Level: 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
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
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Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Aliaksandr Hirs raised to 200,000 on the button and Mario Fata three-bet to 600,000 from the small blind. Hirs four-bet shoved and Fata called off for his remaining 1,700,000.
Mario Fata: Q♠Q♣ 
Aliaksandr Hirs: 3♥3♣
Hirs was in bad shape and needed to find a Trey or he would be left on fumes. The board ran out 2♦8♠9♥J♠A♦, which kept Fata ahead with queens, and he doubled up through Hirs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,800,000
2,230,000
|
2,230,000 |
|
600,000
2,200,000
|
2,200,000 |
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Andrei Roscan and Zhen Chen just played two hands against each other with lots of chips changing hands.
First, Roscan raised from middle position to 200,000 and Chen three-bet from the hijack to 525,000. When it got back to Roscan, he called.
They saw a flop of 3♠10♣9♥ where Roscan check-called a bet of 350,000 from Chen to see the 6♣ drop on the turn, Again Roscan checked, then Chen fired out 775,000. After thinking it over, Roscan shoved for around 2,800,000, and Chen quickly folded.
Not long after, Roscan shoved the button into the two shorter stacks in the blinds, and Chen called from the small blind for around 1,100,000.
Zhen Chen: A♠10♥
Andrei Roscan: K♠9♠
Chen flopped an ace and maintained the lead throughout the hand on the 4♦A♦7♣Q♦7♥ board and doubled up, clawing some chips back from Roscan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,300,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
2,400,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Georgios Skarparis raised from the small blind and Ali Zebarjad shoved for 1,755,000 out of the big blind. After getting a count from the dealer, Skarparis called to put Zebarjad at risk.
Ali Zebarjad: Q♣Q♥
Georgios Skarparis: 7♥7♠
Zebarjad was in great shape to double through Skarparis if he could fade a seven. The dealer put out a safe board of J♦10♠4♠5♣9♥ and Zebarjad doubled up with his pocket queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,900,000
1,225,000
|
1,225,000 |
|
||
|
3,600,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Aliaksandr Hirs moved his last two big blinds into the middle from the button and Mario Fata called in the small blind. Grigorii Rodin was in the big blind and raised to 600,000, which got Fata to fold.
Aliaksandr Hirs: A♣9♠
Grigorii Rodin: J♠J♦
Hirs caught an ace on the 3♥A♥3♠K♠Q♠ runout to quadruple up and get back into contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
1,800,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
900,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Konstantin Kvashin raised to 200,000 from the hijack before Nikolay Ponomarev shoved for 405,000 from the button. Kvashin called to try and bust Ponomarev.
Nikolay Ponomarev: A♥Q♦
Konstantin Kvashin: Q♥8♥
Kvashin was behind to the ace-high of Ponomarev and couldn't find any help to win on the 7♥7♣5♠9♣3♣ runout, meaning around a fifth of his chips were sent over to Ponomarev.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
1,000,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Dan Borlan raised from the cutoff and Grigorii Rodin shoved from the big blind for over 2,000,000. Borlan had around 1,850,000 in his stack and quickly called to put himself at risk.
Dan Borlan: J♣J♦
Grigorii Rodin: A♦2♦
Borlan was ahead with his jacks, but fell quickly behind as the 9♣Q♥A♠ flop paired Rodin's ace. A 6♥ on the turn offered no help, and neither did the 6♦ turn, which meant Borlan was out in 18th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,300,000
2,500,000
|
2,500,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Nicolae Paunescu defended his big blind to an early position Murat Bayyurt raise. The two players saw the dealer fan out of a flop of J♣3♣2♦, which Paunescu checked. Bayyurt bet 375,000 and was met by check-shove from Paunescu for 2,050,000. Bayyurt called and the cards were flipped over.
Nicolae Paunescu: 3♥3♠
Murat Bayyurt: Q♦Q♣
Paunescu had flopped a set of treys and was in a commanding position to double-up and leave Bayyurt with dust. The rest of the board ran out A♦4♦ and Paunescu doubled up through Bayyurt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,600,000
3,275,000
|
3,275,000 |
|
300,000
2,200,000
|
2,200,000 |
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Konstantin Kvashin raised from the cutoff to 200,000 and Murat Bayyurt defended his big blind with 250,000 behind.
Bayyurt shoved when the dealer put out the flop of 9♥2♥5♦ and Kvashin called.
Murat Bayyurt: 7♣6♠
Konstantin Kvashin: K♦J♥
Bayyurt was behind to the king-high of Kvashin but did have some out he could hit with two cards to come. However, the 5♠ turn and 9♠ river didn't help Bayyurt and he was out in seventh place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,900,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/125,000
Ante: 125,000
