Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
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
Entries
791
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
218
Players Left
81
Players Left 1 / 791
Filter
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Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
240,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
175,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
170,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
160,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
140,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
130,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
254,000
14,000
Table 11Seat 5
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
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Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
On a board of 10♦3♣2♣6♣, Tobias Peters bet a pot-sized 5,000 from the big blind and Daniel Gavish called from middle position.
When the 2♥ dropped on the river, Peters, shoved, which gave Gavish a decision for his stack of around 30,000. After a few seconds, Gavish called.
Peters then showed a flush with 7♣4♣, and Gavish's K♠K♥ went down in flames.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Roman Stoika had a chunky reraise of 10,400 in front of him from the small blind, which both Fares Sahyoun in middle position and Xiaosheng Zheng in the hijack called.
The trio saw a flop of 9♦4♣6♦ where Stoika bet 11,000, Sahyoun folded, and Zheng called.
When the 2♥ landed on the turn, Stoika eyed up Zheng's stack and saw he had around 80,000 remaining, then he bet 115,000. Zheng had a decision for the rest of his stack and after thinking for some time, he made the call.
Xiaosheng Zheng: 10♠10♥ 
Roman Stoika: A♥9♣
Stoika had top pair, but it was no good against the overpair of Zheng. Only an ace or a nine on the river would see the Chinese player eliminated, but instead the 4♦ rolled off, which earned Zheng a double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
105,000 | |
|
60,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Vedat Yilmaz just earned himself a double-up while holding the second nuts.
The full board read 9♦10♥4♦5♥9♥ and Yilmaz's opponent fired out 27,000 on the river into a pot of around 30,000. Yilmaz then shoved for around 85,000, and eventually his opponent called.
Yilmaz flipped 10♣9♠ for a full house, which earned him the pot as his opponent tabled 7♥4♥ for a flush and pair blocker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
After a slow start with only 28 players being seated at the beginning of play, the number of entries has swiftly grown to 161 as the end of Level 3 approaches.
There were 182 entries in Day 1a, which means the current total stands at 343.
Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 4
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | |
|
|
||
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
125,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
