2025 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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 3
Entries
157
Players Left
39
Players Left 1 / 791

Joyce Spikes an Ace Against Skanis' Cowboys

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Philip Joyce
Philip Joyce

Philip Joyce risked it all on the bubble and it paid off!

Sergei Varnaev started with a raise from early position and Joyce called on the button, before Renars Skanis three-bet the small blind to 150,000. Varnaev called the 150,000, then Joyce made it 500,000, leaving himself around 150,000 behind. Skanis then shoved, Varnaev folded, and Joyce — after taking a peek at the clock — called.

Philip Joyce: AK All in
Renars Skanis: KxKx

It wasn't looking good for Joyce...until an ace dropped on the turn to give him the pot and keep him alive!

Player Chips Progress
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Philip Joyce
1,500,000
600,000
600,000
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Renars Skanis
1,100,000
380,000
380,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
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Sergei Varnaev
1,000,000

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