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Michael Allen put in around 500,000, leaving himself just 10,000 remaining, and Michele Guerrini called in the cutoff.

The flop came and Allen looked around at the other table before throwing in his last chips. Guerrini quickly called with but was behind Allen's for a pair of eights.

The turn brought the , giving Guerrini a pair of queens, and the river was no help to Allen as he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michele Guerrini	3,700,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Michael Allen	Busted

Tags: Michael Allen Michele Guerrini

01-20-2023 16:16 UTC+3

First Break of the Day

David Salituro

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The remaining 12 players are now on a 15-minute break.

01-20-2023 16:29 UTC+3

Table 2 Chip Counts

David Salituro

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Recep Aydemir	7,600,000 800,000	800,000
John Doe	7,200,000 300,000	300,000

Evgenii Katymaev	5,000,000 900,000	900,000
Halil Baybars	4,400,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Michele Guerrini	3,200,000 -500,000	-500,000
Eli Saad	1,600,000 -1,060,000	-1,060,000

Level: 29

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

01-20-2023 16:32 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Helmut Phung	7,320,000 3,420,000	3,420,000

Vladislav Fedoseev	4,840,000 140,000	140,000
Ryan Mandara	3,220,000 20,000	20,000
Paul Browne	2,860,000 -340,000	-340,000
Maxime Chilaud	2,540,000 -1,260,000	-1,260,000
David Hu	1,365,000 -1,435,000	-1,435,000

Aydemir Leaves Doe Steaming

David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Recep Aydemir raised to 350,000 from the cutoff and was called by John Doe on the button and big blind Halil Baybars.

Aydemir continued for 350,000 on the flop and only Doe called. Aydemir slowed down and checked the turn as Doe came out with 500,000.

Aydemir called and both players checked the river. Aydemir turned over for rivered trips as Doe slammed his cards on the table in frustration.

Player	Chips	Progress
Recep Aydemir	8,800,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
John Doe	5,600,000 -1,600,000	-1,600,000

Tags: Recep Aydemir John Doe

01-20-2023 17:04 UTC+3

Doe Climbing Back

David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Halil Baybars raised to 325,000 and was called by Recep Aydemir and John Doe in the blinds.

The flop came and Baybars continued for 375,000. Aydemir quickly folded, but Doe came back with a raise to 1,300,000.

Baybars used two time bank chips before he folded as Doe climbed back over 8,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Recep Aydemir	8,700,000 -100,000	-100,000
John Doe	8,400,000 2,800,000	2,800,000

Halil Baybars	3,300,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000

Tags: Halil Baybars John Doe Recep Aydemir

01-20-2023 17:05 UTC+3

Vladislav Fedoseev Eliminated in 12th Place ($13,335)

David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Vladislav Fedoseev raised to 325,000 from the cutoff and Ryan Mandara defended his big blind.

The flop came and Fedoseev continued for 275,000. Mandara called, then called another bet of 575,000 on the turn.

The river came the and Mandara checked over to Fedoseev who moved all in. Mandara, with 2,300,000 behind, used a time bank chip before calling with for trips. Fedoseev was forced to show for a failed bluff.

Fedoseev managed to get two all-in shoves through before he moved all in again from the small blind for 2,125,000. Paul Browne called in the big blind with , while Fedoseev was ahead with .

The flop came , but the on the turn shot Browne into the lead. The river came the and Fedoseev was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Browne	8,100,000 5,240,000	5,240,000
Ryan Mandara	7,160,000 3,940,000	3,940,000
Vladislav Fedoseev	Busted

Tags: Vladislav Fedoseev

01-20-2023 17:18 UTC+3

Halil Baybars Eliminated in 11th Place ($13,335)

David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Halil Baybars raised to 400,000 and John Doe defended his big blind.

The flop came and Doe checked over to Baybars, who bet 500,000. Doe raised to 2,000,000, Baybars announced he was all in for around 3,000,000, and Doe snap-called.