2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1cd
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Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$342,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$1,854,720
Total Entries
672
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1cd
Entries
149
Players Left
75
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Mokrani Spikes the River

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

Guoliang Wei opened to 5,000 from middle position and Mohamed Mokrani three-bet to 16,500 from the cutoff. Wei made the call.

Both players checked through the flop and turn leading to a final board of J977K. Wei bet 20,000 and Mokrani snap-called.

Wei revealed J9 for a flopped two pair but Mokrani turned over AK for a better two pair made on the river to take the pot.

Tags: Guoliang WeiMohamed Mokrani

Boellis Cracks Nikitin's Set

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

With two players seeing a board of 583 and roughly 12,000 already in the middle, Guiliano Boellis checked from the big blind and Anatoly Nikitin bet 4,000 from under the gun. Boellis made the call.

Both players checked the A turn leading to the 4 river. Boellis checked and called a 20,000 bet from Nikitin.

Nikitin tabled 55 for a set of fives but Boellis showed down A2 for the wheel straight to take down a nice pot.

Tags: Anatoly NikitinGuiliano Boellis

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Chudapal Building a Monster Stack

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Siarhei Chudapal
Siarhei Chudapal

Damir Zhugralin opened to 3,000 from under the gun and received calls from Yingrui Ge on the button and Siarhei Chudapal in the big blind.

The flop came A86 and action folded around to Ge who bet 4,500. Chudapal made the call while Zhugralin got out of the way.

Both players checked the K turn leading to the 10 river. Chudapal bet 10,000 and was called by Ge. Chudapal showed down A10 for the winner and added more chips to his already sizable stack.

Tags: Damir ZhugralinSiarhei ChudapalYingrui Ge

Ketzer Doubles Through Wei

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Felipe Ketzer
Felipe Ketzer

With two players seeing a board of Q952 and roughly 20,000 already in the middle, Felipe Ketzer was under the gun and found himself all in for an additional 125,000 and at risk against Guoliang Wei in the big blind.

Felipe Ketzer: Q9
Guoliang Wei: 94

Ketzer was ahead with two pair but needed to fade a diamond to avoid elimination. He did just that on the 8 river and collected a full double up at Wei's expense.

Tags: Felipe KetzerGuoliang Wei

Assorted Chip Counts after Second Break

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Break

Level 6 : Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players are now on their second and final break of the evening. The field has grown to 122 total entrants of which 87 players remain.

Zukowicz Forces a Fold

Level 6 : Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ermanno Di Nicola opened to 3,500 from middle position and received calls from Aykutalp Yilmaz on the button and Monika Zukowicz in the big blind.

The flop came A85. Zukowicz checked, Di Nicola bet 4,600, Yilmaz folded and Zukowicz called.

Both remaining playerrs checked the 3 turn leading to the 9 river. Zukowicz bet 12,000 and after about 30 seconds Di Nicola decided to fold.

Tags: Aykutalp YilmazErmanno Di NicolaMonika Zukowicz

El-Siblani Triumphs in Multiway Clash

Level 6 : Blinds 700/1,500, 1,500 ante
Ali El-Siblani
Ali El-Siblani

On a board reading K53 Sultan Meirbekov was all in and at risk against Ali El-Siblani, who slightly covered Meirbekov, and a player in middle position who covered both opponents.

Sultan Meirbekov: AA
Ali El-Siblani: Q10
Middle Position: KQ

All three players had a piece of the board but Meirbekov was in the lead with an overpair. That all changed when the K turn brought the flush in for El-Siblani. The 2 river was a blank and Meirbekov was sent to the rail while El-Siblani secured a full triple up.

Tags: Ali El-SiblaniSultan Meirbekov