$3,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2025 Merit Poker Western Series

01-21-2025 13:00 UTC+2

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Kai Cocklin

Level 1 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisa Sibgatova	100,000
Caner Gunes	100,000
Elie Farah	100,000
Elie Saad	100,000
Mario Fata	100,000
Shankui Li	100,000 100,000	100,000
Xiaosheng Zheng	100,000 100,000	100,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

01-21-2025 13:10 UTC+2

Ehsan Amiri

126,000 126,000

Table 11Seat 5

01-21-2025 13:18 UTC+2

Sibgatova's King is Good

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Alisa Sibgatova put in a min-raise from under the gun to 1,200 and Mircea Flutur called from middle position.

The pair checked the J♠K♠3♦ flop to the 2♣ turn, where Sibgatova check-called a bet of 4,000 from Flutur.

A 9♠ on the river also went check-check and Sibgatova's K♦Q♦ was good at showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisa Sibgatova	105,000 5,000	5,000
Mircea Flutur	65,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Mircea Flutur

01-21-2025 13:27 UTC+2

Seyedahmad Continues to Bleed

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a board of 7♠3♠Q♦3♦, there were around 20,000 chips in the pot when Walid Bou Habib checked from the big blind and Haghgou Seyedahmad checked from under the gun. Motokatsu Uhara was in the cutoff and fired 12,000, which only Seyedahmad called.

Both saw the J♣ drop on the river and after Seyedahmad checked, Uhara tossed out a single white chip, worth 25,000. Seyedahmad counted out his stack and after realizing he had around 40,000 behind, he called.

Uhara then showed trip threes with 5♥3♥, and Seyedahmad mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Motokatsu Uhara	140,000
Walid Bou Habib	90,000
Haghgou Seyedahmad	17,000 58,000	58,000

Tags: Haghgou Seyedahmad Motokatsu Uhara Walid Bou Habib

01-21-2025 13:40 UTC+2

Skarparis Sends Obeid to the Rail

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Georgios Skarparis hasn't been in his seat for too long, but the Warm Up Champion has already almost doubled up his stack and eliminated a player.

Skarparis raised from early position to 1,300 and Joseph Houayek called from the small blind. Ghassan Obeid then squeezed from the big blind to 5,600, which only Skarparis called.

On the A♥Q♠4♦ flop, Obeid fired out a continuation-bet of 4,000, which Skarparis quickly called.

A 5♥ dropped on the turn and Obeid continued his aggression with a bet of 12,000, then Skarparis shoved. Obeid had around 60,000 behind and after just a few seconds, he put them all into the middle.

Ghassan Obeid: A♦J♦ All in
Georgios Skarparis: A♠5♠

Obeid's top pair was no good, and it behooved him to connect with the river to stay alive. However, the 6♠ wasn't what he needed, and he was eliminated as Skarparis jumped up to around 190,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Skarparis	190,000 190,000	190,000

Joseph Houayek	90,000 90,000	90,000
Ghassan Obeid	Busted

Tags: Georgios Skarparis Ghassan Obeid Joseph Houayek

01-21-2025 13:46 UTC+2

Ivanov Pushes Out Senno

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In a pot worth around 15,000 on a 9♣7♦8♠ board, Fredrico Senno checked from the big blind and called a bet of 5,000 from Lyudmil Ivanov, who was in the cutoff.

A 2♠ on the turn saw Senno check again, then fold when Ivanov fired out 12,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lyudmil Ivanov	150,000 50,000	50,000
Fredrico Senno	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Fredrico Senno Lyudmil Ivanov

01-21-2025 13:52 UTC+2

Ehsan Amiri

242,000 116,000

Table 11Seat 5

01-21-2025 14:03 UTC+2

Danilov Cracks Cowboys

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

A preflop-raising war had ensued between three players, which resulted in Anton Danilov shoving for 90,000 from the big blind, the cutoff calling, and the small blind folding after having invested 28,000.

Anton Danilov: K♠Q♠ All in
Cutoff: K♥K♣

The small had showed he folded A♠Q♣, which wasn't great news for Danilov, and neither was the 7♠7♥5♥ flop. However, Danilov picked up some hope on the 8♠ turn as he improved to a flush draw. A spade is what Danilov needed, and a spade is what he got as the 2♠ completed his flush, much to the dismay of his opponent.