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

01-21-2025 15:32 UTC+3

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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01-21-2025 15:30 UTC+3

Ehsan Amiri

254,000 14,000

Table 11Seat 5

01-21-2025 15:21 UTC+3

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Adi Aizin	280,000 280,000	280,000
Ehsan Amiri	240,000 2,000	2,000

Navot Golan	200,000 200,000	200,000
Georgios Skarparis	175,000 15,000	15,000

Sergei Varnaev	170,000 10,000	10,000
Mustafa Biz	170,000 170,000	170,000
Hassan Sey	160,000 60,000	60,000
Yaniv Shushan	150,000 150,000	150,000
Andrey Litvinov	150,000 150,000	150,000
Motokatsu Uhara	150,000 10,000	10,000
Mikita Halynia	140,000 140,000	140,000
Paul Runcan	140,000 140,000	140,000
Lyudmil Ivanov	140,000 10,000	10,000
Denis Vlasov	130,000 25,000	25,000
Andrei Roscan	125,000 125,000	125,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

01-21-2025 15:06 UTC+3

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players are heading on their first 15-minute break of the day.

01-21-2025 15:03 UTC+3

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Danilov	210,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Anton Danilov

01-21-2025 14:52 UTC+3

Ehsan Amiri

242,000 116,000

Table 11Seat 5

01-21-2025 14:46 UTC+3

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 14:40 UTC+3

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 14:27 UTC+3

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.