2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$2,200 Warmup
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 Merit Poker Western Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$181,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$962,320
Entries
523
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
523
Players Left
102

Daoud Wakes Up With Queens to Bust Loire

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Julien Loire was down to his last 75,000 when he shoved all in before the flop. Next to act, Roy Daoud reshoved and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Julien Loire: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}
Roy Daoud: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

Loire found himself dominated and got no help on the {6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{3-Spades} board as he headed for the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Roy Daoud ca
Roy Daoud
300,000 78,500
Julien Loire fr
Julien Loire
Busted

Tags: Julien LoireRoy Daoud

Bochkarev Captures His Double Up

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

With around 60,000 in the pot on a board of {k-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}, Yury Bochkarev moved all in for around 120,000 from middle position. Shmuel Madar, in early position, gave it some thought before calling to put Bochkarev at risk.

Bochkarev turned over {4-Spades}{4-Clubs} for a set as he took out his phone to take a picture of the board. Madar showed {k-Spades}{q-Clubs} and was already drawing dead before the {6-Clubs} fell on the river, shaking his head as he gave up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Yury Bochkarev ru
Yury Bochkarev
300,000 -30,000
Shmuel Madar il
Shmuel Madar
130,000 -85,000

Tags: Shmuel MadarYury Bochkarev

Niste Hits the River on Di Nicola

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Mihai Niste, Ermanno Di Nicola, and Erdal Gulseven built a pot of around 40,000 heading to a flop of {j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{10-Spades}. Niste, under the gun, bet 12,000 and Gulseven called.

Di Nicola then raised to 39,000 from the big blind and Niste calls. Gulseven got out of the way as both players checked the {a-Clubs} turn.

The river came the {6-Clubs} and Di Nicola again checked. Niste checked behind and showed {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} for two pair. Di Nicola flashed {j-}{10-} for flopped two pair as he surrendered the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
490,000 120,000
Mihai Niste ro
Mihai Niste
290,000 159,500
Erdal Gulseven tr
Erdal Gulseven
150,000 25,000

Tags: Erdal GulsevenErmanno Di NicolaMihai Niste

Pepping Leaves Opponent Steaming

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Roelof Pepping was in the big blind and saw a flop of {a-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}. An opponent under the gun bet 13,000 and Pepping called to see the {5-Spades} turn.

The under-the-gun player bet another 25,000 and Pepping again called. The river came the {10-Diamonds}, and this time Pepping led out for 82,000.

His opponent snap-called as Pepping turned over {10-Spades}{10-Clubs} for the rivered full house. The under-the-gun player angrily slammed down {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs} as he handed over the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Roelof Pepping nl
Roelof Pepping
410,000 80,000

Tags: Roelof Pepping

Updated Chip Counts

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ryan Mandara gb
Ryan Mandara
1,050,000 400,000
Jamie Nixon gb
Jamie Nixon
900,000 190,000
Evgenii Katymaev ru
Evgenii Katymaev
705,000 344,500
Ran Ilani il
Ran Ilani
650,000 -20,000
Valeriy Pak uz
Valeriy Pak
Day 2 Chip Leader
600,000 323,500
Zolbayar Batbold mn
Zolbayar Batbold
570,000
David Hu nl
David Hu
550,000 -50,000
Bartlomiej Swieboda pl
Bartlomiej Swieboda
520,000 60,000
Eduard Barsegian ru
Eduard Barsegian
500,000 130,000
Michael Lech us
Michael Lech
WSOP 1X Winner
410,000 -40,000
Ido Aboudi il
Ido Aboudi
400,000 115,500
Roelof Pepping nl
Roelof Pepping
330,000 -320,000
Gabriel Akiki lb
Gabriel Akiki
180,000 180,000
Vasili Firsau by
Vasili Firsau
WSOP 1X Winner
70,000 -315,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

David Bombs the River on Hershkovich

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Barak-Haim David
Barak-Haim David

Barak-Haim David and Ben Hershkovich went heads-up to a flop of {7-Spades}{8-Hearts}{a-Clubs}, when David bet around 10,000 from under the gun. Hershkovich called in the big blind.

The turn came the {2-Clubs} and Hershkovich checked over to David, who bet another 13,000. Hershkovich again called to see the {6-Spades} on the river.

Hershkovich this time led out for 27,000. David spent some time in the tank before assembling a raise to 200,000. Now it was Hershkovich's turn to tank, as he spent several minutes talking to David before eventually calling for the last of his stack.

David turned over {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts} for a set and Hershkovich showed {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for a smaller set as he hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Barak-Haim David il
Barak-Haim David
450,000 450,000
Ben Hershkovich il
Ben Hershkovich
Busted

Tags: Barak-Haim DavidBen Hershkovich

Prize Pool Confirmed

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Tournament officials have announced the official prize pool of the tournament. There were a total of 523 entries, generating a prize pool of $962,320.

The top 62 players will finish in the money, with the champion earning $181,200. There are currently 174 players remaining.

PlacePrize
1$181,200
2$133,400
3$81,700
4$60,450
5$45,350
6$36,400
7$30,300
8$24,150
9$18,200
10-12$13,335
13-15$10,820
16-18$9,325
19-21$8,115
22-24$7,275
25-26$6,430
27-35$5,600
36-44$4,850
45-53$4,100
54-62$3,450

Reichenstein Catches Stefanov

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Uri Reichenstein and Milen Stefanov went heads-up to a {5-Spades}{a-Spades}{2-Spades} flop when Stefanov raised from the big blind to 17,000.

Reichenstein called, then called another 33,000 on the {k-Diamonds} turn. The river came the {6-Spades} and Stefanov slowed down and checked. Reichenstein checked behind.

"You're good," Stefanov said, turning over {4-Clubs}{2-Clubs} for a pair of deuces. Reichenstein showed {a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Milen Stefanov bg
Milen Stefanov
WPT 1X Winner
230,000
Uri Reichenstein il
Uri Reichenstein
185,000 -10,000

Tags: Milen StefanovUri Reichenstein

Vitkind Latest to Fall

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Dmitry Vitkind was down to around 70,000 when he found a good hand to get the rest of his chips in from the hijack, {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}.

Unfortunately for Vitkind, Tamazi Skhirtladze had woken up with {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} and put him in danger of hitting the rail. The board ran out {j-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Vitkind made a quick exit from the room.

Player Chips Progress
Tamazi Skhirtladze ge
Tamazi Skhirtladze
260,000 260,000
Dmitry Vitkind ru
Dmitry Vitkind
Busted

Tags: Dmitry VitkindTamazi Skhirtladze