$2,200 Warm Up Day 2 | 2024 Merit Poker Western Series

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01-17-2024 20:39 UTC+3

Assorted Chip Counts after Final Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdullah Alajmi	1,820,000 120,000	120,000

Ermanno Di Nicola	1,740,000 90,000	90,000

Osman Ihlamur	1,345,000 135,000	135,000
Adrian State	1,045,000 754,500	754,500
Hadi Khadra	1,040,000 -55,000	-55,000
Ildar Tashliyev	950,000 -120,000	-120,000
Roman Stoica	950,000 195,000	195,000
Candido Cappiello	890,000 -100,000	-100,000
John Basta	780,000 601,500	601,500
Parahat Nurmuhammedov	695,000 190,000	190,000
Samuel Dray	671,000 526,000	526,000
Matthew Davenport	590,000 430,000	430,000
Andrea Dato	415,000 -37,000	-37,000

Guoliang Wei	410,000 81,000	81,000

Andrei Daniliuk	226,000 14,000	14,000
Bulut Celik	180,000 10,000	10,000
Anatoly Korochenskiy	Busted
Nils Pudel	Busted
Alisa Sibgatova	Busted
Aylar Lie	Busted
Shuang Luo	Busted
Yunsheng Sun	Busted

01-17-2024 16:52 UTC+3

Akimov Drills the Turn

Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Samuel Dray opened to 6,000 from the button only for Ming Wang to move all in from the small blind for 53,500. Baurzhan Akimov, who covered both players, then moved all in himself, forcing Dray out of the pot to leave Wang at risk.

Ming Wang: A♥10♥
Baurzhan Akimov: 6♦6♥

Wang was in great shape with top pair on the A♣J♣5♥ flop but was left drawing dead after the 6♣ turn gave Akimov a set. After the J♦ river Wang made his exit from the tournament area while Akimov took down a healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baurzhan Akimov	497,000 454,500	454,500
Samuel Dray	145,000 145,000	145,000
Ming Wang	Busted

Tags: Baurzhan Akimov Ming Wang Samuel Dray

01-17-2024 16:33 UTC+3

Sipavicius Holds with Cowboys

Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Alper Kerim moved all in for 38,000 from the hijack only for Aurelijus Sipavicius to reshove from the cutoff with a covering stack, forcing out all other players to leave Kerim at risk.

Alper Kerim: J♣10♥
Aurelijus Sipavicius: K♦K♠

Kerim was drawing thin against the pocket kings and failed to improve on the 8♠3♠2♦3♣5♥ runout resulting in his elimination while Sipavicius collected a decent pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aurelijus Sipavicius	151,000 151,000	151,000
Alper Kerim	Busted

Tags: Alper Kerim Aurelijus Sipavicius

01-17-2024 13:52 UTC+3

Bitar Runs into Rockets

Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Aziz Efe opened to 5,500 from under the gun before John Doe three-bet to 16,000 from the cutoff. Ghassan Bitar called from the button and Efe called as well.

Doe bet 27,000 when checked to on the 5♠3♣2♦ flop. Bitar moved all in for 97,500, forcing Efe out of the pot while Doe made the call to put Bitar at risk.

Ghassan Bitar: 10♥10♣
John Doe: A♦A♠

Doe remained ahead with the bigger overpair on the J♣ turn and J♦ river to score the knockout and drag in a sizable pot.