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Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 3
Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$830,640
Total Entries
446
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
81
Players Left
17
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Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ermanno Di Nicola bet 100,000 from middle position on a flop of 3♠4♦7♣ and George Panagides called in the small blind.
The turn was the 5♣ and Panagides led out for 180,000. Di Nicola called and the 3♦ fell on the river.
Panagides then moved all in for 590,000 and Di Nicola used a time bank before folding. "I folded a big pair," he told Panagides.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,700,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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1,400,000
550,000
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550,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Guoliang Wei raised to 80,000 in early position before Emrah Daban moved all in for 200,000 in the cutoff. Eren Eroglu called on the button, Qusai Albakeer reshoved in the small blind, and Wei folded. Eroglu, though, called for 680,000.
Emrah Daban: 4♥4♦
Eren Eroglu: Q♠Q♣
Qusai Albakeer: K♦K♠
Albakeer had woken up with kings and was poised for a double knockout as the board ran out 10♣5♦10♦3♦J♠, sending both Daban and Eroglu to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,100,000
995,000
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995,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Adrian State raised to 100,000 on the button, then called when Xiang Lian moved all in for 515,000 in the big blind.
Xiang Lian: A♥9♠
Adrian State: A♠J♥
State had Lian dominated until the flop brought 4♣9♣6♠, giving Lian top pair. The board ran out 8♠A♦ and Lian finished with two pair to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,000,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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1,100,000
850,000
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850,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Guoliang Wei raised to 80,000 in early position, Emrah Daban three-bet to 315,000 in the cutoff, and Wei called.
The flop came J♥6♥8♦ and Daban continued for 415,000. Wei called and the Q♣ fell on the turn.
Daban then moved all in and Wei called for his last 810,000, showing J♦J♠ for top set. Daban turned over A♥A♦ and had to hand over most of his stack once the 3♣ river completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,200,000
1,645,000
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1,645,000 |
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120,000
1,165,000
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1,165,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Abdullah Alajmi again limped in and Ermanno Di Nicola raised to 140,000 in middle position. Justus Held called in the cutoff, while Alajmi also called.
The flop came 8♦K♠K♣ and Di Nicola bet 130,000. Held called, but Alajmi raised to 475,000.
Di Nicola folded and Held called to see the 6♠ turn. Alajmi then bet 600,000, Held moved all in for 700,000, and Alajmi snap-called with K♥8♥ for a flopped full house.
Held showed K♦Q♣ and couldn't find any help on the 5♣ river as he was eliminated in 26th place.
"It's your tournament, my friend. Running unbelievable," Di Nicola told Alajmi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,200,000
2,400,000
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2,400,000 |
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1,200,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Abdullah Alajmi limped in from early position, Justus Held also limped the small blind, while Baurzhan Akimov raised to 180,000 in the big blind.
Only Alajmi called and the flop came 6♦4♠K♥. Akimov continued for 220,000 and Alajmi called.
The turn was the 10♥ and Akimov checked to Alajmi, who bet 440,000. Akimov called and both players checked down the 7♥ river.
Alajmi showed 7♦4♦ for two pair and Akimov mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,800,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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1,700,000
1,400,000
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1,400,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
Level 22
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Matthew Davenport raised to 60,000 in early position and Mateusz Wozniak called on the button.
The flop came A♦5♠2♠ and Davenport continued for 60,000. Wozniak called and the A♠ fell on the turn.
Davenport checked to Wozniak who bet 100,000. Davenport tanked for a minute before raising to 355,000, leaving himself one 5,000 chip back. Wozniak then moved all in.
Davenport burned through several of his time banks as he waited for hands to finish on the other tables before calling with A♥8♥ for trips. Wozniak, though, had K♠Q♠ for a flush.
The river was the 9♥ and Davenport was eliminated in 27th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,600,000
585,000
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585,000 |
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Busted | |
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