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

01-16-2025 16:40 UTC+2

Selected Chip Count at the Break

Kai Cocklin

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Edward Quinn	1,050,000 100,000	100,000
Dan Borlan	900,000 550,000	550,000
Luke Marsh	900,000 50,000	50,000

Adrian State	750,000 50,000	50,000
Albert Sapiano	750,000 750,000	750,000
Sachin Joshi	700,000 462,000	462,000
Soraya Estrada	650,000 30,000	30,000
Xiaosheng Zheng	640,000 10,000	10,000
Katherina Aristotelos	630,000 430,000	430,000
Sofia Merkulova	615,000 115,000	115,000
Danut Chisu	600,000 170,000	170,000
Esper Sadek	600,000 10,000	10,000
Philip Joyce	550,000 350,000	350,000
Roman Stoika	550,000 429,500	429,500
Jianfeng Sun	530,000 70,000	70,000
Dmitry Gromov	520,000 200,000	200,000

Danielle Noja	500,000 210,000	210,000
Felipe Ketzer	450,000 280,000	280,000
Ashraf Akeh	240,000 310,000	310,000
Aylar Lie	100,000 20,000	20,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

01-16-2025 16:19 UTC+2

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Players are on a 20-minute break.

Once the break is over, late registration will be closed.

01-16-2025 16:19 UTC+2

Sadek Shows an Overpair

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Esper Sadek raised to 8,000 from under the gun with Jianfeng Sun calling from the button and the small blind player making the call also.

The action checked to Sun to on the 9♦3♣5♠ flop and he bet 20,000. The small blind called before Sadek check-raised to 80,000. This prompted two quick folds from Sun and the small blind. Sadek was kind enough to flip over J♦J♣ for an overpair as he pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jianfeng Sun	600,000 210,000	210,000
Esper Sadek	590,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: Esper Sadek Jianfeng Sun

01-16-2025 16:12 UTC+2

Choufani Takes From Gromov

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Dmitry Gromov raised to 8,000 from the cutoff with Joseph Choufani calling out of the small blind, and the big blind player making the call also.

When it checked to Gromov on the 6♥8♣7♥ flop, he put out a bet of 15,000 which only Choufani called.

The 2♠ turn checked through for the 4♣ to land on the river. Choufani led out for 25,000 and Gromov quickly called. Choufani turned over the winner with 5♠5♣ for a rivered straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Gromov	720,000 50,000	50,000

Joseph Choufani	280,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Dmitry Gromov Joseph Choufani

01-16-2025 16:08 UTC+2

Pateychuk Doubles Through Petkov

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Lachezar Petkov on the button had Andrey Pateychuk's stack of a little under 80,000 at risk from the big blind.

Andrey Pateychuk: A♣3♥ All in
Lachezar Petkov: 10♠10♥

Pateychuk was behind but vaulted into the lead on the 6♠A♠8♠ flop, though Petkov did pick up a flush draw. An A♥ on the turn improved Pateychuk to trips, and the 2♥ river kept him in the lead, earning him a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lachezar Petkov	190,000 130,000	130,000

Andrey Pateychuk	160,000 119,000	119,000

Tags: Lachezar Petkov Andrey Pateychuk

01-16-2025 15:59 UTC+2

Sey Makes a Move at the Wrong Time

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Hassan Sey raised to 8,000 from middle position before Traian Stanciu three-bet from the hijack to roughly 25,000. After it folded back to Sey, he four-bet shoved for approximately 140,000. Stanciu snap-called.

Hassan Sey: A♠3♦ All in
Traian Stanciu: K♥K♠

Sey was making a move with a suited ace, but had run into the Cowboys of Stanciu. A clean runout of 3♠9♠8♥6♦8♠ came out for Stanciu's Cowboys, and Sey was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Traian Stanciu	400,000 160,000	160,000
Hassan Sey	Busted

Tags: Hassan Sey Traian Stanciu

01-16-2025 15:52 UTC+2

Grodek Leaves Mokrani Short-Stacked

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Stanislaw Grodek was seen raking in a pot worth around 500,000 with Mohamed Mokrani being the one to fork over the chips.

A full board of 8♥4♣K♣7♠J♠ was showing and all the chips had found themselves in the middle. Mokrani's hand was already in the muck and couldn't beat the rivered set of Grodek, who showed J♥J♦.

Grodek up to around 500,000, while Mokrani's stack tumbled to just a few big blinds as the deadline for registration looms closer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanislaw Grodek	500,000 368,000	368,000
Mohamed Mokrani	15,000 204,000	204,000

Tags: Mohamed Mokrani Stanislaw Grodek

01-16-2025 15:46 UTC+2

State Leads the River With Flush on Board

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On a monotone flop of 6♣9♣10♣, a player in the blinds checked and Adrian State also tapped the table before Ilnur Murtazin fired 8,000 from the cutoff. The player in the blinds folded, and State called.

On the 3♣ turn, State went into check-call mode again after Murtazin bet 13,000.

A fifth club, the J♣, landed on the river and State switched up his strategy by leading for 45,000. Murtazin didn't seem too interested in the pot and quickly folded, which meant State took the pot to grow his stack to around 700,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian State	700,000 150,000	150,000
Ilnur Murtazin	120,000 105,500	105,500

Tags: Adrian State Ilnur Murtazin

01-16-2025 15:44 UTC+2

Marsh's Thin Value Bet Gets Paid

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With roughly 45,000 in the middle on a flop of 7♦7♥2♠, Luke Marsh check-called from under the gun to a bet of 12,500 by Lachezar Petkov on the button.

The two players checked the 4♣ turn for the 8♠ to land on the river. Marsh led out for 20,000 and after a few moments, Petkov called.

Marsh flipped over 3♦3♥ for just a pair of treys, and it was good as Petkov mucked his hand.