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
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Danilov Gets Some Back From Verbruggen

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With around 30,000 in the pot on a 9KQA board, Anton Danilov checked from under the gun and Tom Verbruggen bet 13,000 from middle position. Danilov called.

A 6 landed on the river and both quickly tapped the table, where Danilov showed two pair holding Q9, and Verbruggen flashed the A before he mucked.

The war rages on between these two!

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tom Verbruggen nl
Tom Verbruggen
290,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Anton Danilov ru
Anton Danilov
170,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Anton DanilovTom Verbruggen

Selected Chip Counts

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dawid Smolka pl
Dawid Smolka
400,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
210,000
20,000
20,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Charlton gb
Daniel Charlton
200,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Ali Zebarjad au
Ali Zebarjad
180,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Edward Quinn je
Edward Quinn
170,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Profile photo of Konstantin Kvashin ru
Konstantin Kvashin
160,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Johan Guilbert fr
Johan Guilbert
150,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Arian Kashani gb
Arian Kashani
140,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Darko Svesko rs
Darko Svesko
140,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
130,000
Profile photo of Halil Tasyurek tr
Halil Tasyurek
125,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso
105,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aylar Lie no
Aylar Lie
80,000
Profile photo of Fredrico Senno gb
Fredrico Senno
60,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Philipp Wood de
Philipp Wood
50,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Pouya Ranjehdel ir
Pouya Ranjehdel
50,000
45,000
45,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 800/1,500

Ante: 1,500

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Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
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Verbruggen Comes off Worst in Three-Way All-In

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Tom Verbruggen
Tom Verbruggen

Anton Danilov recalled the preflop action for us in a huge hand that resulted in three players being all-in preflop.

Tom Verbruggen, who has been in the thick of it so far today, meant to raise from under the gun but ended up being forced to limp. Antoine Vranken limped from the hijack, as did the cutoff and button before Danilov made it 10,500 from the small blind. Ihar Soika cold-called from the big blind, and then Verbruggen made it 35,000. Vranken then shoved for 100,000, the cutoff and button folded, Danilov shoved for 150,000, and Soika got out of the way. Verbruggen then had a big decision and after thinking it over, he called to put two players at risk.

Antoine Vranken: 88 All in
Anton Danilov: QQ All in
Tom Verbruggen: AK

A huge three-way all-in gave Verbruggen a chance to stack two players and have a ton of chips. Vranken needed to find his eight, but it was the queens of Danilov that were still leading through the 49J flop.

Things got flipped upside down on the 8 turn as Vranken spiked his set to take the lead, which left Verbruggen drawing dead for the main pot. The side pot of around 100,000 was still up for grabs, but that went Danilov's way when the 5 dropped on the river.

When all was said and done, Vranken tripled to over 300,000, Danilov had 100,000, and Verbruggen dropped to around 150,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Antoine Vranken nl
Antoine Vranken
320,000
320,000
320,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tom Verbruggen nl
Tom Verbruggen
150,000
140,000
140,000
Profile photo of Anton Danilov ru
Anton Danilov
100,000
70,000
70,000

Tags: Antoine VrankenAnton DanilovIhar SoikaTom Verbruggen

Petleshkov and Uzan Play a Four-Bet Pot

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

Ludovic Uzan, who just finished seventh in the $5,500 High Roller, had a three-bet of 15,000 in front of him from the small blind. Viliyan Petleshkov, who was in middle position, then four-bet to 43,300, which Uzan called.

They both saw a flop of 245 and after Uzan checked, Petleshkov fired out a continuation-bet of 16,300. This was enough to win the pot as Uzan quickly folded, and Petleshkov added some chips to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Viliyan Petleshkov bg
Viliyan Petleshkov
220,000
Profile photo of Ludovic Uzan fr
Ludovic Uzan
70,000

Tags: Ludovic UzanViliyan Petleshkov

433,000 203,000

65 Vs 34 vs 10A

234 Flop

SB vs BB vs UTG+1

All the chips go in on flop

56 hold.

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Smolka Pushes Out Four Opponents on the Flop

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

There was a limp from under the gun and Johan Guilbert also limped in the next seat. To his left with Boris Smuskevicius, who also limped in, before Dawid Smolka made it 13,000 from the small blind. The big blind called, as the the original three limpers.

When the flop came down 4AA, Smolka thought for some time before he fired out a small continuation-bet of 10,000, which earned him the pot as one by one, all of his four opponents folded.

Smolka closing in on the half a million mark!

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dawid Smolka pl
Dawid Smolka
475,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Johan Guilbert fr
Johan Guilbert
120,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Boris Smuskevicius lt
Boris Smuskevicius
70,000
80,000
80,000

Tags: Boris SmuskeviciusDawid SmolkaJohan Guilbert

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
Profile photo of Aliaksei Boika by
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
Profile photo of Daniel Charlton gb
Daniel Charlton
Busted

Tags: Aliaksei BoikaDaniel CharltonHalil Tasyurek