Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
$2,200 Warm Up
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$921,840
Entries
501
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
38
Players Left
9
Players Left 1 / 501
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Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Georgios Skarparis raised from late position and then called the 600,000 shove from Alisa Sibgatova.
Alisa Sibgatova: A♠Q♥ 
Georgios Skarparis: Q♣J♠
Skarparis was dominated and looked posied to be sending over a portion of his stack to Sibgatova. The flop of 8♦4♥5♣ kept Sibgatova ahead with ace-high. The 9♥ turn meant only a jack on the river would send her home. The brutal J♦ dropped on the river to give Skarparis the winner with a pair of jacks and Sibgatova was sent to the cashier's desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Sachin Joshi opened from early position and then called the shove of Boris Kolev, who had around 500,000 in his stack.
Boris Kolev: A♠Q♥
Sachin Joshi: 10♠10♦
Kolev needed to win the flip to remain in contention, but didn't find much to work with on the 4♥J♦2♥ flop. A J♠ turn also was no help, and Kolev made his way to the exit when the 2♠ fell on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Paul Newey shoved his stack of around 800,000 into the middle from the hijack and Murat Bayyurt also shoved from the cutoff.
Paul Newey: 5♦5♠
Murat Bayyurt: A♣K♥
Another tournament, another flip, and this one was spicy as both improved on the 10♣5♣6♣ flop with Newey making a set and Bayyurt having the nut flush draw. A 4♠ on the turn was safe for Newey, but he couldn't swerve the 7♣ river as Bayyurt made a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,200,000
1,275,000
|
1,275,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Dan Borlan raised from the hijack and Gaspare Sposato called from the big blind.
On a flop of 2♣6♣J♠, Sposato checked from the big blind and Borlan fired out a bet of 150,000. Sposato then raised to 500,000, and Borlan called.
When the K♥ landed on the turn, Sposato shoved for around 1,200,000, and Borlan snap-called.
Gaspare Sposato: K♣Q♣
Dan Borlan: 2♠2♥
Sposato had top pair with a flush draw, but Borlan's bottom set was a huge favorite to scoop the pot. A 7♠ on the river was the wrong shade of black for Sposato, and he was out in 20th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,500,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Philipp Wood made it 160,000 to go from the hijack and Esper Sadek called from the cutoff.
The pair saw a flop of J♣7♠5♠ where Wood made a small continuation-bet of 130,000, which Sadek quickly called.
Wood slowed down with a check on the 10♠ turn, then Sadek took the chance to fire out 210,000. Wood called.
When the A♣ dropped on the river, Wood checked again and Sadek bet out 485,000. Within just a second, Wood had called.
Sadek then showed K♠Q♣ for Broadway, and Wood mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,500,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
850,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Georgios Skarparis raised from the cutoff to 160,000 with Dan Borlan and Aliaksandr Hirs calling out of the blinds.
The action checked to Skarparis on the 4♣7♦Q♣ flop and he fired out a bet of 185,000. Borlan folded, but Hirs called from the big blind.
Hirs opted to lead out for 275,000 upon seeing the 4♦ land on the turn. Skarparis called and the 2♣ dropped on the river. Hirs led out again for the same bet of 275,000 and after a bit of deliberation, Skarparis folded his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
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|
|
3,400,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
2,000,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
As the other players were heading on break, Alexandru Lupuleac made it 600,000 to go on the button, leaving himself around 200,000 behind. Danielle Noja then immediately shoved from the small blind, and after an unsuccessful ladder hunt, Lupuleac called.
Alexandru Lupuleac: A♠7♦
Danielle Noja: A♣K♣
It didn't look good for Lupuleac, who lost one of his outs on the 9♣J♥4♣ flop as Noja picked up a flush draw. A Q♣ on the turn ended the hand right there as Noja completed his flush, and even had a sweat for a Royal. However, the 5♥ river didn't bring in the rarest hand in poker, but still meant Lupuleac was out in 20th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,600,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
The remaining 18 players are now on a 20-minute break.
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,125,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
|
||
|
4,680,000
1,380,000
|
1,380,000 |
|
|
4,600,000 | |
|
3,650,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
|
3,150,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
3,000,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
2,800,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
2,700,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
|
2,580,000
820,000
|
820,000 |
|
2,570,000
970,000
|
970,000 |
|
|
2,500,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
2,050,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
1,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
1,600,000 | |
|
1,325,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
|
980,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
980,000 | |
|
|
750,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
