2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♦9♣
Prize
$342,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,854,720
Total Entries
672
Places Paid
80
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
174
Players Left
77
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Tannoury Hits an Ace to Bust Semeiaka

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

Naji Tannoury raised to 6,500 in early position, then faced an all-in shove for 60,500 from Oleksii Semeniaka in the big blind.

"Are you a professional," Tannoury asked.

"Not here. Online," Semeniaka replied. Tannoury eventually called.

Olekseii Semeniaka: 4♦4♠
Naji Tannoury: A♣6♠

"I have two overcards," Tannoury said upon seeing Semeniaka's pocket pair. The 3♥Q♠J♠ flop was no help, but Tannoury spiked the A♥ on the river to take the lead. The river was the 3♣ and Semeniaka was sent to the rail in the last level of the day.

Tags: Naji TannouryOleksii Semeniaka

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Sarkis Gets Paid With Aces

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Wael Sarkis
Wael Sarkis

Tony Aziz raised to 5,000 in early position and received two callers before Wael Sarkis three-bet to 20,000 on the button. Only Aziz called.

The flop came J♦2♦8♦ and Sarkis continued for 25,000. Aziz called and the 7♥ turn was checked through.

The river was the 7♣ and Sarkis bet another 60,000. Aziz tanked into the break before calling as Sarkis showed A♦A♣. Aziz mucked A♠J♠ and Sarkis raked in the big pot.

Tags: Tony AzizWael Sarkis

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David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Zhu Puts the Ultimate Cooler on Henriques

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Nan Zhu got his last 175,000 in the middle from the hijack and was up against Daniel Henriques in middle position.

Nan Zhu: A♦A♠
Daniel Henriques: K♠K♣

Zhu had woken up with aces and was a big favorite to earn the double up as the board ran out J♦J♥4♣2♦4♠, forcing Henriques to hand over the pot with with his beaten kings.

Tags: Daniel HenriquesNan Zhu

Ge Smacks the River on Sadovskii

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Yingrui Ge
Yingrui Ge

Around 60,000 was in the pot as Artem Sadovskii and Yingrui Ge went to the river on a board of 7♥6♥4♠A♥6♣. Sadovskii then bet 46,000 from the small blind.

Ge came back with an all-in shove for 187,000, sending Sadovskii deep into the tank. The clock was eventually called and the countdown had just begun when Sadovskii called.

Ge turned over K♦K♠ for a rivered set and Sadovskii shook his head and mucked his cards. The rest of the table pointed out he had to show and the dealer retrieved A♠7♠ while Ge raked in the massive pot.

Tags: Artem SadovskiiYingrui Ge

Panetti Running Well

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Christophe Panetti raised to 6,000 on the button, then called when small blind Yury Bochkarev three-bet to 16,000.

The flop came A♥5♥3♦ and Bochkarev led out for 7,000. Panetti called and the 6♣ fell on the turn.

Bochkarev then bet 11,000 and Panetti called again. The river was the 9♠ and Bochkarev slowed down and checked.

Panetti fired out 41,000 and Bochkarev quickly called. Panetti then turned over 8♦7♦ for a running straight and Bochkarev mucked.

"You're a rock star," tablemate Graydon Kowal told him after the hand. Panetti folded the cutoff the next hand.

"The way you're running any two cards," Kowal added.

Tags: Christophe PanettiYury Bochkarev

Tishkevich Busts to Aziz

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded to Tony Aziz in the small blind who raised to 5,000. Stanislav Tishkevich then moved all in for around 30,000 in the big blind and Aziz called.

Stanislav Tishkevich: 6♦6♥
Tony Aziz: J♦10♠

Tishkevich remained in front on the 8♥4♠3♥ flop, but Aziz hit the 10♦ turn to make a pair and jump into the lead. The river was the 9♠ and Aziz sent Tishkevich to the rail.

Tags: Stanislav TishkevichTony Aziz

El-Siblani Runs Into Peluso's Set

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Fabio Peluso
Fabio Peluso

Heads-up on a flop of A♣3♥9♦, Ali El-Siblani bet 56,000 from the big blind and Fabio Peluso called on the button.

The turn came the 5♣ and El-Siblani pushed all in for around 80,000. Peluso snap-called and showed 3♠3♣, while El-Siblani could only show top pair with Ax6x.

The river was the 7♥ and Peluso scooped the massive pot to send El-Siblani to the rail and boost his stack past 500,000.

Tags: Ali El-SiblaniFabio Peluso

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