2025 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$377,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,183,160
Total Entries
791
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
218
Players Left
81
Players Left 1 / 791

Zheng Doubles Through Stoika

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Xiaosheng Zheng
Xiaosheng Zheng

Roman Stoika had a chunky reraise of 10,400 in front of him from the small blind, which both Fares Sahyoun in middle position and Xiaosheng Zheng in the hijack called.

The trio saw a flop of 946 where Stoika bet 11,000, Sahyoun folded, and Zheng called.

When the 2 landed on the turn, Stoika eyed up Zheng's stack and saw he had around 80,000 remaining, then he bet 115,000. Zheng had a decision for the rest of his stack and after thinking for some time, he made the call.

Xiaosheng Zheng: 1010 All in
Roman Stoika: A9

Stoika had top pair, but it was no good against the overpair of Zheng. Only an ace or a nine on the river would see the Chinese player eliminated, but instead the 4 rolled off, which earned Zheng a double-up.

Tags: Fares SahyounRoman StoikaXiaosheng Zheng