2025 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$377,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,183,160
Entries
791
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
182
Players Left
73
Players Left 1 / 791

Straight Flush Over Quads Sees Charlton Eliminated

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Daniel Charlton
Daniel Charlton

Ring those bad beat jackpot alarm bells!

Daniel Charlton opened from under the gun and Halil Tasyurek called from the hijack. Aliaksei Boika also called from the button, as did a player in the big blind.

They saw a flop of A76 where it checked to Boika, who put out a bet of 4,000, which only Charlton and Tasyurek called.

All three checked the 7 turn to see the 5 drop on the river, where again the action checked to Boika, who fired 20,000. After some deliberation, Charlton shoved for just over 130,000, which sent Tasyurek into the tank. After around two minutes, Tasyurek elected told, and in no time at all, Boika called.

Boika confidently flipped over 98 for a straight flush, but the table erupted as Charlton revealed 77 for quad sevens!

"This is how they get me out of here," said Charlton.

What a sick, sick hand. Lucky Charlton has a jacket with him because that was an absolute cooler!

Player Chips Progress
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Aliaksei Boika
325,000
125,000
125,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Halil Tasyurek tr
Halil Tasyurek
110,000
15,000
15,000
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Daniel Charlton
Busted

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