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Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Players are now on the first 15-minute break of the day.
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,854,720
Total Entries
672
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
174
Players Left
77
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Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
With around 55,000 in the pot on a board of 9♥9♣4♥6♠, Fabio Peluso bet 15,000 from middle position before Omer Cubukcu moved all in from the small blind. Peluso snap-called for around 50,000 more.
Cubukcu showed K♠K♣, but Peluso had 10♠9♠ for trip nines. The river was the 5♣ and Peluso doubled up, leaving Cubukcu on an extreme short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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170,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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5,000 | |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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180,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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170,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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160,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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120,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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110,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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|
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105,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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95,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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85,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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80,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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75,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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10,000
90,000
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90,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Maksim Skripkin bet 5,000 from the small blind on a flop of 7♥5♥J♠ before Baris Topuz raised to 12,000 in the cutoff. Skripkin reraised to 35,000 and Topuz called.
The turn was the A♣ and Skripkin slowed down and checked. Topuz then moved all in and Skripkin snap-called with K♥K♦. Topuz, though, had A♠J♣ for two pair.
Skripkin got out of his seat to leave as the 5♦ fell on the river, but a count showed that Topuz had 45,600 remaining and Skripkin had him covered by around 10,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
80,000
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80,000 |
|
10,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Heads-up on a board of 7♣K♥A♠J♣, Nils Pudel bet around 12,000 from middle position and Nina Krasilnikova called in the big blind.
The river was the Q♥ and Pudel bet another 7,000. Krasilnikova quickly called.
Pudel turned over A♥K♦ for top two pair. "I also had two pair. But ace-king is better," Krasilnikova said as she mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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60,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
With around 15,000 in the pot on a board of 6♠A♥5♦8♦, Michel Eid bet 5,500 from the small blind and Stephane Gabarre called in the big blind. Zeki Karali then raised to 27,200 in middle position and only Eid called.
Eid checked the J♥ river and Karali bet 35,000. Eid quickly called and Karali showed A♠5♣ for two pair. Eid, though, had 7♣4♦ for a straight as he won the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | |
|
90,000 | |
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30,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Muhammadreza Karkan raised to 1,800 in early position, then called when Cheng Zhao three-bet to 5,100 in middle position.
The flop came 10♥5♦5♥ and Zhao continued for 7,000. Karkan called and the 4♠ fell on the turn.
Zhao then bet another 12,700 and Karkan quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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105,000 | |
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65,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Traian Stanciu raised to 2,000 under the gun before Artem Sadovskii three-bet to 5,100 next to act.
Stanciu put in a four-bet to 12,500 and Sadovskii tanked for a minute before five-betting to 23,700. Stanciu then paused for more than a minute until taking one last look at his hand and giving it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000 | |
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60,000
20,000
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20,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Vincent Meli and Arif Yildirim built a pot of around 12,000 as they went heads-up to the 5♦7♠Q♣ flop.
Meli then bet 3,500 from middle position and Yildirim called in early positiion. The turn was the 4♣ and Meli bet another 8,000.
Yildirim raised to 30,000 and Meli didn't take long before giving up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,000
90,000
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90,000 |
|
80,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
