2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
384
Players Left
130
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Dray Rips Off His Glasses, Snaps Off Hedley

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Heads-up on a board of 3JK8, Andrew Hedley bet 20,000 from the cutoff and Samuel Dray called on the button.

The river was the 6 and Hedley moved all in. Dray took off his sunglasses as he stuck in his last 60,000.

Hedley showed AA, but Dray had KJ for two pair to win the pot and double up.

"I didn't like when the glasses came off. And it wasn't like sad glasses," Hedley said.

"Always bad news," a tablemate added.

Tags: Andrew HedleySamuel Dray

Eychenne Takes Multiway Pot

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Andrea Dato opened to 5,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Thomas Eychenne in the small blind and Ceyhan Tezcan in the big blind.

The flop came Q97 and action checked around to Dato who fired a 7,000 continuation bet. Both Eychenne and Tezcan made the call.

All three players checked the 10 turn leading to the K river. Eychenne bet 11,000 and both Tezcan and Dato opted to fold.

Tags: Andrea DatoCeyhan TezcanThomas Eychenne

Vranken Outflops Henriques at the Bad Beat Table

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player under the gun raised to 5,000 before Daniel Henriques three-bet to 15,000 in early position. Antoine Vranken then moved all in for 80,000 in the cutoff, the under-the-gun player folded, but Henriques snap-called.

Antoine Vranken: 88
Daniel Henriques: QQ

Vranken was crushed by Henriques' queens heading to the flop, which came 8J6 and gave him a set. The board ran out A3 and Vranken doubled up.

"This is a table of bad beats," a tablemate said as Vranken took back his chips.

Tags: Antoine VrankenDaniel Henriques

Lykov Scores a Double Knockout

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Vladimir Troyanovskiy was all in from the hijack and up against Maxim Lykov in the cutoff and Sorin Marin in the big blind. All three players had similar stacks of just under 100,000 with Lykov slightly covering both opponents.

Vladimir Troyanovskiy: AK
Sorin Marin: AA
Maxim Lykov: JJ

Marin was in great shape to triple up and remained ahead on the 875 turn. The 10 turn was also clean but the 9 river gave Lykov a jack-high straight to score nearly a full triple up while sending both Marin and Troyanovskiy to the rail.

Tags: Maxim LykovSorin MarinVladimir Troyanovskiy

Guven Cracks He's Kings

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 736, Junjie He bet 15,000 from the big blind and Ege Guven called under the gun.

The turn was the 5 and He moved all in for around 30,000 more. Guven snap-called and He immediately turned away from the table in frustration.

"Aces," he asked Guven as he turned over KK. Guven didn't have aces, but he did show 98 for a turned straight. The river was the 7 and He was sent to the rail.

This table also includes the likes of Mustafa Ercan, Tarmo Tammel, and Recep Aydemir.

Tags: Ege GuvenJunjie He

Eychenne Shoves on Skrbic

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a three-way pot, action checked to Milos Skrbic who bet 5,000 from the button on a flop of Q6Q. The big blind called, as did Thomas Eychenne under the gun.

The turn was the 5 and Skrbic bet 20,000. Only Eychenne called this time as the 2 fell on the river.

Skrbic then bet 60,000 and Eychenne responded by moving all in for 267,000. Skrbic tanked for nearly five minutes until he folded.

"Show the bluff," a tablemate pleaded with Eychenne, but he didn't oblige and returned his cards face down.

Tags: Thomas EychenneMilos Skrbic

Audere Doesn't Like the Turn, Bleau Not a Fan of the River

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Audere bet 5,000 from the hijack on a flop of 637 and Iulian Andrei Bleau called in the big blind.

The turn was the 5 and Audere bet 20,000. Bleau again called and the 7 fell on the river. Audere then bet 84,000.

"I don't like that river," Bleau told the dealer as he tanked for around a minute before folding.

"I didn't like the five," Audere added as he took the pot.

Tags: Iulian Andrei BleauAudere

Nikitin Takes from Hutchison

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Anatoly Nikitin opened to 5,500 from the hijack and Dean Hutchison three-bet to 18,000 from the cutoff. Nikitin made the call.

The flop came 633 and Nikitin check-called a 15,000 continuation bet from Hutchison.

Nikitin check-called another bet from Hutchison on the 4 turn, this time for 55,000.

Both players checked the 2 river. Nikitin turned over 76 for two pair and Hutchison quickly mucked.

Tags: Anatoly NikitinDean Hutchison

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500