Mohamed El-Wely Makes Another Final Day of the Series as High Roller Final Day Starts at 1 p.m.

The $5,300 High Roller returns for Day 3 at 1:00 p.m. local time on Saturday, August 2, inside the Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino, where the remaining contenders will battle it out for the $310,000 top prize and the trophy.

Following the close of late registration, the field officially reached a record-breaking 318 entries, making this the biggest High Roller in Merit Poker history. That pushed the prize pool to $1,462,800, with 43 players returning for the final day of play.

Jakub Michalak of Poland leads the way today with 2,170,000 chips, just ahead of Mohamed El-Wely who bagged 2,150,000 yesterday to sit in second place. Coming with the third biggest stack of 1,625,000 is bracelet winner Ohad Geiger of Israel.

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Jakub Michalak	Poland	2,170,000	87
2	Mohamed El-Wely	Mauritania	2,150,000	86
3	Ohad Geiger	Israel	1,625,000	65
4	Alper Kerim	Turkey	1,310,000	52
5	Ghassan Bitar	Lebanon	1,305,000	52
6	Osman Ihlamur	Turkey	1,290,000	52
7	Samir Nacer	France	1,235,000	49
8	Michael Iakovlev	Russia	1,210,000	48
9	Antoine Farhat	Lebanon	1,100,000	44
10	Danielle Noja	Australia	1,040,000	42

Serbia'sNenad Dukic returns right in the middle of the pack in 22nd place with a stack of 700,000, which is good for 35 big blinds. The experienced professional captured the Main Event at the 2025 Merit Poker Carmen Series earlier this year, earning a career-best score of $401,000. Oozing with confidence from that victory, Dukic is certainly one to keep an eye on throughout today’s action.

Blinds begin at 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante, and the first target for all returning players will be to make it into the top 41, where they will lock up a min-cash worth $9,500. From there, the road to the final table begins, with the goal of playing down to a champion by the end of the day.