2025 Merit Poker Western Series

$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$180,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$921,840
Entries
501
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
38
Players Left
9
Players Left 1 / 501

Shushan Tank-Folds the River After Lupuleac Shoves

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Yaniv Shushan made it 150,000 to go from under the gun and Alexandru Lupuleac called from the big blind.

They went to a flop of 2Q5 where both checked to see the J drop on the turn, where Lupuleac bet 190,000, and Shushan called.

A 5 paired the board on the river and Lupuleac gathered all of his chips, then shoved for 570,000. Shushan immediately asked for a count and then went into deep thought for quite some time. For one player, it was too much time as he called the clock, which put Shushan on a 30-second countdown. With 5 seconds to spare. Shushan elected to fold.

"I think you had pocket sevens at best," said Lupuleac.

"Pocket tens," replied Shushan. "The jack either saved you or it saved me,".

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alexandru Lupuleac ro
Alexandru Lupuleac
1,400,000
840,000
840,000
Profile photo of Yaniv Shushan il
Yaniv Shushan
850,000
350,000
350,000

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