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

Mandara Sends Christoforou to the Rail

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Philip Joyce raised from early position and Ryan Mandara three-bet from the small blind. Andreas Christoforou then four-bet shoved from around 520,000 from the big blind. Joyce folded, and Mandara — after a short tank — made the call.

Andreas Christoforou: A10 All in
Ryan Mandara: AQ

Christoforou was way behind and fell even further into the hole when the flop came Q49 as Mandara paired his queen. A 7 on the turn left Christoforou dead, and a meaningless 2 filled out the board.

Player Chips Progress
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Philip Joyce
1,700,000
100,000
100,000
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Ryan Mandara
1,300,000
970,000
970,000
Day 1D Chip Leader
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Andreas Christoforou
Busted

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