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Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$921,840
Total Entries
501
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
55
Players Left
25
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Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Nichan Khorchidian had his stack of around 40,000 in the middle and was up against Azamat Tulepbergenov, who has been running extremely well today.
Nichan Khorchidian: A♣Q♦ 
Azamat Tulepbergenov: 8♠8♣
The flop of Q♥Q♠6♥ gave Khorchidian trips and a firm grip on the hand, but the 8♥ turn improved Tulepbergenov to a full house. Khorchidian had outs to a bigger boat, but couldn't find them as the 7♠ river meant he was eliminated at the end of Level 9.
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Stanislaw Grodek opened the hijack to 4,000 and Aylar Lie three-bet the cutoff to 12,000. When it got back to Grodek, he shoved for around 70,000, and Lie called off her stack of slightly less.
Aylar Lie: A♣Q♣
Stanislaw Grodek: A♥K♠
Lie was at risk and way behind to the superior holding of Grodek. A flop of 10♠7♣2♦ did give Lie a backdoor flush draw, but that was eradicated on the 4♥ turn. Only a queen on the river could save Lie, but instead Grodek improved to top pair when the K♦ completed the runout.
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Danielle Noja opened up the action with a raise to 4,500 from the hijack and Nikolay Ponomarev made it 12,500 on the button. Atilla Saracoglu called in the big blind, and Noja also called.
The flop came a monotone 5♣10♣2♣, which checked around to Ponomarev, who bet 20,000. Saracoglu quickly folded, and Noja called.
A K♣ on the turn put four clubs on board, and both players checked to the 9♦ river, where Noja checked and Ponomarev fired 80,000.
"That's a very big bet," said Noja. After taking some time to think, Noja settled on a call.
Ponomarev then showed A♣Q♠ for the nut flush, and Noja said "I have the same hand, but in reverse!", then flipped A♦Q♣ for the second nuts.
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The action folded around to Arian Kashani on the button, who made a raise to 4,500, which only Azamat Tulepbergenov called from the small blind.
On the A♣4♦10♣ flop, Tulepbergenov check-called a bet of 5,000 from Kashani to see the J♦ drop on the turn, where again he went into check-call mode once Kashani bet 15,000.
When the K♠ dropped on the river, Tulepbergenov checked for a third time, and Kashani made it a hat-trick of post-flop bets as he fired out 36,000. Tulepbergenov didn't need to think for long and quickly folded, which earned Kashani the pot.
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
The floor have decided that there will be an impromptu 10-minute break before the final two levels are played out.
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Paul Newey had shoved his stack of around 40,000 into the middle over an open and two calls, and was put at risk by high-flying Azamat Tulepbergenov.
Paul Newey: A♣10♥
Azamat Tulepbergenov: 9♥9♦
Newey needed to win the flip to stay alive, but the board of 4♣J♥5♣3♦Q♠ didn't bring him any help, which meant he was eliminated.
Tulepbergenov now has around 550,000 in his stack!
Level 8
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Musa Genc and Felipe Ketzer were back at it again with around 15,000 chips in the pot on a board of K♥8♠5♦. Genc initially checked, Ketzer bet 5,000, then Genc check-raised to 20,000. After thinking it over, Ketzer called.
Both checked the board-pairing K♠ turn to see the 4♠ bring in both flush and straight draws on the river. Genc gathered chips and fired out 37,500, and after some time in the tank, Ketzer elected to fold.
