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

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

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

01-17-2024 20:19 UTC+3

Break

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Players are on their final break for the evening, this one lasting just 10 minutes. There are currently 107 players remaining.

01-17-2024 20:18 UTC+3

Cappiello Shows Bitar the Bad News

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Candido Cappiello opened to 11,000 from middle position and received calls from Abdullah Alajmi on the button, Vitalii Pankov in the small blind and Ghassan Bitar in the big blind.

The flop came 9♦7♦2♥ and action checked around to Cappiello, who bet 27,000. Alajmi and Pankov got out of the way while Bitar made the call.

Bitar lead out with a 40,000 bet on the 2♠ turn and Cappiello called.

On the 8♦ river Bitar bet again, this time for 50,000. Cappiello raised to 180,000, sending Bitar deep into the tank.

After a couple minutes Bitar opted to call. Cappiello tabled Q♦J♦ for a rivered flush which was enough to take down a sizable pot and make a serious dent in Bitar's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdullah Alajmi	1,700,000 125,000	125,000

Candido Cappiello	990,000 825,000	825,000
Vitalii Pankov	370,000 49,500	49,500
Ghassan Bitar	180,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Abdullah Alajmi Candido Cappiello Ghassan Bitar Vitalii Pankov

01-17-2024 19:54 UTC+3

Bochkarev Gets Some Value

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Egor Romaniuk limped in from under the gun before Ihar Soika raised to 18,000 from the hijack. Yury Bochkarev defended from the big blind and Romaniuk called a well.

The flop came 6♣5♥2♥ and action checked around to Soika, who bet 20,000. Romaniuk called while Bochkarev got out of the way.

Both players checked the 3♦ turn leading to the 5♣ river. Bochkarev bet 25,000 and Soika called.

Bochkarev tabled 7♣6♦ for a flopped top pair and Soika's hand hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yury Bochkarev	390,000 224,000	224,000
Ihar Soika	144,000 15,000	15,000
Egor Romaniuk	120,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Egor Romaniuk Ihar Soika Yury Bochkarev

01-17-2024 19:37 UTC+3

Tozlu Applies Pressure

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Ryan Lashmar

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

A player in middle position, who asked to remain anonymous, opened to 11,000 and received calls from Mert Tozlu in the hijack and Hadi Khadra in the big blind.

The flop came A♣Q♣3♥. Khadra checked, the middle position player bet 15,000, Tozlu called and Khadra folded.

The middle position player bet again for 25,000 on the 10♥ turn only for Tozlu to move all in for 101,000, forcing a fold from his opponent who revealed the A♠ for top pair before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hadi Khadra	1,095,000 100,000	100,000
Mert Tozlu	170,000 146,000	146,000

Tags: Hadi Khadra Mert Tozlu

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

01-17-2024 19:07 UTC+3

Di Nicola Wins Battle of the Big Stacks

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Ermanno Di Nicola opened to 10,000 from the hijack and received a call from Abdullah Alajmi on the button.

Both players checked the J♦10♦4♥ flop leading to the Q♠ turn. Di Nicola bet 15,000 and Alajmi quickly called.

Di Nicola bet again for 41,000 on the A♠ river and this time Alajmi opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ermanno Di Nicola	1,650,000 80,000	80,000

Abdullah Alajmi	1,575,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Abdullah Alajmi Ermanno Di Nicola

01-17-2024 18:49 UTC+3

Gromov Knocks Out Dietrich

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Ryan Lashmar

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

In a preflop confrontation, Moritz Dietrich found himself all in and at risk for his last 66,000 from the cutoff against Dmitry Gromov in middle position who held a covering stack.

Moritz Dietrich: A♦5♦
Dmitry Gromov: A♣A♥

Dietrich was in dire straits, drawing nearly dead on the J♠10♦9♥ flop. The 5♠ turn gave Dietrich two outs but the 3♠ river was a brick. Gromov's aces were best at showdown and he took down a decent pot while Dietrich was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Gromov	395,000 15,000	15,000

Moritz Dietrich	Busted

Tags: Dmitry Gromov Moritz Dietrich

01-17-2024 18:29 UTC+3

Late Registration Comes to a Close

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Reentries and late registration is now over in the $2,200 Warm Up. The tournament attracted a field of 446 total entrants to generate a prize pool of $830,640. 145 players currently remain.

Payout information will be available shortly.