2024 Merit Poker Western Series

$5,300 High Roller
Day: 2
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Event Info
2024 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♦5♣
Prize
$177,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$703,800
Total Entries
153
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
121
Players Left
30
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Hrabec Reduces the Field by One

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Roman Hrabec
Roman Hrabec

Justus Held limped in from under the gun and Jianwei Lin raised to 13,000 from the button. Roman Hrabec four-bet to 32,000 and after about one minute of consideration Lin moved all in for roughly 80,000. Hrabec snap-called to put Lin at risk.

Jianwei Lin: A♠8♠
Roman Hrabec: A♦Q♥

Lin was in rough shape with a dominated ace but did pull ahead on the 8♦6♦J♦ flop, although Hrabec did pick up the nut-flush draw. The flush came in on the 5♦ turn leaving Lin drawing dead and after the 10♠ river he was sent to teh rail while Hrabec collected the last of his chips.

Tags: Jianwei LinJustus HeldRoman Hrabec

Krasilnikova Runs into Cowboys

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Xiang Lian opened from early position and Nina Krasilnikova moved all in for 45,000 from the button. Maher Achour called in the big blind with a covering stack and Lian got out of the way.

Nina Krasilnikova: A♣10♥
Maher Achour: K♥K♠

Krasilnikova could not catch an ace on the J♠7♣4♦3♥6♣ runout and was sent to the rail while Achour took down a healthy pot. Krasilnikova would exercise her option to reenter shortly afterwards.

Tags: Maher AchourNina KrasilnikovaXiang Lian

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Sun Running Cold Against Yang

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Yunsheng Sun
Yunsheng Sun

Peng Yang opened to 10,000 from the cutoff and Yunsheng Sun moved all in for 50,000 from the big blind. Yang thought for about 30 seconds before calling with a covering stack to put Sun at risk.

Yunsheng Sun: 9♠9♣
Peng Yang: J♥10♥

Sun was in good shape on the 5♦6♥7♠ flop but the 10♣ turn left him drawing to six outs. The 4♦ river was a brick and Sun made his exit from the tournament area while Yang continued to accumulate chips.

Tags: Peng YangYunsheng Sun

Assorted Chip Counts after First Break

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Skrbic Coolers Chilaud

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Maxime Chilaud
Maxime Chilaud

Maxime Chilaud opened to 4,000 from the hijack and Milos Skrbic three-bet to 12,000 from the button. Skrbic made the call.

The flop came Q♥7♥3♣ and Chilaud check-called a 6,000 continuation bet from Skrbic.

Chilaud check-called another bet on the 5♠ turn, this time for 28,000.

On the 7♠ river Chilaud checked once more and Skrbic moved all in, covering Chilaud's remaining stack of roughly 110,000. Chilaud snap-called and turned over 7♣8♣ for rivered trips only to be shown the bad news when Skrbic fliped over Q♦Q♠ for a full house to take down a pot worth over 200 big blinds and send Chilaud to the rail.

Tags: Maxime ChilaudMilos Skrbic

Zebarjad Calls Down Troyanovskiy

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened to 4,500 from the button and Ali Zebarjad defended from the big blind.

The flop came A♥J♦10♣ and Zebarjad check-called a 5,000 continuation bet from Troyanovskiy.

Zebarjad check-called another bet from Troyanovskiy on the 5♦ turn, this time for 15,000.

Both players checked the 6♣ river. Zebarjad tabled 10♦7♦ for just third pair and Troyanovskiy's hand hit the muck.

Tags: Ali ZebarjadVladimir Troyanovskiy

Zukowicz Catches a Bluff

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Monika Zukowicz
Monika Zukowicz

Feng Qu opened from middle position and Monika Zukowicz called from the hijack.

Both players checked the Q♠10♥4♦ flop leading to the 2♥ on the turn. Qu bet 4,000, Zukowicz check-raised to to 10,500 and Qu made the call.

The 3♥ river completed the potential backdoor flush draw and Qu bet 32,000. Zukowicz thought for roughly 45 seconds before making the call.

Qu could only show A♠9♠ for a pure bluff while Zukowicz tabled 2♠2♦ for bottom set to take down a sizable pot.

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya also recently sat down at this table and is off to a good start on his second bullet, having already doubled up from his starting stack.

Tags: Feng QuMonika Zukowicz

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