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Table 6Seat 1
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,183,160
Total Entries
791
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
218
Players Left
81
Players Left 1 / 791
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Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
In a pot of around 20,000 on a 10♠J♦J♥ flop, Felipe Ketzer checked from middle position and Florian Duta bet 5,000 from the button. Ketzer called.
An A♠ dropped on the turn and again Ketzer checked, the Duta fired out 9,000. Ketzer thought for some time, but eventually called.
A third check came from Ketzer on the K♠ river, and a third bet was made by Duta as he put 16,500 into the pot. Ketzer thought about this one a little longer, but eventually settled on a fold.
Duta was made to show one by his tablemates and revealed the K♥ as he raked in the pot.
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Andrei Roscan made it 3,000 to go from under the gun and got a call from a player in the cutoff. Hassan Sey also called from the big blind.
The action was checked to the river on the 8♦7♣Q♣10♣7♠ board where Sey led out for 10,000, which earned him the pot as both of his opponents folded.
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Adlan Vikayev was down to his last 50,000, but managed to win a flip to get back to the starting stack,
Adlan Vikayev: 6♦6♣ 
Opponent: A♦Q♦
The board ran out 3♥7♠4♠8♦3♦, which kept Vikayev's pair of sixes in the lead.
Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Last January at the 2024 Merit Poker Western Series, France's Mohamed Mokrani was crowned champion of the $3,300 Main Event, outlasting the 672-entry field and defeating Nichan Khorchidian in a brief heads-up duel to take home the title and top prize of $342,500. The $1,500,000 guarantee was easily eclipsed, with the final prize pool confirmed at $1,854,720.
Mokrani started the final day as the fifth-largest stack and went mostly under the radar before a late-night surge catapulted him ahead of perennial chip leaders Felipe Ketzer and Khorchidian during three-handed play. Mokrani only had $15,211 in recorded lifetime tournament earnings prior to this event, and the win was nearly forty times greater than his previous-best cash of $8,124.
2024 Western Series $3,300 Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohamed Mokrani | France | $342,500 |
| 2 | Nichan Khorchidian | Lebanon | $252,500 |
| 3 | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | $155,000 |
| 4 | Christophe Panetti | Switzerland | $114,400 |
| 5 | Damir Zhugralin | Kazakhstan | $85,700 |
| 6 | Mustafa Ercan | Turkey | $69,100 |
| 7 | Antoine Hasbani | Lebanon | $57,300 |
| 8 | Samy Barka | France | $45,600 |
| 9 | Hadi Khordbin | Iran | $34,300 |
Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
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Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break.
