2023 Merit Poker Western Series

$2,200 Warmup
Day: 3
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
Total Entries
523
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
102
Players Left
19
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Margolin Climbs Over a Million With Big River Bet

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Timur Margolin was in middle position and bet 200,000 on a board of {k-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. Roman Kolotiuk, on the button, called as they went heads-up to the {9-Diamonds} river.

Margolin methodically assembled a bet of 275,000 and pushed it into the middle. Kolotiuk, a cowboy hat dangling from his neck, starred him down for about two minutes before tossing his cards across the table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Timur Margolin il
Timur Margolin
1,200,000
580,000
580,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Roman Kolotiuk ru
Roman Kolotiuk
400,000
410,000
410,000

Tags: Roman KolotiukTimur Margolin

Stoyanov Sizes Up

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Akin Guven bet 35,000 on an all-diamond flop of {8-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} from the button. Martin Stoyanov called from the cutoff.

The turn was the {9-Clubs}, both players checked to the {3-Clubs} river. Stoyanov made a sized-up bet of 150,000 which got a fold from Guven.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Akin Guven tr
Akin Guven
925,000
175,000
175,000
Profile photo of Martin Stoyanov bg
Martin Stoyanov
680,000
130,000
130,000

Tags: Akin GuvenMartin Stoyanov

Doe Bombs the River to Take Chip Lead

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Valeriy Pak raised to 35,000 pre-flop and was called by John Doe next to act. The flop came {2-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Spades} and Pak bet another 50,000 before Doe raised to 150,000.

Pak called, then checked when the {10-Hearts} fell on the turn. Doe bet another 300,000 and Pak once again called to see the {q-Clubs} river.

He checked once more and Doe pushed forward a tower of white 25,000 chips, a bet totaling 500,000. Pak quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John Doe
John Doe
2,500,000
2,500,000
2,500,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Valeriy Pak uz
Valeriy Pak
2,100,000
100,000
100,000
Day 2 Chip Leader

Tags: John DoeValeriy Pak

Level: 19

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Valeriy Pak uz
Valeriy Pak
2,200,000
300,000
300,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Georges El-Hachem lb
Georges El-Hachem
1,700,000
650,000
650,000
Profile photo of Maxime Chilaud fr
Maxime Chilaud
1,475,000
275,000
275,000
Profile photo of Ahmad Rami Naall sy
Ahmad Rami Naall
1,300,000
650,000
650,000
Profile photo of Andrew Hulme gb
Andrew Hulme
1,150,000
82,000
82,000
Profile photo of Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
950,000
470,000
470,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Arie Kliper il
Arie Kliper
950,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Halil Baybars tr
Halil Baybars
850,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Akin Guven tr
Akin Guven
750,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Koray Korkmaz tr
Koray Korkmaz
700,000
146,000
146,000
Profile photo of Esper Sadek lb
Esper Sadek
550,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Martin Stoyanov bg
Martin Stoyanov
550,000
331,000
331,000
Profile photo of Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola
450,000
100,000
100,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ran Koller il
Ran Koller
350,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Hu Takes From Swieboda in Massive Pot

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

David Hu and Bartlomiej Swieboda built a pot of 400,000 heading to the flop of {7-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{a-Spades}. Swieboda, from under the gun, bet 120,000 and Hu called in early position.

The turn came the {7-Hearts} and Swieboda slowed down and checked. Hu announced a bet of 250,000 and before he could even put the chips in the middle Swieboda flung his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Hu nl
David Hu
1,340,000
673,000
673,000
Profile photo of Bartlomiej Swieboda pl
Bartlomiej Swieboda
450,000
431,000
431,000

Tags: Bartlomiej SwiebodaDavid Hu

Aces for Kuliberda

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was on the turn as the board read {10-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{10-Spades}{q-Hearts}.

Dawid Kuliberda bet 60,000 from the gun. Helmut Phung called on the button and the small blind got out of the way.

The river was the {6-Hearts}. Kuliberda led for 160,000. Phung took quite a bit of time before he called.

Kuliberda tabled the {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades} which was good as Phung mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dawid Kuliberda pl
Dawid Kuliberda
1,210,000
340,000
340,000
Profile photo of Helmut Phung de
Helmut Phung
383,000
397,000
397,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dawid KuliberdaHelmut Phung

Browne Checks Back Aces

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Paul Browne and Roman Kolotiuk built a pot of around 200,000 on a board of {8-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{7-Clubs}. Kolotiuk, in the small blind, bet 112,000 and Browne tanked for a moment before calling.

The river came the {8-Diamonds} and Kolotiuk sat shuffling his chips for more than a minute before he checked. Browne quickly checked behind and turned over {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}. Kolotiuk took one last look at the board before he mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Paul Browne gb
Paul Browne
1,650,000
450,000
450,000
Profile photo of Roman Kolotiuk ru
Roman Kolotiuk
810,000
18,000
18,000

Tags: Paul BrowneRoman Kolotiuk

Moussa Flips For His Tournament Life

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Bassel Moussa moved all in for 205,000 from the cutoff and Gurcan Gungoren called in the small blind, Musa Cenc gave it some thought from the big blind before folding.

Bassel Moussa: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Gurcan Gungoren: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

Moussa hit top pair on the {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop to take the lead, and the {6-Diamonds} turn improved him to a flush and left Gungoren drawing dead. The meaningless river came the {k-Spades} and Moussa doubled up.

After the hand, Genc admitted he folded pocket tens.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gurcan Gungoren tr
Gurcan Gungoren
1,050,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Bassel Moussa lb
Bassel Moussa
410,000
121,000
121,000

Tags: Bassel MoussaGurcan Gungoren