2025 Merit Poker Western Series

$3,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 Merit Poker Western Series
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$377,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$2,183,160
Total Entries
791
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
218
Players Left
81
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Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Duta Fires All Three Streets Into Ketzer

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In a pot of around 20,000 on a 10JJ 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.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer
275,000
175,000
175,000
Profile photo of Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
110,000
110,000
110,000

Tags: Felipe KetzerFlorian Duta

Sey's River Bet Goes Uncalled

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 87Q107 board where Sey led out for 10,000, which earned him the pot as both of his opponents folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Hassan Sey fi
Hassan Sey
370,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Andrei Roscan ro
Andrei Roscan
180,000
55,000
55,000

Tags: Andrei RoscanHassan Sey

Flashback: Mohamed Mokrani Ships the 2024 Merit Poker Western Series Main Event

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

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

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Mohamed MokraniFrance$342,500
2Nichan KhorchidianLebanon$252,500
3Felipe KetzerBrazil$155,000
4Christophe PanettiSwitzerland$114,400
5Damir ZhugralinKazakhstan$85,700
6Mustafa ErcanTurkey$69,100
7Antoine HasbaniLebanon$57,300
8Samy BarkaFrance$45,600
9Hadi KhordbinIran$34,300

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Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
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Selected Chip Counts

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Zhen Chen cn
Zhen Chen
425,000
275,000
275,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Philip Joyce gb
Philip Joyce
400,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Darius Neagoe ro
Darius Neagoe
400,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mustafa Biz tr
Mustafa Biz
400,000
180,000
180,000
Profile photo of Vedat Yilmaz tr
Vedat Yilmaz
375,000
175,000
175,000
Profile photo of Charbel Salloum lb
Charbel Salloum
375,000
175,000
175,000
Profile photo of Ehsan Amiri au
Ehsan Amiri
350,000
1,000
1,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Profile photo of Adi Aizin il
Adi Aizin
320,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Lyudmil Ivanov bg
Lyudmil Ivanov
300,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Hassan Halil cy
Hassan Halil
300,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Wim Verhaegen be
Wim Verhaegen
270,000
60,000
60,000
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Navot Golan il
Navot Golan
250,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Stanislav Tishkevich pt
Stanislav Tishkevich
240,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
220,000
Profile photo of Shankui Li cn
Shankui Li
190,000
120,000
120,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500