$2,200 Warm Up Day 2 | 2025 Merit Poker Western Series

01-16-2025 17:06 UTC+2

Peluso Takes From Salloum

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Fabio Peluso raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and Charbel Salloum defended out of the big blind.

The flop came down K♣K♠K♥ and Salloum check-called a bet of 7,000 from Peluso.

Salloum checked again upon seeing the 4♦ fall on the turn. Peluso fired a second barrel of 20,000 and Salloum swiftly tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Peluso	270,000 65,000	65,000

Charbel Salloum	240,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Charbel Salloum Fabio Peluso

01-16-2025 17:15 UTC+2

Salloum Snaps Off Joyce

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Charbel Salloum made it 11,000 to go from the button and Philip Joyce called from the big blind.

They went to a flop of 10♦6♦10♥ where both tapped the table to see the 7♠ roll off on the turn. Joyce bet 6,000, Salloum made it 12,000, and Joyce called.

When the 9♣ dropped on the river, Joyce put out a bet of what seemed to be 25,000, that was snap-called by Salloum. Joyce then flipped 5♣5♠, but Salloum had rivered a straight holding A♣8♥ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Joyce	600,000 70,000	70,000
Grigorii Rodin	400,000 100,000	100,000
Charbel Salloum	300,000 60,000	60,000
Ehsan Amiri	140,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Charbel Salloum Philip Joyce

01-16-2025 17:18 UTC+2

Cappiello Wins Without Showdown

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

WIth roughly 45,000 in the middle on a board that read J♥J♦4♦6♣, Candido Cappiello checked from the small blind and the player on the button bet 15,000. Cappiello check-raised to 45,000 and his opponent quickly called.

The 6♦ dropped on the river and Cappiello bet 30,000. The button player raised to 65,000 and after a few moments, Cappiello called. Cappiello's opponent mucked his cards, which meant Cappiello took down the pot without having to show.

Player	Chips	Progress
Candido Cappiello	420,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: Candido Cappiello

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

01-16-2025 17:30 UTC+2

Roscan Shoves River on Rebeiz

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With around 45,000 chips in the pot on a 10♣Q♣8♠6♥ board, Rafic Rebeiz checked out of the big blind and Andrei Roscan bet a pot-sized 40,000 from middle position. After a while, Rebeiz called.

A 9♣ landed on the river and after Rebeiz checked, Roscan moved all in for around 110,000. Rebeiz didn't like the situation he had found himself in, and with around 200,000 chips behind, he elected to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Roscan	250,000 86,000	86,000
Rafic Rebeiz	200,000 99,000	99,000

Tags: Andrei Roscan Rafic Rebeiz

01-16-2025 17:33 UTC+2

Shushan Wisely Doesn't Bluff

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On a flop of 5♦4♣J♠, Dumitru Pora bet 7,000 from the big blind. Yaniv Shushan called from early position and the player in the small blind folded.

Pora bet 29,000 upon seeing the 9♣ drop on the turn and Shushan called to see the 9♥ land on the river. Pora thought for a while before checking and Shushan immediately checked behind.

Pora turned over the winner with 4♠4♦ for a boat, as Shushan showed he chose not to bluff with Ax2x for just ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaniv Shushan	300,000 300,000	300,000
Dumitru Pora	190,000

Tags: Yaniv Shushan Dumitru Pora

01-16-2025 17:36 UTC+2

Tromski Falls to Akeh

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Piotr Tromski had his last few big blinds in the pot and was looking to land a double-up and run up a stack, however he had to get past Ashraf Akeh first.

Piotr Tromski: K♠J♦ All in
Ashraf Akeh: Q♠Q♦

It seemed a tough task for Tromski, especially after the Q♥4♦3♠ flop have Akeh top set. An A♦ on the turn did give Tromski a way out, but the 2♠ river was a brick, and he was eliminated.

Hassan Sey and Dawid Smolka also busted on other tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashraf Akeh	525,000 285,000	285,000
Piotr Tromski	Busted
Dawid Smolka	Busted
Hassan Sey	Busted

Tags: Ashraf Akeh Piotr Tromski

01-16-2025 17:45 UTC+2

Cappiello Gets Value With Aces

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

WIth roughly 110,000 in the middle on a flop of 4♠6♣3♥ Candido Cappiello checked from the hijack and Aliaksei Boika in the cutoff checked behind.

The Q♥ hit the turn and both players quickly checked for the 2♥ to hit the river. Cappiello bet 80,000 and Boik instantly called. Cappiello turned over red aces with A♥A♦ and it was good as Boika player swiftly mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Candido Cappiello	550,000 130,000	130,000
Aliaksei Boika	280,000 184,500	184,500

Tags: Candido Cappiello Aliaksei Boika

01-16-2025 17:46 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Edward Quinn	1,000,000 50,000	50,000
Katherina Aristotelos	950,000 320,000	320,000
Paul Runcan	700,000 600,000	600,000
Philip Joyce	675,000 75,000	75,000
Xiaosheng Zheng	600,000 40,000	40,000
Soraya Estrada	550,000 100,000	100,000
Adrian State	500,000 250,000	250,000
Felipe Ketzer	500,000 50,000	50,000
Traian Stanciu	450,000 50,000	50,000
Henrik Brockmann	450,000 450,000	450,000
Alisa Sibgatova	280,000 20,000	20,000
Paul Newey	250,000 50,000	50,000
Bogdan Jontulovic	200,000 74,500	74,500
Rudolf Fourie	40,000 150,000	150,000
Nils Pudel	Busted

01-16-2025 18:01 UTC+2

Al-Barwani Doubles Through Lie

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Aylar Lie raised to 12,000 from early position with only Ghassan Al-Barwani defending out of the big blind.

The dealer fanned out a flop of J♣10♥3♥ and Al-Barwani check-called a bet of 8,000 from Lie.

Al-Barwani checked again on the 9♠ turn and Lie shoved for Al-Barwani's remaining 65,000. Al-Barwani snap-called.

Ghassan Al-Barwani: Q♥9♥ All in
Aylar Lie: 8♣8♠

Al-Barwani had turned the best hand with a pair of nines and just had to fade a few of Lie's outs on the river. The 7♥ fell to give Lie a straight, but Al-Barwani also improved to a flush and he earned the double-up

Player	Chips	Progress
Ghassan Al-Barwani	175,000 149,000	149,000
Aylar Lie	155,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Aylar Lie Ghassan Al-Barwani